Deusser, who has already picked up three wins during the 2021 WEF winter circuit including the CSI4* grand prix during WEF 4, piloted his veteran partner Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z, a 13-year-old Zangersheide stallion by Tangelo Vd Zuuthoeve x Mr Blue, to a double-clear finish. The pair executed the track with precision, leaving out a stride for an efficient turn between fences one and two, as well as one less stride down to the delicate Lugano Diamonds double combination, which proved to be a difficult test in the jump-off round. Deusser and ‘Tobi,’ who arrived in Wellington less than a week ago, stopped the clock in 39.15 seconds to take the victory by a margin of nearly one second.
“We have been a team for many, many years,” said Deusser. “There is a reason why he’s been my number one horse. I know him well, and he knows exactly what to do in the ring. On Sunday, I jumped a couple of jumps because he hasn’t shown in two months and I thought he might be a little rusty and stiff. I started yesterday in the 1.40m competition just to see how he was in the ring but even yesterday, straight away, it was a different feeling. He knows that it counts in the ring. That’s why I entered him today, and you couldn’t really see that he’d had a two-month break. In the end, he shows he’s a bit cleverer than most of the other horses I ride.”
Brazil’s Eduardo Menezes captured second place with H5 Elvaro for H5 Sport Horses, LLC. Menezes and the 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion by Calvaro F.C. x Heartbreaker, set the pace for the class as the first to return for the second round, jumping double clear in 40.12 seconds.Wednesday’s 1.45m CSI5* winner McLain Ward (USA) jumped his Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final winning partner HH Azur, owned by Double H Farm and Francois Mathy, to a third-place finish. Ward and the 15-year-old Belgian Sport Horse mare by Thunder van de Zuuthoeve x Sir Lui put forth a double-clear effort in 40.58 seconds.
Deusser, who sits third in the world rankings, continues to produce clear rounds each week at WEF. The latest member of his string of horses to join him in Wellington is one he’s found a great deal of success with including a third-place finish with the German team at FEI Nations Cup™ Final in Barcelona and a fourth-place finish at the FEI World Cup Final™ in 2019.
Deusser, who has already picked up three wins during the 2021 WEF winter circuit including the CSI4* grand prix during WEF 4, piloted his veteran partner Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z, a 13-year-old Zangersheide stallion by Tangelo Vd Zuuthoeve x Mr Blue, to a double-clear finish. The pair executed the track with precision, leaving out a stride for an efficient turn between fences one and two, as well as one less stride down to the delicate Lugano Diamonds double combination, which proved to be a difficult test in the jump-off round. Deusser and ‘Tobi,’ who arrived in Wellington less than a week ago, stopped the clock in 39.15 seconds to take the victory by a margin of nearly one second.
“We have been a team for many, many years,” said Deusser. “There is a reason why he’s been my number one horse. I know him well, and he knows exactly what to do in the ring. On Sunday, I jumped a couple of jumps because he hasn’t shown in two months and I thought he might be a little rusty and stiff. I started yesterday in the 1.40m competition just to see how he was in the ring but even yesterday, straight away, it was a different feeling. He knows that it counts in the ring. That’s why I entered him today, and you couldn’t really see that he’d had a two-month break. In the end, he shows he’s a bit cleverer than most of the other horses I ride.”
Brazil’s Eduardo Menezes captured second place with H5 Elvaro for H5 Sport Horses, LLC. Menezes and the 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion by Calvaro F.C. x Heartbreaker, set the pace for the class as the first to return for the second round, jumping double clear in 40.12 seconds.Wednesday’s 1.45m CSI5* winner McLain Ward (USA) jumped his Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final winning partner HH Azur, owned by Double H Farm and Francois Mathy, to a third-place finish. Ward and the 15-year-old Belgian Sport Horse mare by Thunder van de Zuuthoeve x Sir Lui put forth a double-clear effort in 40.58 seconds.
Deusser, who sits third in the world rankings, continues to produce clear rounds each week at WEF. The latest member of his string of horses to join him in Wellington is one he’s found a great deal of success with including a third-place finish with the German team at FEI Nations Cup™ Final in Barcelona and a fourth-place finish at the FEI World Cup Final™ in 2019.