Peter Lutz Saves Best for Last to Claim $25,000 CP Grand Prix Win
By Lindsay Brock, Summer Grace, and Sabrina Brashares for Jennifer Wood Media, Inc.
Wellington, FL – February 16, 2020 – The sixth week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) closed with victories for Mexico’s Carlos Hank Guerreiro in the $25,000 Hermès Under 25 Grand Prix and Peter Lutz (USA) in the $25,000 CP Grand Prix, on the grass Derby Field at Equestrian Village (home to the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival) on Sunday, February 16.
Peter Lutz kept the horse sport fans who lined the Derby Field banks guessing by posting the fastest jump-off time of the day as the last to compete from a field of 26 in the $25,000 CP Grand Prix to close out week six jumper competition.
Six horses advanced to the jump-off to vie for a piece of the top prize. Lutz and Quinta 106 cantered onto the field as the last to go and executed a clean, tight turn to the final line to secure the win in 36.908 seconds. The time bumped Jazz Johnson Merton (USA) into second place with a time of 37.698 seconds aboard her own Corona SB.
“Any opportunity I have to show on this field, I always take it,” said Lutz. “It’s a beautiful place to show with great footing and great environment. I think the horses do well here, but [Quinta 106] excelled today.”
Lutz has had the ride on the Swede Ventures’-owned Quinta 106, a 13-year-old Holsteiner mare (Quidam de Revel x Cento) for a year. “She’s a really competitive horse, very experienced, and scopey. I’m really happy to have the ride!”
It was banner day for Lutz-Manfredi Show Jumping, based out of Bedford, NY, with Mary Manfredi (USA) rounding out the podium in third with her longtime mount Magnus Orfeo. They stopped the clock at 39.951 seconds in the jump-off.
“I’m so proud of Mary and her horse,” said Lutz. “We have had that horse for a long time, and we are so happy that he has had such a long career and continues to do well. It was a really great day for us.”
In addition to his win, Lutz was presented with the Champion Equine Insurance Jumper Style Award from Laura Fetterman of Champion Equine Insurance.
Final Results: $25,000 CP Grand Prix
1 QUINTA 106: 2007 Holsteiner mare by Quidam de Revel x Cento
PETER LUTZ (USA), Swede Ventures LLC: 0/0/36.908
2 CORONA SB: 2004 Holsteiner mare by Chello II x Landgraf I
JAZZ JOHNSON MERTON (USA), Jazz Johnson Merton: 0/0/37.698
3 MAGNUS ORFEO: 2005 Silla Argentino gelding by Magnus Orestus x Carjdor Z
MARY MANFREDI (USA), Mary Manfredi: 0/0/39.951
4 DOLLAR GIRL 46: 2009 Hanoverian mare by Dollar du Murier x Escudo I
JESSICA MENDOZA (GBR), Windsor Farms: 0/4/35.581
5 ILUSIONIST II: 2008 BWP gelding by Toulon
SHANNON CLIFFORD (CHI), Texas de Limache LLC: 0/4/36.570
6 CHICAGO HOF EVERSEM Z: 2008 Zangersheide gelding by Con Spirito R x Papillon Rouge
PETER LUTZ (USA), Swede Ventures LLC: 0/4/38.974
7 TEDDY DU BOSQUETIAU: 2003 Belgian Sport Horse gelding by Ogano Sitte x Albion du Chene Brule
KAREN SPARKS (CAN), Brookstreet Stables: 1/83.603
8 DIETA: 2008 KWPN mare by Ukato x Indorado
RYAN GENN (GER), Taylor Blackman: 4/79.086