German eventing legend Michael Jung was announced as the ‘guest star’ of the fifth week of competition at the Hubside Jumping Grimaud-Golfe de Saint-Tropez, and he did indeed come out swinging on the Côte d’Azur track at Haras des Grillons.
Aboard Fischerchelsea, he won the 4* 1.50m feature event of the day after a nine-horse jump-off, 20/100ths of a second ahead of Frenchman Julien Anquetin on Cesus de Fougnard and another French rider, Morgan Bordat on Uma.
In the other CSI4 * test of the day, the eventing multi-medalist finished in a respectable fourth place, this time riding Fischerdante, in a class dominated by Mégane Moissonnier (FRA) on Camelia de la Vigne.