September 05, 2025
AMERICANA 2025
Team Blue wins Performance Horseman Team Challenge
The premiere of the EUR 10,000-added Performance Horseman Team Challenge featuring the five best riders from the Go Rounds of the Reining Bronze Trophy Open, NCHA Cutting Open, Cow Horse Open Bridle and Ranch Riding Open in Thursday evening's show, was a resounding success! Enthusiastic riders, cheering spectators in the packed stands, great sport – everything just fell into place.
Team Blue took the Champion title: Samuele Poli Barberis achieved the top score of 218.5 in cow horse, followed by Tim Tuscher with 213.5 in reining. The victory was completed by Rob Gerrits, who delivered a fantastic run in the cutting with a score of 150, and Susanne Schnell with a superb performance in the ranch riding (157). This resulted in a total score of 739 points.
Second place went to Team Red, consisting of Andrea Favarett, Anna Palasova, Giovanni Campanaro and Grischa Ludwig, with a total of 716.5 points. Third place went to Team Green with 713 points, consisting of Martina Annovazzi, Annika Riggenbach, who achieved a top score of 159 in ranch riding, Patrick Sattler and Martin Schemuth. Fourth place went to Team Purple (688.5) with Gaetan Foulatier, Sascha Ludwig, Vera Walliser and Klaus Lechner. Team Orange came in fifth with Pietro Valeri (top score of 154 in cutting), Joschka Werdermann, Markus Schöpfer and Quentin Galiere.
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