Cameron Hanley took the honours for Ireland at Kiel in Germany today (Sunday) when he won the Masters Grand Prix on the 10-year-old grey stallion 'SIEC Livello'.
Owned by Turkey's Sevil Sabanci, 'Livello' went clear through both
rounds in the six-horse jump off, and 36-year-old Hanley shaded German ace Franke Sloothaak by a fifth of a second to claim the first prize of an Audi car.
Meanwhile, Tipperary's Denis Lynch was not far behind to claim the third prize of €6,000 with a double clear on Thomas Straumann's nine-year-old gelding 'Tarpan'.
Mayo-born Hanley and 'SIEC Livello' took an individual fourth place
for Ireland at the European Show Jumping Championships at Windsor in England in August of this year.
Elsewhere this weekend, a single fence down in the jump-off denied Jessica Kurten victory in the Rolex World Cup competition at Helsinki in Finland, but a sixth place still yielded €6,500 in prize money for the 39-year-old Antrim native.
With Lady Georgina Forbes's 'Castle Forbes Cosma', Kurten was one of ten through to the jump-off in the weekend's feature class, but was also one of five not to produce a zero score.
The winner's prize of €23,000 and valuable World Cup points went to Switzerland's Daniel Etter and the Westphalian gelding 'Peu a Peu'.
Kurten had a fifth place in this morning's International Speed Final
with the bay stallion 'Castle Forbes Vivaldo van het Costerveld', who had also produced a second place in Saturday's Power and Speed competition at the four-star German show.
The Rhineland-based rider was 11th in Saturday's Helsinki Grand Prix, rising 'Castle Forbes Cosma'.
SHOW JUMPING RESULTS: CSI4* KIEL GERMANY OCTOBER 15 - 18 2009
Holsteiner Masters Grand Prix
International Jumping Competition
Table A acc. to Art. 238.2.2 1m55
Sunday, October 18th 2009
1) S.I.E.C. Livello; Cameron Hanley (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 34.85
2) Allegro LS La Silla; Franke Sloothaak (GER) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 34.97
3) Tarpan; Denis Lynch (IRL) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 35.57
CSI4*-W HELSINKI FINLAND OCTOBER 15 - 18 2009
ROLEX FEI WORLD CUP, PRESENTED BY FIM
International Jumping Competition
Table A with one Jump Off
FEI Art. 238.2.2, 1m60
Sunday, October 18th 2009
1) PEU A PEU; Daniel ETTER (SUI) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 36.80
2) QUICK STUDY; Lauren HOUGH (USA) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 37.08
3) VDL GROEP TOMBOY; Eric VAN DER VLEUTEN (NED) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 38.17
6) CASTLE FORBES COSMA; Jessica KURTEN (IRL) Faults 0.00/4.00 Time 37.60
