The golden duo existing out of Abdelkebir Ouaddar and Istanbull vh Ooievaarshof (v. Casall) take yet another victory in his home country. After already winning the Grand Prix Qualifier on friday they now win THE Grand Prix!
Only five combinations out of the ten who came at the start of the jump-off had a first round without any faults. Ouaddar was the last to battle for victory in the jump-off and had to beat Simon Delestre's time in order to take the win. And Istanbull delivered! The Belgian bred BWP stallion was 2,5 (!) seconds faster then Delestre's I Amelusina R 51 (v. Dexter R). David Will's round on Zaccorado Blue (v. Zirocco Blue VDL) was 36 hundredths too slow and left them in third.
Niklaus Schurtenberger on Quincassi (v. Quintero) was (together with those in the top three) one of the few who ended with a double clear. Jérôme Guery on Azaria Dinero (v. Mylord Carthago*Hn) was fifth after the twelve year old mare touched one pole, otherwise their time would've been fast enough to take the silver again (after their second place on friday).
Photo:R&B Presse
