Koen Vereecke and Kasanova de la Pomme immediately scored a third place in a 1.40m class on their first appearance after a busy breeding season. That looks promising for the rest of the year.

Also in Herzlake, there was a sixth place for Gilles Thomas in the GP riding Konak (s. Nabab de Rêve). In the classes for 6-year-olds Pablo van de Nieuwburghoeve (s. Nabab de Rêve, Koen Vereecke) and Ippolito (s. I'm Special de Muze, Richard Gardner) took care of the clear rounds. Niels Fockaert and Olympic van het Merrethof (s. Kasanova de la Pomme) added a clear round to that in the competitition for 7-year-olds.

Bonheiden

Copain de Muze (s. Bamako de Muze) and Claire Putters finished ninth in the GP of Bonheiden. Frédéric Bouvard finished fourth on Hugh Grant de Muze (s. Shindler de Muze) in a 1.45m class. For Bart Jay Junior Vandecasteele and Esprit de l'Esprit Z (s. Elvis Ter Putte) there was a third place at 1.40m level.

In the classes for young horses the offspring of El Torreo de Muze came into the spotlight in the classes for 5-year-olds. Both Queen van de Warande (Pieter De Backer) and Quelmek de Muze (Bart Anthonissen) stood out, as did Liesje Vive (s. Vigo d'Arsouilles) with Liesje Vrolijk and Quelle Dame van de Voorde (s. Elvis Ter Putte) with Nikolas Matthijs. In the classes for 6-year-olds Polonis L (s. Le Blue Diamond van 't Ruytershof, Pieter Kenis) and Bullseye 111 Z (s. Bamako de Muze, Joe Clee) achieved the most striking results. In the 7-year-olds classes, Iashin Sitte (s. Bamako de Muze, Pascale Haep), Viktor JH Z (s. Vigo d'Arsouilles, Neal Vanderwegen) and Ovito van de Looise Heide (s. Scendro, Giampiero Garofalo) each had one or more clear rounds.

Kronenberg

Vigo d'Arsouilles came out on top in the GP of Kronenberg. Denis Lynch won on his 9-year-old Visa Z. Fourth place went to Pieter Clemens on Hulde G. Kendra Claricia Brinkop and Malibu de Muze (s. Nabab de Rêve) were third in a 1.40m class. There was also a good result for the Hungarian rider Virag Budai. With the 8-yearold mare Don't Forget Galante (s. Malito de Rêve) he finished fourth in a 1.40m class.

In the classes for 5- and 6-year-olds, we recorded clear rounds for Poker de Mariposa (s. Nabab de Rêve) with Kars Bonhof, Neon Spotlight Z (s. Nabab de Rêve) with Raishun Burch, Virunga H Z (s. Vigo d'Arsouilles) with Fabienne Daigneux-Lange, Hermitage de Rêve (s. Nabab de Rêve) with Patrick Döller and Pepsi van 't Hoogstehof (s. Nabab de Rêve) with Rachel Steffen.

Narni

Finally in Narni, Italy, Nicolo' Rusello jumped to place nine in the GP with Gentleman (s. Vigo d'Arsouilles). The same duo also took second place in a 1.40m class. In the classes for 6-year-olds Aruba Island (s. Vigo d'Arsouilles) was the most outstanding performer, ridden by Emiliano Liberati.