Kyle King aboard Paul Politeski’s talented 10 year old gelding Quigley, claimed the victory in the ACTC $33,500 CSI3* Classic sponsored by Dagmar Fortmuller.
Twenty-nine riders attempted the technical track set by course designer Werner Deeg. With such a strong set of riders competing at the Royal West, Werner set a fast technical track that challenged riders to start with a big open canter to clear the wide-set triple bar placed at the beginning of the course, and then to reorganize for the closer set related distances at the latter part of the track.
King felt he really benefited from having the opportunity to watch some of the earlier riders in the class. “I got to go at the end, and was able to watch a bunch go which was a huge advantage for us. I noticed the rails were coming down everywhere; there wasn’t one particular bogey jump, maybe other than the triple bar which was causing some riders to fault. My horse is very scopey, so I wasn’t worried about the size of any of the jumps.”