Richard Vogel and Gangster Montdesir Win CSI5*-W 1.60m Longines Grand Prix in Lyon
The 2025 European Champion Richard Vogel (GER) and the 9-year-old stallion Gangster Montdesir (Kannan x Cornet Obolensky) claimed victory Friday night at the CSI5*-W 1.60m Longines Grand Prix during Longines Equita Lyon 2025 in France.
[translate:“Gangster and I are a fairly new pair,”] Vogel shared in a press release from Longines Equita Lyon. [translate:“This is only our third competition together. Even though he’s still quite inexperienced, I planned to take a tight turn in this jump-off. I have to admit I didn’t expect him to turn so well! He’s only nine years old and at every competition, he wins at least one class. He won the 1.45m and 1.50m classes in the first two competitions we did together, and here, in his first 1.60m Grand Prix, he wins. I think we couldn’t hope for more. Every question we ask him, he gives the perfect response. He’s a horse we have very high hopes for, and I really hope he has a great future.”]
Vogel and Gangster Montdesir finished the jump-off in 38.78 seconds, beating eight other horse-and-rider combinations. Current world number two, Ben Maher (GBR), took second place on Enjeu de Grisien (Toulon x Andiamo) with a time of 39.73 seconds.
Gerrit Nieberg (GER) and Ping Pong van de Lentamel (Emerald x Toulon) completed the podium in third place, clocking 41.13 seconds.
- Antoine Ermann and Floyd des Pres (Vigo Cece x Papillon Rouge), both rising French talents, finished fourth with a time of 41 seconds.
- Fifth place details were not specified in the original content.
Summary: Richard Vogel and his young stallion Gangster Montdesir rose quickly as a formidable duo, winning their first 1.60m Grand Prix in Lyon and showcasing a promising future in showjumping.