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Below you can watch some of the winners at Horses & Dreams in Hagen; first out Daniel Deusser with Mouse.

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Showjumping legend John Whitaker racing to victory on the Arko-son Argento in Hagen yesterday. All photos by Jenny Abrahamsson. 

The 17-year-old talent Bertram Allen won the GP in Magna Racino with Romanov. Photo by Tomas Holcbecher.The only 3* Grand Prix this weekend took place in Lummen and went to home rider Jeroen Appelen and Enjoy (Clinton x Pion). 16 riders went on to the jump-off in Lummen, where Appelen was nearly two senconds faster than runners-up Trevor Coyle and Clever Lady (Cassini I x Limbus). Dayro Arroyave and Eldorado van het Vijerhof (Thunder van de Zuuthoeve x Omar)  were third with Fidel Sigovia and Wrangler II (Padinus x Burggraf) in fourth. The fastes time of the day belonged to Romain Duguet and Le Prestige St Lois (Quidam de Revel x Grand Veneur), but with four faults they had to settle for fifth place.

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In Magna Racino the 2* GP went to the young Irish talent, Bertram Allen and Billy Twomey’s former rider, Romanov (Heartbreaker x Fedor). Two German riders followed in second and third place with Rüdiger Renner and Andreas Knippling on their respective horses Caspar 194 (Conterno Grande x Cordial Medoc) and Cassius 56 (Canturo x Aloube Z).

Living legend John Whitaker celebrating yet another victory. Photos by Jenny Abrahamsson.Living legend John Whitaker landed the victory in the four star Grand Prix in Hagen on Sunday riding the 11 year old stallion Argento (Arko III x Gasper). The Grand Prix also served as the first leg of the DKB-Riders Tour 2013. It was a win that came by the closest of margins though, as John had Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum breathing down his neck only 0.1 seconds behind him in the second round. Thirteen riders moved forward from the first to the second round. Twelve of these were clear in the first round, and John’s son Robert Whitaker was the fastest four-faulter that got to join them in the chase against the clock in front of a record-crowd at this wonderful event.

John Whitaker is in the lead of the DKB-Riders Tour thanks to his win in Hagen Grand Prix. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The first leg of this year's DKB-Riders Tour took place at Horses & Dreams in Hagen on Sunday. Six legs of the tour remain, and these take place in Hamburg, Wiesbaden, Münster, Paderborn, Hannover and Munich. Last year it was Luciana Diniz who won the title, ahead of Marcus Ehning and David Will.

The standing after the first leg is as follows:

1. John Whitaker 20 points

2. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum 17 points (click on Read more to see the rest of the standings)

John praised Argento after the GP-win. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.John Whitaker on Argento, a son of Nick Skelton's former top ride Arko; "My horse is super careful and really competitive. I've try to produce him slowly because he is so careful. He is one of Arko's first offspring and he is fantastic. Maybe he hasn't got the skills for the absolute biggest classes, but in these classes he is really competitive!"

Runner-up Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum on Unbelievable; "Unbelievable has been with me since the end of last year. He was previously ridden by Peter Wylde, but was injured for 1,5 years before I got him. So he is kind of a new horse for me. He has an amazing talent and today we could also see that he is fast. He developed a lot during the two months we were in the US. Even if he is big he suits me - he has a lot of power."

Janika Sprunger and Uptown Boy won in Hagen. Photo by Karl-Heinz Frieler.Switzerland’s Janika Sprunger and Uptown Boy (Odermus R x Joost) won yesterday’s qualification for the first leg of the DKB-Riders Tour in Hagen. The four star 1.50 class had 57 riders in it, and there were six double clear rounds. The super fast Swiss rider had a time of 35.53 seconds in the jump-off, with Albert Zoer coming closest at 36.07 seconds aboard Sam (Calvados x Ahorn Z). Home rider Jan Wernke was the best German in the class, and ended third on Queen Mary 10 (Contendro I x Caretino).

25 year old Janika was grateful about Uptown Boy’s cleverness after the class after the gelding did some good jumping over the final oxer. "There was a little misunderstanding on the penultimate fence, as we didn’t get a perfect stride so the distance to the last oxer wasn’t ideal. But Uptown Boy solved it himself,” said a happy Janika. The daughter of the former Swiss top rider Hansueli Sprunger is after her win yesterday the last rider out in the Grand Prix on Sunday; "I'll watch some of the riders go, but in any case Marcus Ehning," revealed Janika.

Laura Kraut. Photo by Longines Beijing Equestrian Masters.It was Laura Kraut and the 12 year old KWPN-stallion U-Prova (Lorentin I x Corofino) that took home the Grand Prix at the Longines Beijing Equestrian Masters. The biggest class of the show counted 35 riders – the majority were Chinese – and in total nine riders were clear over the first round 11 fence track that concluded with a triple combination that consisted of a vertical-oxer-vertical. Due to the quarantine rules in China, the riders from Europe and the US all competed on borrowed horses – but that did not prevent four of them from joining the jump-off.

Marco won the first international class in Beijing. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Marco Kutscher won the first big class at the Longines Beijing Equestrian Masters today. Second place went to Christian Ahlmann and third to Laura Kraut. Due to the quarantine rules the riders from Europe and the US all compete on borrowed horses, and their competitors are the best riders in China.