SCOTT BRASH WINS €500,000 GRAND PRIX IN AL SHAQAB, DOHA

Friday 10 March 2017

It was an awesome win for Scott Brash in the CSI 5* Grand Prix in Al Shaqab, Doha with Ursula XII owned by Lady Pauline Harris and Lady Pauline Kirkham. After jumping a double clear in the first two rounds, the former World Number One was first to go in the jump-o? and posted a faultless performance in a time of 45.21. The 31 year old from Peebleshire, Scotland and the 16 year old bay mare whom previously topped the FEI Horse Jumping list, and was home bred in Scotland by the Turnbull family, absolutely set the venue alight with their electrifying performance.

Speaking after his win Scot said “I’m delighted with her (Ursula XII) and a win here means a lot to me. We are o? to Stuttgart next. I have some promising young horses coming through including one my father bred.”

When asked what he will spend the prize money on he added “With horses it goes very quickly, just on keeping them and traveling from show to show.”

Second place was won by the only other clear in the jump o?, Turkish rider Omer Karaevli on Roso Au Crosnier, who finished on a time of 45.98. The other two riders in the jump o? were Pilar Lucrecia Cordon from Spain and Christan Ahlmann from Germany
both of whom recorded faster times but had a fence down.
The CSI 5* Grand Prix was the class all the riders wanted to win and they saved their best horses in the hope of taking a share of the staggering 500,000 euro prize fund.

Frank Rothenberger set another tough challenge for the forty two riders who entered. The format involved jumping the first course of fences measuring 1.60m and the top eighteen riders going through to the second round where a new course was built of the same height but a greater technicality. It was an absolute test of stamina, athleticism and speed. There were just four double clears that went through to the jump-o?.

In round one, a number of world class riders picked up time penalties including a former CHI AL SHAQAB Grand Prix winner Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS), Niels Bruynseels (BEL) and Qatar’s Sheikh Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani which put them out of the running for the jump-o? round.

For full results and further informaton visit www.alshaqab.com

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