After the first leg of the IPPOS SPRING TOUR 2024 in Thessaloniki (9 – 12 May 2024), the tournament continued in following week 16 – 19 May. Riders from all over Europe and Brazil showed a high level of horse jumping in 18 Classes of the competition with the huge number of 564 starts. The two highest Classes and the Grand Prix winner became Italian Roberto Previtali on Esteban de Hus and Hachiko and thus repeated the success from a week before.
The renewed IPPOS Club in Nea Raidestos, Thessaloniki, Greece, welcomed teams of approximately 150 athletes with a total of 240 horses, representing 14 countries (North Macedonia, Brazil, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, and Greece). On its 151 acres of grounds, the fans had the chance to see altogether 564 performances for the fight of the prize money totalling 87,000 EUR.
Two most successful nations were Greece with 9 victories and Romania with 8 wins. Italy took three titles, all thanks to the 31-year-old rider Roberto Previtali. The most successful Greek rider became Dimitri Natsis, GRE with three victories including the precious trophy from CSI 2* Class 12 – 140cm with Cresco. Next success came for Romanian Cojocariu family, when Aurel Cojocariu took two and Damian Cojocariu took also two wins. The next successful Romanian rider with two trophies was Ionut Ursache.
Italian Roberto Previtali became the most successful rider from among almost 150 riders. He managed to win three titles: CSI 2* Class 5 – 135cm with Hachiko, CSI 2* Class 7 – 145cm with Esteban de Hus andCSI 2* LR Grand Prix – Class 17 – 145cm also with Esteban de Hus. The stallion Esteban de Hus thus became also the most successful horse of the whole IPPOS SPRING TOUR 2024 in Thessaloniki.
Course designer: Elio Travagliati, Italy
Winners of the categories:
CSIYH1* 5y/o – Class 1a – 110cm – Ionut Ursache, ROM with J´adore Le Lux
CSIYH1* 6y/o – Class 1a – 125cm – Damian Cojocariu, ROM with Cashmere Blue
CSIYH1* 7y/o – Class 1a – 130cm – Dimitri Natsis, GRE with Corrie Z
CSI 2* – Class 2 – 140cm – Alexandros Fourlis, GRE with Idefix del Laghetto
CSI 2* – Class 3 – 130cm – Daniel Bucur, ROM with Jaretina BH.
CSI 1* – Class 4 – 115cm – Anna Irene Goset, CYP with Cindy
CSI 2* Class 5 – 135cm – Roberto Previtali, ITA with Hachiko
CSIYH1* 5y/o – Class 6 – 110cm – Ionut Ursache, ROM mare J´Adore Le Lux
CSIYH1* 6y/o – Class 6 – 125cm – Eduard Slobodeniuk, UKR with Cornetico
CSIYH1* 7y/o – Class 6 – 130cm – Angel Niagolov, BUL with Moulin Rouge BMG
CSI 2* Class 7 – 145cm – Roberto Previtali, ITA with Esteban de Hus
CSI 1* Class 8 – 120cm – Aurel Cojocariu, ROM with Azur de Pepinvast
CSI 1* Class 9 – 100cm –Emmeleia Oikonomopoulou, GRE with C-Implosion
CSIYH1* 5y/o – Class 10 – 115cm – Luca Ruxandariu, ROM with Camirez
CSIYH1* 6y/o – Class 10 – 130cm – Damian Cojocariu, ROM with Cashmere Blue
CSIYH1* 7y/o – Class 10 – 135cm – Dimitri Natsis, GRE with Corrie Z
CSI 2* Class 11 – 130cm – Stefania Bessiou, GRE with Amira
CSI 2* Class 12 – 140cm – Dimitri Natsis, GRE with Cresco
CSI 1* Class 13 – 120cm – Aurel Cojocariu, ROM with Azur de Pepinvast
CSI 1* Class 14 – 105cm – Aggeliki Paraskevopoulou, GRE on Allouette Sauvageonne
CSI 2* Class 15 – 135cm – Monika Martini, GRE with Crusty VD Heffinck
CSI 1* Class 16 – 125cm – Alin Yazici, TUR with Jenco DW
CSI 2* LR Grand Prix – Class 17 – 145cm – Roberto Previtali, ITA with Esteban de Hus
CSI 1* – Class 18 – 110cm – Argyro Papageorgiou, GRE with Hibiza des Sablons AA.