Styria-Express Gudrun Pirker delivers a red-white-red opening victory!
The International Show Jumping at the GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER has begun! Kicking off four days of equestrian sport today were the 19 riders in the CSI1* GLOCK’s Small Tour, and they set off at one hell of a pace. Seven of the duos who rode the course over 1.15 m had clear rounds, whilst the fastest time was achieved by a lady from Styria.
Gudrun Pirker left her fellow competitors behind on her always reliable mount Alpenspan Citadelle, finishing fault-free in 53.70 seconds and winning a well-deserved opening victory at the GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER.
„It’s always so lovely to be here. I owe my thanks to my horse and my husband, who always takes super care of both me and our animals „, commented Gudrun Pirker during her winner’s interview with presenter Dorian Steidl.
Thanks to the fast and, above all, fault-free rides by Carinthian Birgit Peintner on her 13-year-old gelding Gaspari (0/54.21) and Burgenland’s Bernhard Maier on his black stallion Perfect (0/55.82), the neighbouring pair of podium places also stayed firmly in Austrian hands.
Also winning places for Austria were Norbert Wiener (W) in the saddle on Feliciana v. Vliethof (0/66.96), Aglaia Bechmann (K) with Tortuga de Janeiro (0/72.37) and Carmen Buffa (K) with Wasper L (0/77.02) in fifth to seventh places, along with Silvana Florian (St) with Jake Sully (4/64.83), Katharina Schüttelkopf (K) with Lord Erhard (4/70.01), Bettina Bauer (NÖ) with Santiago van de Kapel (4/70.26) and Sarah Podmenik (St) with Coconut Z (7/88.37), who took ninth to twelfth places.
04 – CSI1* GLOCK’s SMALL TOUR
Int. show jumping competition according to errors and time, 1.15 m
1. Alpenspan Citadelle – Pirker Gudrun (AUT/St) 0/53,70 sec
2. Gaspari – Peintner Birgit (AUT/K) 0/54,21 sec
3. Perfect – Maier Bernhard (AUT/B) 0/55,82 sec
4. Lesotho – Haberl Wilhelm (GER) 0/63,83 sec
5. Feliciana v. Vliethof – Wiener Norbert (AUT/W) 0/66,96 sec
6. Tortuga de Janeiro – Bechmann Aglaia (AUT/K) 0/72,37 sec
7. Wasper L – Buffa Carmen (AUT/K) 0/77,02 sec
8. Pialotta PJ – Simon Ruven (GER) 4/62,00 sec
9. Jake Sully – Florian Silvana (AUT/St) 4/64,83 sec
10. Lord Erhard – Schüttelkopf Katharina (AUT/K) 4/70,01 sec
11. Santiago van de Kapel – Bauer Bettina (AUT/NÖ) 4/70,26 sec
12. Coconut Z – Podmenik Sarah (AUT/St) 7/88,37 sec
Link to results
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Cooking Lounge
Once again, German star chef Alfons Schuhbeck will be delighting all in his Cooking Lounge at the GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER. All tournament guests enjoy free entry here. The cooking shows take place on Fri and Sat at 11am, 2pm and 5pm and on Sunday at 11am and 2pm.
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INFOBOX
What: International Show Jumping
When: 29/01 – 01/02/2015
Where: GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER Treffen Nr. Villach
VIP day tickets for Saturday and Sunday: 300 euros per day per person
Fon +43 664 887 344 01
Free entry to all competitive events at the spectator grandstand in the tournament hall
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