Daniel Deusser looked poised to put the icing on the cake of his week, but in the end, Jessica Burke snatched the World Cup victory away. The Irish rider was the only one to complete the jump-off clear aboard the 10-year-old SF gelding, Good Star du Bary (breeder: Marina Storgato). This marks Burke’s first-ever World Cup win and the first five-star victory of her career.

“It’s my first World Cup and my first five-star win. My horse is only ten, but he has just six World Cups now. Five times one down, but today we were clear. To have patience and wait for your day to come is very hard, so the fact that it has come, I don’t think it has sunk in yet to be honest.”

“He is the best horse I’ve ever had. He has a massive heart, and he is just so special. There aren’t many horses like him, and I am very lucky to have him at the moment. I only have one horse at this level.”

Daniel Deusser finished nearly seven seconds faster, but in the saddle of the 12-year-old BWP stallion Otello de Guldenboom (by Tobago Z, breeder: H. Versnick), he knocked one rail down, finishing in second place. The duo pushed Tom Schewe with Congress Blue PS (by Congress, breeder: Paul Schockemöhle) into third.

Just off the podium, Yuri Mansur followed in fourth with his trusted Vitiki (by Valentino), ahead of Max Kühner and Count on Me 19 (by Cascadello).

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