The ladies exhibited attitude and skills, ,British rider Emma Stoker won the 1º Grand Prix with Towhead Tallulah V with 43.27 seconds in the jump off with a prize money of 25.thousand euros.
The brightest stars of the Champions Tour are already jumping in Vilamoura as this first week is taking place the 3 Stars International Show Jumping.
The kick-off of the 3 Stars CSI on the Vilamoura arena brought into action several world champions and even more Olympic medallists.
The range of great international riders include the British rider Peter Charles, the Irish Harry Marshall and Billy Twomey and so many others…
The day started very well for the home nation as the Portuguese Sara Ferreira Pinto & Darko-Eqd made it seem easy to win for the third time this 1,20m class. As if it wasn’t enough to win all the 1,20m classes of the first weekend, she did second with Fast Forward again…
Right after in the main arena it was the 1,30m against the clock and Abbe Burchmore-Eames (GBR) & Casti Aneira were the 7th win for the British this week.
The class right before the Grand-Prix was the 1,40m where the young Brazilian João vitor Castro and his 8 years-old Chippo Z were the fastest of the clears.
Meanwhile at the Undiamo Arena, the Portuguese junior Leonor Caixinha & Quezac d’Ysieux won again this 1,10m class.
This year´s edition of the show gathered more than 600 horses, 280 riders (professionals and amateurs) from 30 countries, such as Australia, France , germany, Brasil , United States of America, Holland , Italy ,Mexico.
The international equestrian show Vilamoura Champions Tour 2017 is sponsored by Caixa de Crédito Agrícola, Inframoura, Turismo de Portugal/Algarve, Câmara Municipal de Loulé and Microprocessador.
1,30m – Abbe Burchmore-Eames(GBR) & Casti
GP 1,50m – Emma Stoker(GBR) & Townhead Tallulah V
1,40m – João Victor Castro (BRA) & (KWPN | 10 yo | Gary Marshall)
1,20m – Sara Ferreira Pinto (POR) & Darko-Eqd
1,10m – Leonor Caixinha (POR) & Quezac d’Ysieux (
