The very popular Devoucoux Indoor Derby, a “crossover” between a cross-country course and a show jumping course, is undoubtedly Friday’s highlight at the International Jumping of Bordeaux. Deprived of a fourth victory last year by the Individual Olympic Champion, German Michael Jung, Frenchman Karim Laghouag had his revenge, taking his fourth victory on Friday evening.
The South West region of France definitely is an eventing country, not only because it is where some of the best competitions, like the 5* of Pau, take place, but also because it is where some of the finest French horses of the discipline are bred. This is certainly why the Bordeaux public massively joins each edition of this derby. The 2020 edition was no exception to the rule and it was in an exhilarating atmosphere in front of 7,500 spectators that this original class took place.
On a course of approximately one kilometre, punctuated with 22 fences, some of the world’s best athletes of the discipline including four Olympic champions, three French and the Rio individual gold medallist, Michael Jung, were at the start. It was among these four that one had to look for the winner, and more precisely between the French Laghouag and the German Jung.