{"id":3784,"date":"2025-11-16T14:38:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T13:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futurity.it\/?p=3784"},"modified":"2025-11-21T11:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:41:45","slug":"fonck-and-dg-andy-crush-are-victorious-in-the-quarter-dream-353-600-added-irha-irhba-nrha-open-futurity-arnaud-girnon-unofficially-surpasses-the-nrha-million-dollar-rider-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futurity.it\/en\/2025\/11\/16\/fonck-and-dg-andy-crush-are-victorious-in-the-quarter-dream-353-600-added-irha-irhba-nrha-open-futurity-arnaud-girnon-unofficially-surpasses-the-nrha-million-dollar-rider-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 | Fonck and DG Andy Crush Are Victorious in the Quarter Dream $353.600-Added IRHA\/IRHBA\/NRHA Open Futurity; Arnaud Girnon Unofficially Surpasses the NRHA Million Dollar Rider Mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cremona, November 15 \u2014 The $700,000-Added IRHA\/IRHBA\/NRHA Futurity presented by DeNiroBootCo. concluded with the highly anticipated $353,600-Added Quarter Dream IRHA\/IRHBA Open Futurity. In front of a full house, reining was showcased at its best, with NRHA $2 Million Rider Bernard Fonck storming to victory aboard DG Andy Crush. Their faultless run saw them dethrone Arnaud Girinon\u2014who unofficially is an NRHA Million Dollar Rider\u2014and Con Calma, who had taken a short-lived lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the top ten riders tightly packed, and as the first of the final five to go, NRHA $2 Million Rider Bernard Fonck riding DG Andy Crush (NRHA Million Dollar Sire PS Mega Shine Chic x Gunners Specialolena) set out to beat Arnaud Girinon\u2019s 224. With a powerful ride that set the crowd on fire, the Belgian professional and the flashy sorrel stallion, owned and bred by Diego Dalla Gassa, delivered a flawless 226.5. Their score held strong, securing the L4 Open Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s a special horse. When we arrived, he didn\u2019t really like the ground, and our farrier Carlo Vercesi helped me a lot. My wife [NRHA Million Dollar Rider Ann Fonck] is always there\u2014critical in a good way\u2014and makes me better. A huge thanks goes to the owners for keeping the horse for me to show, even though they had a really big offer on him,\u201d said Fonck, who also thanked Mark from Horse Spa Equine Therapy and Chicco Ferrero, DVM, for always keeping his horses comfortable and happy. \u201cIn the first go, in our first turns, he slowed down a little bit. In the second go, in the transition to the small circle, we had a one-point penalty, but tonight he went in and said, \u2018OK, what do we have to do?\u2019 and he did everything he needed to do to win. What makes this win even sweeter is that my wife won a lot on this horse\u2019s dam, Gunners Specialolena.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Run for a Million 2025 Champion, Arnaud Girinon, rode Con Calma (AB Peppy Diamond x Whiz Me a Diamond), a black American Paint Horse owned and bred by Jennifer Kronsteiner-Nixdorf, to a 224\u2014enough to claim the L4 Open Futurity Reserve Championship and to unofficially surpass the million-dollar mark in NRHA lifetime earnings, becoming the first French NRHA Million Dollar Rider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis horse has a very special story: I first saw him at the European Futurity, and my friend and former boss, NRHA Million Dollar Rider Rudi Kronsteiner, asked me if I wanted to hop on and try him. I did, and I told him he had done a good job and that I really liked the horse. A little later he called me again and asked if I wanted to show him here. I said yes; he\u2019s a good horse and fun to ride. So, he brought him to the Belgian Futurity, and that\u2019s when we decided he would come to Italy with me,\u201d said Arnaud. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to push too hard tonight\u2014I just wanted to keep the run clean\u2014but he exceeded my expectations, and here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kronsteiner added with pride, \u201cArnaud reached a million with a horse owned by my wife, Jennifer; I reached a million with a horse owned by Jennifer\u2019s mother. Tonight was truly special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$65.000-Added Level 3 and $32.500-Added Level 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dominik Reminder and CSG Rocket (NRHA $4 Million Sire Colonels Shining Gun x Dun Its Deja Vu), a mare owned by NRHA Million Dollar Owner Katarzyna Roleska and bred by Toyon Ranch LLC, closed with a 223.5 to clinch both the L3 and L2 Open Championships. \u201cThis mare is really nice. My wife, Nina Lill, was supposed to show her here, but she got pregnant\u2014which is the best thing that could happen\u2014so I took over,\u201d said the German native, now based in Poland, where he trains with his wife at Roleski Ranch. \u201cI showed her in Belgium and Germany, but honestly, I hadn\u2019t found the right buttons until tonight. She was amazing\u2026the button was the \u2018woman\u2019 button. She\u2019s a mare, and I had to ride her completely differently than I usually do since I tend to show more stallions. Tonight, she was fantastic in both the warm-up and the arena. I was already happy to make the finals, so I did not expect these two results. She gave everything. Kate [Katarzyna Roleska] is thrilled because this mare was very green when we started working with her in January, but she always believed in her talent and presence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual IRHBA Breeders Futurity Mare\u2019s Best Award recognition was for the owner of the L4 Open Futurity Champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the L3 reserve spot with a 222 was Markus Gebert riding Vintage Avatar (NRHA $4 Million Sire A Sparkling Vintage x Wimpys Little Shine), a stallion owned and bred by Rene Driever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Italy\u2019s Pierluigi Fabbri took Reserve honors riding The Force Is Back (Maytheforcebewhizyou x Great Eva) to a 220.5, a stallion bred by Maycol Gardani and owned by Antonio Pedron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$15.000-Added Level 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pamela Sartoni and her own Moon Eclips Again (Gunner Dun It Again x West Coast Mercedes), a stallion bred by Manuel Balzani, scored a 218 to take the Championship title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis win is so unexpected, even though I believed in my horse a lot\u2014just less in myself,\u201d said Sartoni. \u201cI believed in him because I chose his sire, had the dam at home, and watched him grow. I broke and trained him with Manuel Cortesi\u2019s help, and then we came here. He was good from the first go, he listened the whole way, and he reminds me so much of his dam, whom I also showed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbora Prekopova and her own SZ Keep The Face (NRHA $4 Million Sire) Pale Face Dunnit x Ses Lady Crome), a stallion bred by Stefanie Zotti, earned the Reserve Championship after posting a 215.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dario Carmignani and Yankee One Force (Yankee Gun x CL Gun Sarah) scored a 218 to take home the title riding his owned and bred Paint Horse mare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claiming reserve honors with a 211 score was Adriano Meacci riding AC The Last King (NRHA $4 Million Sire A Sparkling Vintage x MM Lollipop), a stallion owned and bred by Alessandro Cazzaniga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A highly successful Italian Futurity turned off the lights on Saturday night in Cremona with yet another chapter of reining history made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Bonaga Communication<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full results here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Media Contact: <\/strong>Simona Diale |<\/strong> International Horse Press |<\/strong> Whatsapp: +39 340 5354629<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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