Victory for Thomas Fruhmann in Geneva

Austria's Thomas Fruhmann recorded a surprise result when winning the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping season with a superb performance from his nine year old horse, The Sixth Sense. And what made the victory even more creditable was the fact that the veteran 54 year old rider has been out of top-class competition for almost five years.

From a field of 40 starters, a total of 10 went through to the second round jump-off and it was America's Peter Wylde who lined up in second place ahead of Switzerland's Beat Mandli in third, World No. 1 Marcus Ehning in fourth and Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson in fifth.

Results (11/12/05)
Grand Prix World Cup
1. The Sixth Sense / Frühmann, Thomas (Austria): 0/0/39.04s
2. Quo Vadis / Wylde, Peter (USA): 0/0/41.25
3. Indigo Ix / Mändli, Beat (Switzerland): 0/0/41.39
4. Sandro Boy / Ehning, Marcus (Germany): 0/0/41.57
5. Grandina / Bengtsson, Rolf-Göran (Sweden): 0/0/43.84
6. Albin Iii / Garcia, Juan Carlos (Italy): 0/4/41.79
7. No Mercy / Liebherr, Christina (Switzerland): 0/4/45.56
8. Quibell / Kürten, Jessica (Ireland): 0/4/51.31
9. Gazelle Beauval / Oberson, Grégoire (Switzerland): 0/8/40.00
10. Kalusha / Smith, Robert (Great Britain): 0/eliminated