Jerez rider Daniel Reyes Aldana and Platino crowned Spanish Doma Vaquera champions
The Jerez rider wins the 55th Spanish Doma Vaquera Championship (senior level) in Dos Hermanas, just three weeks after winning the King's Cup at the Royal Andalusian School, and also takes the team title with Andalusia.
Jerez is back at the top of doma vaquera, the Spanish working style of riding. Jerez rider Daniel Reyes Aldana, riding Platino, has been crowned Spanish senior champion at the 55th Spanish Doma Vaquera Championship, held at the Gran Hipódromo de Andalucía in Dos Hermanas (Seville), which ended on Sunday 11 October.
The pair scored 159.730 points in the final standings and closed the championship by also winning the Grand Prix, with 80.541. It is their second major title in just over three weeks: on 20 September they won the 20th H.M. The King's Cup of Doma Vaquera on home ground, at the Royal Andalusian School of Equestrian Art.
The podium
- Daniel Reyes Aldana, riding Platino: 159.730 points
- Rafael Arcos González, riding Saudade: 157.486
- José Manuel Vázquez Romero, riding Indiana 75%: 153.622
Team champion too
On Saturday, Reyes Aldana had already topped the podium at the 2nd Spanish Doma Vaquera Team Championship. He was part of “Arrear, templar y doblar”, the winning team of the Andalusian Equestrian Federation, together with Amador Martín López (Maserati), Rafael Arcos González (Saudade) and José Manuel Vázquez Romero (Indiana 75%), with Francisco Colmenero Gallardo as chef d'équipe. They scored 234.134 points.
Congratulations to Daniel Reyes Aldana and Platino. Jerez, City of the Horse.
