Steve Guerdat: first twice in Gothenburg

Gothenburg, March 2015 – After a spectacular jump off against the home hero Rolf Goran Bengtsson aboard his long time companion Casall Ask, Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat scored victory in the last qualifying round of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2014/2015 Western European League with the mare Albfuehren’s Paille de la Roque. Talking about his winning horse, Guerdat said this evening: “She arrived at my stables ten months ago having already jumped quite successfully with another Swiss rider, Alexandra Fricker. It took a while to get to know her, but she jumped clear in her very first Grand Prix and this is her first very big win with me”. Looking ahead to the World Cup final in Las Vegas, he said: “I’m not exactly sure which horse I will take, but Paille would be my first choice because she’s been very good during the entire indoor season and I’d like to save Nino for the Championships this year. Nino would be my second choice for Las Vegas though”. Germany’s Marco Kutscher came third in the Gothenburg’s Grand Prix aboard Cornet Cristallo.
Here is the final Western European League standings after Gothenburg:

1° Steve Guerdat SUI 77
2° Bertram Allen IRL 71
3° Kevin Staut FRA 65
4° Lucy Davis USA 62
5° Marco Kutscher GER 59
6° Edwina Tops Alexander AUS 57
7° Harrie Smolders NED 56
8° Marcus Ehning GER 53
9° Maikel van der Vleuten NED 51
10° Daniel Deusser GER 50
11° Douglas Lindelow SWE 49
12° Jur Vrieling NED 46
13° Hans Dieter Dreher GER 44
14° Rolf Goran Bengtsson SWE 42
15° Simon Delestre FRA 41
16° Martin Fuchs SUI 40
17° Geir Gulliksen NOR 38
18° Penelope Leprevost FRA 38