Toscana Tour: results round-up

Swedish rider Emma Emanuelsson rode to victory on her grey gelding Titan (Camaro) in the Gold Tour GP at the Toscana Tour. The rider recorded the fastest time in the two-round trial from 1.50m ahead of German rider Jana Wargers with Cornet’s Dream (Cornet Obolensky) who was just 5 tenths of a second behind. Portuguese rider Mario Wilson Fernandes on Zito do Belmonte (Gedeon d’Herbage) came in third. The rest of the top-ten was made up as follows:
4th Jessica Mendoza GBR Spirit T
5th Andrzej Gloskowski POL Cros
6th Carlos Lopez COL Prince de la Mare
7th Leopold van Asten NED VDL Groep Zidane
8th Stèphanie Holmèn SWE Thriller P
9th Melvin Greveling NED Ultimeau
10th Bruce Goodin NZL Centina
Gabriele Grassi was the best ranked Italian rider in 12th place on Darker and the pair picked up 4 penalties. For a full classification list, please see the following link: http://eventcontent.hippoonline.de/876/sta_erg/232_ergDEU.htm?style=oxer
However, there was better Equestrian World for Italy in the final of the Silver Tour which was won by Emanuele Bianchi with Cupido Z (Chellano Z), the 12 year-old grey gelding who is owned by the Junior European Champion. 16 pairs made it through to the final jump-off with Bianchi one of 9 riders to come through with a clean run. There were 5 Italian riders in addition to Bianchi in the top-10. Greek rider Monika Martini with Cleopatra IV came in second followed by Emilio Bicocchi on Rodgerio (Russel). The rest of the top-ten was made up as indicated below:
4th EDOARDO FOCHI ITA ESPERADO VD EIKENBOS
5th MATTEO LEONARDI ITA LASCIVA DEL TERRICCIO
6th Emilie Stampfli SUI Alessa Z
7th FILIPPO MARCO BOLOGNI ITA FIXDESIGN CHOPIN
8th CLEMENTINA GROSSI ITA ZQUASIMODO R
9th Amandine Gauderon SUI Tinka de la Pierre Z
10th Ioli Mytilleneou GRE Equitta
For a full classification list, please see the following link: http://eventcontent.hippoonline.de/876/sta_erg/229_ergDEU.htm?style=oxer
It’s also worth mentioning another victory from Giampiero Garofalo with Cipriano (Caretino) after a head to head battle with Luca Maria Moneta with Quarius (Quebec) in the 1.35m Gold Tour trial with jump-off. The rider from the Campania region in Italy beat Moneta thanks to a faster time of 35.06 compared to Moneta’s 36.55. Swiss rider Adrian Schmid on Krambouli V Schl’hof CH (Karondo) came in third place. For a full results list please see the following link: http://eventcontent.hippoonline.de/876/sta_erg/230_ergDEU.htm?style=oxer
Moneta also came second in the trial from 1.35m in the Silver Tour with Laude DC, just behind the British rider Joseph Clayton on Bonita Z.