Pius Schwizer (SUI) and Cortney Cox won the €26,550 Stephex Stables Prize CSI 5* yesterday during the Jumping Mechelen CSI 5*-W & 2* in Belgium.

Pius Schwizer (SUI) & Cortney Cox

The Swiss and the 9-year-old chestnut Mecklenburg gelding (Carlo x Espri) topped the 1.45m jump-off challenge after having no penalties attributed to them for the second time, completing their run in 32.06 seconds.

Harrie Smolders (NED) & Zinius

Harrie Smolders (NED) and Zinius (Nabab de Reve x Kannan) were consistent once again, earning silver honors only one-tenth of a second behind.

Christian Kukuk (GER) & Botaro

Christian Kukuk (GER) and Botaro (Balou du Rouet x Gralshueter) rounded out the top three with no penalties and a time of 32.57 seconds during the tiebreaker.

Pius Schwizer (SUI) & Cortney Cox