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Bertram Allen and Quiet Easy 4 race to victory

Oct 4, 2015

A brand new speed course welcomed the 34 horse-and-rider pairs that dared to attempt the prestigious class at the Longines Masters of Los Angeles. And by evening’s end, Bertram Allen (IRL) landed a brilliant round riding Quiet Easy 4 (Quidams Rubin x Zapateado), an 11-year-old Oldenburg gelding, to beat all others, thus earning a place at the top of the podium.

Designed by internationally acclaimed course designer Luc Musette (BEL), the 1.45-meter course will now remain unchanged for the next two legs of the Longines Masters series in Paris and in Hong Kong. The concept is that because the exact same layout will meet riders at each stop, they’ll have the opportunity to improve their speed skills—and perhaps establish new records from one continent to the other. And unlike the traditional speed round format, in this variation, a knocked rail results in only a two-second penalty, instead of four.

Brash, aboard 11-year-old mare Hello Annie (Contendro I x For Pleasure), did manage to do both, although his time of 58.96 seconds was beat by Allen’s 58.91 seconds. Piergiorgio Bucci (ITA) and 9-year-old bay mare Cuarta (Canto x Coriano) were third with a time of 62.94 seconds.

1. 140 Quiet Easy 4 Allen, Bertram IRL 42900.00 US 58.91 seconds
2. 152 Hello Annie Brash, Scott GBR 26000.00 US 58.96 seconds
3. 108 Cuarta Bucci, Piergiorgio ITA 19500.00 US 62.94 seconds
4. 126 Lord Of Arabia Whitaker, John GBR 13000.00 US 63.27 seconds
5. 165 Caruschka 2 Menezes, Eduardo BRA 7800.00 USD 63.46 seconds (61.46)

11. 179 Contigo 37 Maher, Ben GBR 1300.00 USD 65.37 seconds (61.37)

Source: Press release from Longines Los Angeles Masters