On Saturday Julien Epaillard took a splendid win at the World Cup qualifier in Bordeaux. The French show jumping rider excelled in front of his own crowd with a 3-star level that appears to be the next 5* top horse of the French rider.   Quotes:   Julien Epaillard FRA (1ST): “MY horse has a very big stride and we had a good turn to the vertical after fence two and had a nice distance to the last jump. With this horse I have only won at 3-Star level - the Grand Prix at Lummen and at Paderborn.”   Leopold van Asten NED (2nd): (When asked why he was two seconds slower than the winner) - “I was second to go in the jump-off and had to make a choice, I wanted to be quick but not to take too many risks because wanted to be clear. Even if I started last I wouldn’t have beaten Julien’s time anyway! I’d like to   Guido Klatte GER (3rd): “I’m really happy, I can’t believe it! This is the best atmosphere I’ve seen at an indoor show, even better than in Germany!”   Mr Eric Dulong, President of the Organising Committee, Jumping International de Bordeaux: “It’s great to have such a fantastic audience and such a great atmosphere. I want to thank everyone at event - Bordeaux is becoming one of the shows you just have to be at in Europe!”   Standings: Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2016/2017 Western European League After Round 12 in Bordeaux FRA:   1.    Kevin Staut FRA                -    78 2.    Lorenzo de Luca ITA            -    67 3.    Denis Lynch IRL                -    58 4.    Ludger Beerbaum GER            -    56 5.    Steve Guerdat SUI                -    47 6.    Guido Klatte GER                -    47 7.    Gregory Wathelet BEL            -    45 8.    Romain Duguet SUI            -    43 9.    Carlos Enrique Lopez Lizarazo COL-    43 10.    Marcus Ehning GER            -    41 11.    Max Kuhner AUT                -    41 12.    Nicola Philippaerts BEL            -    39 13.    Henrik von Eckermann SWE        -    39 14.    Martin Fuchs SUI                -    38 15.    Scott Brash GBR                -    35 16.    Pieter Devos BEL                -    34 17.    Roger Yves Bost FRA            -    34 18.    Simon Delestre FRA            -    34 19.    Lauren Hough USA                -    33 20.    Holger Wulschner GER            -    31 21.    Markus Brinkmann GER            -    31 22.    Daniel Deusser GER            -    30 23.    Eduardo Alvarez Aznar ESP        -    29 24.    Leopold van Asten NED            -    29 25.    Penelope Leprevost FRA        -    27   Full standings here