CARLO WINS 65,000€ AT LA MANDRIA GLOBAL CHAMPIONS TOUR
Monday 24 May 2010
Beverley Widdowson’s Carlo 273, ridden by Nick Skelton, finished in second place in the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix held in La Mandria, Italy at the weekend, bringing home a 65,000€ share of the 300,000€ total prize fund on offer.
Jumping one of only three triple clear rounds of the entire competition, the nine year-old grey gelding missed victory by just two tenths of a second, settling for second place behind Germany’s Marco Kutscher. Third place went to Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa.
Nick commented:
“Carlo is only nine so I am very pleased with him but because of his age, I will not be aiming him at the World Championships this year. He will do the GCT shows and hopefully be really ready for the big stuff in London 2012”.
300,000€ La Mandria Grand Prix
1st Marco Kutscher GER Cash 63 – 0/0/0 37.98 secs
2nd Nick Skelton GBR Carlo 273 – 0/0/0 38.18 secs
3rd Rodrigo Pessoa BRA HH Rebozo – 0/0/0 41.12 secs
Full results can be downloaded at www.globalchampionstour.com