ph. Stefano Grasso/LGCT
The Netherlands Harrie Smolders is enjoying his time on the West Coast, taking the $125,000 Villas at Rancho Valencia World Cup Grand Prix of Del Mar this weekend. Riding Regina Z, Smolders secured the win ahead of American rider and previous World Cup Finals winner Rich Fellers riding the 18 year old Flexible. If winning wasn’t enough, Smolders also secured third place aboard the 10 year old Belgian-bred gelding, Enjoy Louis. Recent winner of the Longines Grand Prix of Los Angeles, Jos Verlooy finished tenth riding Domino for Belgium while Ireland’s Darragh Kenny, having earned plenty of acclaim this year for his numerous results, finished seventh with his World Equestrian Games mount Imothep.
$125,000 Villas at Rancho Valencia World Cup Grand Prix of Del Mar – 43 entries
| 1 | Regina Z | Euro Horse Axel Verlooy | Harrie Smolders | ||||
| 2 | Flexible | Harry & Mollie Chapman | Richard Fellers | ||||
| 3 | Enjoy Louis | Euro Horse Axel Verlooy | Harrie Smolders | ||||
| 4 | Tristan | Haley Farms | Tiffany Sullivan | ||||
| 5 | Quintol | Eduardo Menezes | Eduardo Menezes | ||||
| 6 | Saskia 269 | Trelawny Farm LLC | Cara Raether | ||||
| 7 | Imothep | Hyperion Stud Llc | Darragh Kenny | ||||
| 8 | Zamiro | Alix Fargo | Susan Artes | ||||
| 9 | Lyonell | Trelawny Farm LLC | Cara Raether | ||||
| 10 | Domino | Axel Verlooy | Jos Verlooy | ||||
| 11 | Darius de la Ferme Rose | Morgan Hill Partners | Michelle Rodal | ||||
| 12 | Flip | Jack Hardin Towell | Jack Hardin Towell | ||||