Er hatte tatsächlich nicht die beste Ausgangsposition: Der Ire Ciaran Nallon musste im Kampf um den Sieg im Hauptspringen in Rabat als Erster im Stechen vorlegen. Der Bereiter bei den Beerbaum Stables in Riesenbeck hatte im Sattel von Christians Carado (v. Christian) nur eine Möglichkeit – er musste versuchen, seine elf Verfolger im Stechen mächtig unter Druck zu setzen. Und das taten der 24-Jährige und der DSP-Wallach, den Ciaran Nallon erst seit August auf Turnieren vorstellt. Von Sprung eins an erwischten sie das perfekte Timing, jede Linie im Fluss und waren nach nur 39.65 fehlerfreien Sekunden in der Pole-Position. Danach durfte Nallon allerdings lange zittern.
Christian Ahlmann was the second starter in the steeplechase, who went on the attack for the best time with the nine-year-old Diamondino (v. Diamant de Semilly). All the poles remained in place for Ahlmann as well – only the time of 40.48 seconds was not enough to win but to finish third in the final result.
Sandra Auffahrt and her own horse Comcador OLD (v. Comme il Faut) also took on the challenge of setting a new time in the 1.50m jump. This pair also delivered another very impressive round and placed fifth.
The Italian Emanuele Gaudiano also wanted to challenge the Irishman at the end with Nicolaj de Music (v. Kannan). And Ciaran Nallon was also visibly restless while watching the race. In the end, however, he held on to the pole position, as a laughing Gaudiano galloped to second place in 40.26 seconds.
„I really didn’t expect to win. Christians Carado isn’t really the fastest horse, but he has a great attitude and fights really well,“ said the surprised winner, who, with the Brown horse, was already part of the second-placed team Riesenbeck International at the GCL stage in Rabat the day before.
The whole result: HERE