Bertram adds to winning weekend for Wexford’s Allen brothers with victory in German Global Champions League

Bertram Allen’s Valkenswaard United have taken the winners trophy in today’s (Saturday) 11th round of the lucrative Global Champions League at Berlin in Germany.

Allen riding the nine-year-old gelding Izzy By Picobello and Italy’s Alberto Zorzi with Cornetto K, finished on a two round total of four faults, ahead of Hamburg Diamonds in second and London Knights in third. Allen and Izzy By Picobello knocked a fence midway through their final round. However quick-thinking from the Wexford rider saw him up the pace and Valkenswaard United eventually finished over three seconds faster than runners-up Hamburg Diamonds.

The result adds to a superb weekend for the Allen family. Bertram’s 16-year-old younger brother Harry was part of the GAIN Irish Pony team who won the Gold Medal at the European Pony Championships at Kaposvar in Hungary on Friday.