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  CSI5* Villach Treffen: Ex aequo victory for Martin Fuchs and Steve Guerdat in the GLOCK’s 5* Grand Prix
  
  Eight Olympic Champions, eight World Champions, 18 European Champions, four World Cup winners and 37 riders from among the current top 100 in the world were honoured to compete today in the GLOCK’s 5* Grand Prix. This jumping competition, with prize money totalling 345,000 euros, stood as the highlight of four exciting days of International Show Jumping at the GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER Austria. At stake as well as the generous prize purse were important World Ranking list points and the opportunity to fulfil the qualification criteria for the 2017 European Championships in Gothenburg and the 2018 World Equestrian Games in Tryon. As to how this test would pan out; with such high quality starters, no one could have seen this coming: victory went not to one but was shared by two riders!
  
  In the extremely exciting basic round over 1.60 m, eight participating duos completed penalty-free rounds and qualified for the jump-off. It was here that London 2012 Olympic winner Steve Guerdat (SUI), riding Corbinian, delivered the first “double clear”. With 49.43 seconds he set a benchmark that no one was to better, yet incredibly it was matched. Achieving this, none other than his compatriot, best friend, training partner and neighbour, Martin Fuchs, in the saddle on his top horse Clooney 51.
  
  Even more incredibly, the commonalities don’t end here. Because Corbinian and Clooney are not only both sons of Cornet Obolensky and both eleven years old, but also still have the same owner. It’s a story that even the two winners themselves could scarcely take in: “It’s wonderful to be heading home as the winner of a five-star Grand Prix. But this victory is indeed very special. Martin and I have been friends for such a long time, we train together and live just a few minutes apart. The value of this can’t be weighed against prize money.”, said the London 2012 Olympic winner, Steve Guerdat, with a beaming smile. Martin Fuchs agreed: “The podium was my goal, but the fact that it was enough for victory is fantastic of course. I just can’t believe that Steve and I were able to win ex aequo. As I rode across the finishing line, I saw the “1” light up against both of us on the display. That was incredible. What’s more, for me this was the first 5* Grand Prix win with Clooney, and he couldn’t have been better.”
  
  Cian O’Connor (IRL), who already collected two five-star victories with two different horses this weekend at the GHPC Austria, today lined up behind the Swiss double-pack in the GLOCK’s 5* Grand Prix. With ten-year-old Skyhorse, son of Quidam de Revel, he delivered the third penalty-free ride in the jump-off and came third with a time of 50.36 seconds.
  
  Another qualifying for the jump-off was Austria’s Max Kühner (T) with his home-bred gelding, Cornet Kalua. But in the deciding round, the duo did not have luck on their side and had to retire early from the course; nevertheless, a respectable eighth place.
  
  06 CSI5* GLOCK’s 5* GRAND PRIX
  Int. jumping competition with jump-off, 1.60 m
  Competition counts for the LONGINES Ranking list
  1. Corbinian - Guerdat, Steve (SUI) 0/49.43 in j-o
  1. Clooney 51 - Fuchs, Martin (SUI) 0/49.43 in j-o
  3. Skyhorse - O’Connor, Cian (IRL) 0/50.36 in j-o
  4. Espoir - Devos, Pieter (BEL) 4/48.94 in j-o
  5. Coree - Wathelet, Gregory (BEL) 4/49.71 in j-o
  6. All Star 5 - Lynch, Denis (IRL) 4/50.12 in j-o
  7. Silver Deux de Virton HDC - Staut, Kevin (FRA) 4/51.70 in j-o
  8. Cornet Kalua - Kühner, Max (AUT/T) eliminated in j-o
  9. Goja Meyer-Zimmermann, Janne F. (GER) 1/85.78
  10.Daisy - Michaels-Beerbaum, Meredith (GER) 1/85.88
  11.Chesall Zimequest - Delestre, Simon (FRA) 4/79.19
  12.Charmeur - Alvarez Moya, Sergio (ESP) 4/80.92
  
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  Irish shortlisted combinations announced for 2017 European Show Jumping Championships in Gothenburg
  
  Horse Sport Ireland Show Jumping Team Manager Rodrigo Pessoa has announced a shortlist of horses and riders for this years Longines FEI European Show Jumping Championships, which take place at Gothenburg in Sweden from August 21st to 27th.
  
  The shortlisted riders will be working together with Rodrigo Pessoa over the coming months and to implement their plans ahead of the Championships in conjunction with the Team Manager.
  
  The Irish shortlist of riders for the 2017 Longines European Show Jumping Championships in alphabetical order are:
  
  Bertram Allen with Hector Van D’Abdijhoeve (owned by Noel Delahunty) & Molly Malone V (owned by Ballywalter Farms)
  
  Mark McAuley with Utchan De Belheme (owned by Jocelyn Berthelot)
  
  Shane Breen with Golden Hawk (owned by Prince Sultan & Breen Equestrian)
  
  Cian O’Connor with Good Luck (owned by Adena Springs & Ronnoco Jump Ltd)
  
  Daniel Coyle with Cita (owned by Susan & Ariel Grange) & Grafton (owned by Susan and Ariel Grange)
  
  Denis Lynch with All Star 5 (owned by Thomas Straumann & Denis Lynch) & RMF Echo (owned by Rushy Marsh Farm LLC)
  Shane Sweetnam with Chaqui Z (owned by Spy Coast Farm LLC & Shane Sweetnam).
  
  Rodrigo Pessoa (pictured), who will announce his final squad of five riders closer to the Championships, said:
  
  “After six months of getting to know the horses and riders it is not easy to come up with a shortlist. We have a lot of depth of talent an plenty of riders to choose from but at some stage need to draw line and make our choice. Typically the the squad show up for themselves with their performances but we will be very vigilant over the coming weeks in watching all their performances before we pick the final team. Ultimately our aim at the European Championships will be to fight for a medal – that has to be our objective.”
  
  The European Championships are held every two years and all Show Jumping competitions at the 2017 Championships will be held at the 40,000-seater Ullevi Stadium in the heart of Gothenburg. Championship medals will be awarded in both team and individual competitions. The last European Championships were held at Aachen, Germany in 2015 where The Netherlands claimed the team gold medal while Dutch rider Jeroen Dubbeldam also took individual gold.
  
  Ireland won the European Championship team gold medal once before at Arnhem in The Netherlands in 2001 with a team that included Kevin Babington, Jessica Kürten, Peter Charles and Dermott Lennon. Ireland won the team bronze medal in 1979 with the team on that occasion being John Roche, Gerry Mullins, Con Power and Eddie Macken. Peter Charles won the individual European Championship gold medal for Ireland in 1995, while Eddie Macken won the individual silver medal in 1977.
  
  Ireland will also send two Under 25 riders to Gothenburg for the Lövsta Future Challenge. Twenty Show Jumping riders from 10 nations will compete in both team and individual competitions. Irish Development Team Manager Michael Blake will select two Irish Under 25 riders to send to Gothenburg in the coming months.
  
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  7 days ago  ·  

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