Thursday, 29 January 2015 CSI3* CSI1* CSIYH1* GHPC

Gudrun Pirker delivers a red-white-red opening victory!

The International Show Jumping at the GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER has begun! Kicking off four days of equestrian sport today were the 19 riders in the CSI1* GLOCK’s Small Tour, and they set off at one hell of a pace. Seven of the duos who rode the course over 1.15 m had clear rounds, whilst the fastest time was achieved by a lady from Styria.

Gudrun Pirker left her fellow competitors behind on her always reliable mount Alpenspan Citadelle, finishing fault-free in 53.70 seconds and winning a well-deserved opening victory at the GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER.

"It’s always so lovely to be here. I owe my thanks to my horse and my husband, who always takes super care of both me and our animals ", commented Gudrun Pirker during her winner’s interview with presenter Dorian Steidl.

Thanks to the fast and, above all, fault-free rides by Carinthian Birgit Peintner on her 13-year-old gelding Gaspari (0/54.21) and Burgenland’s Bernhard Maier on his black stallion Perfect (0/55.82), the neighbouring pair of podium places also stayed firmly in Austrian hands.

Also winning places for Austria were Norbert Wiener (W) in the saddle on Feliciana v. Vliethof (0/66.96), Aglaia Bechmann (K) with Tortuga de Janeiro (0/72.37) and Carmen Buffa (K) with Wasper L (0/77.02) in fifth to seventh places, along with Silvana Florian (St) with Jake Sully (4/64.83), Katharina Schüttelkopf (K) with Lord Erhard (4/70.01), Bettina Bauer (NÖ) with Santiago van de Kapel (4/70.26) and Sarah Podmenik (St) with Coconut Z (7/88.37), who took ninth to twelfth places.

04 - CSI1* GLOCK’s SMALL TOUR
Int. show jumping competition according to errors and time, 1.15 m

1. Alpenspan Citadelle - Pirker Gudrun (AUT/St) 0/53.70 sec
2. Gaspari - Peintner Birgit (AUT/K) 0/54.21 sec
3. Perfect - Maier Bernhard (AUT/B) 0/55.82 sec
4. Lesotho - Haberl Wilhelm (GER) 0/63.83 sec 
5. Feliciana v. Vliethof - Wiener Norbert (AUT/W) 0/66.96 sec 
6. Tortuga de Janeiro - Bechmann Aglaia (AUT/K) 0/72.37 sec 
7. Wasper L - Buffa Carmen (AUT/K) 0/77.02 sec
8. Pialotta PJ - Simon Ruven (GER) 4/62.00 sec
9. Jake Sully - Florian Silvana (AUT/St) 4/64.83 sec
10. Lord Erhard - Schüttelkopf Katharina (AUT/K) 4/70.01 sec
11. Santiago van de Kapel - Bauer Bettina (AUT/NÖ) 4/70.26 sec
12. Coconut Z - Podmenik Sarah (AUT/St) 7/88.37 sec
Link to results

The happy winner of the CSI1* GLOCK's Small Tour Gudrun Pirker with her husband Wolfgang and Ulrike Payrer (GHPC). © studiohorst / GHPC

Birgit Peintner (K) and her Gaspari celebrated second place today in the CSI1* GLOCK's Small Tour. © Michael Rzepa

Burgenland’s Bernhard Maier with his stallion Perfect collected third place in the CSI1* GLOCK’s Small Tour. © Michael Rzepa

Bravo! Speedy Styrian Gudrun Pirker with Alpenspan Citadelle delivered the opening victory in the CSI1* GLOCK’s Small Tour. © Michael Rzepa