The first Big Tour class at 4Foulee ended with a shared victory for Kristaps Neretnieks from Latvia and Abdelkebir Ouaddar from Morocco.

The Trophy of Equestrian Wielkopolska, for the cup of the Wielkopolska Equestrian Association, counting for group D of the Longines Rankings, gathered 52 pairs at the starting list. 18 of them completed the 150 cm course faultlessly, and the competition on the first day of the CSI4* 4Foulee competition was quite fierce. What doesn't happen too often, we had two winners – Latvia’s Kristaps Neretnieks with Palladium KJV and the rider from Morocco - Abdelkebir Ouaddar on the mare Ceika Malouine.

„My horse was competing on grass for the first time and it seems that he liked it! I’ve been riding Palladium for more than one year now, it’s an amazing horse with a big heart. We managed to win today and score some points for the Olympic ranking, which I’m very happy about.” – said Neretnieks.

“I love Poland, but it’s my first time at 4Foulee. The arena is amazing and the ground is very well-prepared.” – said Ouaddar. 

Austria’s Gerfried Puck with Equitron Melody VD Smidshoeve finished third.

Results: https://livejumping.com/ap/event/8430/competition/123282

There are still three days of sports competition at the highest level ahead of us. On Friday, the highlight of the program will be the Trophy of the Patrons of Poznań - Piotr and Paweł, counting for the world ranking, for the prizes of the patron of the competition - Mr. Roman Roszkiewicz. Tickets are available at ToBilet.pl. Those who cannot be with us at the Wola Hippodrome are invited to watch the broadcast at live.4foulee.pl.

Photo: Asia Bręklewicz and Kamila Tworkowska for 4Foulee