Tom Wachman secured the biggest win of his career when he took the spoils in the CSI5* Turkish Airlines Grand Prix with the 12-year-old Selle Francais gelding Do It Easy.
The 20-year-old Irishman stopped the jump-off clock nearly a second ahead of Canada’s Kara Chad riding Igor GPH, to become the youngest rider to win the class.
“It’s amazing. Obviously there are a lot of good riders here. He jumped brilliantly today and was in great form. He was good on Friday as well so I had a bit of confidence going in. He was very good in the first round and then we had our plan for the jump off and we were able to get it done,” said Tom.
“It means a lot to win this, obviously it’s a very big thing to win. I’m very lucky I ride a great stream of horses. It’s mainly down to the horses and there’s other people here as well. I’m sitting up on top but there’s so much work that goes into it behind the scenes.”
Tom is the grandson of John Magnier, who owns Coolmore Stud – one of the largest Thoroughbred breeding operations in the world.
“It’s very special to finish on the podium and in second with my incredible horse Igor GPH here at London,” said Kara who has been riding the 12-year-old KWPN gelding for three years.
“I’m lucky to know my horse very well. I stuck to my plan in the jump-off and he executed it really well. I maybe could have been a little bit faster in two places where Tom caught me.”Max Kühner, who won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ presented by Agria yesterday, finished third with new ride Greece 5.
