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On July 25, 1965, near 10,000 spectators traveled to the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field to witness the first North American horse show jumping grand prix, the Cleveland Grand Prix. Held on the final day of the Chagrin Valley PHA Horse Show, the event gave birth to the multi-million-dollar sport of grand prix horse show jumping in the United States. Its 844-yard course of 16 obstacles was designed by Laddie Andahazy and D. Jerry Baker, and 20 riders from six countries—the United States, Canada, Mexico, France, Great Britain, and Germany—competed. Mary Mairs Chapot won on her horse Tomboy, and her husband Frank, an Olympic veteran, finished second aboard Manon.
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