Chris Chugg and Pss Levilensky Take Out the FEI World Cup Jumping Australian League 2019/20

Chris Chugg and the magnificent Pss Levilensky held on to their league lead today in spectacular style at the FEI World Cup Jumping Australian League Final at Boneo Park, claiming the overall title.

Chugg and Pss Levilensky, known at home as ‘Levi’, placed third in the World Cup Qualifier class behind Jamie Kermond riding Yandoo Oaks Constellation and Amber Fuller on Cp Aretino, respectively, but despite the best efforts of all competitors it was Chugg and Pss Levilensky who finished atop the overall leader board. 

In addition to being named the FEI World Cup Jumping Australian League Champion Chugg and ‘Levi’ have also earned an invitation to the FEI World Cup Jumping Final to held in Las Vegas this coming April. 

“I had to play a little bit my own hand today because I copped a time fault in the first round trying to ride a bit defensively, and in the end winning the class wasn’t the objective it was running in the top three so I was very happy with the way the horse jumped, I thought he jumped a great second round” explains Chugg of today’s competition.

Chugg now intends travel overseas to compete in his sixth FEI World Cup Jumping Final. Chugg competed in his first final in 1987 and has since had an impressively decorated career in the arena, and has established a reputation for producing world class jumping horses.

“I have finished seventh and tenth in the last two starts in the finals so I am hoping for the top 20 would be great, if I can fluke what I have done over the past couple of World Cup Finals and be in the top ten I would be even happier, who knows maybe Tokyo at the end of the trip” says Chugg of his plans.

“It is hard to find a flight a the moment to get to Holland. Hong Kong has been cancelled so that is where I was supposed to be next week. It will be an interesting three weeks to see what flight I can get on. He has a big future, he has only just turned nine, and we are really looking forward to it, Gabi and myself” describes Chugg.

“It has just been a great year getting married and Gabi and I just do it ourselves, in our own time, at our own pace, and it is lovely that the last five years has been for a common cause to get this horse to Olympic level. We have had a lot of history with a lot of people that we have sold a lot of horses that have been to the Olympics with different riders, and Cristalline no doubt will be in the American Team this year, she won a gold medal at Tryon in the team event. We put the time into the horses and get a result and we really get a kick out of it. It is something that gives us a job but it is something that you wake up every morning and want to do, through all weather, and you take your wins and your losses and just remember that there is a future plan” explains Chugg.

With the FEI World Cup Final ahead of them, and a top 20 place firmly in their sights, it is certain that the future is bright for this incredible combination and the world stage awaits.