Belgian riders take the lead in youngster class Lummen

Belgian riders take the lead in youngster class Lummen
In the garden arena of Lummen there was just the competition for the seven year old horses. Here you could see two similar classes. In the second one the Belgian Benny Naessens was unbeatable. He took the first and second place, on the first place he ended with Cirdano vd Vijverhoeve Z (by Clusenaer) who rode a fast round in 68.24 seconds.

With his other horse Kolonel Cente (by Calvaro) he was almost four seconds slower in 72.02 seconds. The third place was for France with Mickael Diederle with under his saddle Cirby (by Canturano). He rode a clear round in 72.24 seconds.

The fourth and fifth place was again for Belgium with on the fourth place Jens Vandenberk. He rode Cara Z (by Connor) and stopped the tim in 73.37 seconds. Jan Van Alken came into fifth place with Kayenne of de Rocky Mounten (by Fierro Hof ter Zeedycke) in a time of 75.76 seconds.

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In the other class there was another Belgian victory for Nico Baerts with Cicini Z, the two went fast around the course in 64.57 seconds. This was more than five seconds faster than the Olympic Champion of 2012 Steve Guerdat. He rode Arcange de l'Arc (by Nabab de Reve) and went through the finish in 70.24 seconds.

The top three was completed by Anthony Condon from Ireland, who earlier won the CSI5*. Here he started with Friso (by Azteca VDL) and rode clear in 70.30 seconds. On the fourth place came the Frenchmen Robinson Maupiler with Zanta Z (by Zandor Z) in 72.41 seconds. Paul Kennedy ended on the fifth place with Destiny Second Life Z (by Diamant de Semilly) in 76.25 seconds.

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