This afternoon, Italy’s Giulia Martinengo Marquet won on home soil the CSIO 3* Grand Prix in Gorla Minore. In the saddle of the 1918 Scuderia Calle Deluxe, she had a clear lead over Portugal’s Rodrigo Jestera Almeida and Adair Dias de Abreu, linked respectively by Quirados Z and Dartanion.
After the Nations Cup which ended with victory for the Blues on Friday, today at CSIO 3* Grand Prix all eyes were on Gorla Minore. Fifty-one couples were at the start of the event to try and nail all the nitty-gritty of the preliminary course and have a chance at getting to the tee. Member of Friday’s winning team and author of a clear double tour with Iglesias DV in the team event, Olivier accompanied Robert by the same bay this afternoon. Starting at the end of the race, this time he was awarded four penalty points and had to settle for 18th place. Tied for Castle Forbes’ Darcy, Nicolas Post has eight points on his meter, while Dylan Levallois leaves the track with sixteen with Artist de Labaye.
The Giulia Martinengo Marquette and Scuderia 1918 Cali Deluxe makes everyone agree
In the end, eleven pairs reinvested the track during the second trimester. First to start the jump with Quirados Z, Portugal’s Rodrigo Giesteira Almeida put the pressure on his rivals by crossing the finish line at 40”35 after a clean run. Although it was almost caught by several couples who all left a bar on the floor, it wasn’t until the penultimate one, the passage of Julia Martinengo Marche, that the leader to be preceded. Complicit with her Scuderia 1918 Calle Deluxe jump, the Italian flew over the track without difficulty and stopped the clock at 38 inches 18, two seconds ahead of her opponent. Composers of a jump in 40.73 on d’Artagnon, Portugal’s Adir Dias de Abreu completed the top three, while Romania’s Constantin Cujucariu achieved the other double round of the event, on the reins of the Huracan RC.
