It's a special feeling to win for your own crowd. In today's second class at the Gothenburg horse show, Swedish Jonna Ekberg speeded to victory. The jumps were set at a height of 1.40m and the STX-rider had no problem what so ever aboard her 11-year-old gelding Freestyler (by Lord Z). Ekberg finished both rounds faultless and stopped the clock in 27.14 seconds.
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Dennis Lynch with Garkus van het Indihof[/caption]
Irish Denish Lynch followed in a second place. In the Gothenburg kick-off he finished fourth, now second. Together with Garkus van het Indihof (by Toulon) he crossed the finish in 28.01 seconds. The pair was followed by American Peter Lutz with Retiro (by Rockefeller Z) under the saddle.
The top five in this class was completed by Swedish Henrik von Eckermann with Chacanno (by Chacco-Blue) and Marco Kutscher with Inliner (by Iberio) in fourth and fifth.A total of 19 combinations qualified for the jump-off. Only 8 pairs produced a clear second round.
