Today's programme at the CSI3* in Samorin included the 1.45m Grand Prix Qualifier. With no fewer than 121 starters and 34 clear rounds, it was a highly competitive class in which speed made all the difference. The top five were very close together, with just over 2 seconds separating the winner from fifth place.
It was Ales Opatrny riding Kapsones W (Cornet Obolensky) who took the gold with a time of 59.67 seconds. Ramzy Al Duhami finished just behind him in second place. He rode Addressee (...Messenger) across the finish line in 60.70 seconds, just slightly slower. Third place went to João Victor Castro Aguiar Gomes De Lima from Brazil with Lilesta GE (Arezzo VDL), also faultless in 60.82 seconds.
Andrea Messersi rode Virocondo Z (Va-Vite) to an impressive fourth place with a time of 61.73 seconds, followed by Jur Vrieling, who stopped the clock at 62.07 seconds with Cornet Blue PS (Chacco-Blue), good for fifth place.
