{"id":32522,"date":"2025-10-05T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T20:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/constant-van-paesschen-and-diaz-du-thot-kick-off-autumn-met-i-2025with-a-win-in-the-csi2-chg-grand-prix\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T20:13:00","slug":"constant-van-paesschen-and-diaz-du-thot-kick-off-autumn-met-i-2025with-a-win-in-the-csi2-chg-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metoliva.com\/en\/constant-van-paesschen-and-diaz-du-thot-kick-off-autumn-met-i-2025with-a-win-in-the-csi2-chg-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Constant Van Paesschen and Diaz du Thot kick off Autumn MET I 2025with a win in the CSI2* CHG Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cLuck was on our side today,\u201d Belgium\u2019s Constant Van Paesschen said after his 12-year-old mare Diaz du Thot (Ready Boy des Forets x Diams du Grasset) kicked off Autumn MET I 2025 with a win in Sunday\u2019s CSI2* 1.45m CHG \u2013 Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A \u2013 Grand Prix in Oliva Nova, Spain. \u201cDiaz du Thot jumped super again. She is a horse you can really count on; she’s a trier and a fighter. I\u2019ve had her since the end of her sixth year, and she has always been a winner,\u201d Constant said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crossing the finish line in 43.33 seconds in a jump-off between eighteen horse-and-rider combinations, Van Paesschen and Diaz du Thot took the win ahead of Chad Fellows (GBR) and Continent 7 (Cordess 2 x Contendro I) in second in 46.35. While his father Stanny celebrated the British win at the Longines League of Nations\u2122 Final in Barcelona, Constant could chime into the family-success with his victory in Oliva Nova. \u201cIt has been a great day for the family,\u201d Constant said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe course was nice,\u201d Constant detailed about the track set by Christian Wiegand (GER). \u201cIt’s always very difficult for a course designer to build, especially here, in a two-star \u2013 you can’t build too big, because you need to respect what’s written in the schedule, however, at the same timeyou have a lot of very good riders with very good horses on the start list. It is a tough job to build a two-star Grand Prix here, and I thought the course today was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 \u201cIn the jump-off, I was in the middle of the pack, and I knew that I could catch the leading time,\u201d he continued. \u201cHowever, I also knew that there were some very quick riders coming after me as well, like J\u00e9r\u00f4me [Guery] and Julien [Epaillard]. I knew I was going to have to take risks. In the end, I was lucky; I could have had one down on the last fence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was off for the full months of May and June as well as a half of July,\u201d Constant \u2013 who broke his foot in April \u2013 explained about the year he has had. \u201cMy horses have had a lot of time off this year.\u201d

A Dutch trio completed the top five in Sunday\u2019s Grand Prix that kicked off the Autumn tour at Centro Ecuestre Oliva Nova: Lars Kersten (NED) and Barny Blue 3 (Balou du Rouet x Chacco-Blue) placed third with a time of 46.53, while Hessel Hoekstra (NED) and Comthago VDL (Comme Il Faut 5 x Carthago Z) finished fourth in 47.31 and Marc Houtzager (NED) aboard Mereusa (Comme Il Faut 5 x Toulon) fifth in 47.79. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Autumn MET I continues next week and runs through to October 19, followed by Autumn MET II in November and Autumn MET III in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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