Horses from the Cclaimed gold at the FEI World Jumping Championships for Young Horses 2012 which drew to a close at Domein Zangersheide in Lanaken, near Maastricht, Belgium today.
Jumping competition for young horses
FEI World Jumping Championships has developed into a hugely popular star-spotting occasion where winning horses, their breeders and riders gain status with a prestigious world title.
Open to Five, Six and Seven Year Olds, this event has established itself as a milestone in the careers of many champions, and an important conclusion to the breeding season for stud-owners and horse-producers from all around the globe.
It has developed into a hugely popular star-spotting occasion at which not just the winning horses, their breeders and riders gain status with a prestigious world title, but the best breeding lines of the present, and the future, are also identified.
Entry is free to the public, and huge numbers attend this annual celebration of the horse where they get the opportunity to compare the merit of the up-and-coming generation of equine stars. Today they enjoyed warm and pleasant weather conditions as the best of the best battled it out for the medals in each of the three categories.
Results:
Five Year Old Final: GOLD - Con Cara (Studbook HOLST) Toni Hassmann GER 0/0 35.27; SILVER, Casuality Z (Studbook ZANG) Pieter Clemens BEL 0/0 36.08; BRONZE - Coursy (Studbook KWPN) Gerben Morsink NED 0/0 36.71.
Six Year Old Final: GOLD - Gangster de Longchamps (Studbook BWP) Dayro Arroyave COL 0/0 40.58; SILVER - Goya van de Begijanakker (Studbook KWPN) Charlotte Bettendorf LUX 0/0 40.69; BRONZE - Carthagena 6 (Studbook) OLDBG Marlon Modolo Zanotelli BRA 0/4 39.10.
Seven Year Old Final: GOLD - Chacciana (Studbook OLDBG) Florian Meyer zu Hartum GER 0/0 40.54; SILVER - Curley Sue 39 (Studbook BAY) Rene Tebbel GER 0/0 41.13; BRONZE - Argos (Studbook KWPN) Mathijs van Asten) NED 0/4 41.69.
by Louise Parkes
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