Burghley Horse Trials success
Ludwig continued his success at the European Chamionships, where he was clear at the cross country with King Bob and managed to climb to 9th place in the final competition on Sunday. Straight after the European Championships, Ludwig drove the long journey from Sweden to drop off his Silver Medal horse Shamwari at home, repack and bring King Bob to Burghley. King Bob proved to be in great form, and performed his personal best in two out of the three disciplines, and the lowest score at this level. Burghley is for sure the most demanding and toughest cross country course in the world, and this year was no different. On the last day, the show jumping phase, King Bob was a little too wild and fresh, which led to one rail down, but the combination finished in 9th place, which is the best result ever for Ludwig at a four star competition.
Read moreSilver Medal at the European Championships
After at few days of pre camp at the Swedish National Stud, Flyinge, Ludwig set off to Malmö for the European Championships. Shamwari was on great form, doing a good canter program and walk, but the trot work was not up to his normal standard which resulted in a score of 37,6 lying in 3rd place after the dressage phase. The cross country on the second day proved a bit on the soft side, Shamwari did a classy round, and picked up only 0,4 time faults, which kept him in 3rd place before the final day and Show Jumping. Unfortunately, although Shamwari did not jump bad, he had two poles down, which dropped the combination to 10th place. This was a personal disappointment for Ludwig, but he was happy to win the Team Silver Medal.
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