Zurich (SUI), 27 January 2013 – Portugal’s Luciana Diniz and Lennox stormed to victory in a thrilling four-horse jump-off at the tenth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League series in Zurich, Switzerland today. The Brazilian-born 42 year old was second to go against the clock, and threw down a target time that proved impossible for the rest to catch.
It was a tough day at the office for the 39 starters as the statistics revealed. The tight time-allowed of 69 seconds caught out 16 horse-and-rider partnerships in the first round, while a total of eight had only a single fence down and two missed out on the jump-off with just one time penalty. For the second week in succession Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Bella Donna were amongst the latter, but their fifth-place finishing spot added 12 valuable qualifying points to the German rider’s collection, so the three-time Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping champion now looks well-assured of a place at the Final in Gothenburg, Sweden in April.
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