Wilm Vermeir Has “His Eye” on the Prize in the Prix Ville de Paris CSI 5*

By Jumper News on 2024-03-20

Paris, France – March 17, 2024 – Once again, the Belgian anthem resonated around the Grand Palais Éphémère, the backdrop for this fourteenth edition of the Saut Hermès CSI 5*. In Sunday’s opening class, Wilm Vermeir (BEL) was paired with Eytuka of Two Notes Z, a 9-year-old Zangersheide mare, to take the win in the €28,200 Prix de La Ville de Paris CSI 5*, a two-phase class with jumps set at 1.50 meters. Fifth in Friday’s Grand Palais Prize and very quick but lamenting a fault in Saturday’s GL Events Prize CSI 5*, this time Vermeir managed to outpace his rivals (38’’58).

**Wilm Vermeir** (BEL) & **Eytuka of Two Notes Z**

“The mare jumped very well during the first two days of the competition, but her rider didn’t handle her very well, joked the Belgian, world No.49. Today, she was on form once again and I managed to get up to her level. She’s a mare that has been in my stables since she was 6 years of age. She is very respectful and jumps the 1m50 classes really well. Her owner lives in Paris, so it is wonderful to win a class here.”

**Philipp Schulze Topphoff** (GER) & **Oilily**

The pair were over a second faster than the German rider Philipp Schulze Topphoff (GER), the first to enter the ring with Oilily (39’’86).

**Philippe Rozier** (FRA) & **Dirty Sweet**

Second in Saturday’s GL Events Prize CSI 5* with Lecoultre de Muze, Philippe Rozier (FRA), this time paired with Dirty Sweet, took third place (40’’39).

Always very quick, Italian rider Emanuele Gaudiano (ITA) might well have snatched victory (37’’34) had he not copped a penalty on the final fence of the course designed by the Spaniard Santiago Varela Ullastres (ESP).