Lorenzo de Luca brought the Italian strike-rate to three wins when topping this afternoon’s Miasuki Small Grand Prix at Jumping Verona 2014. Riding the 10-year-old chestnut mare, Zoe ll, he produced a round of pure class when third-last to go in the nine-horse jump-off, and the popular 27-year-old was thronged by Italian supporters and fans […]
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Italy’s Giulia Martinengo Marquet won the opening class on the second day at Jumping Verona 2014, pinning last night’s winner from France, Penelope Leprevost, into runner-up spot while Norway’s Geir Gulliksen finished third. It was Leprevost who set the early target when third to go with the eight-year-old mare Sultane des Ibis. But 35-year-old Martinengo, […]
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It was the French national anthem that brought the first day of Jumping Verona 2014 to a close when Penelope Leprevost claimed the honours in the 1.55m Premio Prestige with Nice Stephanie. In a thrilling 12-way jump-off against the clock, the 34-year-old rider who lies 12th on the Longines World Rankings produced a breath-taking performance […]
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Italian riders filled five of the top six places in the opening competition at Jumping Verona 2014 today led by Luca Moneta and his 17-year-old flying machine, Jesus de la Commune. The 46-year-old horseman, who lives near Milan and close to the Italian border with Switzerland, is always a formidable force against the clock, and […]
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Ireland’s teenage wonderboy, 19-year-old Bertram Allen, scorched to victory in the Selleria Equipe Speed, the second competition on the opening day of Jumping Verona 2014 this afternoon. His 11-year-old mare, Wild Thing, lived up to her name when producing a spectacularly fast clear that pushed long-time leaders Abdullah Al Sharbatly and Andrea from Saudi Arabia […]
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