Last weekend, many top riders gathered either at the Global Champions Tour event in Rabat (MAR) or at the World Cup leg in Lyon, France. Second place in the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Morocco went to Cordial by Casall-Chicago (Hans-Hermann Gempf, Stelle), line 325, and the Irish rider Denis Lynch. The pair pocketed around 122,000 euros for their silver medal. H5 Cylon Island by Clarimo-Caretino (Hark Martensen, Oldsum/Föhr) also secured a victory for Holstein. Ridden by the Brazilian Eduardo Menezes, the former Holsteiner auction horse claimed victory in another 1.60-metre show jumping competition in Rabat.
H5 Cylon Island by Clarimo
A World Cup round was on the programme in Lyon. Here, Richard Vogel and Cloudio by Casall-Cassini I (Heike Arendt, Sollwitt), line 5589, made it through to the decisive jump-off for victory. By a mere three hundredths, ‘Richi’ and his grey missed out on victory and finished in an excellent second place. Imperia by Cascadello I–Cornet Obolensky (Angelus Brandt, Breholz), line 930, and the Swedish rider Petronella Andersson also secured third place in a 1.50-metre show jumping class.
Further results for Holsteiners from around the world can be found here:
Photos: FEI/Lukas Kowalski, LGCT
