Robert Whitaker won his second class of the show with an outstanding performance in the Christmas Eve Six Bar, the only rider to jump clear in the fifth round when the final fence went up to 2m (nearly 6ft 7in). Robert Smith on Ronaldo and France’s Jean-Marc Nicolas (Joal de Madame) both hit the last fence, but Robert Whitaker conjured a prodigious leap from the tall, leggy chestnut Finbarr V, his ride in tomorrow night’s Puissance.
Finbarr has won 11 Puissance competitions in a row, and Robert had, fortuitously, remembered to back himself at Olympia’s on-course bookie. ‘Sometimes he’s really, fresh, like today, but he’s a big horse and he can get tired, and that’s when he feels a bit like a tractor,’ said Robert.
RESULTS
9 THE CHRISTMAS EVE SIX BAR
Int. six bar competition (first round: 1.70 m)
1 Finbarr V Whitaker, Robert GBR 1500 GBP 0 faults
2 Ronaldo Smith, Robert GBR 825 GBP 4 faults
2 Joal de Madame Nicolas, Jean-Marc FRA 825 GBP 4 faults
4 Cortaflex Mondriaan Funnell, William GBR 400 GBP 4 faults
4 Sinclaire Ahlmann, Christian GER 400 GBP 4 faults
4 Lincoln Zoer, Albert NED 400 GBP 4 faults
7 VDL Groep Issis du Marais Asten, Leopold van NED 200 GBP 8 faults
8 Parodie Houtzager, Marc NED 150 GBP retired
9 Isovlas Jus des Fontaines Deusser, Daniel GER 150 GBP 8 faults
9 Una II Williams, Guy GBR 150 GBP 8 faults
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