A new world Champion young horses has been crowned today at the Zangersheide Studbook in Lanaken, Belgium. In the finals for seven year old horses it was Colombia's Dayro Arroyave who claimed the world title aboard Koriano van Klapscheut (by Lord Z out of Coriana Van Klapscheut). It took thirteen riders before no. fourteen succeeded with a clear round in the final for the 7-year-olds, and in the end nine moved on to the jump-off after tackling the big thirteen fence track set by Eugene Mathy – that included an open water, a triple combination as well as a tricky vertical-vertical combination. “Today it was perhaps not so big but really technical, and that is why there were not more clear rounds I think,” said Arroyave afterwards. The battle for the medals would end up a hard one, and after the first four riders in the ring for the jump-off there were still no clear rounds – everybody took the risk, and paid the price. Belgium had the chance to snatch the gold with Pieter Devos and the KWPN gelding Flash (Numero Uno x Indoctor) as last to go, but the big striding bay could not catch up with the quick-toed Koriano van Klapscheut with Devos having to settle for silver this time around after stopping the clock on 41.49 seconds. “I have been riding this horse for a year, as well as it has been a year since I started for Gilbert (De Roock),” explained Dayro about his partnership with Koriano van Klapscheut. “It is a very special horse, but in a good way – the horse likes to play around a little bit. It also has a bit of character, but I really like it. It is a fantastic horse!” “I have won both the Championship for 5- and 6-year-olds here before, so now to add the 7-year-old title – that makes me really happy about today!” concluded Dayro.
A new world Champion young horses has been crowned today at the Zangersheide Studbook in Lanaken, Belgium. In the finals for seven year old horses it was Colombia's Dayro Arroyave who claimed the world title aboard Koriano van Klapscheut (by Lord Z out of Coriana Van Klapscheut). It took thirteen riders before no. fourteen succeeded with a clear round in the final for the 7-year-olds, and in the end nine moved on to the jump-off after tackling the big thirteen fence track set by Eugene Mathy – that included an open water, a triple combination as well as a tricky vertical-vertical combination. “Today it was perhaps not so big but really technical, and that is why there were not more clear rounds I think,” said Arroyave afterwards. The battle for the medals would end up a hard one, and after the first four riders in the ring for the jump-off there were still no clear rounds – everybody took the risk, and paid the price. Belgium had the chance to snatch the gold with Pieter Devos and the KWPN gelding Flash (Numero Uno x Indoctor) as last to go, but the big striding bay could not catch up with the quick-toed Koriano van Klapscheut with Devos having to settle for silver this time around after stopping the clock on 41.49 seconds. “I have been riding this horse for a year, as well as it has been a year since I started for Gilbert (De Roock),” explained Dayro about his partnership with Koriano van Klapscheut. “It is a very special horse, but in a good way – the horse likes to play around a little bit. It also has a bit of character, but I really like it. It is a fantastic horse!” “I have won both the Championship for 5- and 6-year-olds here before, so now to add the 7-year-old title – that makes me really happy about today!” concluded Dayro.