C Vier also wins with new rider O'Connor

He has been in the stable of Irishman Cian O'Connor for five weeks and the two have already jumped to victory in the Lotto-Hessen-Prize, a two-phase jumping test at four-star level, at the LONGINES PfingstTurnier Wiesbaden. Clean in 28.37, the pair was faster than the other 38 international pairs in the second phase. With 28.77 seconds, Egyptian Karim Elzoghby on Zandigo came closest to the winning pair. Third place also went to Ireland: to 17-year-old Tom Wachman on Lazzaro delle Schiave, a pupil of Sieger O'Connor.

C Vier
C Vier © TomsPic.de

"This is a wonderful show," beamed O'Connor. “I have been here many times and I love this large grass pitch. And if things continue to go like they are today...” Already in the previous 1.45 meter show jumping test, in the price of the Sportpferdezentrum Rhein-Main Hofgut in Spess, the 'Irish power' dominated. In that case, Tom's 18-year-old brother, Max Wachman, also a student of O'Connor, secured victory, relegating his coach to second place.

The former successful horse of David Will, C Vier, and the three-time Irish Olympian get along well. O'Connor gushed after his win: "I love this horse. He is intelligent, sensitive, has a great attitude and ability. In addition, he is not afraid of anything and has the heart of a lion.” The Holsteiner v. Cardento, who belonged to the German European Championship silver team under Will last year and won the final jumping at the World Cup final this year. "This horse has been trained very well," emphasized O'Connor, "first by Janine Rijkens and then by David, which makes a lot of things easier for me. Of course you first have to develop a relationship with each horse, but when a horse thinks so well and has so much experience, that helps a lot.” O'Connor is planning this year's World Championships primarily with his Olympic partner from Tokyo, Kilkenny, but he has option C four in the back of his mind – also for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The Olympic Games have a special fascination for O'Connor, as for every athlete, until the 2028 Games in Los Angeles he would like to remain active in top-class sport if possible - not least 'spurred on' by his bronze medal in London . "You never know..." he grins and looks forward to the future with this exceptional partner. C Vier has a break tomorrow so that he is rested and full of energy for the LONGINES Grand Prix, the Grand Prix of the state capital of Wiesbaden, on Monday.


Even without his former successful partner, David Will continues to be highly successful on international courses. In the Lotto-Hessen Prize he came sixth with the ten-year-old mare Concordia, with whom he was recently victorious in Hagen and Mannheim. By the way: Concordia is a daughter of Will's former successful partner Colorit - family affair!


With the victory in the Lotto Hessen Prize, O'Connor not only has a wonderful success to celebrate and can look forward to the prize money, he has also collected very valuable World Cup points. This jumping was the first of four tests at the LONGINES PfingstTurnier Wiesbaden, which count for the world rankings. (KiK/pe&pa)

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