Switzerland’s Niklaus Rutschi and Windsor XV won Monday’s CSIO5* Grand Prix of Gijon. The class concluded a long week of competition at in Spain, seeing a total of 44 riders entered to compete in the CSIO5* Grand Prix of Gijon. However, only five riders produced clear rounds in the second part of the competition, seeing Switzerland’s Rutschi earning the fastest time aboard the 11 year old chestnut gelding stopping the clock on 53.23 seconds.
California’s Ashlee Bond finished second aboard her outstanding mare Chela LS, not too far behind the Swiss victor with a time of 53.79 seconds. France’s Kevin Staut on Estoy Aqui de Muze HDC finished in third place with a time of 55.04 seconds. The two last clears came from Marie Pellegrin Etter on Admirable who finished fourth and from Brazil’s Pedro Veniss on Quabri de L Isle who finished fifth after a terrific week for the Brazilian rider.
After a great week in Gijon, the Netherland’s Leon Thijssen received the Longines Trophy as the leading rider of the show. The Diario El Comercio Trophy was awarded to Santiago Núñez Riva as the top-performing Spanish rider at the event, while Sergio Álvarez Moya received the El Gaitero Trophy as the best-performing Spanish rider in the Grand Prix of Gijon.
GRAN PREMIO presented by SABADELL-HERRERO
Int. jumping competition over two rounds with jump off (1.60 m)
FEI Art. 273.1,2.2,3.3.1 & 4.3 – CSIO5*
Qualification for the EUROPEANS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015
Competition counts for the LONGINES ranking list
| 1. | 113 | Windsor XV | Rutschi, Niklaus | SUI |  |
49830.00 EU | 0 penalties 53.23 sec |
| chest 11y.G /Karandasj/Wellington/KWPN/102NX88/ Meier Florian | round 2 | ||||||
| 2. | 117 | Chela LS | Bond, Ashlee | USA |  |
30200.00 EU | 0 penalties 53.79 sec |
| chest 10y.M /Chapultepec la Silla/Tlaloc la Silla/SLS/102TA72/ Little Valley Farm | round 2 | ||||||
| 3. | 42 | Estoy Aqui de Muze HDC | Staut, Kevin | FRA |  |
22650.00 EU | 0 penalties 55.04 sec |
| chest 10y.M /Malito de Reves/Kashmir van Schuttershof/BWP/102NB32/ Haras Des Coud | round 2 | ||||||
| 4. | 103 | Admirable | Pellegrin-Etter, Marie | SUI | |
15100.00 EU | 0 penalties 56.86 sec |
| bay 14y.G /A Jungle Prince/Rhytmo/HANN/SUI40764/ Ecurie Galoubet | round 2 | ||||||
| 5. | 145 | Quabri de L Isle | Veniss, Pedro | BRA |  |
9060.00 EUR | 0 penalties 60.29 sec |
| chest 10y.S /Kannan/Socrate de Chivre/SF/102XB32/ Carmen Davrella de Aguilera | round 2 | ||||||
| 6. | 39 | Qlassic Bois Margot | Delestre, Simon | FRA | |
6795.00 EUR | 4 penalties 58.90 sec |
| black 10y.S /L’arc de Triomphe/Galoubet A/SF/102ZZ81/ Haras du Bois Margot | round 2 | ||||||
| 7. | 62 | Ashkari | Pinchen, Yasmin | GBR |  |
4530.00 EUR | 4 penalties 61.31 sec |
| bay 12y.M /GBR41727/ Mrs Nancy Pinchen | round 2 | ||||||
| 8. | 57 | Pebbles IV | Bevis, Robert | GBR | |
3775.00 EUR | 4 penalties 62.77 sec |
| grey 9y.M /Cheers Cassini/Ontario/AES/103HF05/ Kate Mustill | round 2 | ||||||
| 9. | 121 | HH Copin van de Broy | Judge, Quentin | USA | |
3020.00 EUR | 8 penalties 53.98 sec |
| bay 12y.S /Darco/Brownboy/BWP/102OV98/ Double H Farm | round 2 | ||||||
| 10. | 150 | Orient Express HDC | Delaveau, Patrice | FRA | |
3020.00 EUR | 8 penalties 56.42 sec |
| bay 12y.S /Quick Star SF/Le Tot de Semilly/SF/102QT10/ Haras Des Coudrettes | round 2 | ||||||
| 11. | 107 | Concetto Son | Guerdat, Steve | SUI | |
1510.00 EUR | 8 penalties 59.47 sec |
| dbay 10y.G /Concetto/Drosseklklang II/OLDBG/103VP84/ Fuchs Thomas | round 2 | ||||||
| 12. | 166 | Zurito Do Belmonte | Fernandes, Mario Wilson | POR |  |
1510.00 EUR | 8 penalties 63.76 sec |
| bay 10y.G /Gedeon D’ l’herbage/Granusso (ger)/102UW47/ Peter Ernest Matthes | round 2 | ||||||