The Finnish crowd was extatic when Anna-Julia Kontio crossed the finish line with Rio Nuevo in 48.07 seconds. It meant that she took the first home victory in this year’s UB Horse Show. Young Kontio, 20 beat the two speed specialists, Jur Vrieling and Ben Maher, with a very small margin.

International 140 cm, presented by Orrefors. Speed. Starts 32, placings 8.
1) Anna-Julia Kontio / Rio Nuevo, FIN 0/48.07, 2) Jur Vrieling / Whatever, NED 0/48.14, 3) Ben Maher / Milena 8, GBR 0/48.18, 4) Sebastian Numminen / Brionne, FIN 0/50.29, 5) Wout-Jan van der Schans / Eurocommerce Sacramento, NED 0/50.49, 6) Billy Twomey / Wild Thing L, IRL 0/50.98, 7) Sanna  Backlund / Wiseguy, FIN 0/51.22, 8) Satu Liukkonen / Elektra F, FIN 0/51.48,
… 10) Rosa Ruutsalo / Whisper As, FIN 0/54.67, … 12) Niclas Aromaa / St Cissy, FIN 0/58.32