With its outrageous terrain and massive fences (and not to mention our own Tilly Berendt in the press office), Hickstead’s Al Shira’aa Derby is basically an honorary event, am I right? In fact, we’ve seen many an eventer contest this iconic class over the years.
This year, the eventing contingent was well-represented by Gemma Stevens (neé Tattersall), Kai Rüder, and Sandra Auffarth (Tilly collected some clips of their preparations, past rounds, an throwback rounds last week which you can watch here, plus you catch watch Gemma’s round right here) but it was Ireland’s David Simpson who collected the win this year aboard the youngest horse in the field, Pjotr Van De Kruishoeve, an 8-year-old Belgian Warmblood stallion (Bamako de Muze — Telmaz Koekoekshof Z, by Taran De La Pomme). Watch their impressive round above and find the full class results here.
