Vejer de La Frontera, Spain – January 20, 2024 –Swiss rider Edouard Schmitz (SUI) was the only rider to finish in under 62 seconds on Saturday in the first Longines Ranking class of the 2024 Andalucía Pre-Sunshine Tour. He was riding ‘Abdul-Jabbar du Gibet’ the nine year old, chestnut gelding (Arezzo VDL x Charlie Z).

In a stunning time of just 61.66s he took the lead from Spanish, home rider, Teresa Blázquez Abascal (ESP) with Nasa de Toxandria who had gone into first place in 62.92s, early on in the class.

In third was Romanian, Andrea Herck with Epsilon de Roulard; fourth was Austrian, Christoph Obernauer with ‘Kleons Renegade’ and fifth was another Spanish, home rider, Armando Trapote Mariscal with ‘Cochiloco PS’. The class was set at 1.45m, FT and held on sand in the Milton arena (5).

Final Results – € 28,200 Speed Challenge CSI 2*

1) Edouard Schmitz (SUI) & Abdul-Jabbar du Gibet – 0 – 61.66

2) Teresa Blázquez Abascal (ESP) & Nasa de Toxandria – 0 – 62.92

3) Andrea Herck (ROM) & Epsilon de Roulard – 0 – 63.11

Source: Press Release from the Andalucía Sunshine Tour

Photo: © Andalucía Sunshine Tour / Moises Basallote Fotografía

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