For the fourth time in his career, Germany’s living-legend Ludger Beerbaum won the 2014 Mercedes German Masters in Stuttgart with his steady stallion Chaman.
With only 12 riders qualified for the class, the 2014 edition of the competition saw only five of those riders qualify for the jump-off. Germany’s very own Hans-Dieter Dreher was first to go with Embassy II, and it looked as though his time would be very hard to beat. Reigning Olympic Champion Steve Guerdat of Switzerland with Concetto Son and Ireland’s recent World Cup Grand Prix winner Bertram Allen with Belmonde both collected faults on course as did Germany’s Marco Kutscher riding Cornet’s Cristallo. Alas, it was only Beerbaum who was able to answer the call, laid down by fellow German ridr Hans-Dieter Dreher. Galloping through the finish timers only 0.33 seconds faster than Dreher and Embassy II, Beerbaum and Chaman were able to secure the 2014 Masters title for the fourth time in Beerbaum’s career.
“I’m really, really happy to win this class. It is not every day that you win the Mercedes German Master even though I did it three of four times before” said Ludger in the Press Conference.
“I had the benefit to be in the end of the class so I could see Hansi who did an unbelievable jump-off. If I would have been in the beginning of the class I don’t know if I would have raced like that to the last fence, then probably the sense would have came through. But since I had seen Hansi I knew that this probably was the only chance I had to be faster,” Ludger said after his win.
Source: Stuttgart German Masters
MERCEDES GERMAN MASTER
Int. jumping competition with jump-off (1.55 m)
| 1. |  |
Chaman bay 15y. S/ Baloubet du Rouet/ I Love You/ KWPN/ MEX01925/ Winter-Schulze,Madeleine |
Beerbaum,Ludger ZRFV Riesenbeck |
car | 0 Strafpunkte 37.63 sec Im Stechen |
| 2. | |
Embassy II dbay 13y. S/ Escudo I/ Silvio I/ HANN/ GER45772/ Galmbacher Sport Pferde Zucht |
Dreher,Hans-Dieter RV Dreiländereck |
14925 EUR | 0 Strafpunkte 37.96 sec Im Stechen |
| 3. |  |
Concetto Son dbay 10y. G/ Concetto/ Drosseklklang II/ OLDBG/ 103VP84/ Fuchs Thomas |
Guerdat,Steve Switzerland |
11194 EUR | 4 Strafpunkte 37.72 sec Im Stechen |
| 4. | |
Cornet’s Cristallo dbay 11y. G/ Cornet Obolensky (ex: Windows/ Pilot/ WESTF/ 102MH58/ Sudheimer Hof/Thomas Sagel |
Kutscher,Marco ZRFV Riesenbeck |
7463 EUR | 4 Strafpunkte 38.87 sec Im Stechen |
| 5. |  |
Belmonde bay 8y. G/ Ovidius/ Kenwood/ / 103WJ45/ Ballywalter Farms |
Allen,Bertram Ireland |
4478 EUR | 8 Strafpunkte 39.05 sec Im Stechen |
| 6. |  |
Nice Stephanie bay 10y. M/ Cardento/ Ralme Z/ SWB/ 102WN98/ Madame Geneviève MEGRET |
Leprevost,Pénélope France |
3358 EUR | 4 Strafpunkte 70.20 sec Im Umlauf |
| 7. | |
Carinjo HDC bay 13y. S/ Cascavelle/ Landgraf I/ HOLST/ 102ON79/ Haras Des Coudrettes |
Delaveau,Patrice France |
2239 EUR | 4 Strafpunkte 71.76 sec Im Umlauf |
| 8. |  |
Ad Uutje bay 13y. G/ Monaco/ Calypso/ KWPN/ 103BH60/ Mr.de Miranda & Victory Equestrian |
de Miranda,Doda Brazil |
1865 EUR | 4 Strafpunkte 73.01 sec Im Umlauf |
| 9. |  |
Valentin R grey 12y. S/ Heartbreaker/ Indorado/ KWPN/ 103WP47/ Miss Emilie Machon & Michael Potter |
Whitaker,Michael Great Britain |
1493 EUR | 4 Strafpunkte 73.13 sec Im Umlauf |
| 10. | |
Farao van T Vennehof bay 9y. M/ Triomphe de Muze/ Sun Light van de Zuuthoeve/ BWP/ 103LP52/ Breen Equestrian LTD & James Breen |
Breen,Shane Ireland |
1493 EUR | 4 Strafpunkte 74.73 sec Im Umlauf |
| 11. | |
Ayade de Septon Et HDC chest 8y. M/ Wandor van de Mispelaere/ Belle d’Avril du Mazy/ SBS/ 103JC26/ Haras Des Coudrettes |
Staut,Kevin France |
746 EUR | 8 Strafpunkte 73.27 sec Im Umlauf |
| 12. |  |
Lennox bay 13y. S/ Lifestyle (old)/ Grammus/ OLDBG/ 102OK46/ Diniz,Arnaldo e Luciana |
Diniz,Luciana Portugal |
746 EUR | 13 Strafpunkte 77.23 sec Im Umlauf |