Long Beach, Calif.—Oct. 2
When Daniel Deusser was about to go in the ring at the Longines Masters of Los Angeles for his first class on Equita van’t Zorgvliet he had a sudden realization: he’d never shown the horse indoors before.
But when crunch time came, that didn’t matter, and “Equita” put all the pieces together to win the $377,500 Longines Grand Prix of Los Angeles.
“The adjustment was quite quick with her,” said Deusser, who represents Germany but is based in Belgium.
Miami Beach, Fla.—April 8
Daniel Deusser wasn't sure how the jump-off of the $130,000 American Invitational was going to work out for him. “It was a big jump-off. I actually didn’t have the fastest horse, so I was a little bit nervous going in,” Deusser said.
Out of a starting field of 49, there were 14 horses qualified for the jump-off. “I thought I had to do something special to win. At the end, I was also a little bit lucky. A few were faster and had one down, and I won, so I’m really happy about that," Deusser said.
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