“Diallo was a little powder keg right from the word go. I’m incredibly proud with the way he got to grips with himself during the class,” commented the delighted Bavarian who won the World Cup freestyle in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in 2019. With a view to tomorrow’s competition she said, “I’m looking forward to what’s in store. Diallo has so much potential.”
Her score relegated the Swede Patrick Kittel, who had been out in front up until then, into second place. The 49-year-old presented his gelding Touchdown and took the lead with 72.804 per cent, but then Jessica von Bredow-Werndl went one better.
One place further back in third was the six-time U-25 European champion Raphael Netz with Great Escape Camelot, a 14-year-old Dutch bred gelding (72.478). Netz went out on his own in 2024 and now runs a stables with his partner Selina Söder in Bavaria. He had previously been based at Jessica von Bredow-Werndl’s set-up in Aubenhausen for eight years.
