Henrik von Eckermann and Glamour Girl Earn 2nd WEF Win in Adequan Challenge Cup Round 3

Henrik von Eckermann & Glamour Girl. Photo © Sportfot

World no. 1 Henrik von Eckermann (SWE) and Glamour Girl are leaning on their experience together and proving to be unstoppable in Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup action, topping the $62,500 Adequan® CSI4* WEF Challenge Cup Round 3 yet again during Week 3 of the Winter Equestrian Festival.

The duo captured the second edition of the class on the grass derby field during WEF 2 before moving to the sand surface of the International Arena proved to be no problem for Glamour Girl, owned by Robin Parsky’s Portfolio Horses.

“She enjoys Florida,” von Eckermann said of the 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare (VDL Zirocco Blue x Caletto I). “Two starts, two wins. When she’s in a mood like this, she’s very hard to beat. She’s a quick horse naturally.”

Just like their most recent win, von Eckermann had the last spot in the draw, but this time it was a result of having the top performance in the first round over Peter Grant’s (CAN) track. The class was run in a winning round format, with the top 12 returning for the jump-off. Among other Olympians, including USA’s Kent Farrington, Ireland’s Darragh Kenny, and Egyptian Nayel Nassar, von Eckermann had the fastest clear round, earning him the opportunity to jump off last.

“There was a bit of competition today; Kent was fast and Nayel too, so I had a good draw from the fastest time in the first round,” he remarked of the caliber of the jump-off and what he was up against. “I could go in last and knew again what I had to do. They’re definitely making me work for it. You had to be really quick today.”

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