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The second phase of the day did not start quite normally. A small exotics in the program brought Orchestra  of Brass and Pop Music of “Zasyadko’s  Mine”. Musicians with their beautiful motifs preceded each route and congratulated the winners during the awards ceremony.

 The competition started with the traditional route for juniors. Riders were suggested jumping "in two phases” with a height of obstacles 130 cm. Like the day before, there were declared 4 riders on 9 horses. Young rider of Donbass EQUICENTRE Alisa Danilova, going first on the list on Dionizos, made a “clear round” and immediately set the bar of the second phase at around 32.85 seconds. Later this result has brought Alisa a victory. Russian rider Margarita Dudushkina on Dekada was pushing up  our Ukrainian rider Alisa.  Margarita showed a confident ride and completed the second phase with 33.65 seconds. The second horse of Danilova - Accounter brought a rider third place, and a 11-year-old Salomone - fourth place. It goes for the second time in the tournament for junior that Alisa Danilova take win places on all three horses.

 The second jumping on the "speed and handling” with a height of 135 cm obstacles was carried out by" Table C ". This is the case when there was no standard time, and every penalty point added 4 seconds to the time of the rider in this route. The route is interesting because the riders compete in this case by their strategies of riding. A competition can be win even if you knocked down an pole – the most important is to come to the finish line faster than others. In this jumping the forefront is a quality of a horse, and how the rider would be able to use it profitably for the pair.

In this complex, from a psychological point of view, competition has won a Russian rider Artur Baghdasaryan on an 8-year-old Virones C. Going under the third number in the list, he showed unachievable time 62.25 seconds, and then calmly watched the show jumping from the riders rostrum. None of the 21 participants of the route could not even  get close to the Baghdasaryan’s result. Sergiy Galiy, the last rider route, made a big gift to all the spectators. Everyone was waiting big results from this rider at the tournament “Donbass Tour 2010 "and, finally, he showed his best qualities. He was riding the mare Venerique on the route very carefully, but spirited, and somewhere even defiant. The horse worked out jumping perfectly for 62.77 seconds – and they got the second place. After  the announcement of the results of Sergei Galiyu, the arena  of Donbass EQUICENTRE " applauded him as for the winner.

 In the next two competitions riders competed for 20 thousand euros as a prize fund. Route № 3 "On the purity and fastness" was carried out with the height of obstacles 145 cm. In this kind of program leading rider of Donbass EQUICENTRE Katarina Offel performed on two horses. However, on Newton De Vains Ukrainian rider showed the total time of 55.64 seconds, and quickly seized the lead. Katarina could be easily dislodged by Matthew Sampson on Rush On M. British rider risked a lot. His time - 53.22 seconds - was the best in the show jumping, however, one knock down of the pole at the end threw him on the 9th place. The question of the winner decided the Belgian rider, who won the Grand Prix of the first phase of “Donbass Tour 2010" Jody Bosteels. Together with the Primas Jody made “clear round” for 53.50 seconds. The second horse of Belgian rider Quiris Du Charmoie brought Bosteels on the third place. The second place  got Katarina Offel on Newton. This route was interesting, because the winners received prizes from the President of the National Olympic Committee Sergiy Bubka.

The final contests of the day gave the fans and riders unforgettable emotions. The riders jumped the route "with jump-off" and height of obstacles 145 cm. This jumping as well as the previous one was qualifying to the international rating Rolex.

From the 20 riders only seven were successfully qualified to the jump-off. The tension was such that three strong riders were elemenated from the route: Olga Danilova on Kilar, Lukas Yonshik on Saturday and Matthew Sampson to Pits Daughter. Newton De Vains of Katarina Offel also failed to jump-off, but Uno confidently overcome round for 77.93 seconds. The best time in the first round - 70.91 seconds - showed Jody Bosteels on Nina Droeshout. However, injump-off  Bosteels made four knock downs, and forgot about his victory. German rider Thomas Voss became the winner of the competition. Experience, competent ride and Carinjo 9 gave a result of championship 28.65 seconds. Second place went to Matthew Sampson on Rush On M, and the third place with the time of 30.12 seconds got Katarina Offel and Uno.

Tomorrow it will be a big day for the riders. At 13:00 on Kiev’s time it will be held a Grand Prix of the second phase with obstacle’s height 160 cm. It will be a live broadcast of this route which will be held by TET channel.