Castlefield Eclipse gets a little TLC after winning the biggest class in Lausanne on Friday. Photo (c) Nanna Nieminen.
The CSI5* competitions kicked off at the International Longines Horse Show of Lausanne on Friday, with a win for home hero Paul Estermann and Castlefield Eclipse.
The 1.45m Beau Rivage Palace Prize saw no less than sixteen of the 48 riders moving on to the jump-off, where Estermann and the 14-year-old Obos Quality-mare were the fastest ones to stop the clock on 35.20 seconds. Runner-up was France's Maelle Martin riding Giovani de la Pomme (Shindler de Muze x Darco) to a time of 35.42 seconds, while third place went to USA's Lucy Davis on Boucherom (Guidam Sohn x Quick Star).
Text © World of Showjumping // Picture © Nanna Nieminen
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