Argentina's Jose Maria Larocca went to the top in Friday's 1.50 class at the Longines Athina Onassis Horse Show in St. Tropez. Riding GDE Matrix (Cardento 933 x Maximus 620), Larocca had one of six double clear rounds in the class with a time of 35.24 seconds in the jump-off. Runner-up was Sheik Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani on Anyway II (No Limit x Farmer) not too far behind at 35.61 seconds. In third came another rider from Qatar - Bassem Hassan Mohammed on The Toymaker (Casall x Joost).