Today, Wednesday, was the start of the European Show Jumping Championships. 14 horses with a Holsteiner pedigree competed in this sporting season highlight in Italy. Among them was the Holsteiner Verband stallion Zuccero by Zirocco Blue-Caretino bred by Hanno Köhncke from Badendorf. With Rolf-Göran Bengtsson in the saddle, the gray horse remained without a drop and was also fast, so that the pair finished the test in an excellent seventh place and made a very good contribution to the Swedish team's leading position.
Long John Silver by Lasino-Corrado I (Peter Burmester, Wangels), who is competing for the Dutch team, also made it into the placing list with Jur Vrieling in the saddle. Cinca by Casall-Carthago (Peter Wylde, Belgium) under Michael Duffy (IRL) and Limbridge by Lasino-Cambridge (Ralf Pawlowski, Heidenheim) under Jana Wargers (GER) were also placed.
On Thursday at 1:15 p.m. the second qualification for the individual and team classification will start. Currently, the Swedes (1.51 points) are in the lead ahead of the Swiss (1.92) and the Germans (5.31).
Watch Zuccero and Rolf-Göran Bengtsson:
