It was more or less a home win in Friday’s 1.45 Prijs Sea Coast at Knokke Hippique, as Stephex Stables’ Lorenzo de Luca and Balou de Coeur Joye (Balou du Rouet x Argentinus) won the class. Coming in towards the very end of the speed competition, the Italian rider piloted the nine year old stallion to a clear round in a time of 58.85 seconds.
Runner-up was Columbia’s Daniel Bluman who took an early lead on Conconcreto Believe (kato x Burggraaf) stopping the clock at 59.75 seconds. Third place went to another Stephex rider; Jonna Ekberg on Freestyler (Lord Z x Burggraaf) who ended the track in 61.71 seconds.