Source and text from Equnews China.
On the second day in total around 190 horse and rider combination started off at the National Equestrian Center in Beijing's Sports university. The classes are from 60cm-90 cm, 120-130 cm, to 1.45-1.5 m .
The Longines Show Jumping tour in China is a very important show for Asian riders. It is held on par with the FEI World Cup qualifier and the Longines Global Champions Tour in Shanghai, and the Beijing Masters at the Olympic bird nest Stadium. The Chinese Longines tour will be held in Shanghai, Beijing, Dalian, and Guangzhou.
In the morning the Chinese future star Zhang You won the 1.20 -130 cm class with amazing speed ( finish time 52.75 seconds). Chinese rider Hadatie and Ukrainian rider Ulrich Kirchhoff took 2nd and 3rd place respectively .
The 1.45-1.50m Grand Prix was held in the afternoon, 55 riders took part in the feature class. The european riders stole the show with their overwhelming international experience. German rider Franke Sloothaak took the win with Al CApone with 69.96 seconds on the scoreboard, followed by ukrainian rider Ulrich Kirchhoff riding Double Bent and italian rider Jerry Smith with Washington.
