{"id":28954,"date":"2023-04-23T18:35:39","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T17:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/richard-howley-and-consulent-de-prelet-z-conclude-spring-met-iv-2023-with-a-win-in-the-csi3-1-50m-chg-grand-prix\/"},"modified":"2023-04-23T18:36:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T17:36:03","slug":"richard-howley-and-consulent-de-prelet-z-conclude-spring-met-iv-2023-with-a-win-in-the-csi3-1-50m-chg-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/richard-howley-and-consulent-de-prelet-z-conclude-spring-met-iv-2023-with-a-win-in-the-csi3-1-50m-chg-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Howley and Consulent de Prelet Z conclude Spring MET IV 2023 with a win in the CSI3* 1.50m CHG Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third and final week of Spring MET IV 2023 in Oliva Nova, Spain, concluded on Sunday with the CSI3* 1.50m Grand Prix presented by CHG \u2013 Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A \u2013\u00a0and it was Ireland\u2019s Richard Howley and his rising star Consulent de Prelet Z that took the top honours.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsulent is a naturally quick horse, he is very careful so you can really trust him at the jumps,\u201d Howley said after his victory. \u201cHe jumped fantastic in the first round. He was in super shape, and it felt like today was the day he could give a good result \u2013 so we had a go and the jump-off went our way.\u201d<\/p>\n

A total of 14 pairs out of the 54 participants at start cleared the first-round track set by Spain\u2019s Javier Trenor Paz and joined the deciding jump-off, where Howley and Consulent de Prelet Z (Consulent Z x Fuego du Prelet) as the first pair out cruised around the huge Oliva Nova arena and posted\u00a0an unbeatable time of 37.33. Despite their best tries,\u00a0those to follow could do nothing about the Irish pair\u2019s time and fell victims of the rollback to the penultimate vertical as well as the very last oxer situated right in front The Club.\u00a0However, a clear from\u00a0Teresa Blazquez-Abascal (ESP)\u00a0and Nasa de Toxandria (Vertigo Saint Benoit x Chopin van het Moleneind) in 38.28 seconds secured the Spanish pair the runner-up position, while Michael G Duffy (IRL)\u00a0and Clitschko 17 (Christian 25 x Check In 2) placed third in 38.84.\u00a0Remco Been (NED)\u00a0and Bridgetown Z (Big Star Jr KZ x Carolus H) finished fourth in 38.85 and\u00a0William Funnell (GBR)\u00a0fifth in 42.90 aboard Equine America Billy Diamo (Cevin Z x Andiamo).<\/p>\n

\"Richard<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking about the challenge of being first to go in the jump-off, Howley said: \u201cThere are always big distances in a jump-off, so we try to walk them before to know what we can and cannot do. One to two was a leave out for us; it was a normal eight and we did seven there,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe stayed really tight in our turns, and I just followed my horse around the rest of the course. He is very quick off your leg, so I think to the last jump also, I did one less.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cConsulent is a very good horse and I plan to do some big things with him this year,\u201d Howley continued to speak about his rising star \u2013 a talented 12-year-old gelding. \u201cHe already has had some great results last year, and I would like to aim for a few good five-star shows with him this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOliva is a beautiful showground,\u201d Howley said about the venue at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova. \u201cThey do a great job here; everything is very clean and it is very well kept. I must say that this time of the year the weather is really nice as well and this is a great place to come and get set up for the on-coming outdoor season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mediterranean Equestrian Tour now takes a break over the summer before resuming on October 3rd\u00a0with Autumn MET 2023.<\/p>\n

Click here for full results.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The third and final week of Spring MET IV 2023 in Oliva Nova, Spain, concluded on Sunday with the CSI3* 1.50m Grand Prix presented by CHG \u2013 Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A \u2013\u00a0and it was Ireland\u2019s Richard Howley and his rising star Consulent de Prelet Z that took the top honours. \u201cConsulent is a naturally quick…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spring-met-2023-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28956,"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28954\/revisions\/28956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}