30 June 2013
The photo pictures Michael Brauchle – the winner of the Wohnwelt Pallen Marathon competition
After finishing fourth in the Wohnwelt Pallen Marathon, the Australian driver, Boyd Exell, won the individual classification of the four-in-hand drivers and thus secured the victory in the Prize of the Richard Talbot Family. After all three competitions, the 40-year-old and his horses Capone II, Curios, Sam, Spitfire and Winston ranked first with an overall score of 118.46 points. Second place went to the Dutch driver, Koos de Ronde, who came second in the Marathon competition. Third place was claimed by the US-American, Chester Weber (125.78), who had been in the lead after the dressage and obstacle driving competitions.
“My tactic was not to win the Marathon at all costs, but to win the overall classification. But in fact my horses gave 110 percent today,” revealed Exell after the race. “It was a very difficult, but in comparison to last year, much better designed course,” was how the winner described the course, praising its designer, Dr. Hartmut Kaufmann.
The young German driver, Michael Brauchle, drove into first place in the Marathon. His bad luck the day before – his horse’s bit snapped during the obstacle driving competition, which meant he was eliminated from the entire individual classification – brought him an advantage today. Competing first, he didn’t have to fight his way through the muddy ground like the favourites had to at the end of the competition. “So, I was very lucky today,” reported the 23-year-old sports soldier realistically.
Tomorrow’s final in the team competition, the Fendt Prize, is going to be nail-biting. The German team were able to clearly narrow down the Dutch team’s lead after achieving excellent results in the Marathon competition and are now lying just eight penalty seconds (for two “lost balls”) behind the favourites, followed by the Hungarian team.
Source: CHIO Aachen
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