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3 June 2023

Land Rover Speed and Handiness Class

Barbara Schnieper - Inook - Photo Copyright © CSIO.CH / Katja Stuppia Barbara Schnieper - Inook - Photo Copyright © CSIO.CH / Katja Stuppia

Barbara Schnieper wins the Land Rover Speed and Handiness Class!

It was a great evening for the Swiss rider Barbara Schnieper in the Land Rover Speed and Handiness Class. With start number one she immediately created a great atmosphere in the Gründenmoos in St. Gallen by setting a strong first mark with a very fast, faultless round on the gelding Escoffier. It took the winning pair from last year, Hans-Dieter Dreher and Vestmalle des Cotis, to knock them off the top spot. By more than three seconds, he improved on Barbara Schnieper's best time to beat. Can Hans-Dieter Dreher be stopped at all on his mission to defend the title? "Yes", says his compatriot Pia Reich and takes the lead on PB Loewenherz by an extremely narrow 0.02 seconds. The two Swiss riders Bryan Balsiger and Romain Duguet also showed fast rounds and still slipped between the German double leaders and Barbara Schnieper. No problem for the forty-one-year-old from Solothurn, because she does not have to be satisfied with the maximum fifth place quite yet. As the fourth last rider, she started a renewed attack on the victory with her second horse, the ten-year-old mare Inook. She improved her own time with her first horse Escoffier by almost five seconds and also took the highly deserved lead over Pia Reich by one and a half seconds. The remaining three riders could not take the triumph away from her and thus Barbara Schnieper is the winner of the Land Rover Speed and Handiness Class at the Longines CSIO St. Gallen 2023. Best congratuliations!

Classified in the Land Rover Speed and Handiness Class 2023:
1. Barbara Schnieper (SUI) mit Inook 84.37
2. Pia Reich (GER) mit PB Loewenherz 85.91
3. Hans-Dieter Dreher (GER) mit Vestmalle des Cotis 85.93
4. Dominik Juffinger (AUT) mit Dion van de Oldenhoff 87.90
5. Bryan Balsiger (SUI) mit Just Special V. 88.66
6. Romain Duguet (SUI) mit Bel Canto de Boguin 88.85
7. Barbara Schnieper (SUI) mit Escoffier  89.19
8. Mario Stevens (GER) mit Botakara Old 89.46
9. Pius Schwizer (SUI) mit Chill Ma 90.14
10. Thibeau Spits (BEL) mit Ibestra V. 90.78
11. Niklaus Rutschi (SUI) mit Oxana v. Bisschop 91.27
12. Max Kühner (AUT) mit Eic Julius Caesar 91.30