On Sunday Daniel Deusser jumped to the win in Verona's Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Qualifier! "It's an amazing day. It’s the best placing that I’ve had in a World Cup. I haven’t done so many World Cups in my career so now it’s a good time!" Deusser said after his win.
Daniel Deusser explained that when he walked the course his initial thought was that:
“We have some really big fences! But when I watched the first three (athletes, who had four faults, clear and four faults) I thought, ‘Ok it’s easy!’ But the longer the class went on the more we saw it was a complicated course. At the end it was the correct number of athletes in the jump-off.”
Of his tactics and plan in the jump-off he explained:
“I had a bit of doubt going seven (strides) to the FEI vertical…but Otello gave me a good feeling at one, two and three so I thought now is the time to try it. In the end I was lucky that I did it as I think that was where I made the time up!”
After three legs of the 2025/2026 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Western European League, Johan-Sebastian Gulliksen tops the league standings with 25 points. Sanne Thijssen (NED) sits in second on 22 points just ahead of Ben Maher (GBR) in third on 21, whilst Daniel Deusser and Olivier Perreau (FRA) share fourth place on 20 points apiece.
