After 3 days of intense competition, the Longines Global Champions Tour– (Longines Paris Eiffel Jumping) crowned a final champion in the CSI5. Christian Ahlmann in the saddle on Otterongo Alpha Z won the Saint Laurent Eiffel Challenge. Out of 29 starters, only 8 finished the first leg without fail. Among them the biggest names in the discipline: the German winner this Sunday of the Longines Paris Eiffel Jumping Grand Prix presented by the City of Paris. Christian Ahlmann and his 9-year-old stallion lower the clock to 34.78′ with disconcerting ease. “Otterongo completed a course with 2 faults on Friday but my feelings were still very good, confided the German after his victory. I still hesitated before engaging him in this event, but finally he answered present. Today was the right day for him, he learned a lot. He is still a young horse of only 9 years old but I have great faith in him. We take our time to build it and give it confidence for the future. »
The French Pénélope Leprevost, very fit this weekend, tried everything to win the victory but lost, like Saturday, in second place. “For weekends like this, I sign! smiles the Frenchwoman before the award ceremony. I’m really happy with Candy, he’s really turning a corner. He is becoming fast and competitive and he is now able to compete with the best in this type of event and on special tracks like here in Paris. We didn’t win, but the way is there, Christian was better, there’s nothing to say he made the perfect jump-off, congratulations to him. Victorious last year in this event, the Turkish Omer Karaevli is content this time with a third place.
In the Prix de la Région Île de France, the Irish flag flew over the Champ-de-Mars thanks to Denis Lynch and his gray Cornets Iberio. A podium worthy of the greatest championships since he is followed by the German Daniel Deusser on Loui LN and the current best rider in the world, the American Laura Kraut in the saddle on Confu
