During the first jumping class of the day in Lyon, a 5* 1.50m class, the Irish duo Mark McAuley and the chestnut mare GRS Lady Amaro (Amaretto Darco) set an astonishing winning round.
McAuley and sent the chestnut mare cleared the 1.50m high course in a time of 55.16 seconds, a golden result. The rest of the podium colored French, with Olivier Perreau on EL Events Venizia d'Aiguilly (Diamant de Semilly), just under two seconds ahead of Philippe Leoni with Uhlan Okkomut (Mylord Carthago) who clocked in at 57.03 seconds.
With only one hundredth of a difference, Nathan Budd had to settle for fourth place in the saddle of Cadix des Rosiers (Kashmir van Schuttershof). More than half a second after the Belgian pair, Robin Muhr completed the top five with Baccarat Meniljean (Diamant de Semilly).