Abdel Said with Hope Van Scherpen Donder. Archive photo (c) Jenny Abrahamsson.
Abdel Said (EGY) has shown brilliant form through the 2017-season and Sunday he took home yet another great win aboard his ten-year-old mare Hope van Scharpen Donder (Quadrillo x Balou du Rouet). Two clear rounds and a lightning fast jump-off secured Said a BMW as he crossed the finish line more than two seconds ahead of Darragh Kenny (IRL) and C’est Beau (Calido I x Grannus) in second place.
Another on-form rider who is fast against the clock, Jeroen Appelen (BEL), ended third with Grappeloup van het Reenhof (Larino x Kashmir van Schuttershof) followed by his fellow country man Rik Hemeryck and Breitling du Paradis Z (Bamako de Muze x Vigo d’Arsouilles) with Brazil’s Marlon Modolo Zanotelli in fifth riding Extra van Essene (Diamant de Semilly x Gotthardsen).
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