Verona, Maastricht and Andalucía go to the fastest double clears
All three weekend Grand Prix winners were the fastest of four or more double clears, and two of them won by more than three seconds.
All three of this weekend’s Grand Prix winners did it the same way. Richard Vogel in Verona, Leopold van Asten in Maastricht and Tom Wachman in Andalucía were each the fastest of at least four double clears.
Two of them won with time to spare. Vogel finished 3.85 seconds ahead and Wachman 3.31 seconds ahead. Van Asten’s home win was the tight one, by 0.56 seconds.
Statistics cover each combination’s results at the relevant Grand Prix level going into last weekend.
Verona: Vogel by almost four seconds
Five pairs went double clear in the CSI5*-W World Cup Grand Prix. Vogel and Gangster Montdesir were fastest, ahead of Tom Schewe and Congress Blue PS.
A rare record at 10
Richard Vogel & Gangster Montdesir came to Verona with an Elo of 742.
It was the pair’s fifth five-star Grand Prix win together, and the fourth this year as a 10-year-old. The only other horse to win four in his 10-year-old year was Explosion W, who had already won three as a nine-year-old.
| Pos | Rider & horse | Faults | JO time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Vogel (GER) Gangster Montdesir |
0/0 | 33.02 |
| 2 | Tom Schewe (GER) Congress Blue PS |
0/0 | 36.87 |
| 3 | Simon Delestre (FRA) Gatsby du Tillard |
0/0 | 39.83 |
| 4 | Henrik von Eckermann (SWE) Minute Man |
0/0 | 41.02 |
| 5 | Max Kühner (AUT) Vivo de Muze PS |
0/0 | 43.11 |
Maastricht: a home win for van Asten
Seven pairs went double clear in the CSI4* Grand Prix. Van Asten and VDL Groep Kwienbellie were fastest by 0.56 seconds from Gilles Thomas and Riesling van T Roosakker, the closest finish of the weekend.
Three rounds in
Leopold van Asten & VDL Groep Kwienbellie won in only their third round together at this level. They came to Maastricht with an Elo of 553.
| Pos | Rider & horse | Faults | JO time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leopold van Asten (NED) VDL Groep Kwienbellie |
0/0 | 35.70 |
| 2 | Gilles Thomas (BEL) Riesling van T Roosakker |
0/0 | 36.26 |
| 3 | Willem Greve (NED) Cero Blue TN |
0/0 | 36.82 |
| 4 | Denis Lynch (IRL) Ping Pong van de Lentamel |
0/0 | 38.06 |
| 5 | Jos Verlooy (BEL) Renshaw van’t Meulenhof |
0/0 | 38.61 |
Andalucía: Wachman wins again
Four pairs went double clear in the CSI4* Grand Prix on Sunday. Wachman and Do It Easy were fastest by 3.31 seconds from Sira Martinez Cullell and Izara des Dames.
Clear when it counted
Tom Wachman & Do It Easy came in with four clears from six rounds together at this level. Their Elo of 747 was the highest of the weekend’s three winners. It was the pair’s second win.
| Pos | Rider & horse | Faults | JO time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Wachman (IRL) Do It Easy |
0/0 | 37.82 |
| 2 | Sira Martinez Cullell (ESP) Izara des Dames |
0/0 | 41.13 |
| 3 | Anastasia Nielsen (MON) ESI Rocky |
0/0 | 42.01 |
| 4 | Odile Gierech (LUX) Rockit-K van’t Kattenheye |
0/0 | 48.32 |
| 5 | Francis Derwin (IRL) Flexi K |
0/4 | 37.63 |
| Winner | Elo | Clears | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verona Gangster Montdesir |
742 | 1 of 5 | 3.85s |
| Maastricht VDL Groep Kwienbellie |
553 | 1 of 7 | 0.56s |
| Andalucía Do It Easy |
747 | 1 of 4 | 3.31s |
Three Grands Prix, three fastest double clears. Two of them won by more than three seconds.
Every Grand Prix this weekend went to the quickest of the double clears. Who are you backing to go fastest in Toronto and Stuttgart?