That the 29-year old, who himself lives near to Paris, secured the victory ahead of the crowd favourite and local hero Michael Jung almost moved the large crowd to tears. “Gold-Michi”, who has already won the Indoor Derby on seven occasions, crossed the finishing line on his 10-year old mare fischerRocana FST in 79.13 seconds to hold off eventing legend Sir Mark Todd (New Zealand) and NZB Landvision (83.45).
Back in 14th and just about in the prize money was the 14-year old Calvin Böckmann (Germany). The European Championship bronze medal winner in the pony class was in the saddle of another 14-year old – the mare Camissa Nera – and stopped the clock in 84.31 seconds – eight penalties however left him down the field with an overall time of 92.31.
