Corbie V.V. Z and Iron Man shine on the World Cup podium in Los Angeles

Last weekend, there was of course a lot of attention the season finale of the Longines Global Champions Tour in Riyadh, but in addition to that, there was also a World Cup race on the programme at the highest level. Indeed, the Santa Anita Park in Los Angeles was the setting for the fourth World Cup race in the North American League on Saturday evening. It was a fruitful evening for our blue and yellow colours, with two Zangersheide horses jumping to a place on the World Cup podium.

One of the combinations that managed a podium place was Israeli rider Daniel Bluman and his 9-year-old grey mare Corbie V.V. Z, a daughter of Cornet Obolensky and Chacco Blue from the breeding farm of Evelyne and Colin Van Vreckom. Bluman and Corbie V.V. Z also managed to jump into the limelight on Thursday with a 7th place in the 1.50m class and were one of the eight combinations at the World Cup to clear the basic jump-off of arena builder Anderson Lima and his team. In that jump-off, they managed to ensure another flawless round and with their finishing time of 42.87 seconds, they only had to beat American Karl Cook and the 12-year-old Zandor Z mare Caracole de la Roque.

However, Bluman and Corbie V.V. Z were not the only Zangersheide combination on the podium. Indeed, 3rd place went to Irish rider Cian O'Connor and the 11-year-old grey gelding Iron Man, a son of VDL Groep Charisma Z and Mr. Blue who was born as C-Iron Z to breeder Wim van der Leegte of Stoeterij Duyselshof in the Netherlands. O'Connor and Iron Man were also unblemished in the jump-off, but it took them 44.68 seconds to complete their round successfully.