California鈥檚 Vinton Karrasch took top spot aboard his new mount, Coral Reef Follow Me II at the $100k CSI***-W Facet Advisors World Cup qualifier.
It was held on Sunday at Thunderbird Show Park.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 do well when I over-strategize,鈥� explained Karrasch.
鈥淢y plan is to always focus on doing the best that I can do, making every part of the course the best that I can and hopefully my best is good enough.鈥�
Karrasch was one of 30 competitors in the field, which included Olympians, Nation鈥檚 Cup contenders and some of the fastest riders on the continent.
The competitors faced a challenging course from international designer Alan Wade.
The course tested the riders with a tricky triple combination and tall verticals to narrow the field.
Seven of the 30 advanced to the jump off with Karrasch winning in a time of 45.62.
Second place went to another American rider, Susan Hutchinson, aboard Ziedento, in a time of 47.01, while Canadian Brenda Riddell 鈥� aboard Dutch Amouretta 鈥� took third place in 51.71.
Neither of the three had any faults during their rides.
