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2022 NRHA European Affiliate Championship NRHA
EUROPEAN AFFILIATE July 11-17, 2022 | CS Ranch - Switzerland
Beautiful CS Ranch in Givrins, Switzerland, welcomed yet another record number of competitors vying for the European Affiliate Championship titles at the SVAG CS Classic 2022 which included the prestigious NRHA Open and Non Pro ancillary Classes. $18,000-Added NRHA EAC Open Grischa Ludwig riding Spooks Of Genius (NRHA Four Million Dollar Sire Spooks Gotta Whiz x A Spark Of Genius), owned by Margot Van Doorne, scored a 228.5 for the Championship.
Alicias Conquistador) owned by Anneliese & Hermann Meinert, to a 226.5 and second place. Fonck also tied for third place riding CS Sailing Gun (Gunners Enterprise x La Bigia Sailor), a stallion owned by CS Ranch Management SA, along with Ludwig riding West Coast Trash (NRHA Seven “I am speechless. Last night I promised my dad that Million Dollar Sire Gunnatrashya x Miss Cody Whiz I would win the NRHA Open—and we did—and It), a stallion owned by Margot Van Doorne. today he said ‘son, do it again.’ It’s been a long, hot week here, so I wasn’t sure we could repeat what we $5,000-Added NRHA EAC Intermediate Open did yesterday but we did it again and it is very Sharing the EA Intermediate Open Championship emotional for me. I am truly fortunate to have such was French Axel Pesek riding his own stallion great horses to ride and once again the public was Reloaded Gun (NRHA Thirteen Million Dollar Sire amazing.” Gunner x Shes Berry Flashy) and Steve Ouellet NRHA Million Dollar Rider Ann Fonck of Belgium aboard Steadynest Dude (Steadys Dude x Finest rode Colonels Whize Gun (Colonels Shining Gun x Chicolena), a stallion owned by Christian Koehl of
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