Maximus, Escada and Anyway II take first places in Florida and Qatar

29 February 2016

The Irish rider Ronan McGuinan won gold with Maximus (previous Ferimain TH, by Zapatero VDL), sold during the DHS in 2014, in the 6-years-old class during the Winter Equestrian Festival CSI 5* in Wellington. He had the fastest time in the jump-off and was just a bit faster than Nicholas Dello Joio. The combination finished in 8th place in another 6-years-old class the same weekend.

The during the DSHS sold horses Escada (Tangelo vd Zuuthoeve x Darco) and Erasmus HX (Vittorio x Amaretto I) also competed at the festival in Wellington. Julie Welles became 1st with Escada in the 7-years-olds class and finished 4th in the same class with Erasmus HX.

The during the DSHS sold horse Anyway II performed very good in Al Rayyan in Qatar. On February 25th Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani finished 7th with Anyway II, who was sold during the DSHS in 2010. One day later they won the 1.55m. Saturday they ended on 4th place during the Al Rayyan Grand Prix 1.60m.

Photo: Escada