Cool enigmatic German Marcus Ehning thumped his fists in the air and hugged Sandro Boy when they cleared the last fence of the second round of the third final competition of the FEI World Cup Final in Kuala Lumpur to clinch the 2006 title, his second World Cup win.

“He’s an unbelievable horse, it doesn’t matter to him where he finds himself – how short he is to the fence, how long he is or how big the fence is, he just jumps it and the feeling is unbelievable,” said the World’s No. 1 rider, a title he has held since August 2004. .

We did it! Malaysia did herself proud with the very successful 2006 FEI World Cup Jumping Final, the very first to be held in an Asian city.

“It was fantastic and beautifully organised, and people enjoyed it very much as it was a very good show, excellent quality.”