France’s Thibault Fournier has won Les 4 Etoiles de Pau CCI4* with horse Siniani De Lathus on a score of 29.5.
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By Equestrian Life
France’s Thibault Fournier has won Les 4 Etoiles de Pau CCI4* with horse Siniani De Lathus on a score of 29.5. The pair were fifth after the dressage and rode clear and under time on the cross country. One rail in the showjumping meant it came down to the wire, with the pair holding on to victory by 0.4 penalties.
Second place went to Great Britain’s Gemma Tattersall and Pamero 4; the pair were 13th after the dressage, and the then jumped clear and under time in both phases to finish on their dressage score.
Gemma Tattersall and Pamero 4.
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France also filled third place with Clara Loiseau and Won’t Wait jumping clear cross country having just one rail in the showjumping to finish on 35.7.
Clara Loiseau and Won’t Wait.
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Australia’s Ryan Wood and Woodstock Bennett had a great competition; the pair were 36th after the dressage, but rose to 10th after an action-packed cross country day where the pair only acquired 5.2 penalties. One rail down in the showjumping cost them fifth place, but it was still an amazing result for the US-based combination!
It was a tough cross country course that delivered mixed fortunes for riders; 11 combinations retired or were eliminated, and only four went clear and under time. Only 14 jumped clear and finished with less than 10 time penalties.
