Shane Breen Winner Of The Nh Collection Trophy
The biggest class of the day, the NH Collection Trophy, who distributed €90,500 in prizes, was held from 8.30pm in the indoor track at Casas Novas under the table jump off. A total of 9 participants, out of the 38 horsemen and women who attended the contest, were classified for the playoff round.
In a certainly disputed competition, in which many pairs that will compete in Saturday's Grand Prix, the victory went to the Irish Shane Breen, who scored in the tiebreaker a time of 39,15 seconds without penalties.
Second place was for the German Philipp Weishaupt riding Chico, who stopped the clock in 39.26 seconds without penalty. The third place went to the Ukraine rider Katharina Offel with his horse Charlie, with a time of 39,6.0 seconds without penalty.
The Aragonese Pilar Cordon Muro was the only Spanish rider in the tiebreaker, completing a remarkable performance in the competition, although a takedown brought him to fifth position.
TOMORROW’S SCHEDULE
Tomorrow will be the most awaited day of the weekend, with the celebration of the Longines Grand Prix, with international significance and in which will be distributed €500,000 in prizes. The competition, which will take place under the table Two Rounds (against the clock / against the clock without Jump-Off), will begin at 6pm and surely will register a full house in the stands at the equestrian centre, regarding the invitations are already sold out. At 08.15pm a press conference with Longines Grand Prix winner and highest ranked Spanish will be held.
The day will begin at 1pm with the Massimo Dutti Trophy and at 3.30pm will be held the Porsche Trophy, both of the CSI 2*. After the Grand Prix, at 8.45pm, the La Caixa Trophy will be held on the track.
Tomorrow’s invitations, as well as on Sunday, have been sold out several days ago, so it will not be possible to access the venue without them.
COMPETITIONS BROADCAST
Different national and international televisions will broadcast many classes from the CSI5* Casas Novas. It will be showed in more than 60 countries.
National TV networks such as Teledeporte or Televisión de Galicia willl broadcast the Longines Grand Prix, which will allocate €500.000 in prizes, and the Azkar Trophy. There will be also several international channels that will broadcast live and delay the Longines Grand Prix as Eurosport, beIN Sports (live) or Equidia.
The competition will be able to follow live through the websites of Casas Novas (www.csicasasnovas.com) and Oxer Sport (www.oxersport.com).