Photo: MET

The French rider, Roger Yves Bost completed a trifecta by winning all three 'Diamond 3' (1.45M) competitions this past week in Oliva at the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour (MET).

He won yesterday's Grand Prix with the 11 year old bay SF stallion, Nippon D’Elle(Scherif d'Elle SF X Narcos II) with zero faults in a time of 37.09 seconds. He won the other two 'Diamond 3' competitions with 11 bay SF mare , Nikyta d'Elle (Richebourg X Papillon Rouge).

Second position was achieved by the Irish rider, Niall Talbot, with Nicos de La Cense and a result of 37.28 seconds, followed by Giulia Martinengo from Italy with Loro Piana Ballyleck and a time of  38.72 seconds.

These competitions count towards the FEI Rolex Rankings.

There was a large crowd of spectators there to watch the Grand Prix on Sunday. Enthusiastics from all over the world as well as familiar public visited the MET to enjoy several amateur and professional CS12*  competitions.

Results for the Oliva CSI3* Grand Prix 1.45M :

1 NIPPON D'ELLE 1 Bost, Roger Yves FRA SCEA Haras D'Elle et 0,00 E.T. 0,00 37,09 5.750,00

2 NICOS DE LA CENSE 1 Talbot, Niall IRL TALBOT NIALL+ENGIS 0,00 E.T. 0,00 37,28 4.600,00

3 LORO PIANA BALLYLECK 3 Martinengo, Giulia ITA Giuseppe Allo 0,00 E.T. 0,00 38,72 3.450,00

4 MURKA´S ODIE DE FREVE 2 Charles, Peter IRL Olga White 0,00 E.T. 0,00 38,93 2.300,00

5 TEMPLE ROAD 2 Rivetti, Cassio UCR Sergii Kryshchenko 0,00 E.T. 0,00 39,5 1.610,00

6 AVENZIO3 99 Sugitani, Taizo JPN Taizo Sugitani 0,00 E.T. 0,00 40,49 1.265,00

7 LACAPO 99 Kühner, Max GER Sabina Illbruck 0,00 E.T. 0,00 40,78 920,00

8 BALOUNITO 3 Nieberg, Lars GER Hans-Helmut Bauer 0,00 E.T. 0,00 42,72 690,00

9 RENETTY 98 Cairaschi-Dagut, Joëlle FRA S.C.E.A. Haras de la Be 0,00 E.T. 0,00 43,05 690,00

10 SACRE COEUR 3 Honrubia, Miguel ESP Gonzalo Busca 0,00 E.T. 0,00 43,97 575,00