It was William Whitaker's 33rd birthday this week, so he was delighted to celebrate with a victory. “I’m delighted to get the win today,” said William, who rode Jalellah OL (Chacco-Blue x Baloubet du Rouet) to take top spot ahead of Harry Charles (GBR) and Controe (Wender R x Iroko), followed by Brian Moggre (USA) and I'm Special V (I'm Special de Muze x Indoctro) in third. “It’s always nice to get the show off to a good start – so now we just have to try to continue that!” William added.

No less than sixteen out of 43 horse-and-rider combinations delivered double clears in the two-phase Royal International Trophy, and fastest of all were Robert Whitaker and Evert (Amadeus x Indoctro) who stopped the clock at 26.24 seconds. They were followed by Marc Dilasser (FRA) and Chamann Has (Mylord Carthago x Socrate de Chivre), with a time of 26.50 seconds, while Gilles Thomas (BEL) was another 0.20 seconds behind aboard Jetrick van Beek Z (Jivago d'Arsouilles x Vagabond de La Pomme) to take third.

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