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Hessel Hoekstra from the Netherlands celebrated his second victory at the CSI2*-W Prague Arena on Sunday. After winning the Gold Tour on Friday, he dominated on the gelding Irocco Blue S also the Silver Tour. Second and third place went to the Czechs.

Another Czech victory at the CSI2*-W Prague Arena was secured by Kristína Vítek on Kamirez Van Orchid's. She finished the opening competition of the CSI1* Big Tour on Sunday in the best time of 59,27 seconds. She underlined this achievement adding a fifth place with Chico 419.

Day 3 at Chuchle Arena Prague had a grand finale with the CSI2* Big Tour competition. Polish riders showed the best form on the 140 cm fences and took the first three positions. Dawid Kubiak on Szuler was the fastest clear rider with 63,44 seconds, followed by fellow team members Msciwoj Kiecon and Jaroslaw Skrzyczynski.

On Friday Czech rider Kamil Papoušek missed a win by only eight hundredths. One day later he proved his class as he won the Silver Tour on Charlyn. In the two-phase competition he beat the opposition by almost two seconds. The second place goes to Ezequiel Andres Ferro Menendez from Argentina. The third Jiří Skřivan, fourth Anna Marie Vítek and sixth Marek Klus completed the Czech success.

Czech young talent Anna Marie Vítek already celebrated some nice results at the CSI2*-W Prague Arena. On Saturday she added another win with Mama Mia Picobello Z and third place on Chacco’s Amke in the Big Tour CSI1*. The winning time was 34,31 seconds. The second Eliza Cholak from Bulgaria was more than 1 second slower.

Jaroslaw Skrzyczynsky and the 6-year-old Kentucky are hard to beat at Chuchle Arena Prague. The Polish rider again proved his great form on Saturday, as he won the CSIYH finals with the fast time 38,91 seconds. 11 riders were clear in the first round and in the jump-off. Bulgary’s Angel Niagolov took the second place, followed by Molly Hay.

Local rider Viktor Skutecký was the hero of the last competition of the Small Tour. He achieved the fastest clear round on his mare Loreta and was the leader of an all-Czech winners ceremony. Emma Sophia Španko provied the second best performance was shown by Emma Sophia Španko. The top 3 was completed by Kristína Vítek.

Anna Marie Vítek scored another win for the Czech Republic at the international showjumping event at Chuchle Arena Praha. After the fastest clear round she took the Small Tour CSI1* on Mama Mia Picobello Z and celebrated her second victory in two days. Her sister Kristína added a second place, with Bulgarian Eliza Colakova on third.

Jaroslaw Skrzyczynski on Jerico was the winner of the Diamond Tour CSI2*-W Chuchle Arena on Friday. The Polish rider provided the fastest time 34,09 seconds in the jump-off and was joined by his team mate Krzysztof Ludwiczak on the second place. Richard Kierkegaard scored the third place for Argentina.

64 riders took part in Friday’s Gold Tour CSI2*, the most popular competition on Day 2 of the CSI2*-W Prague Arena international meeting. Hessel Hoekstra on Irocco Blue S secured a win for the Netherlands, beating the Czech Kamil Papoušek with Charlyn by only eight hundredths. Another close call was the third place of Emily Llewellyn.