CHIO Aachen Press Release / Photo ©Equnews.de
The French show-jumper Patrice Delaveau won the “Prize of Soers”. Together with the Holstein-bred stallion Lacrimoso 3 HDC, he was able to assert himself against the remaining 45 riders, who competed in this penalties and time jumping competition. Not only a clear round over the 520 metre-long course secured him the victory, but also his very fast time of 71.15 seconds. “I definitely wasn’t expecting to win,” admitted the 50-year-old rider, “Lacrimoso was injured for a long time, we only start training over a 1.30 course again last week.” Since Lacrimoso is a candidate for the FEI European Championships Aachen 2015, Delaveau’s aim was merely to get him accustomed to the atmosphere in Aachen. “Lacrimoso is a careful horse, so I just wanted to jump the course pretty fast, so that he didn’t have a chance to become distracted,” the number 12 in the world rankings said with a grin.
The 21-year-old Aachen debutante, Laura Klaphake, led the field for a long time. After jumping clear in a time of 74.45 seconds, she was relegated into second place with the 8-year-old Hanoverian-bred stallion, Cinsey, which is owned by Stal Schockemöhle, at the last minute. “I have only been riding Cinsey for one and a half years, so second place is a fantastic result for us,” stated Klaphake, who is trained by her father in Mühlen. Third place went to the Spanish show-jumper, Eduardo Alvarez Aznar, who also jumped all 12 obstacles clear and reached the finish line in 76.95 seconds.
