Viva Brazil, forca Brazil in Qatar as Zanotelli wins feature class on second day of Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab
Viva Brazil, Viva Brazil!!! Forca Brazil , Forca Marlon!!!! rant the air at the Al Shqab Arena in Doha as Brazilian Marlon Modolo Zanotelli got ready for his jump-off as the fourth rider competing in the CSI 5* International Jumping Competition (1.60M), the feature class on the second day of the Commercial Bank
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On Friday, the Brazilian produced a superb performance and pushed hard from the start to take the outright lead and won the competition after surviving a late scare from Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs in a thrilling finish. The ten riders keeping the rails up in the first course, the jump-off consisted of an incredible line-up of world class riders
Zanotelli and Like A Diamond van het Schaeck rode an incredible clever round and recorded the winning time of 41.43 seconds. Fuchs came in second after a fast round with Conner Jei in 41.92 seconds. Baryard-Johnsson took third place with H&M Indiana (v. Kashmir Van Schuttershof) in a time of 42.98 seconds.
Ludger Beerbaum (Cool Feeling) finished in fourth place. As the last rider to go in, Geir Gulliksen (Grandino H) raced to fifth place.
The top ten placings were completed by the legend John Whitaker (Unick de Francport) in sixth place, Evelina Tovek (Winnetou de La Hamente Z) in seventh place, Henrik Von Eckermann (Glamour Girl) who rode the fastest time but had one rail down ended up eight, Olivier Philippaerts (H&M Miro) came in ninth place and ultimately Max Kühner (Eic Cooley Jump The Q) finishing in tenth place.
“Today was my lucky day. The course suited my horse and he jumped very well. I am pleased after today’s win,” Zanotelli said at the presentation ceremony yesterday.
“I will try my best in the Grand Prix tomorrow [today]. I am feeling confident after today. I will be riding a different horse tomorrow,” he added.
Sweden’s Baryard-Johnsson was also delighted with her performance yesterday.
“It was a difficult course, one of the best I have competed in. And there are the best riders and horses here, so it wasn’t easy. But I felt great today to be out there. In the Grand Prix, my aim is to repeat what I did today,” she said.
Earlier, Sweden’s Patrik Kittel displayed a sparkling performance with ten-year-old bay Touchdown to win the CDI5* Dressage Grand Prix with a score of 77.652%.
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