Kevin Staut (FRA) and the 11-year-old gelding Beau de Laubry Z (Bisquet Balou C x Nabab de Reve) went to the top in Sunday's CSI5* 1.60m Rolex Grand Prix Ville de Dinard 2024 at Jumping International de Dinard, France. After an impressive jump-off, Steve Guerdat (SUI) and Venard de Cerisy (Open Up Semilly x Djalisco du Guet) finished second and Max Kühner (AUT) third aboard EIC Cooley Jump The Q (Pacino x OBOS Quality). 

Only six horse-and-rider combinations managed to make it to the jump-off, where Guerdat set the time to beat at 42.44 seconds. None of those to come could do anything about Guerdat's time until Staut entered the ring – taking all the risk. Shaving off 1.03 seconds on the Swiss rider's time, Staut snatched the win. 

"I'm obviously delighted," said the French rider in a press release from Jumping International de Dinard. "We've had some incredible sport again. Dinard is a great competition, with an extraordinary public and a very special course with uneven ground on which my horse is at ease. History shines through in this competition and that gives it another dimension. It's a competition that takes up the basics of our sport. I've taken part in the Grand Prix maybe ten or even fifteen times. I've often been runner-up but I've never had the pleasure of winning because the level is always extraordinary. It's a great joy. All the more so in a Rolex Series event. Rolex has been a loyal partner of our sport for a very long time, with a real family spirit. On a personal level, it's also a great support. This kind of victory is a way of repaying that support." 

In the end, Steve Guerdat finished second, oscillating between satisfaction and frustration. "In a competition like this, you don't ask yourself any questions," explained the Swiss rider. "Especially with a horse I know well. So I tried everything from the start. My horse was fantastic, but from number 3, I realised that I was lacking a bit of madness in this jump-off. I realised quite quickly that it wasn't going to be enough. It's a bit of a disappointment because it's a competition that's close to my heart but I haven't won yet."

Following Max Kühner in third was Nicolas Delmotte (FRA) aboard Jordan Molga  M (Etoulon x Dulf van den Bisschop) in fourth, and Lorenzo de Luca (ITA) on Denver de Talma (Vigo Cece x Canturo Bois Margot) in fifth.