Also faultless, the Swiss on Chicharito, an 11-year-old Holstein gelding, however took 63.90 seconds. In third was the 2019 team European champion and 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medallist with the Belgian equipe, Pieter Devos who was atop the 15-year-old mare Jade vd Bisschop (0/64.55). Further down in fourth was Spain’s Mariano Martinez Bastida with the ten-year-old stallion Origi van’t Geyzeven (65.30). Just behind was the local hero, Michael Jung. The four-time eventing Olympic champion left all the fences standing on the Hanoverian gelding Qwatt, but needed 65.94 seconds.
“I’ve only had Cirro a few weeks and am therefore all the happier with the win in such a jumping class in Stuttgart,” said the delighted rider who is based in the region.
