Sunday, 03 February 2013 CSI3* CSIYH1* CSIAm-B

Up the Swiss: Martin Fuchs wins Bronze Tour final

Today, Sunday (3 Feb), was the final day at the GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER and the heat was definitely on right from the first event, the Bronze Tour final.

All 68 riders were competing to win the 1.35 m jump class and gave their all in the course designed by Frank Rothenberger (GER) and Adi Appe (AUT). Finally, 18 pairs made it through to the jump-off. 

Here there was one quick round after another and again twelve combinations jumped without any penalties. Sweden’s Linnea Ericsson produced a textbook round on her nine-year-old KWPN gelding Zandiego U and 33.05 seconds were good for third in the final rankings.

The popular Bavarian Fixkraft rider Maximilian Schmid in action here aboard Lords Guy, the Lord Z progeny from the Oldenburg stud, did not hold back at all when jumping the course, but the pair were still just under three tenths short of the top time (32.65). It was clinched by the young Swiss star Martin Fuchs (SUI). Riding his only eight-year-old gelding Arjo, he fairly shot round the course at top speed. All the rails stayed in place and, crossing the line with a time of 32.36 seconds, victory was his. “That was a very good start today. Arjo jumped very well! I hope we can carry on like that in the Silver and Grand Prix Tour,” said the young Swiss grinning.

Austria’s Anton Martin Bauer (Lower Austria) and his excellent jumper Dominant van 'T Heike, a Grandeur progeny, missed the podium by a mere hundredth of a second to take fourth, still a top placing. 

Our “golden oldie” Hugo Simon (Styria) on Freddy 7 and Julia Kayser (Tyrol) on Alicante also succeeded in being placed. They finished in ninth and 17th respectively, rounding off the good results for Austria.

 

14 BRONZE TOUR FINAL
CSI3* | International jump class with jump-off (1.35 m)

1. Arjo - Fuchs Martin (SUI) 0 penalties 32.36 - in the jump-off
2. Lords Guy - Schmid Maximilian (GER) 0 32.65 - in the jump-off
3. Zandiego U - Ericsson Linnea (DEN) 0 33.05 - in the jump-off
4. Dominant van 'T Heike - Bauer Anton Martin (AUT/Lower Austria) 0 33.06 - in the jump-off
5. For Joy - Kohrock Soenke (GER) 0 34.05 - in the jump-off
6. KM Carrera - Vrieling Jur (NED) 0 34.66 - in the jump-off
7. Giunco Della Loggia - Noskovicova Monika (SVK) 0 34.71 - in the jump-off
8. Zirikit - Schröder Gerco (NED) 0 36.58 - in the jump-off
9. Freddy 7 - Simon Hugo (AUT/Styria) 0 37.33 - in the jump-off
10. Bayamo - Coyle Trevor (IRL) 0 39.15 - in the jump-off
11. Belissima - Wettstein Aurélie (SUI) 0 40.52 - in the jump-off
12. B Once Z - Offel Katharina (UKR) 0 41.88 - in the jump-off
13. Donna - Muff Werner (SUI) 4 32.08 - in the jump-off
14. No Doubt 8 - Gordon Elliott (GBR) 4 32.53 - in the jump-off
15. Colorado - Schans Wout-Jan van der (NED) 4 33.68 - in the jump-off
16. Arakorn - Wasilewski Lukasz (POL) 4 36.11 - in the jump-off
17. Alicante - Kayser Julia (AUT/Tyrol) 16 50.37 - in the jump-off

Results link

All Results here