Oliva Nova, Valencia, Spain – December 08, 2024 – The second week of the third and final part of Autumn MET 2024 concluded on Sunday with the €57,450 Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Grand Prix CSI 3* – 1.50m, with Italy’s Emiliano Liberati (ITA) and the 9-year-old mare Aruba Island (Vigo d’Arsouilles x Carthago) spoiling a Spanish party.
 
Six horse-and-rider combinations out of the 60 pairs at start cleared the first-round track set by the French course designer Gregory Bodo (FRA) – co-designer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games last summer – and joined the deciding jump-off, where Liberati took the win after stopping the clock on 35.96 seconds.
 
Two Spanish riders followed in second and third: Hugo Alvarez Amaro (ESP) on Casaspezia (Casalido x Böckmann’s Lord Pezi) and Alberto Marquez Galobardes (ESP) on Ucello Massuere (Cassini II x Galoubet A) completed the podium. Hugo Alvarez Amaro finished the jump-off in 36.80 seconds, while Alberto Marquez Galobardes was lightning fast with his time of 33.40 seconds, but the risk came at the expense of a rail down to put him on four faults. 
 
Last week’s Grand Prix winners Laura Renwick (GBR) and Enjoy Ck Z (Echo van’T Spieveld x Coronado) finished fourth with four faults and a time of 33.81 seconds, ahead of Jane Annett (GBR) and Jywan (Etoulon x Karandasj) in fifth – also they on a score of four penalties. 
 
Autumn MET 2024 runs for one more week, concluding on December 15, before the Spring MET 2025 kicks off on January 14, 2025.

Final Results – €57,450 Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort Grand Prix CSI 3*

1) Emiliano Liberati (ITA) & Aruba Island – 0 / 0 – 35.96

2) Hugo Alvarez Amaro (ESP) & Casaspezia – 0 / 0 – 36.80

3) Alberto Marquez Galobardes (ESP) & Ucello Massuere – 0 / 4 – 33.40

Source: Press Release from the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour

Photos: © MET / http://www.1clicphoto.com / Hervé Bonnaud

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