Nico Van Der Plaetsen wins Hubo Prize
22-08-2018
The riders of the Hubo Prize, a CSI1* 1m20 class, were all very eager to take the win home! In the end it was Nico van der Plaetsen who wrote the first CSI1* class to his name with Ultra Blue J (Mr Blue) in 30.23 sec. Barely 3 hundredths later, Yoeri Braems finished with Edelweis (Verdi van de Bokke). Braems was briefly followed up by Amr Gamal Mohamed, who finished third with My Queen in 30.37 sec. Mike Van Belle also rode a fast jump-off. He finished with Casino Royal Waterschoot Z (Carpe Diem VHW Z) in 30.58 sec and obtained a fourth place. Maxime Hazebroek closed the top five in 31 sec with Jartelle v.d. Thijshoeve (Cooper Van de Heffinck).
Also in this class the Belgians took home many places of honor. Gudrun Patteet and No Mercy van 't Kamerveld Z were 6th, Melanie Gelin and Habanero followed on 8th place. Geert van den Branden and Lagrisco were 11th. There were also places of honor for Charlotte Peeters (Tekila du Beau Mont - 13th), Julie van den Bulck (Fedele Kadans - 14th), Dries Goossens (Daniel EK - 15th), Maxime de Clercq (Houdini - 16th), Charlotte Peeters (Vahina - 18th), Nathalie de Martin (Iloise-K van 't Kattenheye - 20th) and Jan Boyen (Espresso VK - 21st).