The pair raced around the course in 40.05 seconds to leave them over a second faster than their rivals. After posting a faultless ride in 41.21 seconds, Tina Deuerer and her Brandenburg grey stallion DSP Emrado D completed a RV Eppelheim one-two. She however narrowly missed out on becoming only the third woman (after Miriam Wurster in 1988 and Verena Karle in 2007) to ever claim the unofficial Baden-Württemberg indoor championship. Third was Kai Ruggaber (RC Hofgut Albführen) in the saddle on the grey stallion Albführen’s Come Again FBW (0/43.42). The prize money for the top three was 6,300 euro, 5,200 euro plus 4,300 euro respectively.
“It’s been brilliant, my horse is a real winner,” said a delighted Günter Treiber after storming to victory. “I’ve taken part so often and now it feels so special to take top spot. There was some super jumping today and my horse gave his all.” Norvin Graf Leutrum von Ertingen, the spokesman of the board at the BW-Bank, was “extremely impressed by the sensational atmosphere – something I’ve not come across very often.” Guido von Vacano, CEO of the in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungsgesellschaft, “was incredibly proud” when stressing, “It’s our job to produce such goosebump moments.”
To reach the final in Stuttgart, the 25 best riders had to qualify via the four classes at the horse shows in Öhringen, Donaueschingen-Immenhöfen, Bietigheim-Bissingen and Bisingen (Hohenzollern). Baden-Württemberg’s top jumpers have been competing against each other at the BW-Bank Indoor Championship ever since 1986. In the meantime, the time-honoured class amongst the federal state’s jumping competitions counts as one of the biggest crowd favourites at the STUTTGART GERMAN MASTERS, so much so the local fans meet up to have an enormous party.
During the day, 2,300 spectators were in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle to watch the two jumping classes for the Prize of Bardusch GmbH & Co. KG Textil-Mietdienste and the final of the iWEST Dressage Cup.
