Luciana Diniz (BRA) and the 15-year-old gelding Vertigo du Desert (Mylord Carthago x Robin Z) won Friday's CSI5* 1.55m Prix Mars & Co at the 2024-edition of Jumping International Dinard.

"I'm so happy," Diniz said in a press release from Jumping International Dinard. "It's hard to say how happy I am with this victory. After the Chantilly competition, my whole team convinced me to come here to Dinard. I hesitated because I still had hopes of going to the Olympics. But it was the right decision. I'm very moved and I'd like to thank my horse first and foremost, but also the whole team around me, who believe in me and support me."

Stopping the clock on 42.71 in a jump-off betwen fifteen horse-and-rider combinations, Diniz took the win ahead of Martin Fuchs (SUI) and Conner Jei (Connor x Cosimo) in second in 43.83, followed by Alessandra Volpi (USA) and Candy Luck Z (Comme Il Faut x Canturo) in third in 44.58. Megane Moissonnier (FRA) and Bracadabra (Pacific des Essarts x Couleur Rubin) finished fourth in 44.84 ahead of Scott Brash (GBR) and Hello Valentino (Diamantino x Careful 28) in fifth in 45.27.

The second CSI5* class of the day, the 1.45m Prix Cordon Group, went to the hosts' Edward Levy and Vitot du Chateau (Toulon x Kannan) with a time of 66.80, followed by Conor Swail (IRL) and Theo 160 (Christian 25 x Calando IV) in second in 66.88 and Francois Xavier Boudant (FRA) aboard Ermes du Noe (Ogrion des Champs x Laurier de Here) in third in 69.06. 

"Vitot is feeling very well at Dinard," Levy said in a press release from Jumping International Dinard. "He already won this class last year. Winning a class here at Dinard always has a special flavour because the atmosphere is unique and the terrain magnificent."