10 June 2014
Toni Haßmann is this year’s winner of the Grand Prix in Wiesbaden. The 38-year-old triple Derby winner and his 9-year-old Cornet Obolensky son Classic Man stayed clear in the second round crossing the finish line within 43,63 seconds . Runner-up was Gerrit Schepers with Czerny in 44,52 seconds whereas the third place went to Angelina Herröder and Cornwall.
Toni Haßmann participated many times at the ‘Pfingstturnier’ in Wiesbaden before, but never managed to win the Grand Prix. Classic Man is in his stable only since the beginning of April. The breeder, the Vogt family, put Westphalian Classic Man at Toni’s disposal in order to introduce him to international competitions.
Since 2001 Wiesbaden is a leg of the jumping series DKB Riders Tour. This year, Wiesbaden is host of the third of a total of six legs. Due to his victory in the Wiesbaden Schlosspark Toni Hassmann moved up to the fourth place of the ranking. Holger Wulschner is the current leader of the Riders Tour ranking after his victory in Hagen and his sixth place in Wiesbaden.
| GRAND PRIX OF THE CITY OF WIESBADEN AND THE QATAR EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION | ||||||
| Qualifier of DKB-Rider Tour 2014 | ||||||
| Int. Jumping Competition with two rounds (1.60 m) | ||||||
| Pl. | Horse | Rider | Nation | Faults | Time | |
| 1. | Classic Man V | Toni Haßmann | GER | 0 | 43.63 | |
| 2. | Czerny N | Gerrit Schepers | GER | 0 | 44.52 | |
| 3. | Cornwall 9 | Angelina Herröder | GER | 0 | 48.93 | |
| 4. | Bonanza van Paemel | Catherine Pasmore | USA | 0 | 51.48 | |
| 5. | Horse Gym’s Quali Quanti | Felix Haßmann | GER | 4 | 43.60 | |
| 6. | BSC Cavity | Holger Wulschner | GER | 4 | 45.23 | |
| 7. | WCE Cruco | Alexander Duffy | IRL | 4 | 45.42 | |
| 7. | Daily Sun 7 | Mario Stevens | GER | 4 | 45.42 | |
Ranking of the DKB-Riders Tour after three legs:
1. Holger Wulschner (Groß Viegeln) 30 Punkte
2. Carsten-Otto Nagel (Wedel), 26
3. Andre Plath (Timmendorf/ Poel), 22
4. Nisse Lüneburg (Hetlingen) und Toni Haßmann (Münster), 20
6. Gerrit Schepers (Iserlohn) und Marco Kutscher (Bad Essen), 17
8. Angelina Herröder (Büttelborn) und Rene Tebbel (Emsbüren), 15
10. Felix Haßmann (Lienen),14
Source: comtainment / horseweb
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