Press release from Jumping Verona
Fast clear rounds from Great Britain’s Jack Whitaker, Belgium’s Olivier Philippaerts and Italian champion Luca Marziani gave Team Jumping Verona the honours in the brand new Scuderia 1918 team competition on Saturday afternoon.
Whitaker, Philippaerts and Marziani were selected to represent the Jumping Verona side along with Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya and Brazil’s Marlon Zanotelli. And they took on a mighty side representing Scuderia 1918 that included Italy’s Lorenzo De Luca and Giulia Martinengo Marquez, America’s Jessica Springsteen, Germany’s Daniel Deusser and Kevin Staut from France. But the Verona quintet proved the stronger force on the day, beating their rivals in the series of five head-to-head challenges by a margin of three to two.
Scuderia 1918’s patron, Emanuele Anchisi, may have had to settle for runner-up spot but on an afternoon of great sport in aid of charity there were no losers.