French rider Aurelien Rocchia aboard Secret de Mon Coeur scooped individual gold, ahead of Spain’s Silvia Yebra Altimiras with Espoir de Bozouls, and Laurent Mosti (FRA) took bronze on Doria de Jansavis at the FEI World Endurance Championships for Young Horses in Italy last weekend.

On Saturday September 28th, 67 horses crossed the start line at 6.30am to contest this Championships where just individual honours were at stake. It was a strong field, with representatives from 13 nations. Home nation Italy fielded the largest number of starters with 22 rider and horse combinations, with France – fresh with medal success following their team gold at the FEI Open European Endurance Championships just two weeks ago – not far behind with 18 starters. They were joined by 27 combinations from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Oman, Slovakia, Sweden and the UAE.

The competition venue was based in Valeggio Sul Mincio, a small Italian commune in the region of Vaneto, approximately 120km west of Venice. The course was 120km long, made up of 3 loops, one of which was repeated making 4 loops in total.

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