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2005 Sunshine Tour
Channon's Glorious Sunshine Tour Conquest
March 24, 2005
 For
British Grand Prix rider Wayne Channon the 2005 Sunshine
Tour CDI couldn't have ended better. Aboard his KWPN
licensed stallion Lorenzo (by Ferro
x Wolfgang),
Channon
claimed two
distinct victories during the third and final show
weekend at Montenmedio in Vejer de
la Frontera,
Spain. He aced
the Grand Prix with 70.500% and reigned supreme in
the Grand Prix kur to music with 72.70%. Furthermore,
he became the 2005 Sunshine Tour Grand Champion with
the
highest
average mark after three weekends of CDI
showing.
End February 2005, Channon loaded up four horses
for a four-day drive from Belgium to South Spain in
pursuit
of a new
competitive
challenge. With two Grand Prix horses
-- Kasjmir and Lorenzo CH -- registered for
three weeks of intense showing
in front of the critical eyes
of
a
handful
of O-judges, Channon definitely aimed at raising the
bar.
 The
first two Sunshine tour weekends, which turned about
to Torrential Rain Tour weekends, became a neck
and neck race between German Olympian Alexandra Simons-de
Ridder and Channon. Both riders showed their worth
and claimed an equal amount of victories in the big
tour.
Simons-de Ridder and her Hanoverian gelding Wellington
dropped out the third weekend, leaving Channon
shy of his strongest contender for the blue. Nonetheless,
Channon and his black pearl Lorenzo put down apical
performances the third weekend, which could probably
have bested De Ridder's rides anyway.
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