Wellington – Show jumper Philipp Weishaupt just missed his second win in a series of tournaments in Wellington.
The 37-year-old from Riesenbeck rode the fastest lap of the jump-off with Coby at the Grand Prix in East Florida, but only finished fifth following a knockdown. European Champion Andre Thieme from Plau am See also had a down with Chakaria in the show jumping event, which was endowed with 406,000 US dollars, and finished seventh.
Four weeks ago, Weishaupt won one of the five Grand Prix at five-star level in Wellington, where the riders will ride until the end of March. On Saturday, Abdel Said with Arpege, who started for Belgium, won ahead of the American Kent Farrington with Orafina.