Anna Kellnerová finished fifth at the Grand Prix of the International Jumping Competition (CSIO) in Prague. The Czech national team rode two clean bikes with the mare Catch Me If You Can. The time of 45.59 seconds from the final round put her in fifth place. Belgian Gudrun Patteet won in the saddle of the mare Sea Coast Kashmira Z.
Twenty-three-year-old Kellner did not jump on obstacles as high as 160 centimeters from last year’s femoral fracture to the Prague CSIO. But she did well in the Chuchle Arena. On Friday, she contributed to the fifth place of the Czech national team in the Nations Cup and met the qualifying conditions for the Olympic Games with “Catchie”.
And today she did even better when she managed both laps without a mistake. She was about three seconds away from the third Jura Vrieling from the Netherlands. “I’m very happy for fifth place. It’s just my first three-star Grand Prix since my injury. And hers too. I’m glad we’re back in good shape, that we can move on and that we’ve done so well before. Czech fans, “praised Czech Television for the rider who got injured in Madrid last May just after falling from Catch Me If You Can. Because of this, she lost the culmination of the Global Champions series in Prague at the end of the year.
Kellnerová advanced to the final round as the only one of the six Czechs who appeared among the sixty starters. Aleš Opatrný and Forewer were also close to advancing, but four penalty points for a triple jump error placed him in 17th place in the first round. The fifteen best pairs advanced to the finals. “I’m so sorry, because Forewer jumped really well. I think it was the only touch in parkour he had, and unfortunately it fell,” he lamented.
CET Prague Cup, international jumping competitions (CSIO) – Grand Prix:
1. Patteet (Belgian / Sea Coast Kashmira Z) 0 penalty points (round 2 time 41.85), 2. Tebbel (German / Don Diarado) 0 (42.10), 3. Vrieling (Niz./ VDL Glasgow vh Merelsnest) 0 (42.60),… 5. Kellner (ČR/Catch Me If You Can) 0 (45,59), …17. cautious (CR / Forewer), 33. welds (ČR / Quimero M), 39. Tretera (CZ / Gangster V / H Noddevelt), 48. Doležal (ČR / Coup de Coeur Gp Madame Z), 49. Gasperl (CZ / Chacco Bella) – eliminated in the 1st round.
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