IN form Kate Alison and her mare Carlotta rode two immaculate clear rounds in Category A at the RVS Grounds at Swakopmund on Saturday, to win Leg 2 of this year’s edition of the FEI Jumping World Challenge in a time of 54,28 seconds.
In Category B, both Alison, this time on her stallion Chianti, and Michelle Künzle on Callaho Lucien rode to a double clear.
Künzle produced the better time in the second round though, to finish first on 49,48 seconds, with Alison second on 55,79. Coming in third was Emily Braune on Great Uncle Argo with four penalties and a time of 51,91 seconds.
Category C was won by Annette Kuenzle on Seeis Elton, with a double clear in 54,74 seconds. Aidan Kotze and Onduno Sontop took second with a double clear in 62,79 seconds.
Third place went to Bianca Woker and Assegai Scandal (four penalties, 53,85 seconds).
Two Namibian youngsters, Jenna Gilchrist and Jayd Bassi-Hanssen, competed in the first leg of the challenge in neighbouring South Africa over the weekend, with Gilchrist finishing an impressive third with a double clear and a time of 49 seconds, and Bassi-Hanssen ending on eight penalties.
Gilchrist, who won the 2021 edition of the Namibian chapter of the challenge, is currently preparing for her trip to the finals, to be held in Bulgaria later this year.
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