Lausanne (SUI), 8 February 2013 – The magical town of Valle de Bravo, located on the shore of Lake Avándaro and over 150km southwest of Mexico City, played host to the FEI Children’s International Classics Final last week (3 February).
A total of 32 young athletes from 14 nations battled it out at the Rancho Avándaro Country Club, where Mexico’s Juan Pablo Gaspar, 14, and his striking grey gelding Puertas Blue Dream clinched the gold medal.
France’s Camille Conde-Ferreira, 13, secured silver with Black Jumper, and Venezuela’s Isabella Andreu, who will turn 14 at the end of this month – and who scored a faultless round just like her fellow medallists – took home bronze with Red Graf.
World-wide qualifiers, borrowed horses & electric atmosphere
Qualifications for the Final took place at Gold Tour events in 26 countries around the world during 2012. Sixteen foreign athletes from the FEI ChIC World Standings were then invited to attend the Final alongside 16 athletes from host nation Mexico.