‘He is an amazing horse’: Michael Jung reflects on his Pratoni cross-country round and voices strong opinions on the course

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Eventing World Championships cross-country
Michael Jung riding FischerChipmunk FRH
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Michael Jung has maintained his overnight lead with FischerChipmunk FRH after his eventing World Championships cross-country round in Pratoni Del Vivaro, Italy.

“FischerChipmunk is an amazing horse – yesterday in the dressage and today on the cross-country – he is a machine,” said Michael. “He was so motivated in the warm-up and playing around. It’s just an amazing feeling for the rider when you have such a powerful machine and he was still super-galloping at the end.”

Gemma Redrup
Gemma Redrup
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor

Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.