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Germany's former world number one Daniel Deusser and the 13-year-old gelding Gangster v/h Noddevelt (Eldorado vd Zeshoek x Careful) won Saturday's CSI5* 1.60 GNP Grand Prix in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Counting for the Longines Ranking group AA, the class saw only four horse-and-rider-combinations from the 32 at start clear the first-round track set by Olaf Petersen Jr. (GER). Joining Deusser and Gangster v/h Noddevelt in the deciding jump-off were the current world number one, Sweden's Henrik von Eckermann and Minute Man (Vigo D Arsouilles x Montender), Italy's Emanuele Camilli and Odense Odeveld (Diamant de Semilly x Querlybet Hero) and the hosts' Carlos Hank Guerreiro on H5 Origi Horta (Kasanova de La Pomme x Vigo d'Arsouilles). 

While Hank Guerreiro clocked the fastest time – 43.02 – he had to settle for fourth with a fence down, while Deusser took the top honours with a clear round in a time of 43.52, followed by Camilli in second in 46.96 and von Eckermann in third in 53.09. With a single time penalty from the first round, the hosts' Luis Gerardo Castañeda and Untakable (Untouchable 27 x Pilot) finished fifth.