This week, Abdel Said is competing on American soil. The Belgian show jumper did not miss his start on Thursday in the CSI5* competition. Together with Calvaro (breeder: Reimer Detlef Hennings), Said jumped to victory after a jump-off with 17 competitors.
Abdel Said and his German-bred descendant of Cascadello I stayed just one hundredth of a second ahead of Conor Swail with Clonterm Obolensky (Cornet Obolensky). In the saddle of Claude (Captain Jack 44), Elena A. Haas completed the top three. The entire podium finished within about one-tenth of a second of each other.
Just outside the top three, Laura Kraut with Tres Bien Z (Toulon) took fourth place, ahead of fellow American Elisa Broz and Consult Picobello Z (Cicero Z van Paemel).