Montenmedio is about to wind up this three week long Summer Tour, which has been successfully held under especially demanding circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sheer size of the installations with over 20 arenas and around 1,000 stables has meant that this was the ideal place for the return of competitions, where security and sanitary protocols could easily be fulfilled.
Tomorrow is the last day here and the highlight of the Tour will be the Grand Prix, FEI Ranking class with 25,400€ in prize money and an extra 2.000€ to the highest placed Spanish rider and subscriber to the ClipMyHorse channel. Qualifiers for this class were held over the last two days in the 1.45m classes.
Mariano Martínez Bastida is unstoppable here at the Tour, today, on his birthday, he took his 16th place at the top of podium. This Spanish rider is from Murcia in Spain and today he was the winner of the Small Grand Prix riding the very consistent CLEARTOON (x CARTHAGO). Second and third places went to Ignace Philips de Vuyst with MODEST VD VROENTE (JOKINAL DE BORNIVAL x OBSESSION) and Juan José Gómez with FRAPPANT (x WARRANT), the first time in the top three for both of these combinations here at the tour in this class.
Sergio Álvarez Moya riding MHS ATTRACTION (NUMERO UNO x DIAMANT DE SEMILLY) was the winner of the 1.35m class. This was their first show together and the 10yr old mare really showed her speed in the jump off of eight horses. This Olympic rider and three time participant in the World Championships has been schooling and competing here with various horses since the beginning of the Tour. In second place was Silvia Diego Pardo and CALIPSO VAN DE BERGDALHOEVE Z (x CENTO LANO), and in third was Fernando de los Santos riding KANSAS VD WITHOEVE (PRINCE VAN DE WOLFSAKKER x CONCRETO).
Kevin González de Zárate with GEHAZIA VDL took their fist win so far in the 1.30m. Mario Rotllant and CERANO (UKATO x CAVALIER) were second and the Italian rider, Gianluca Gennusa with NELSON VAN DE MOORSKESHOEVE (ELVIS TER PUTTE x CONCORDE) were third.
The French rider Raphael Sales took the two top places in 1.20m class with ATKITSON UN PRINCE (DIAMANT DE SEMILLY x VOLTAIRE) and DONNA (CONVERTER x ARGENTINUS). In third was Antonio Carballat riding HOLD UP RATINA CC. In the 1.10m, the winner was Pol Alaminos riding SANESTEBAN M, Bárbara Cardo with COLMETA was second and Yolanda Carles was third with QUICO DEL DUERO.
The Young Horse Classes finished off today. Iván Serrano took both first and third places in the 7yr old class with DUM DUM and IRON SKY (CESANO 2 x CANTUS) resp’. Second was DASTANN DES MENLIERES ridden by Rodrigo Gisteira from Portugal.
OMNIFIC ETC (x GIZMO ETC) ridden by Jesús Torres was the winner of the 6yr old class, second was CINZANO ROSSO (x CHRISTIAN) ridden by Mariano Martínez Bastida and third was EBANE DU MESNIL ridden by Enrique Camiruaga. The 5yr old class was won by the aptly named LIGHTNING MC QUEEN ridden by Iván Serrano. In second was CAJSA KAVAT with the Swedish rider Frida Berggren and finally, in third, was COOLWATER GB again ridden by Jesús Torres.
The Ponies were back in action today in a CSNP1 qualifier for the Spanish Pony Championships. The winners were: Section A: Valeria Chaves, Section B: Mar Valdés, Section C: Paloma Gómez and in Section D: Blanca Valdés.
Tomorrow the jumping will take place in two arenas with the 1.35m class starting at 9:00 in Arena 5 and the 1:45m starting at 9:45 in Arena 3. The Grand Prix is set to begin at 12:00 in Arena 3.
27/06/2020 by Sunshinetour News , Press releases , Horses , Young Horses , Sunshine Tour , Dehesa Montenmedio , riders
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