Mathieu Billot and Ilena S won Wednesday's CSIO3* 1.45m in Vilamoura. Photo © One Shot/Vilamoura Equestrian Centre.
Mathieu Billot (FRA) and Ilena S (Verdi x Calido I) won Wednesday's CSIO3* 1.45m in Vilamoura, Portugal.
Twenty of the 77 horse-and-rider combinations moved on to the jump-off, with Billot being the fastest in 30.79 seconds. Yuri Mansur (BRA) finished in runner-up position aboard Ibelle Ask (Verdi x Robin des Bruyere) with a time of 31.18 seconds. Piergiorgio Bucci (ITA) took the third place with Naiade d'Elsendam Z (Nabab de Reve x Quattro B) after stopping the clock at 32.27 seconds. Andrzej Oplatek (POL) ended fourth with Stakkatan (Stakkatol x Kannan), while Eduardo Pereira De Menezes (BRA) was fifth with Calypso des Matis (Padock du Plessis*HN x Tresor de Cheux).
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