USA’s Laura Kraut aboard Cedric is 10th
Monaco, June 30th 2007 - HRH Prince Albert II attended the third event of the Global Champions Tour, presented by CN WorldWide and CN, staged at the beautiful Monte Carlo harbor. Under his watchful eye, 36 combinations started in the “Grand Prix du Prince Albert II de Monaco”. The best 18 combination came back for the second round, among which were 10 combinations with a clear first round and 8 with just 4 faults. Among the clear combinations were the numbers two and three from the previous GCT event in Cannes, Jessica Kurten (IRL) and Jos Lansink (BEL).
In round two six combinations were double clear and advanced to the jump off. Jos Lansink was first to go on Al Kaheel Cavalor Cumano and had another clear round. Michael Whitaker (GBR) repeated that result with Insul Tech Mozart des Hayettes but was nearly a second faster. This set the pace as each consecutive rider was faster then the one before. Tonight’s GCT Grand Prix was great sport to watch not only for the many spectators present but also for the live audience of Eurosport. Robert Whitaker beat his uncles time by a fraction. Jessica Kurten and Castle Forbes Libertina were the last combination to go. Jessica: “I saw Michael and I heard Jeroen was faster so we had to go for it. Libby is naturally fast and headstrong but tonight she was calm and so concentrated .She is truly a once in a lifetime horse”.
“Monaco is such a wonderfull show. It is only the second year but has improved so much that it already is a highlight of the year. The stabling is perfect, the footing as well and the city is amazing. Monaco has so much charisma everybody should come here and experience. I also think the live broadcast of Eurosport has done the GCT Monaco and Monaco itself proud. We are not quite at the level of the Formula I but we will certainly get there in the future. It is a top show”
Asked what her plans with Libertina are after these two amazing GCT successes Jessica said: “I am going to do La Coruna and Balve. I would like to do the GCT events of Estoril and Sao Paulo but I think the Irish team needs her for the European Championships”.
Second placed Jeroen Dubbeldam just said “super, super, super when asked for a reaction. Jeroen: “And I mean super in all aspects. Not just the sport but everything around it as well. I also would have said this if I would not have been second today!” His son Rick Dubbeldam was more interested in finances since his first question to his dad was: “How many euro’s have you won?” Winner Jessica Kurten took home 100.000,00 euros. Jeroen Dubbeldam and BMC Nassau 60.000 and Robert Whitaker earned 40.000 with his third place on Lacroix9.
Results
Grand Prix du Prince Albert II de Monaco
Part of the Global Champions Tour 2007
Table A, Two Rounds and a Jump-Off
FEI Art. 273.2.2+3.1, 1m60
1 41 CASTLE FORBES LIBERTINA - westf Jessica KURTEN (IRL) 100000 0 0 0 0 29.63
2 49 BMC NASSAU - kwpn Jeroen DUBBELDAM (NED) 60000 0 0 0 0 30.84
3 27 LACROIX 9 - holst Robert WHITAKER (GBR) 40000 0 0 0 0 30.88
4 29 INSUL TECH MOZART DES HAYETTES - bwp Michael WHITAKER (GBR) 23000 0 0 0 0 31.07
5 8 AL KAHEEL CAVALOR CUMANO - holst Jos LANSINK (BEL) 19000 0 0 0 0 32.14
6 72 BUTTERFLY FLIP - swb Malin BARYARD (SWE) 10000 0 0 0 8 33.3
7 6 SEA COAST CONAN - holst Kristof CLEEREN (BEL) 10000 4 0 4 71.74
8 51 EURCOMMERCE MONACO - kwpn Gerco SCHRODER (NED) 5000 4 0 4 72.85
9 62 PEU A PEU 4 - westf Daniel ETTER (SUI) 5000 4 0 4 72.86
10 78 CEDRIC Laura KRAUT (USA) 5000 4 0 4 72.97
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