Medium Tour Final for Opatrny, Lena Hassmann wins Apart Dressage Tour

The most important showjumping competition of Saturday at CAVALIADA Kraków was the Medium Tour Final, for the prize of the Board of Sports Infrastructure in Kraków, under the patronage of Baborówko Equestrian Association. This competition, counting for the world ranking, gathered 47 pairs at the starting line. Ten of them, including four from Poland, cleared the first course set at the height of 145 cm. However, the best one turned out to be the CAVALIADA Tour 2013/2014 champion and a regular at polish events – Czech Republic's Ales Opatrny aboard Forewer, bred by his dad - Mr Vaclav Opatrny. It was the pair's twelfth victory in a Longines Rankings class.

‘The horse is already 14 years old, he has a lot of experience and that was on my side today. It's fantastic to win here at the CAVALIADA, in this huge arena and with so many spectators - super.’ - said the winner.

Today, the fans witnessed a family rivalry between father and son, with Jarosław and Patryk Skrzyczyńscy clashing in the jump-off. The latter, riding Jerico, proved to be faster, taking a high second place in the competition, while his dad riding Inturido had to settle for fourth place, just behind German Felix Hassmann on Cornetino WZ. 

Saturday's dressage Freestyle class, for the prize of Apart, under the patronage of Horse&Business Magazine, was the final of the Apart Dressage Tour. The highest marks in the competition went to Germany’s Lena Hassmann with Maddox Mart, second was Helene Stenshoj Vitkauskas from Denmark with Flintegaardens Papillon, and third went to Agnieszka Wiśniewska riding Tara.

‘It was this horse's debut in the Freestyle competition - he did amazingly well in this atmosphere, and I have to say once again that I really enjoy competing here, it's a great show.’ - Lena Hassmann said. 

In the whole Apart Dressage Tour, after the stages in Warsaw, Poznań, Sopot and the grand finale in Kraków, it was the German who stood on the highest step of the podium. Second place in the Tour belonged to Agnieszka Wiśniewska and third to Helene Stenshoj Vitkauskas.

In the Respect Energy Open Tour competition, in the Silver category, for the prize of Horse&Business Magazine, Nóra Forgács from Hungary on Caruso took home the win, ahead of Hanna Zadroga on Halloumi and Weronika Łęcka with Killer Boy. In the Gold category, for the prize of Respect Energy, the winner was Marcel Wiśniewski riding Mavanda, with Julia Zadroga riding Chica VH Ven Z second, and Marianna Stawicka riding Frapant finishing third.

The results of these competitions determined the final classification of the Respect Energy Open Tour. In the Silver category, Hanna Zadroga was triumphant, with Hanna Kosinska taking second place and Zuzanna Michalska third. The winner of the Gold category was Aleksandra Lewicka. Here, Marianna Stawicka was second and the Top 3 was topped off by Julia Zadroga.

Today the first CAVALIADA Future competitions were also held, for the prize of PKO Bank Polski, under the patronage of the Torpol company. In the MINI category the best one was Amelia Marszałek with Holista Lasek, second place went to Ignacy Luboński with Jacob, and third to Sara Wnuczko Lisbergs Prince Michael. In the MIDI category, Konstancja Dziedzińska riding Vulcano won, followed closely by Lena Janaszczyk with Chippendale, Laura Rudaś was third with Maurik's Liu.Jo.

Results: https://livejumping.com/ap/event/12453/competitions

The program can be found at https://krakow.cavaliada.pl/pl/kibice/program-wydarzenia/program-zawodow-cavaliada-krakow-2025/

Tickets at: https://tobilet.pl/cavaliada-krakow-2025.html

The organiser of CAVALIADA in Krakow is Grupa MTP. The Main Sponsor is PKO Bank Polski, the Strategic Partner is Respect Energy, the Host City is Kraków, and the Partner is Małopolskie Voivodeship.