Neretnieks wins World Cup of Al Ain

Neretnieks wins World Cup of Al Ain
Two classes of the CSI3*-W in Al Ain already haven been ridden today. In the main class, a 1m45-1m60 class, the victory went to Kristaps Neretnieks. He and Moon Ray (v. Cornet Obolenksy) cleared the two rounds and finished in 44,63 seconds.

There were only two riders who managed to keep the zero on the score board over the two rounds. Neretnieks was the fastest, the second place went to Khaled Abdulrahman Almobty. He rode the BWP mare Don Evita (v. Darco) to the finish line in 47,85 seconds, taking home the second place.

Frederic David and Equador van't Roosakker (v. Nabab de Reve) ended on third place. They did not touch a fence, but in the second round they got one penalty for exceeding the time allowed. Shka. Latifa Al Maktoum (Cobolt 8) and Abdel Said (Venise du Reverdy) completed the top five.

In the 1m45 class that was ridden earlier today, the victory went to Russia. Vladimir Tuganov and Suspens Florebal (f. Clinton) cleared the course in 35,28 seconds. With this time, he was over 2 seconds faster than Abdel Said who ended on second place. He rode the KWPN mare Chakira (f. VDL Sheraton) to the finish line in 37,56 seconds. Tina Lund ended on third place with Freestyke 39 (f. For Pleasure).