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The 2019-2020 Chariot World Championship was decided on March 15, 2020, at the Golden Spike Event Center in Ogden, Utah. Traditionally a four day event over two weekends, American Chariot Racing (ACR) opted to reduce the Chariot World Championship to a single weekend, two-day competi- tion on one weekend due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sponsored by C&R Auto & Trailer Sales, the Championship finals consisted of team Jess and Grant with SP Foursquare and Train Story; the Moon and Newbold team with Super Starr and LDS Me Bad; the Cowboy Up & Flying T team with Had To Be Giggles and KD Easy Runner; and the Mont, Ted, Jay & Ralph team with Fantastic Minion and One Sweet Fool.
The four teams were led to the gates for the final Championship run with each team breaking well from the gates and fighting a close race. Throughout, it was
the Jess and Grant team, however, who took home the World Championship title, finishing the 440 yards in :22.54.
Finishing in second was team Moon and Newbold, consisting
of Super Starr (Hadtobenuts-
All Star Elite) and LDS Me Bad (Hadtobenuts-LDS Good Goin Gracie), who finished in a close :22.59 with Jake Newbold driving the team. The team is trained by Dave Newbold, co-owner with Dan Moon. Third place went to the Cowboy Up & Flying T team of Had To Be Giggles (Hadtobenuts- Chicks And Giggles) and KD Easy Runner (Jess Got Easier-KD Star), who crossed the wire in :22.72 under driver Zak Quinton for trainer Darcy Quinton.
Fourth place went to the Mont, Ted, Jay & Ralph team of Fantastic Minion (Fantastic Corona Jr- Gigarad) and One Sweet Fool (One Sweet Jess-Gigarad) under trainer/ driver Jay Pitcher.
The 2020 World Championship Jess and Grant racing team is owned and conditioned by Jess Udy, who also drives the team along with co- driver Jeff Sandberg.
The Jess and Grant team included: 5-year-old sorrel gelding SP Four Square (Favorite Cartel-Fountain Bleu, Jess Louisiana Blue), a 5-time winner on the flat track including in the 2018 Western States Breeders’ Derby and Wyoming Downs Renegade Sports Derby, with a career best 99 speed index and cumulative earnings of $39,299 before moving to chariots; and 7-year-old sorrel gelding Train Story (Freighttrain B-Perry Story, Mr Jess Perry), who won three races on the flat track with a third in the 2015 Black Gold 440 Futurity-RG3, with a career-best 101 speed index and total earnings of $80,884 before moving to chariots.
Jess and Grant can now add the title of World Champion to their list of accomplishments. Congratulations!
SP Foursquare and Train Story are joined by team Jess and Grant after their victory.
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