Tonight was an exciting battle in the Anemone Horse Trucks
Grand Prix of Amsterdam powered by Stoeterij Sterrehof. Julien Epaillard
defeated ten competitors with the 13-year-old mare Toupie de la Roque (f.
Kannan) in the 11 strong jump-off in a time of 29.58 seconds. Marcus Ehning had
to settle for second place with the 12-year-old A la Carte NRW (f. Abke) and
was not fast enough in a time of 29.69 seconds. Holly Smith completed the
podium with 12-year-old KWPN’er Denver (f. memphis) by finishing in 31.06 seconds.  

“Today went very well

Epaillard: ”I am very happy with this victory. Marcus
Ehning was very fast in the jump-off. It was not possible for me to turn from
obstacle 1 to obstacle 2 in the jump-off. That’s why I rode outside and was
faster. My mare is very fast and it went very well today.”

Indoor Brabant

Toupie has won many major international competitions. In
December she was second in the Grand Prix of Jumping Mechelen over 1.50m. In
December she also performed well in Paris, where she also took second place in
a 1.50m class. She had a break and since 5 months I bring her out on
competitions again. Her next competition is Indoor Brabant in Den Bosch,” said
Epaillard.

Preparation

I started her as a preparation for Jumping Amsterdam at the
CSI Basel in Switzerland. She was in good shape there too.”

5*-plus event

Jumping Amsterdam is a fantastic event. The organization is
perfect. It’s a 5*-plus event. The audience was fantastic at the jump-off and
the award ceremony.”   

View the results here

Photo: Digishots

Eline Korving of Horses.nl commissioned by Jumping
Amsterdam.