Mark Turnbull 2nd in Asten CSI2* Grand Prix
Sunday 11 June 2017
The CSI 2* show in Asten, The Netherlands saw Mark Tunbull from Scotland finish 2nd on the 10 year-old chestnut gelding Cartouch III whom he jointly owns with his mother Mary.
From the forty-eight starters, it was just eight that jumped clear in the first round to qualify for the jump-off. Fellow rider Jessica Mendoza, with the 10 year-old bay mare Constance also made up one of the eight coming forward however it was an overall 8th place finish for them when picked up a 12 penalty jump off score.
For Mark and Cartouch, it was another faultless round in what proved to be one of the only two jump-off performances to break the 38 seconds barrier. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough to catch home rider Mathijs van Asten (NED) with Brugal VDL who stopped the clock in 37.04 seconds just a fraction of a second faster than his own time of 37.96. It was Hikari Yoshizawa (JPN) who took 3rd place with a time of 38.12 seconds.
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