Under the French sun in St. Tropez, the CSI5* 1.55m Grand Prix qualifier, which also counted for the Longines Ranking, was completed in a separate jump-off this afternoon. Thirteen combinations managed to leave the fences up in the first round and qualified for the jump-off where seven riders remained double clear.
The victory today went to the Ashford Farm rider Jana Wargers with Limbridge (by Limbus) who managed to keep the rails up in a time of 41.21 seconds as the fastest double clear combination. Philippe Rozier rode Le Coultre de Muze (by Presley Boy) in 41.40 seconds to second place in front of his homecrowd. Jérôme Guery shared third place with Kevin Staut. Guery had his Olympic stallion Quel Homme de Hus (by Quidam de Revel) with him and secured bronze in 41.71 seconds. Kevin Staut also needed 41.71 seconds to jump around clear with Visconti du Telman (by Toulon).
Andreas Schou and Independent (by Diamant de Revel) finished fifth.
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