Excitement in abundance and a passionate atmosphere was experienced at the Casas Novas facilities on the occasion of the Longines Grand Prix jump-off and the possibility of a Spanish victory that was cherished until the last moment. The expert Jesús Garmendia and his spectacular Callias did the rest in their jump-off route and took the lead in the classification with a time of 38:36 seconds, which seemed unbeatable, after completing a second route of ten, with an intense gallop and a dizzying turn towards the finish line.
But shortly after, Julien Anquetin ruined the San Sebastian’s chances of victory, with a replica of his route, but with a little more intensity on the last line, where the Frenchman and his Blood Diamond du Pont recovered a few hundredths decisive to achieve the victory. And the Frenchman stopped the clock when he crossed the finish line in 37:70 seconds, only 63 hundredths of a second less than the Spaniard. The award was presented by Elena Orozco, Brand Manager of Longines, and Flora Perez Marcote, representing Casas Novas.
The final touch of the 44th edition of the CSI will come today with three new events, two of the CSI1* and the Longines FEI Grand Prix Casas Novas Trophy World Cup. The day begins at 12:15 p.m. with the Movistar Trophy, which will give way, at 2:15 p.m., to the last CSI1* test, the Prosegur Grand Prix.
The competition will put the finishing touch to the weekend at 5:00 p.m. with the celebration of the Longines FEI Grand Prix Casas Novas Trophy World Cup, a test with a height of 1.60 meters. The event, which counts toward the Jumping World Cup, will be held with a timer and with a tiebreaker for those tied on points for first place.
The test can be followed in its entirety on the website csicasasnovas.com and on the OTT ClipMyHorse.TV. In addition, the Longines FEI Grand Prix Casas Novas Trophy World Cup event will be broadcast live on the TVG website and delayed on TVG2 starting at 9:00 p.m.
More results from Saturday
José Fumero maintained his total number of victories in the 1.40 meter events of the CSI1* A Coruña. He won the Leblond Lenoir Trophy, in which the Spanish riders took the first six places.
Fumero and the gray Figuier du Roc, an 8-year-old horse owned by Yeguada Villafranca, completed a perfect route in a time of 51:82 seconds, with a lot of pace and over very good terrain, unattainable for the rest of the participants.
Javier González Fraga tried again and was on the verge of victory. The Galician was second in three of the four tests that he has competed in the competition and in this case he forced the pace with Tik Tak from Pravia, with which he stopped the clock at 53:55 seconds.
Another Galician rider, Roi Calviño, qualified after them, riding Enjoy with a time of 54:65 seconds. The first three classified were the only ones, of the 21 participants, who were able to finish their course under 60 seconds. The first six were Spanish riders, Juan Riva doing it twice. The Madrid native took fourth place with Victoria d’Argent and was sixth with Havanabalia Grand Moustier Z D.
2023-12-02 23:34:16
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