More than 700 horses, 500 dogs and a visitor record – and Team Alpenspan right in the middle! The talk is of the Mevisto Amadeus Horse Indoors 2016, which Team Alpenspan not only shook up with a sensational victory of Gianni Govoni in the Gaston Glock`s Grand Prix Salzburg. On one hand the Alpenstand exhibition stand was a true audience magnet where the Who is Who of the rider’s scene gathered – not only beause of the genius Kempke’s boots from Wolfi Pirker – on the other hand show jumpers Gianni Govoni, Gerfried Puck and Dieter Koefler, but also the reigning Austrian dressage champion Belinda Weinbauer impressively demonstrated their skills.
Alpenspan jumping legend Thomas Fruehmann was not to be missed. In the EQWO.net interview he talked about a possible comeback and the changes to the rule of the Olympic Games (interview in German only):
In the 4-star Mevisto Bi Tour Opening over 1,45 m Gerfried Puck (Styria) in the saddle of the ten-year-old Bionda (by Phin Phin) placed third with a faultless ride (69,15), ex aequo with triple Olympic eventing gold medalist Michael Jung (Germany). Team colleague Dieter Koefler (Carinthia) jumped in the same test aboard his 16-year-old gelding Golden Gun and placed twelfth (0/73,53).
Gerfried Puck and the ten-year-old Indorado x Quickstar mare Bo showed an excellent performance in the first qualifying round of the Gaston Glock`s Grand Prix Salzburg over 1,50 m and came eleventh (0/69,04), followed by the italian team Alpenspan rider Gianni Govoni on his eleven-year-old gelding Antonio (0/69,28). Only eight months ago Gianni started riding Antonio who’d been declared as unridable. The finish of their weekend in Salzburg is absolutely amazing and has to be admired: A grand victory in the CSI4* Gaston Glock’s Grand Prix Salzburg (0/38,52)!
The reigning Austrian Champion Belinda Weinbauer took the 12th place in the FEI dressage world cup aboard Soehnlein Brilliant MJ (72,397 %).
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This article was written by EQUESTRIAN WORLDWIDE – EQWO.net on behalf of Alpenspan.