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The atmosphere in the arena had been building throughout the day, and by the time the class began, anticipation filled the crowd. Spectators and competitors alike followed the every competitor with intensity, witnessing remarkable horsemanship, precise approaches, and outstanding equine athletes at their very best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the first round Robert Whitaker was at the first place. Having already claimed victory in a CSI5* class in Amsterdam just a month earlier with the same horse, Whitaker once again demonstrated his consistency at the highest level. On the jump-off round he stopped the clock just fractions behind Garofalo, finishing only hundredth of a second off the winning time. \u201cThe horse was fantastic and I\u2019m very happy with him, I couldn\u2019t have asked for more. To the last fence I would have liked to do one less stride, but it didn\u2019t quite happen. I was quite close on the time, he jumped fantastic so I can\u2019t really complain. On the first round the course felt really fair and I ended up in a really good position, I could see the other riders go but ended up just a little bit too slow. I\u2019m still very happy and not complaining at all about the second place. If the weekend continues like this, I feel very good about it.\u201d Whitaker commented after his jump-off round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ireland\u2019s Denis Lynch, who already earlier on the day won the International CSI 5* 145cm class, also delivered an outstanding performance to secure his place among the top three. Lynch once again showed his skills in the jump-off, producing a fast, controlled and clean round that kept the pressure on until the very end. At the end the difference between the first and the third was razor thin, a testament to the small margins at five-star level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The excitement was kept until the very last seconds, but in the end Giampiero Garofalo, who was fourth after the first round, took the win home. \u201cAll in all, it was a fair course, this was my first 150 with Lambrusco, so I would say it was perfect start. Everything went as we had planned. The arena was perfect, and this was a great start to the weekend. After this, I feel confident heading into the rest of the weekend.\u201d Garofalo said after the award ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finland was represented in the class by Jasmin Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4-Geerink aboard Kerel van het Sterrebos. She delivered a strong and polished performance, but an unfortunate drop at the second-to-last fence led to four penalty points and placing 24th<\/sup> overall. Nevertheless, the crowd showed their appreciation for a determined and competitive round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n International CSI5* 150 cm presented by Finnfoam. Starts 36, placings 13 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friday evening in Helsinki could hardly have gotten a more exciting finish than the world\u2019s top show jumpers battling for the win in the International CSI 5* 150 cm class presented by Finnfoam. In a nail-biting jump-off, Italian Giampiero Garofalo and Lambrusco came on top with a spectacular fast round in 38,57 seconds. Double winner […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18011"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18269,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18011\/revisions\/18269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Giampiero-Garofalo-Lambrusco-kuva-aino-tervonen4-1024x683.webp\")
1) Giampiero Garofalo – Lambrusco, ITA 0-0\/38,57
2) Robert Whitaker – Equine America
Gentlemen vh Veldhof, GBR 0-0\/38,58
3) Denis Lynch – Vistogrand, IRL 0-0\/38,75
\u2026 24) Jasmin Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4-Geerink – Kerel van het Sterrebos, FIN 4\/69,46
Results: LINK<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n