Aachen, 04. July 2008

A further American victory in the four-in-hand obstacle course
Tucker Johnson wins the ZENTIS-Prize

The US-Americans have got a new reason to celebrate: At the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen (June 27th - July 6th) the winning rosette in the ZENTIS-Prize, the obstacle course of the four-in-hand drivers, went to Tucker Johnson. The businessman who lives in Florida won the competition with a score of 1,790 points and a time of 201.61 seconds.

The Swiss driver Daniel Wurgler took second place (1,770 Punkte/215.41 seconds) ahead of Mark Weusthof from the Netherlands (1,730/215.29). Tucker Johnson hat harnessed a team of tried and trusted dressage blood: Der Consul descends from De Niro/Consul (11), Williams is a Weltmeyer/Bolero son (11), Spotlight descends from Sevillano xx/Weltmeyer (10). The trio is made complete by the 17-year-old Russian-bred gelding, Spitfire. Tucker Johnson (44) has taken part in 5 World Championships to-date and won team silver in Jerez in 2002. The father of three, who also has a pilot's license, has won the US Championship title four times.

The best German driver was Michael Brauchle, who finished sixth. The 18-year-old is a member of the German Young Talent Group and is currently studying metal technology. He comes from Lauchheim.

Opening hours of the CHIO Aachen 2008 ticket sales:
Friday, 04.07.2008 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday, 05.07.2008 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday, 06.07.2008 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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