Yuri Mansur. Photo (c) Jenny Abrahamsson.
Yuri Mansur (BRA) and the 10-year-old Vitiki (Valentino x For Expo) won Thursday's feature class at CSIO5* Ocala, the $35,000 1.50m Thursday Prix – a qualifier for the Grand Prix, also counting for the Longines Ranking.
Five pairs produced double clears in the class, with Mansur having the fastest time in the jump-off after stopping the clock at 38.39 seconds. Runner-up position went to Brazil as well, courtesy of Felipe Amaral on Germanico T (breeding unknown) with a time of 38.56 seconds. In third followed Ian Millar (CAN) on Vittorio (Valentino DDH x Ramiro's Bube), after clocking a time of 38.62 seconds in the jump-off. Christine Mc Crea (USA) was fourth, and Eric Lamaze (CAN) fifth.
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