11 November 2022

Stuttgart: Voutaz performs well in the warm up round

The warm up round of the World Cup competition in Stuttgart tonight was won by Boyd Exell. He faced formidable opposition from the Swiss Jérôme Voutaz. With the result of this warm up competition, the starting order for tomorrow's competition is determined.

The stands in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle were packed with an enthusiastic audience. In addition to the bridge and two marathon obstacles, the course had a water feature in one corner of the arena. This one had to be taken twice. After gate 13 on the short side, a long line followed to the finish, where some more gas could be applied. The participants all completed two rounds, with gate A from obstacle 5 and gate F from obstacle 10 being dropped in the last round.


Boyd Exell won tonight
Photo: Sonja Scharf

Boyd Exell

Boyd Exell was in a league of his own again tonight. In the first round he was the only one to drive under 150 seconds and remained clear. In the second round a ball rolled into obstacle 5, but he knew in the last part of the course that he had enough of a lead and didn’t even go full out in the line to the finish.

His biggest competitor was Jérôme Voutaz. The Swiss was fast in the first round, but had a ball. He made up for that in the second round. He drove flawlessly and set a lightning-fast time of 141.31 with his Freibergers. He was visibly pleased with his good performance with which he came second.

Faults

Glenn Geerts took the third place prize money tonight. In the first round he had to take 12 penalty seconds for 3 dropped balls. He took revenge in the second round. With 144.86 he was very fast and he remained clear.

Michael Brauchle was the only German to drive in front of the home crowd. In the first round he did not reach his usual speed. When entering obstacle 10, the team even came to a complete standstill for a moment. In the second round it went a lot faster, but when coming out of the water he had a sloppy mistake on gate 4 and an obstacle element suffered. He came fourth.

Frenchman Benjamin Aillaud is getting his team of Lusitano’s going better and better. Especially in the second round the horses worked well together, which resulted in a clear round. Chester Weber didn’t have his night. He had too many mistakes and could not develop enough speed. He was sixth.

Tomorrow the competetion starts at 12.45 pm and can be followed via the livestream on ClipMyHorse.TV and FEI Youtube

Results warm up round Stuttgart

  1. Boyd Exell (AUS) 293,57
  2. Jérôme Voutaz (SUI) 303,45
  3. Glenn Geerts (BEL) 317,64
  4. Michael Brauchle (GER) 323,76
  5. Benjamin Aillaud (FRA) 337,13
  6. Chester Weber (USA) 362,68

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