Edited press release from Knokke Hippique 

The sun and the holiday vibe returned for today’s classes at Knokke Hippique’s Summer Circuit. 

It was the final day to qualify for Saturday’s CSI3* Grand Prix, and you could feel the anticipation in the air as the CSI3* Grand Prix qualifier, presented by Equihome, began on the Zoute Plage. 

In total, 15 horse-and-rider combinations out of the 82 in the class moved on to the jump-off. Margie Goldstein-Engle (USA) was one of the initial riders to jump and came home with a spectacular, fast clear round aboard the 12-year-old Dicas (Diarado x Cassini I) to stop the clock at 39.61 seconds. Many tried to catch her time and some did, however the Audi-combination caught them out and proved to be the deciding obstacle in the jump-off course. 

Felipe Amaral (BRA) and Androide 3k (VDL Zirocco Blue x Indoctro) ended second with a time of 40.62, while Kendra Claricia Brinkop (GER) and Narcos vd Smidshoeve (Toulon x Thunder van de Zuuthoeve) finished third with a time of 41.24 seconds. Fourth went to Pedro Junqueira Muylaert (BRA) and C'Est Dorijke (Argentinus x Burggraaf NV), and fifth to Filippo Tabarini (ITA) and Exquise du Pachis (Vagabond de La Pomme x Ogano Sitte).