In 2017, the Belgian rider Gregory Wathelet won the Rolex Grand Prix for the first time in Aachen with Coree. Today, he won the Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup with a young horse that apart from the colour also has a lot of other things in common with that fantastic grey mare.

We are talking about the eight-year-old Cornet Obolensky daughter, Flagship de Hus. The French grey mare sped round the course with Gregory Wathelet to take the victory in a time of 34.44 seconds in the 1.45-metre two-phase competition, which is the first leg of the Sparkassen-Youngsters-Cup. Second place went to Jens Baackmann riding the eight-year-old Holstein-bred gelding, Lorenz by Livello, the pair crossed the finish line in 35.39 seconds. The just seven-year-old Hanoverian-bred stallion, Cornet XL, who descends from Cornet Obolensky, came third.

Grey mare, sire Cornet Obolensky, owner Nybor Horses – that rings a bell… That’s right, all of the above-cited key data about Gregory Wathelet’s aspiring young horse, Flagship de Hus, also applies for his first Rolex Grand Prix winner, Coree. And as far as the quality is concerned – Flagship de Hus came ninth in the World Jumping Championships for Young Horses in 2022, and today she prove that she also feels at home in the magnificent setting of the Aachen Soers. Gregory Wathelet raved: “She is a real fighter! It her first time here, but she wasn’t overwhelmed by it at all, which I am very glad about. She was very focused and carefree in the jump-off – and she is fast! I am very proud of her!”