Eduardo Menezes (BRA) wins the 1.45m Recon Metal One Round
The first day of the ‘National’ CSI5*, presented by ROLEX, opened with the Recon Metal One Round competition. Hyde Moffatt (CAN), and his mount Grafton had the honour of being the first horse-and-rider combination to step through the clock tower and out into the International Ring in nearly two years.
In total, thirty-five horses took on the 1.45m course designed by FEI course designer Anthony d’Ambrosio (USA). This track featured 11 obstacles (13 jumping efforts), and was a nice welcoming course for riders to tackle on the first day of the September Series.
Twelve riders came out of the International Ring with clear rounds, putting the pressure on them to have quick times in order to place. In the end, it was Eduardo Menezes (BRA) and Calypso Des Matis who took the win with a clean round and a time of 63.61 seconds. Hyde Moffatt came a close second aboard Donjo with a time of 63.87 seconds.