Rodrigo Pessoa takes first CSI5* win in Versailles

This morning there was a CSI1* in Versailles over the height of 1m15. The victory was here ,despite the big amount of french participants, not for the French but for the British. Florence Bellm showed here a lot of French combinations that she was very fast. She took the win with South bound in a time of 33,15 seconds.

After this CSI1* class it was time for the inauguration of the brand new competition at CSI5* level and unfortunately also this win wasn't for France. It was Rodrigo Pessoa who was the man to beat. Along with Status he stopped the clock on 58,60 seconds.

Also the Britisch riders did very well in this class, because living legend John Whitaker came in second. He rode with Crumley over the finishline in a time of 59,70 seconds. France took third and fourth place. Thanks to Olivier Guillon and Jerome Hurel were the French still able to achieve some top 5 places in the beautiful Versailles. Olivier rode Uladine des Nauves error-free over the finish in a time of 60,21 seconds and Jerome went with Ohm The Ponthual over the finish in a time of 60,29 seconds. The Swedish Marlin Baryard Johnsson came in fifth with H&M Second chance.

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