Saturday afternoon saw the apotheosis of the Helsinki International Horse Show, the Helsinki Grand Trophy. In this World Cup competition, 33 riders saddled their horses for the 1m60 high challenge, resulting in a Swiss victory.
Thirteen combinations made it into the jump-off, where half of them managed to clear a second time. The only one to dip below the 34-second mark was Martin Fuchs. The Swiss rider piloted L&L Upgrade (Ultimo) to the finish line in 33.43s. Yuri Mansur crossed the finishing line in 34.18s in the saddle of Vitiki (Valentino) and were second. By just four hundredths of a second more, being 34.22s, Angelica Augustusson Zanotelli was awarded third place with Deesse de Coquerie (Consul Dl Vie Z).
Andreas Schou again kept the 10-year-old stallion, Billy Matador (Billy Mexico) without faults and clocked in at 34.30s, good for fourth place. Pieter Devos counted on his homebred Primo DV for this main class. The 9-year-old son of Vigo d'Arsouilles stayed nicely off the wood and was sent to the finish line by Devos in 34.67s. Devos and the BWP'er were thus good for fifth place.
Thirteen combinations made it into the jump-off, where half of them managed to clear a second time. The only one to dip below the 34-second mark was Martin Fuchs. The Swiss rider piloted L&L Upgrade (Ultimo) to the finish line in 33.43s. Yuri Mansur crossed the finishing line in 34.18s in the saddle of Vitiki (Valentino) and were second. By just four hundredths of a second more, being 34.22s, Angelica Augustusson Zanotelli was awarded third place with Deesse de Coquerie (Consul Dl Vie Z).
Andreas Schou again kept the 10-year-old stallion, Billy Matador (Billy Mexico) without faults and clocked in at 34.30s, good for fourth place. Pieter Devos counted on his homebred Primo DV for this main class. The 9-year-old son of Vigo d'Arsouilles stayed nicely off the wood and was sent to the finish line by Devos in 34.67s. Devos and the BWP'er were thus good for fifth place.