Aldrick Cheronnet and Tanael des Bonnes gave the French a good start in La Baule. Photo (c) PSV Photo/Jumping International de La Baule.
The French got off to a good start on home soil in La Baule on Thursday, with Aldrick Cheronnet, Patrice Delaveau and Kevin Staut claiming the top three placings in the CSIO5* Prix FFE French Tour Generali 1.50m against the clock.
Aboard the 10-year-old gelding Tanael des Bonnes (Watch Me x Don Pierre), Cheronnet won the 28.000€ class – that also counted for the Longines Ranking. Stopping the clock at 67.63 seconds, the French rider was separated by 0.44 seconds down to Patrice Delaveau on Aquila HDC (Ovidius x Lauriston). Nearly a second behind the winning time followed Kevin Staut on Elky van het Indihof (Toulon x Thunder van de Zuuthoeve), finishing third.
Fourh place went to Jerome Guery (BEL) on Papillon Z (Perhaps x Cassini), and fifth to Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) on Salomon (Stolzenberg x Aramis).
Text © World of Showjumping // Picture © Jenny Abrahamsson
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