and Chacco Lait won the $15,000 Open Jumper Welcome Stake to mark the start of Week II of the 75th annual Pin Oak Charity Horse Show on Tuesday With the $5,000 Under 25 Welcome held concurrently with the Open Jumper Welcome Stake Erickson also automatically claimed victory in the U25 marking her second consecutive U25 Welcome win During Week I of the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show at the Great Southwest Equestrian Center Erickson and Chacco Lait took the top spot in the U25 Welcome and finished in second in the Open Jumper Welcome Stake “[Chacco Lait] feels like he’s on a roll!” said Erickson Erickson and Chacco Lait were one of five entries to produce a fault-free first round and one of four to jump double clear but none would come close to catching their jump-off time of 34.805 seconds Second place with a time of 37.583 seconds went to Jordan Gilchrist and her own Happyboy van de Doornakkers Finishing in third with a time of 40.626 seconds were JJ Atkinson and Golden Cassini smooth pace through the jump-off,” said Erickson who trains with Britt McCormick of Elmstead Farm He’s got a big step even though he’s a little guy I did six in the last where most everyone was doing seven “He’s very quick across the ground,” continued Erickson I can kind of let him go and get a good canter Erickson and Chacco Lait will next contest Wednesday’s $25,000 Pin Oak Grand Prix held concurrently with the $10,000 U25 Grand Prix Chacco Lait can likely be found napping in his stall “His favorite thing to do is to go take naps,” said Erickson who also makes sure that the gelding gets out for lots of trail rides around the Great Southwest Equestrian Center “He’s always laying all the way down in his stall just napping and relaxing.” Also earning jumper victories in the Kirkland & Ellis Main Ring on Tuesday were Michael Tokaruk Tokaruk and D’Almgravin topped the 1.25 m Open Jumpers while Gilchrist and Serpico won in the 1.40 m and Starr and Christian Dior were best in the 1.35 m.  the 75th annual Pin Oak Charity Horse Show features three weeks of top hunter jumper and American Saddlebred competition while benefitting the Texas Children’s Hospital with feature events including the $25,000 Pin Oak Grand Prix on Wednesday a $30,000 United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) International Derby on Thursday and the Hildebrand Fund $50,000 Pin Oak Charity Grand Prix on Friday night Learn more about the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show by visiting www.PinOak.org, and find the horse show on Facebook here. To purchase competition photos, visit www.AndrewRyback.com For additional coverage throughout the Pin Oak Charity Horse Show, follow The Plaid Horse on Facebook and Instagram The Plaid Horse is a print and digital publishing company providing exceptional coverage for the hunter/jumper/breeding disciplines at reasonable rates and suppliers to the industry through horse show and event coverage Contact us: news@theplaidhorse.com Sign up for The TPH Newsletter and receive fresh inspiration from the hunter jumper world I would like to receive emails from The Plaid Horse Magazine 18 handsome foals and future jumping talents have been gathered in the new edition of the online Belgian Elite Auction A first look at the collection immediately shows the approach .. The two beautiful embryos that will be born this year That is certainly the case for A la Prochaine van 't Cardosse Z Happyboy van de Doornakkers jumps at a 1.50m level in America In the collection you will also find Trésor van 't Oud Vliegveld Z (Tartufo de Muze x Eurocommerce Toulouse) the brother of Antonia Alfonso's 1.60m GP horse Apollo van de Molendreef also makes you dream of a bright future Apollo is the brother of Julien Gonin's 1.60m approved stallion Straight out of Jorien Livens' 1.45m horse El Patron JL Z definitely is one of the better sons of 'hot' stallion Then undoubtedly cast your eyes on Kazjar van 't Vossenhof Z A handsome filly out of the sister of VDL Groep Quatro a filly out of the motherline of Wandor van de Mispelaere There are also foals out of the dam-lines of Kashmir van Schuttershof furthermore there are two handsome embryos that will be born this summer A Sexed (mare) embryo by For Pleasure out of Koriana van Klapscheut and For Pleasure out of Jackpot van 't Hagenhof All the way back to Babbe and Usha Van 't Roosakker The online auction will start on July 8 and end July 11 The complete collection: Belgian Elite Auction SATURDAY afternoon’s Irish Masters attracted a starting field of 14 Katie Nallon proved best of these riding Sandra Duffy’s Ecklands Helado A clear first round in a good time of 45.08 put them into the enviable position that they just had to produce a clear in the second round to secure the win Andrew Farren and his own Dutch-bred mare Holga finished in second place in 47.16 while Paul Caves riding his own Cafre Quality Clover (OBOS Quality x Lux Z) took third in 48.16 Junior Ben Walsh rode Jillian Nelson’s seven-year-old Adastra Milo (Toland R x Furistos Diamond) Fifth went to owner/rider Hannah Patterson with the Dutch-bred mare Daberlina M (Zento x Concorde) while Alyson Henry’s Caugherty Ronan (Hunter Scendro x Evita Van De Doornakkers) capturing the top-spot in the 1.30m Open Championship with John Philbin’s Carramore Sibon in a time of 35.03 Jonathan Smyth and Ann Doherty’s Crystal Graf (Lux Z x Graf Magna) were runners-up in 36.10 while Jaymie Crawford and his own similarly bred Crystal Ben Magna (Mermus R x Graf Magna) took third in 40.63 Aidan O’Brien rode Kieran O’Brien’s home-bred Doneybrewer Quest (O.B.O.S Ben Walsh and Ronan McLaughlin’s six-year-old Dutch-bred Nizabalia SMH were fifth and Katie Nallon with Claire’s Delight took sixth About us Contact us Advertise with us Company information Careers Privacy statement Terms of service Commenting policy Change cookies settings