France's Julien Epaillard – current world number six – and the 11-year-old gelding Dubai de Soie (Quaoukoura du Ty x Heartbreaker) won Friday's CSI4* 1.50m Prix Ville de Saint-Lô et Saint-Lô Agglo, a class counting for the Longines Ranking Group C, at the 2024-edition of Jumping International Saint Lô.
With a time of 35.72 seconds in a jump-off between nine horse-and-rider combinations, Epaillard and Dubai de Soie bested a field of 49 – taking the win ahead of another French rider, Titouan Schumacher riding Illusion (Balou du Rouet x Glennbridge) to second place in 35.92 seconds.
Jérôme Guery (BEL) and Careca LS Elite (Carusso LS La Silla x Rebozo La Silla) placed third in 36.48, followed by Frederic Vernaet (BEL) and Orak d'Hamwyck (Tobago Z x Toulon) in fourth in 39.69, and Romain Duguet (SUI) aboard Hunger Games du Champ du Bois (Elvis Ter Putte x Mytens) in fifth with four penalties in 38.27.