transperceneige: Aachen 2019 - CCIO4*-S | © Tilly BerendtAndrew Hoy and VASSILY DE LASSOS : 5th
transperceneige: Aachen 2019 - CCIO4*-S | © Tilly BerendtAndrew Hoy and VASSILY DE LASSOS : 5th place overall Australian stalwart Andrew Hoy climbed the ranks from an initial 18th to finish fifth riding Vassily de Lassos, a ten-year-old French-bred gelding produced by, and sourced from, Tom Carlile. Though he’s one of the younger horses in the field, he’s amassed a wealth of experience – he hasn’t finished outside the top five in an international since May of 2018, and has an 80% top-ten completion rate across his entire international eventing career. This includes individual fourth at last year’s World Equestrian Games, which he ran as a nine-year-old. With all eyes on the forthcoming European Championships, we suspect that many of the hopefuls will be breathing a sigh of relief that the competition is no longer an open one. -- source link