Ines van den Bosch and Shiekh Semir Mirdad ride to victory in St Tropez

Ines van den Bosch and Shiekh Semir Mirdad ride to victory in St Tropez
The first courses of the morning have been completed in the French St Tropez. The CSI2* courses were built on 1.25/1.30m and 1.15m, both courses were against the clock.

In the 1.25/1.30m course Belgian rider Ines van den Bosch took the lead with her nine year old Indoctro-mare Ecoliene. They finished the course in 51,31 seconds, leaping one second ahead of the American Alexandra Crown with Basic (Silverstone).

Kerry Mc Cahill rode his ten year old mare Chanel (Challan) to the third podium spot in 52,31 seconds. The fourth rank was for the Spanish rider Inigo Lopez de la Osa Escribano with Geso (Numero Uno). Georgina Harvey completed the top five with Bagheera Blue (Chacco-Blue).

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The second CSI2* was built on 1.15m height. The victory in this class was for the Irish rider Shiekh Samir Mirdad, he stopped the chrono in 52,04 seconds with his Mirdads Maaa Shaaa Alllah (Guidam). Claire Chaix was runner up, she finished half a second later with Christmass 2 (Calido).

Mirdad didn't just take the victory, he took a second podium spot, with Mirdads Zamzaaam (Mermus R) they completed the top three.

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