Simon Delestre confirms his worth at Knokke Hippique

The current world number one, France's Simon Delestre, has confirmed his leaderrole at the CSI3* Knokke Hippique. In the final week of the four week Tour, Delestre won the 1.45m class. Together with the 11-year-old Holsteiner Chesall Zimequest (by Casall) the French show jumping rider finished in a time of 64.31 seconds.

The pair was followed by Thomas Ryan and the 12-year-old Quite Zero (by Quite Capitol). The combination crossed the finish in 66.18 seconds. Stephex's Daniel Deusser defended the home-honours with a third place.

With under the saddle Happiness van 't Paradijs (by Obourg) Deusser was followed by Nils Vilain (Regent de Montsec). Emma Stoker (Townhead Talluhlah V) completed the top five.