Wayne, Illinois, USA – June 19, 2020 – Hunter Holloway (USA) and Eastern Jam captured the top placing in the $25,000 SmartPak Grand Prix during the Hits Chicago Spring Spectacular Series at Lamplight Equestrian Center.

The American and the 11-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Lexicon x Monaco) were victorious by advancing to and completing the jump-off without having any penalties attributed to them, leaving the field in the dust by stopping the final timers in 36.15 seconds.

Despite being almost four seconds slower, Lauren Balcomb (AUS) and Verdini d’Houteveld Z still managed to secure second place backed by a penalty-free effort in 40.12 seconds during the tiebreaker.

Hunter Holloway (USA) & Eastern Jam during the awards ceremony

Hunter Holloway (USA) was back on the podium again, rounding out the top three aboard Pepita Con Spita with no penalties, going through the final timers in 41.26 seconds.

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