2018 CSIO Gijón

The 2018 CSIO Gijón was the 2018 edition of the Spanish official show jumping horse show, at Las Mestas Sports Complex in Gijón. It was held as CSIO 5*.

This edition of the CSIO Gijón was held between 29 August and 2 September.

Nations Cup

The Cup was a show jumping competition with two rounds, held on 31 August. The height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters. The best eight teams of the eleven which participated were allowed to start in the second round. The competition was endowed with €72,500.[1] Seven years after their last success, Spain won its 4th Nations Cup in Gijón.

In bold, riders that contested the jump-off.

	Team	Rider	Horse	Round 1	Round 2	Total penalties	Jump-off		Prize money
				Penalties	Penalties		Penalties	Time (s)
1	Spain	Manuel Fernández Saro	Usador du Rouet	4	4
		Mikel Aizpurua	Cartanya	4	4
		Laura Roquet	Sandi Puigroq	4	8
		Eduardo Álvarez Aznar	Seringat	0	0
				8	4	12	0	42.37	€ 24,000
2	Italy	Antonio Alfonso	Redskin de Riverland	4	4
		Lucia Le Jeune Vizzini	Cabalgaro Z	8	0
		Emanuele Camilli	Urban de Rohan	4	0
		Riccardo Pisani	Chaclot	0	4
				4	8	12	4	41.36	€ 16,000
3	Netherlands	Lisa Nooren	VDL Groep Sabech d'HA	4	4
		Sanne Thijssen	Expert	0	4
		Leon Thijssen	Cristello 2	4	8
		Doron Kuipers	Charley	0	0
				4	8	12	4	42.04	€ 11,000
4	Sweden	Linda Heed	Jarvis Van D Abelendreef	5	0
		Marcus Westergren	Calmere	4	8
		Erica Swartz	Jovita	8	0
		Irma Karlsson	Chacconu	4	0
				13	0	13			€ 6,000
4	Ireland	Trevor Breen	Bombay	8	4
		Richard Howley	Dolores	4	0
		Michael Duffy	Efs Top Contender	1	0
		Anthony Condon	Sfs Aristio	4	4
				9	4	13			€ 6,000
6	Great Britain	Ellen Whitaker	Arena UK Winston	0	5
		Jamie Gornall	Christian 25	9	8
		Julie Andrews	Ayrton IV	4	8
		Harry Charles	Abc Quantum Cruise	0	0
				4	13	17			€ 4,500
7	Belgium	Gilles Dunon	Fou de Toi Vd Keihoeve	0	8
		Annelies Vorsselmans	Wilandro 3	0	4
		Virginie Thonon	High Tech Vy de Septon	E	16
		Rick Hemeryck	Ulyss Morinda	8	4
				8	16	24			€ 2,500
8	France	Jacques Helmlinger	Tonic des Mets	0	4
		Bruno Garez	United Sunheup	14	8
		Émeric George	Chopin des Hayettes	12	8
		Felicie Bertrand	Sultane des Ibis	0	4
				12	16	28			€ 2,500
9	Portugal	Duarte Seabra	Fernhill Curra Quinn	4
		Hugo Carvalho	Extraordiner	12
		Luis Sabino Gonçalves	Acheo di San Patrignano	0
		António Matos Almeida	Nikel de Presle	9
				13
10	Germany	Michael Kölz	Dsp Anpowikapi	8
		Jörne Sprehe	Stakki's Jumper	0
		Marcel Marschall	Utopia 48	8
		Thomas Kleis	Chades of Blue	8
				16

Gijón Grand Prix

The Gijón Grand Prix, the Show jumping Grand Prix of the 2018 CSIO Gijón, was the major show jumping competition at this event. The sponsor of this competition was Funeraria Gijonesa. It was held on Sunday, 2 September 2018. The competition was a show jumping competition over two rounds, the height of the fences were up to 1.60 meters.

It was endowed with 145,700 €. Richard Howley won the trophy.[2]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1	Round 2		Total penalties	prize money
			Penalties	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Richard Howley	Dolores	0	0	59.86	0	47,850 €
2	Gilles Dunon	Fou de Toi vd Keihoeve	0	0	61.31	0	29,000 €
3	Doron Kuipers	Charley	0	0	63.47	0	21,750 €
4	Stephan de Freitas Barcha	Artois d'Avillon	0	0	63.80	0	14,500 €
5	Eduardo Álvarez Aznar	Seringat	0	4	56.77	4	8,700 €
6	Kevin Staut	For Joy Van'T Zorgvliet Hdc	0	4	59.35	4	6,525 €
7	Riccardo Pisani	Chaclot	0	4	59.43	4	4,350 €
8	Alison Barton	Roma IV	0	4	60.74	4	3,625 €
9	Annelies Vorsselmans	Wilandro 3	0	4	61.28	4	2,900 €
10	Manuel Fernández Saro	Usador du Rouet	0	4	61.75	4	2,900 €

(Top 10 of 50 Competitors)[3]

Winners by day

Day	Att.	Total prize (€)	Height	Winner	Horse	Results
Wednesday 29	7,197	5,080	1.40	António Matos Almeida	Irene van de Kwachthoeve	[4]
		24,850	1.50	Billy Twomey	Diaghilev	[5]
Thursday 30	8,965	5,120	1.40	Michael Kölz	Dubai Blh	[6]
		50,400	1.50	Paul Kennedy	Cartown Danger Mouse	[7]
Friday 31	9,764	72,000	1.60	Spain		[1]
		7,500	1.40	Jörne Sprehe	Solero 79	[8]
Saturday 1	9,489	5,040	1.40	Richard Howley	Cruising Star	[9]
		93,700	1.60	Billy Twomey	Kimba Flamenco	[10]
Sunday 2	10,897	5,080	1.40	Victor Bettendorf	Colchique du Gibet	[11]
		145,700	1.60	Richard Howley	Dolores	[3]

References

1. Results of the 2018 Nations Cup
2. "Richard Howley se adjudica el Gran Premio del CSIO". El Comercio. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
3. 2018 Grand Prix results
4. Results Competition 2
5. Results Competition 3
6. Results Competition 5
7. Results Competition 6
8. Results Competition 8
9. Results Competition 10
10. Results Competition 11
11. Results Competition 12

External links

• Official website of CSIO Gijón
• All results of the CSIO Gijón 2018