Feb 28, 2013
“A beautiful day for Patrice Delaveau. After his victory earlier, he captured second place in the Longines Speed Challenge with Ornella Mail HDC to the nearest hundredth!”, its says on the Facebook page of Haras des Coudrettes. Delaveau was only just beaten by Katharina Offel and her mount Olivia de Nantuel (s. Kannan) riding for the Ukraine.
Swiss Pius Schwizer riding Ulysse (s. Nonstop) and German Christian Ahlmann riding Little Lady Z (s. Laptop) were faster, but they each got penalty time added to their time. They respectively took third and fourth position.
1. Olivia de Nantuel Katharina Offel UKR 64.61 seconds
2. Ornella Mail HDC Patrice Delaveau FRA 64.62 seconds
3. Ulysse Pius Schwizer SUI 65.12 seconds (63.12)
4. Little Lady Z Christian Ahlmann GER 65.74 seconds (63.74)
5. Castle Forbes Cosma Roger Yves Bost FRA 66.92 seconds (64.92)
6. Billy Bianca Richard Spooner USA 66.96 seconds (62.96)
7. Whisper Simon Delestre FRA 66.99 seconds (64.99)
8. Zydoctro vd Kapel Marc Bettinger GER 67.33 seconds
9. Campbel Marcus Ehning GER 67.92 seconds (65.92)
10. Quintender Ludo Philippaerts BEL 68.30 seconds (66.30)
Source Horses International