Edward Gal on Glock’s Zonik Wins Rotterdam Grand Prix to Lead Netherlands to Early Top Spot in Nations Cup, Sweden 2nd, USA 3rd

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, June 21, 2018–Edward Gal rode Glock’s Zonik to victory in the CDIO5* Grand Prix Thursday to lead the Netherlands to the top spot of the Nations Cup with Sweden lying second and the United States third after the first of three rounds to decide the winner.

Edward and Zonik, in the first team competition for the 10-year-old Danish Warmblood stallion but did compete at the World Cup Final in Paris three months ago, scored 76.957 per cent. Emmelie Scholtens on Apache was awarded 74.261 per cent for fourth place and Hans Peter Minderhoud on Glock’s Dream Boy in eighth place on 73.000 per cent. Under the new scoring format that awards points for placings so the team with the fewest points leads, the Netherlands is in first with 13 points..

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Article written by: KENNETH J. BRADDICK