Henk van de Pol and Looyman Z. Photo © Moisés Basallote.
It was double Dutch on top in Sunday's CSI3* 1.45m Longines Ranking class in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain. Henk van de Pol (NED) and Looyman Z (Numero Uno x Wellington) won by a second, with Sanne Thijssen (NED) and Con Quidam RB (Quinar x Cardino) following in runner-up position. Michael Pender (IRL) was again in the top three, finishing third with HHS Burnchurch (Heritage Fortunus x Cavalier Royale) – almost two seconds behind the winning time.
Nearly 100 horse-and-rider combinations participated, and Pedro Junqueira Muylaert (BRA) on C'Est Dorijke (Argentinus x Burggraaf) finished fourth followed by Michael G Duffy (IRL) on Money Penny (Favorit Ask x Zeus) in fifth.
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