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Markus Fuchs sums up his forthcoming goals
October 14th, 2004

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Markus Fuchs sums up his forthcoming goals.

KUALA LUMPUR, the benevolent stage.

Is it really worth going so far to obtain a fourth place in an event other than a Grand Prix ? Seeing the glowing healthy tan and brand new morale of Markus Fuchs, the answer is clear:
Kuala Lumpur was an essential in order to face up to the end of the 2004 season and the start of the 2005 season in the best conditions. In his body and mind, the international jumping champion had been severely touched, as much at Geneva by that nasty injury as at the Athens Olympics where the results were not up to the expectations of the swiss supporters. The stay in Kuala Lumpur had been arranged for a long time so as to pay tribute to the invitation from the organisors of this "five stars" CSI but also to spend a family holiday together for ten days. This is how Markus Fuchs recharged his batteries in order to face an end of season from which he expects a lot.

A TOP-TEN PLACE

After being on top of the list of the ten best riders in the world, Markus Fuchs is still worthy of his place in the Top-Ten. Who would dare to challenge him especially as this rider of great talent is much too young to think about retirement ? However, in order to temper the enthusiasm of his fans, Markus Fuchs puts out this warning even so: "At my age, my body has already taken some knocks during the numerous hours of riding ! All these small injuries come back from time to time and each one in turn which forces me to take care of myself if I want to remain in the hunt at the highest level. This is why I regularly see an osteopath who already treats some of the top-riders".
In mid-october 2004, Markus Fuchs lost not only his place as world leader but also only found himself in the thirteenth position of a classification which saw Ludger Beerbaum dethrone Rodrigo Pessoa, then push back Markus Ehning to the fifth position just behind Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum. Four German riders in the first six positions: this is an exploit that even regrettable doping affairs cannot tarnish.
Markus Fuchs only hints at it but he is going to do all he can to be on the the starting list at Geneva in the Top-Ten event. To do this, he is aware that the tempo that he imposes will demand that he gives the best of himself as much in the organisation of his daily work with the horses as on the competition grounds. These stages are essential if he wants to obtain precious points between now and 9th December 2004, the date that the Geneva-Palexpo CSI starts.

Intensive Timetable and End of 2004 season

At more than 900 points behind the "number one" Ludger Beerbaum, Markus Fuchs will have to pout out his very best to claim back the place he got in December 2003. But, in the short term, he only has to regain 100 points on riders such as Otto Becker or Michael Whitaker to get back into the Top-Ten. "Of course, as Markus Fuchs observes with a grin, the others are not going to sit around doing nothing !!"
Here is the programme that Markus Fuchs has fixed for himself and which he hopes to keep to till the end unless there are major problems:

PROGRAMME* CSI* MARKUS FUCHS- OCT.-DEC- 2004

Tinka's Boy, which wasn't able to pick up the prizes this summer, has not however been tested by his voyage to the Athens Olympics. But as the infortunate "flying chestnut " has begun a new career as breeding stallion (hence a special preparation at the Avenches Stud-farm- Haras National), Markus Fuchs does not wish to submit his best horse to a too strenuous end of season programme. For this reason, Tinka's Boy should take part only in the Brussels CSI ( Nov 11-14)04), the Geneva CSI (Dec. 9-12/04), and the La Coruna CSI (Dec. 17-19/04).
As for La Toya, a very gifted mare that Markus Fuchs has always held in high estimation, she will be present at the Affalterbache CSI (Oct. 29-31/04), the Vienna CSI (Nov. 5-8/04), the Paris-Versailles CSI (Nov. 26-28/04) and the Belfast CSI (Dec. 2-5/04).
Granie and Royal Charmer will be alternately engaged with the abowe-mentioned horses.

Tinka's Boy, stallion from 2005

Friday 15th October 2004, around 4 o'clock, Markus Fuchs and Tinka's Boy left the National Stud-farm of Avenches to go back to their Saint-Josefen quarters, near Saint-Gall. Tinka's Boy had stayed a short time at La Broye to have fertility tests and sperm samples taken in the care of Dr. Dominik Burger. In fact, from spring 2005, frozen or refridgerated sperm doses will be available for breeders around the whole world. The dose price for artificial insemination (3 paillettes) from Tinka's Boy should soon be fixed at 1000 Euro.

Markus Fuchs inaugurates his Internet site

Markus Fuchs is proud to announce that his own Internet site will be "online" from the end of October 2004. "My sponsors have regularly suggested that I open an Internet site to satisfy requests from fans of our sport. This will be the case in a fortnight. You will notably be able to find a detailed programme with all my short-term and middle-term objectives".
Markus Fuchs fans will soon be able to benefit from a link between the site of their idol and Horses of the World.