Constant Van Paesschen, Brilliant Winner Of The Azkar Trophy
Constant van Paesschen has won brilliantly the Azkar Trophy, to make a great winning round riding Citizienguard Cadjanine Z. With no seat left in the whole of the Equestrian Centre in Arteixo, the competition surprised with the high number of riders without making any fault in the first round.
First was made by the the French rider Philippe Rozier and his horse Rahotep de Toscane. This horseman already knows what it is to win in Casas Novas in the 2011 edition. 18 others riders managed to finish the opening round without penalties and therefore entered the winning round.The Egyptian Karim El Zoghby opened the winning round with a very fast time of 41.67 seconds. Behind him, 16 riders tried to reduce the time of the Egyptian albeit unsuccessfully. Ukrainian Offel Katharina was the first who achieve to decrease in 21 hundredths of second the time of the Egipcian El Zohgy. But when it was believed that Offel would get the double in the last day of CSI Casas Novas, the Belgian 20-year Constant Van Paaschen, who has an amazing season, made the public raise to cheer him when he reduced the mark of the Ukrainian in 12 hundredths of seconds.
The bests Spanish of the contest were Pilar Cordón Muro and Sergio Álvarez Moya, only national riders who qualified for the winner round. Pilar ended with one takedown and Sergio with two.Azcar Trophy put an end to the International Jumping Competition of Casas Novas in its winter edition. Three days of horse riding in which the incredible response of the public stood out. Sold out both on Saturday and Sunday.
Another of the highlights of the weekend was the superb victory of Leopold van Asten in the Longines Grand Prix, which obtained a historical victory among the list of winners on being the only champion rider of the two greatest summer and winter prizes from the same year. Besides, the competition has witnessed an enormous international repercussion thanks to the Longines sponsorship as well as widespread international television broadcasts.