This week the city of Shanghai hosted the Longines International Horse Festival, an international event that took place in the most populous city of the People’s Republic of China. A perfect location to give further momentum to equestrian sport in China. Thanks to the efforts of such sponsors as Longines, the sport is seeing a growth in popularity with other events such as the Longines Hong Kong Masters.
A few notable riders elected to fly from Europe to Shanghai this week to compete at the CSI2* event. Britain’s Ben Maher, recently crowned World Champion Jeroen Dubbeldam, Ukraine’s Ulrich Kirchhoff and Olympic Gold medalist Peter Charles, to name a few. But it was Britain’s Ben Maher who won the main event, the Longines Grand Prix of Shanghai. Riding Ecreto B, Ben Maher completed his jump off round in a time 32.42 seconds. Second place went to China’s Duan Yiuha Knight, riding Adinka, completing his jump off round with a time roughly a second longer than Maher’s.
It was an excellent performance from the Chinese rider, who bettered Dutch World Champion Jeroen Dubbeldam riding borrowed mount Moonstar.
Longines Grand Prix
Int. jumping competition with jump-off (1.45-1.50 m) – Longines Shanghai International Horse Festival
| 1. | 16 | Ecreto B | Ben Maher | GBR |  |
82500.00 CY | 0 penalties 32.42 sec |
| bay 10y.S /Concreto/Lancer II/BWP/102ON91/ Raabe, Hermann | GBR | jump-off | |||||
| 2. | 1 | Adinka | Duan Yihua | CHN |  |
66000.00 CY | 0 penalties 33.30 sec |
| bay 9y.S /103ZH43/ Duan Yihua | CHN | jump-off | |||||
| 3. | 17 | Moonstar | Jeroen Dubbeldam | NED |  |
49500.00 CY | 0 penalties 33.40 sec |
| bay 8y.S /Kannan/Kildalton King/AES/103MT98/ Mr Steven Davenport | NED | jump-off | |||||
| 4. | 10 | Bolero | Zhao Zhiwen (Daniel) | CHN | |
33000.00 CY | 0 penalties 35.08 sec |
| chest 13y.G /Kannan/Darco/BWP/BEL41479/ Stoeterij Kalipso | CHN | jump-off | |||||
| 5. | 43 | Newtime de Baussy | Ulrich Kirchhoff | UKR |  |
23100.00 CY | 0 penalties 35.64 sec |
| chest 13y.S /Concorde, Kwpn/SF/FRA47049/ Monsieur Thierry Navet | UKR | jump-off | |||||
| 6. | 15 | Washington | Jerry Smit | ITA |  |
18150.00 CY | 0 penalties 37.21 sec |
| black 11y.S /Indoctro/Akteur/KWPN/104DC42/ Huang Zuping | ITA | jump-off | |||||
| 7. | 11 | Yang Guang | Chen Jingchuan | CHN | |
13200.00 CY | 0 penalties 38.22 sec |
| 15y./-/104OK90 | CHN | jump-off | |||||
| 8. | 46 | Kadans Carlazzo | Zhang Bin | CHN | |
9900.00 CYN | 0 penalties 38.32 sec |
| bay 9y.G /Cassini I/Exkurs/HOLST/103SU10/ Shanghai Equestrian Team | CHN | jump-off | |||||
| 9. | 39 | Al Capone | Franke Sloothaak | GER |  |
9900.00 CYN | 4 penalties 30.68 sec |
| bay 9y.G /Oklund/Grandeur/KWPN/103IN31/ Dhr. A. Meeuwis | GER | jump-off | |||||
| 10. | 14 | Belle van den Hoogeweg | Huang Zuping | CHN | |
8250.00 CYN | 4 penalties 36.54 sec |
| bay 8y.M /Hold Up Premier/Lancelot/KWPN/104CQ59/ Ger Poels Horses | CHN | jump-off | |||||
| 11. | 42 | Berruby | Peter Charles | GBR | |
8250.00 CYN | 1 penalty 74.22 sec |
| bay 8y.M /104OK49/ Zuping Equestrian Industry | GBR | round 1 | |||||
| 12. | 40 | GK Lancome | Patrick Lam | HKG |  |
8250.00 CYN | 4 penalties 67.64 sec |
| bay 13y.S /Lerano/Acord II/HOLST/102TH23/ Turnier-U.Ausbildungsstall H.-J.Kla | HKG | round 1 | |||||