Married duo triumphs in CAVALIADA Driving Tour

Top drivers have started the new season of CAVALIADA Driving Tour. Eight teams competed for the prize of the National Support Centre for Agriculture, and four qualified for the second round. Rafał Paszyński's team, with groom Joanna Paszyńska and horses Ikar and Cynamon, took home the trophy for the first place.

“We feel amazing, it's a great experience – and a bit of a surprise!” said Joanna Paszyńska. When asked about the recipe for success, Rafał Paszyński replied: “We get along well in training and on the course, we try to listen to each other – I always listen to my wife– and it works!” 

Second place went to 17-year-old Bartosz Klupś with horses Koczis and Kros-GJ, with Kacper Mosiek as his groom. Third place belonged to Jaroslav Juran from the Czech Republic with Pretoria Elliot and Pretoria Mr. E.

In the Perlage CAVALIADA Future relay, for the prize of Dolina Noteci, a fan-favorite event, teams were made up of riders from the Mini and Midi categories on ponies, together with an adult competitor, who had to go through the course driving a BMW X5.

The fastest team today consisted of Kacper Seroczyński with Florida PK, Paulina Stawiarska riding Maurik’s Liu.Jo, and the winner of the previous CAVALIADA Tour season, Germany’s Harm Lahde. Second place went to the team of Nell Sówka with Pasjonata Parys, Maja Głoskowska with Rosenbachs Tajo, and Angelos Touloupis from Greece. The Top 3 was topped off by Franciszek Głoskowski with Wedog Pride N Joy, Sara Wnuczko riding Dandy, and seven-time World Championships medalist in ski jumping – Piotr Żyła.

fot. Marta Flatow

“It’s really a fantastic event — there’s so much going on, so many exciting competitions — and today I even got to feel some adrenaline myself in the Cavaliada arena!” said three-time Olympian Piotr Żyła after his team’s performance.

At the end of a day full of sporting excitement, fans witnessed the Six Bars competition, for the prize of Respect Energy. Michał Siejek from Akademia Jeździecka Dawidy club near Warsaw fought until the very end. Riding Campino 574, he was the only one to enter the final round, and despite knocking down the penultimate obstacle, he cleared the last vertical— at an impressive 190 cm. Second place was shared by Rikke Heineking from Denmark with Gwinnru de Kernevez and Natalie Kovarova from the Czech Republic riding Chloe.

fot. Marta Flatow

Results: https://livejumping.com/ap/event/15103/competitions

More information: https://warszawa.cavaliada.pl/pl

Tickets: https://tobilet.pl/cavaliada-warszawa-2025.html

Program: https://warszawa.cavaliada.pl/pl/kibice/program/program-wydarzenia/

Organizer: GRUPA MTP | Titular Partner: PERLAGE | Strategic Partners: DOLINA NOTECI, RESPECT ENERGY | Host City: Warsaw | Partners: Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, Polish Equestrian Federation