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Rolex Grand Prix French Nicolas Demotte wins at home! The Arena Grandes Écuries was back to its old glory with packed stands, loges and people gathered all around only to witness Nicolas Demotte's triumph in the Rolex Grand Prix of the Masters of Chantilly. An ideal scenario for the rider from the North of France as he is about to fly off to the Olympic Games where the atmosphere will not be the same as in Chantilly.

M1 CSI 5* Masters de Chantilly 1.45m with jump-off: Giulia, once again Another victory for the Italian rider Giulia Martinengo Marquet in Chantilly, this time in the CSI 5*.Yesterday she won the Youngsters final, today, she won the Prix Masters of Chantilly, a 1.45m class with jump-off, on the Arena Château with Calle Deluxe, her 9-year-old gelding (Cesano 2 x Con Air 7). Giulia beat the "forever runner-up" as he calls himself, Frenchman Julien Gonin, already second yesterday in the Prix Ducati. This time he was riding Caprice de Guinfard, also a 9-year-old gelding (Mylord Carthago*HN x Socrate de Chivre) with whom he lost more clearly than yesterday, by 2"06 in this 12 rider jump-off.

Grand Prix Groupama Paris Val de Loire: A young Swede in front of an Olympic champion A 1* Grand Prix with fences at 1m40, 33 starters, 11 in the jump-off including 6 French riders, but in the end it was a Swedish rider, the young Antonia Anderssen, who won this Prix Groupama Paris Val de Loire with Dyneine de Lilau, a mare - French though she is - that she has been riding for only one year: "We haven't done many jump-offs together yet, but she is a naturally fast mare. I know that French riders are very fast. I didn't look at the other riders in the jump-off, but I heard the public cheer so I thought if I wanted to have a chance, I had to give it my all, I had nothing to lose so I went for it."

M3 Marchal 1.20m: Belgian victory in front of the Château One had to break the 40 seconds barrier to win the Prix Marchal, a CSI1* class with jump-off which was held on the Arena Château this morning in Chantilly. Only the Belgian Albert Bruyneel managed to do it (39.87) with Souplesse Vds Z, his 8-year-old mare, a daughter of Stakkato. With 41.48, the French Jade Leriche, takes the second place on her Darco son, Darcochin des Broucks, followed by the Brazilian couple Camila Mazza De Benedicto and Qh Luna Santo Antonio (42.42).

M2 Région Hauts de France: And now, over to the next generation! It is not easy to follow in the footsteps of a parent who is a high-level rider, especially when it is the Olympic champion Pénélope Leprévost. Yet Eden Leprévost Blin Lebreton manages it wonderfully.

M1 Ducati 1.50m: a perfect scenario for a beautiful couple! Today was a perfect day for the Guerdat family on the Arena Grandes Ecuries, still as beautiful, still as green. An almost honeymoon setting for a beautiful couple’s story. Victory for Steve Guerdat who won the Ducati Prize and second place and first 5* rosette for his young wife, Fanny Skalli, in the M1 CSI5* H&H. But what was the most beautiful moment of the day for the Swiss champion.

M1 H&H, CSI 5*, 1.45 m with jump-off: a historic rosette "I'm going to frame this rosette." This rosette, as green as her jacket, is the first one that the very smiling Fanny Skalli has just won for her very first CSI 5* with Jonka, nicknamed the Duchess. It was the reward for her second place in the Prix H&H, a 1.45m class with a jump-off.

M3 Meyer Selles 1.30m: Successful conversion for Aceituna Negra Eventing horses are definitely at ease on the big green arenas of the Masters of Chantilly. After the two victories on Friday and Saturday of Romain Sans and Dexter, today third, it was the turn of Aceituna Negra, an 11-year-old mare, to show what she is capable of in the jumping arena: "She is a former eventing mare that we converted to show jumping, explains her rider Benoit Salmon, she has a huge heart, she is super, fast, efficient, a really great mare. " A beautiful first place for this daughter of Rock'N Roll Semilly, bred by Jean Teulère, eventing world champion in 2002, with whom Aceituna Negra won the CCI3* in Pranoli del Vivaro in 2019.

M2 EEM 1.35m: triumph of the young generation! Lending your horse to your girlfriend can be a very good decision. Mathieu Colle did just that: for Chantilly, he decided to lend his good 10-year-old mare, Bekava Hoy (Watch Me*Hoy - Dollar Dela Pierre) to his girlfriend, the talented Laura Klein who won the Prix EEM (1,35 m) on the Arena Château after having already won on Thursday on the Arena Grandes Écuries.

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