In Wellington the highlight class of the day, saw an opening field of 47 elite contenders step into the International Arena to compete for a place in Saturday night’s $216,000 Holiday & Horses Grand Prix CSI4* presented by Arthramid®Vet. In a competitive jump-off, Roberto Teran Tafur (COL) and Dez’ Ooktoff saved the best for last and galloped straight to the top of the leaderboard.
“Both of the courses were very technical,” commented Tafur. “There were many questions. Thankfully, my horse is very broke and has a lot of experience in these big classes.”
On stage, Roberto and his son of Colandro were followed by Andrew Bourns aboard the 11-year-old Sea Topblue (Chacco-Blue). Callie Schott completed the stage with Garant. Only those three combinations managed to produce a double clear round.
