"He jumps over the highest dimensions with zero effort, is brave, careful, and a naturally powerful jumper," raved Rolf-Göran Bengtsson about the Zirocco Blue son Zuccero right after Friday's Nations Cup in Falsterbo, Sweden.

This quality had already been impressively demonstrated this year by the grey bred by Hanno Köhncke (Badendorf) with victories in the Grands Prix of Neumünster and Uggerhalne. Most recently, he finished third last weekend in Hörup. And in Falsterbo, too, the pair let themselves be celebrated by the Swedish audience: After two clear rounds in the 1.60-metre Longines Grand Prix, Zuccero and Bengtsson ultimately finished sixth.

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