Rüder fastest in CAVALIADA Eventing Tour

The competition of the CAVALIADA Eventing Tour series, serving as the fourth stage of the tour, for the prize of Poznań-Ławica Airport and Rainbow, the King of Exotic, brought 12 pairs at the start. The riders and their horses showed excellent form today, as as many as eight of them completed the first round clear. In the second and decisive round, the early lead was taken by the fourth to go, Mathies Rüder – the 2022 European Junior Champion. His time of 48.94 proved to be unbeatable – even for the three-time and current Olympic champion Michael Jung, who, riding the Polish-bred Safran, once again had to settle for second place. The top three was topped off by Poland’s Joanna Pawlak on Petit Fusil.

fot. Dava Palej

„I’m very happy. I think it’s the first time I manager to win against Michael Jung.” – said the winner – „My horse was great today, he really played with me, he was really fast in the second round and it was a lot of fun. The fans are amazing here at CAVALIADA, it’s really great to ride in front of such a supportive crowd. It’s a great show with nice course building as well and I’m really happy to be here!”

In the fan-favourite Speed&Music class, for the prize of Radio Eska2, under the patronage of the Marshal of Wielkopolska Region, Michael Jung went for the win riding Qwatt. He was followed by Tim Prouvé of Belgium with Qasca Artist VD Guldennagel-V and Natalie Kovarova from the Czech Republic with Lady-Sina L.

fot. Marta Flatow

In the Small Tour, for the prize of M&A Michnik, the winner was the Dutch rider Marriet Smit-Hoekstra with For Chacco TN. Second place went to Daria Kobiernik on Ogano’s Boy Z, and third to Damian Ostręga with Hannibal.

The Big Tour CSI1* class, for the prize of Hussaria, victory belonged to Dutchman Jur Vrieling with Neymar VDL. Nikolaus Leckebusch-Peters of Canada with Krown Royal HP was second, and Necmi Eren from Turkey finished third riding King van de Toogwijk.

fot. Dava Palej

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Starting lists and results: https://livejumping.com/ap/event/15474/competitions

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Organiser: GRUPA MTP | Titular Partner: PERLAGE | Strategic partners: DOLINA NOTECI, RESPECT ENERGY, POZNAŃ-ŁAWICA AIRPORT | Host City: Poznań | Partners: Local government of the Wielkopolska Region, Polish Equestrian Federation