Spectators at the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) are constantly ensured leading sport – however potentially not of the feline range.
The 2023 LGCT season started in great design in Doha at the weekend, and on the very first day of competitors, a cat with lofty aspirations provided the crowd a paw efficiency.
During a two-phase 1.45m speed class on 2 March, the black and white whiskered warrior was spotted cantering around the Longines Arena at Al Shaqab, Doha.
“Before the bell went [for Olivier Philippaerts’ round], the cat ran in, so they stopped the countdown,” an LGCT representative informed H&H. “Olivier stopped and patted his horse and pointed to the cat in case no one had seen it, and a few people were running trying to catch it.”
On the LGCT live stream, the analyst likewise observed the primarily black cat, and quipped: “I hope it doesn’t bring him bad luck!”
The analyst included that the arena team were doing their finest to capture the animal in the substantial arena, which had 3 exits. And the representative informed H&H the cat, who might have had goals to end up being a Purr Vrieling, likewise plainly wished to attempt the course itself prior to it left the ring.
“It jumped two fences!” she said. “It jumped through, clearing the bottom pole, before it ran out. No one claimed it – but it did get a round of applause after it jumped the jumps and ran out.”
Olivier and H&M Miro leapt clear to end up ninth in the CSI5* class, which was won by Ireland’s Denis Lynch on Cornets Iberio.
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