Dance Little Spook and Kronsteiner - Photo by Andrea Bonaga
In a field of 41 finalists, with a score of 225.5, Rudi Kronsteiner claimed the Italian Reining Horse Association/National Reining Horse Association Futurity Level 4 Open Championship aboard Dance Little Spook (Smart Spook x Sailor Dance x Topsail Cody), owned by Quarter Dream.
This is the first Italian Futurity Open Championship title for the Austrian NRHA Professional based in Germany.
RS Spat Man O War (Spat O Lena x RS Hollywood Hglo x Mcjac Flash), ridden by Gennaro Lendi for Gildo Mercuri/Claudio Risso, took Reserve honors.
After posting a 224, Ruedinger Diedenhofen’s Whizasunnysailor BB (Topsail Whiz x Walla Walla Sunshine x Shining Spark), ridden by German Emanuel Ernst, claimed the Level 3 Intermediate, Level 2 Limited and Level 1 Futurity Open Championships.
Claiming the Level 3 and Level 2 Open Reserve Championship with a 223 was AT Andrewood (Ricochet Rooster x ML Greatawood x SR Great Oak), ridden by Italian Giuseppe Prevosti for Matteo Benedusi.
Snapplejack (Mr Snapple x Im A Quarry Queen x Ima Topsail Cody) ridden by Pietro Artinghelli for Impresa Agricola Cuoghi, took the Level 1 Open Reserve Championship.
Futurity Non-Pro
RS Metallica Jac and Risso -Photo by Bonaga
Winning the Futurity Level 4 Non-Pro Championship was Claudio Risso aboard his RS Metallica Jac (McJac Flash x A Baby Boomer x Boomernic), a mare born, bred and raised by Risso.
Claiming the Futurity Level 4 Non-Pro Reserve Championship were Ewald Rifeser and ARC Pleasetogunyou (Topgun Whiz x ARC Pleasedtoceeu x Chic Please). Aboard the mare owned by Petra Burger, Rifeser posted a 214 and won the Futurity Championship Level 3 Non-Pro.
With Alessandro Pollarini in the saddle, Masked Gunman (Colonels Smoking Gun [Gunner] x Starmax Rm x Grays Starlight), a stallion owned by Az. Agr. Pollarini, not only earned the Reserve Championship in the Level 3 division, he also won the Level 2 Championship.
To determine the winners of the Level 1 division, it took a run-off between Franco Zorzi, riding Gunner Surprise (Gunner x Flashy Sparkle Doll x ARC Sparkle Surprise), and Giovanni Masi De Vargas, riding his Thaz A Boy (Smartaz x Snap And Twist x Snapper Cal Bar). Both had scored a 211.5, enough for them to claim the Level 2 Co-Reserve Championship. Masi had to settle for the Reserve Championship in the Level 1 with Zorzi winning the title after posting a 209 in the run-off. |