Felix Vogg Records First Swiss Five-Star Win Since 1951; Michael Jung Retains National Title Three Horses Bid Adieu to Luhmühlen CCI5* at Final Horse Inspection

There’s a real risk that comes with entering an event that falls on your birthday: either you get very lucky and have a good week, probably culminating in a sweaty, sleepy beer in a tent in a field somewhere, or it goes truly, spectacularly wrong, and you trudge home a bit more battered and bruised than you were before, wishing you’d never bothered in the first place.

Switzerland’s Felix Vogg has met both scenarios head on. Last year, he brought twelve-year-old Montelibretti CCI4-L winner Cayenne to Luhmühlen to contest the CCI4-S Meßmer Trophy, but ultimately had to withdraw before the final horse inspection after the mare picked up an injury on cross-country, from which she still hasn’t returned to international competition. There’s no doubt this was in the back of his mind as he made his entry for this week’s CCI5*, but understated Felix isn’t one for dramatic emotional displays or histrionics — and so he headed into the competition with fourteen-year-old Colero with a calm pragmatism that has stayed in place all week, right up until the point that he completed his fast clear showjumping round to secure his first-ever five-star victory on his 32nd birthday.

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*Article written by: Tilly Berendt *