Christian Kukuk gained valuable mileage last week at the two-star show in Hohenkirchen with Viki Van Gogh, an eight-year-old mare by Van Gogh out of a Now Or Never M dam, bred by Johann Duin. The Olympic champion rode her to a double clear round and a fourth-place finish in the concluding 1.45m Grand Prix.

Several offspring of Ustinov delivered impressive performances last week. Alida Nike (ds.N-Aldato, bred by Stall Nytorp) jumped double clear to claim second place in the 1.45m Grand Prix at CSI-U25 Martofte under Philip Svitzer.