In the late evening on Saturday, the Soers rocked in the MERKUR CASINO-Cup, the “Jump & Run” of the special kind.

Six teams à six horses, two riders and a driver are the ingredients that turn the MERKUR CASINO-Cup into a relay race of the special kind at the Soers. First of all, a shortened version of the cross awaits the participants. As soon as the eventer has reached the finish line, the show-jumper sets off and once he has mastered his course, the cross-country rider, who should have already handed his horse over to a groom, has to leg it over to a carriage as fast as possible, jump on and off they go. The fastest team with the least faults wins.

That was the “green team” this evening, an Australian/Brazilian trio comprising of Kevin McNab with Willunga, Rodrigo Pessoa with Dhalida and Boyd Exell, who was already the fastest in the Prize of schwartz Gruppe earlier today. The green team’s combined score was 126.30 seconds.

On an overall score of 129.32 seconds, the orange team, two thirds of which was made up of Oranje riders, came second: Lars Kersten with Holywood and Bram Chardon with his team. The remaining third was actually British, but he was in disguise, namely cladded in a jacket of the Dutch team: David Doel with Captain Kadou.

In third place: The red team on a score of 131.12 seconds, comprising of Calvin Böckmann with Crunchip M from Germany, the Swiss eventer Romain Duguet with Stawita PS and Jérôme Voutaz, also from Switzerland, whose four Freiberger horses impressed the crowd with their agility and speed.