Baborowko: Second place for Michael Jung in the CCI4*-S
Baborowko/POL (fn-press). The German eventing riders traveled to Baborowko in Poland with a large contingent, where a program ranging from a one-star intro to a long four-star test was offered.
A short-term change of plan led Ingrid Klimke and her ten-year-old Westphalian mare Equistros Siena just do it to Poland. In the CCI4*-L, the couple initially took the lead after the dressage and after the cross-country started as the second best and therefore penultimate in the jumping. In the end, two knockdowns meant 44.2 minus points and thus fifth place, but above all the hoped-for, still missing qualifying result of the couple for larger tasks. Klimke's mistakes in the course enabled the second German participant in this test, Arne Bergendahl with Luthien, to place fourth with 41.6 minus points, ahead of the team Olympic champion. The victory in the CCI4*-L went to the Swiss Nadja Minder with Toblerone 34.1 minus points.
The "short" four-star eventing (CCI4*-S) for Michael Jung (Horb) and his nine-year-old Irish chestnut Kilcandra Ocean Power ended in second place. As one of two pairs, the two finished the cross-country course without any mistakes and could even have won with a clear round in the course. With a knockdown, however, victory also went to Switzerland, to Jung's former training partner Felix Vogg. He finished the test with his Olympic horse Colero with only 33.6 minus points, Jung accumulated 34.6 minus points.
Third place in the CCI4*-S went to young German hopeful Jerôme Robiné, member of the eventing group, with Black Ice. The sports soldier from Warendorf and his Irishman were among the four fastest in the field, only had to accept 1.6 time penalty points and were only two seconds too slow on the course. Your final score: 34.8 minus points.
Robiné was also able to win the CCI2*-S with Avatar (26.4) and his perspective group colleague Anna Lena Schaaf also returns home with Lagona OLD with a win in the CCI3*-S (25.0 minus points).
Further first places for riders from the DOKR federal base in Warendorf went to Emma Brüssau and young horse Tullibars Bennysambassador (CCI2*-YH, 34.5 minus points) as well as Antonia Baumgart with Lagavulin (CCI1*-Intro, 29.9 minus points).
