Sunday’s CSI3* 1.5m CHG – Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A – Grand Prix wrapped up 12 weeks of competition at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova, Spain, where the 2026-edition of Spring MET concluded with a Brazilian victory. The Spanish course designer Elena Boix had set up a first-round track of 13 obstacles and 16 efforts, which saw only five from the 50 horse-and-rider combinations at start clear their way into the deciding jump-off. In the jump-off, Brazil’s Stephan de Freitas Barcha and and the 15-year-old mare Chevaux Primavera Imperio Egipcio (Calvaro F.C. x Paroli 4) clocked the winning time of 39.83 seconds. “It was...

Spain’s very own Sergio Alvarez Moya and the 8-year-old stallion No Nonsense TN (Hernandez TN x Verdi TN) won Sunday’s CSI3* 1.50m Grand Prix presented by Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova (ESP), besting an impressive field of starters as the second week of competition at Spring MET IV concluded in glorious April sunshine.  In a jump-off of thirteen, Alvarez Moya and No Nonsense TN clocked the winning time of 35.34 seconds, taking the win ahead of a group of seasoned champions; Great Britain’s 2025 European team gold medallist Donald Whitaker on Ulania 3 (Uriko x...

Great Britain’s Guy Williams and the 11-year-old mare BH Gringos Legacy won Sunday’s CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix presented by Dammann Reitplatz- u. Sportplatzbau GmbH at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova in Spain, where the first week of Spring MET IV 2026 concluded with a Grand Prix ruled by the Brits. “I thought it was a good course, it kept stretching up and down the ring,” the happy winner said about the track set by Christian Wiegand (GER). “It was good for me anyway; there were not many clears.” In a jump-off of five, Williams and BH Gringos Legacy clocked the winning time of 40.88...

France’s 2024 Olympic team bronze medallist Julien Epaillard and the 9-year-old gelding Hard’Rock Queen HJD (Lauterbach x Coolcorran Cool Diamond) won Sunday’s CSI3* 1.50m Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Grand Prix at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova in Spain, where the third part of Spring MET 2026 concluded. Stopping the clock on 32.78 seconds in a jump-off between twelve horse-and-rider combinations, the current world number eight took the win ahead of Antoine Ermann (FRA) and Floyd des Pres (Vigo Cece x Papillon Rouge) in second in 33.88, while Jan Vinckier (BEL) with Diadem Melloni (Diamant de Semilly x Con Air) completed...

Santiago Diaz Ortega (COL) and Chasspleen Flamingo Z (Cardento 933 x Dollar du Murier) finished the second week of Spring MET III 2026 at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova in Spain with a win in the CSI3* 1.50m CHG – Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A – Grand Prix. In a jump-off of eight, Diaz Ortega clocked the winning time of 35.81 seconds, leaving Alex Barr (GBR) and Preben van de Doornakkers (For Pleasure x Nabab de Reve) to the runner-up spot with their time of 38.11 seconds, and besting a field of 45. “He improves every day, I am so proud of...

On Sunday afternoon, the CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix presented by Dammann Reitplatz- u. Sportplatzbau GmbH concluded the first week of Spring MET III 2026 at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova in Spain. A total of 54 horse-and-rider combinations lined up for the challenge set by Elena Boix (ESP), with twelve pairs clearing their way into the jump-off. In the end, it was the Dutch rider Dennis van den Brink and the 9-year-old mare La Rouge JT (Ducati van Schuttershof x Kannan) that took the top honours after stopping the clock on 35.97 seconds. “The course was very nice because there were some options...

Spring MET II 2026 in Oliva Nova, Spain, concluded on Sunday with the CSI3* 1.50m CHG – Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A – Grand Prix. Only five horse-and-rider combinations from the 44 at start cleared the first-round track set by Louis Konickx (NED). After an exciting jump-off of five, Faye Schoch (SUI) and the 11-year-old gelding Cornetto DB Z (Cornet Obolensky x Inshallah de Muze) took the win as the only double clear of the competition. “I wasn’t expecting any of this,” the happy winner said afterwards. “Cornetto jumped absolutely fantastic. When I walked the course, I thought it was quite big, but he jumped so good, he was fighting for me, he...

Sunday’s CSI3* 1.50m Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Grand Prix concluded the second week of competition at Spring MET II 2026 at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova in Spain.  In a jump-off between thirteen horse-and-rider combinations, it was the host nation’s Mariano Martinez Bastida and the 17-year-old Belano Vd Wijnhoeve Z (Berlin x Darco) that clocked the winning time of 49.57 seconds.  “I’m very happy with how Belano keeps fighting for the team,” Martinez Bastida said after the victory. “The course was quite technical in some parts. There were many faults in the last part of the triple, and the last line...

The action at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova in Spain resumed this week as the second part of the Spring MET 2026 kicked off. Sunday’s highlight was the CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix presented by Dammann Reitplatz- u. Sportplatzbau GmbH, where the Netherland’s Marc Houtzager and the 9-year-old mare Mereusa (Comme Il Faut 5 x Toulon) took the top honours after an exciting jump-off. Eight from the 62 horse-and-rider combinations at start delivered a clear in round one and joined the deciding jump-off, where Houtzager and Mereusa clocked the winning of 41.42 seconds. Laurent Goffinet (FRA) and Elwood Blues (Ogrion des Champs...

The third and final week of Spring MET I 2026 at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova in Spain concluded with an all-Belgian podium in Sunday’s CSI3* 1.50m Grand Prix presented by CHG – Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A. After a jump-off between eight horse-and-rider combinations, it was Belgium’s Seppe Wouters and the 10-year-old stallion Quito de Mariposa (Comme Il Faut 5 x Air Jordan Z) that took the top honours – crossing the finish line in 43.13 seconds. Wouters’ compatriot Bart Jay Junior Vandecasteele and Vamos de La Pomme d’Or Z (Vigo d’Arsouilles x Ogano Sitte) had to settle for the second place with their...