Julien Epaillard wins in Lyon, Augustsson Zanotelli triumphs in Rabat: Cupone fourth in Valencia

Sunday’s international show jumping action came down to the finest of margins. In Lyon, Julien Epaillard claimed the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup qualifier ahead of Richard Vogel, while in Rabat, Angelica Augustsson Zanotelli edged out Denis Lynch in the final Grand Prix of the Global Champions Tour’s regular season. Italy’s strongest verified result came from Valencia, where Luigi Cupone finished fourth.

Lyon CSI5*-W: Epaillard and Le Coultre de Muze win by three hundredths

Forty combinations contested the 1.60m Longines FEI Jumping World Cup, with fourteen progressing to the jump-off. Riding Le Coultre de Muze, France’s Julien Epaillard delighted the home crowd with a double clear, stopping the jump-off clock at 38.17 seconds.

Germany’s Richard Vogel and Cloudio finished just three hundredths behind, taking second with 0/0 penalties in 38.20 seconds. Switzerland’s Edouard Schmitz and Gamin van’t Naastveldhof completed the podium, also clear in both rounds, in 38.31 seconds. Just fourteen hundredths separated the top three.

Full official results – Lyon, class 14

Rabat CSI5*: Augustsson Zanotelli edges out Lynch

The 1.60m Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Rabat went to Angelica Augustsson Zanotelli and Iron Dames Calvino II de Nyze Z. The Swedish rider delivered a clear jump-off in 47.91 seconds, finishing eleven hundredths ahead of Ireland’s Denis Lynch and Cordial, who took second with a double clear in 48.02 seconds.

They were the only two combinations to complete the deciding round without penalties. Germany’s Christian Ahlmann and Untouched LB posted a faster time of 46.24 seconds, but a rail down left them third on 0/4 penalties. Nine combinations qualified for the jump-off.

Full official results – Rabat, class 12

Vejer CSIO3*: Jessica Burke takes the Andalucía Grand Prix

At the Sunshine Tour, Jessica Burke and Fly for You won the 1.55m Andalucía Grand Prix, contested by fifty-nine combinations. The Irish rider produced a double clear, completing the jump-off in 34.56 seconds.

Germany’s Jens Wawrauschek and Mava S finished second, clear in both rounds in 35.34 seconds. Ireland also secured third through Francis Derwin and Flexi K, who finished on 0/0 penalties in 35.36 seconds, just two hundredths behind Wawrauschek.

Full official results – Vejer, class 77

Valencia CSI3*: Mark Edwards wins as Cupone narrowly misses the podium

Britain’s Mark Edwards and Tinkers Touch claimed the €56,800 Moura Tours Valencia 1.50m Grand Prix, delivering a double clear and a jump-off time of 41.27 seconds.

Spain’s Mariano Martínez Bastida and Bacardi O took second with 0/0 penalties in 44.50 seconds. Britain’s John Whitaker and Equine America Unick du Francport finished third after a clear opening round and four penalties in the jump-off in 43.32 seconds.

Italy’s Luigi Cupone and Raschin Z finished immediately behind them, taking fourth among forty-seven starters.

Full official results – Valencia, class A12-GP

Oliva CSI2*: British one-two in the MET Grand Prix

Seventy-two combinations lined up for the 1.45m Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova Grand Prix. Victory went to Graham Babes and Monks I Am Casall, who jumped clear in both rounds and completed the jump-off in 40.46 seconds.

Fellow Briton Carron Nicol and RRH Out of the Blue finished second with 0/0 penalties in 40.82 seconds. The Netherlands’ Marc Houtzager and Mereusa took third, also double clear, in 41.20 seconds.

Full official results – Oliva, 1 November Grand Prix

Hangzhou CSI2*-W: Chen Yuchen wins the World Cup qualifier

The 1.45m Longines FEI Jumping World Cup qualifier, held on Sunday, 1 November, local time in China, went to Chen Yuchen and Chella II de Laubry Z, who finished the jump-off with four penalties in 32.69 seconds.

Representing Hong Kong, Patrick Lam and Kappuccino took second with the same jump-off penalty total in 35.08 seconds. China’s Mao Lixin and Kadans van de Mispelaere finished third in 39.79 seconds.

Full official results – Hangzhou, class 06

Šamorín CSI2*: Rodrigo Szuhai claims the Grand Prix

Hungary’s Rodrigo Szuhai and Cornet won the Šamorín 1.45m Grand Prix, producing a double clear and a jump-off time of 40.16 seconds. Austria’s Gerfried Puck and Raxcelia finished second, clear in both rounds in 42.55 seconds. Ireland’s Ciaran Dreeling and Castello Z completed the podium with 0/0 penalties in 42.75 seconds.

Italian riders in the spotlight

Luigi Cupone and Raschin Z secured fourth in the Valencia Grand Prix, following a clear opening round with four penalties in 47.30 seconds in the jump-off. In the same class, Giacomo Bassi and Comme le Roi del Magi finished fifteenth with four penalties in 74.52 seconds in the first round, ahead of Roberto Turchetto and Diabolo d’Encre, sixteenth with four penalties in 74.55 seconds.

In Lyon, Giulia Martinengo Marquet and Delta Del’Isle finished twenty-ninth with eight penalties in 76.81 seconds, while Piergiorgio Bucci and Pallieter vd N.Ranch placed thirty-second with eight penalties in 77.55 seconds. Matilde Giorgia Bianchi and ZY-Zento finished thirty-fifth with ten penalties in 80.78 seconds.

In Rabat, Emanuele Gaudiano and Chalou’s Love PS finished twenty-seventh with eight penalties in 77.02 seconds in the opening round.

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