{"id":30100,"date":"2024-01-21T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T20:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/constant-van-paesschen-and-diaz-du-thot-top-the-csi3-grand-prix-presented-by-oliva-nova-beach-golf-resort-at-spring-met-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T08:16:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T07:16:08","slug":"constant-van-paesschen-and-diaz-du-thot-top-the-csi3-grand-prix-presented-by-oliva-nova-beach-golf-resort-at-spring-met-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/constant-van-paesschen-and-diaz-du-thot-top-the-csi3-grand-prix-presented-by-oliva-nova-beach-golf-resort-at-spring-met-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Constant Van Paesschen and Diaz du Thot top the CSI3* Grand Prix presented by Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort at Spring MET 2024\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Belgium\u2019s Constant Van Paesschen and Diaz du Thot (Ready Boy des Forets x Diams du Grasset, bred by E.A.R.L. Elevage du Thot) won the CSI3* 1.50m Grand Prix presented by Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort as the second week of Spring MET I 2024 concluded at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova in Spain on Sunday.\u00a0
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With a time of 40.90 seconds in the jump-off between fifteen horse-and-rider-combinations, Van Paesschen took the win ahead of Germany\u2019s Philipp Weishaupt and Coby 8 (Contagio x Escudo 19, bred by J\u00fcrgen Geffken) in second in 41.09.\u00a0
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\u201cI am fortunate to have a good friend in Scott Brash,\u201d Van Paesschen said after his victory. \u201cHe helped me in the warm-up today and said I should not go and chase Philipp\u2019s time, because he was very fast. I told him that my mare is very quick, but my plan was to ride for the second place and then see where we would end up. I told Scott that if I would get a good first turn, I would maybe risk a bit more. And the turn was good, so then I risked more than planned.\u201d
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\u201cShe is an unbelievable horse,\u201d Van Paesschen said about his 11-year-old Diaz du Thot. \u201cI have had her since she was six, and she has been winning her whole life. She is just a winner, a trier, she is an unbelievable mare. Before I was getting on her, I told her that if she would jump\u00a0good today, she would get a week off next week. And before the jump-off, I told her that if she jumped another good round, I would only ride her at the beach for two weeks \u2013 and I think she understood me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cOliva is a great place,\u201d Van Paesschen \u2013 a familiar face at the venue \u2013 said about Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova. \u201cThe arenas are good, the warm-ups are good; everything is good.\u201d 

Koen Vereecke (BEL) and Lector vd Bisschop (Bamako de Muze x For Pleasure, bred by Tom De Craene) placed third with a time of 41.52 seconds, while Clement Boulanger (FRA) and Ghanati (Epleaser van\u2019T Heike x Quadrillo, bred by Karen Van De Woestijne) finished fourth in 42.32, followed by J\u00f6rne Sprehe (GER) aboard Sprehe Hot Easy (Andiamo Z x Otangelo, bred by R. Teunissen) in fifth in 42.80.

Next week, Spring MET I 2024 moves on to its third and last week, and will be followed by Spring MET II in February, Spring MET III in March and Spring MET IV in April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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