Top Takeaways from Mexico City & Fontainebleau
As we wind down from a thrilling weekend of sport, we share our findings.
A superb weekend of showjumping with the sportive highlight in Mexico City where the Longines Global champions Tour settled for their third leg of the season, while Fontainebleau hosted a 4* event.
The Top 6 combinations with the highest win chances produced by the EquiRatings Jumping Prediction Centre going into the LGCT Grand Prix of Mexico City made it into the jump-off of nine. In the end, it was the pair with the lowest win chance among those (6%) that went on to claim the victory. David Will and My Prins van Dorperheide (725) beat an incredibly strong jump-off field with an electric round. They outperformed the favourites Malin Baryard-Johnsson and H&M Indiana (777) who had to settle for second, while another Olympic combination Laura Kraut and Baloutinue (764) conclude their faultless weekend with a third place finish.
Michael Pender’s HHS Fast Forward produced a surprising clear round in the LGCT Grand Prix to finish fifth. The 11-year-old Irish-bred entered on an Elo of just 621, one of the lowest in the field, but this performance will surely push them up the ratings.
On European soil in Fontainebleau, there were two underdogs on podium of the 155 CSI4* Grand Prix. As one of the higher rated combinations in the field Roger-Yves Bost and Cassius Clay VDV Z (695) claimed the win. However, Wilma Hellström’s Quinti von Hof (583) and Reynald Angot’s Chrome d’Ivraie (588) completed the podium as two horses rated under 600 on Elo. They beat powerhouses like Bibici (734) and Delux van T&L (723), which will lead to a boost to their Elos.