The second competition of the second day of the 88th CSIO of Rome on the Piazza di Siena green oval arena, was conquered by an equestrian who has already written great pages in the history of the Roman show jumping: Eric Lamaze.

On his chestnut Chacco Kid, the Canadian rider was the only one to go under one minute (58.78) in the MAG Prize, an around the clock category (h 1.55) with 61 combinations.

Lamaze was almost four seconds faster than Emilio Bicocchi, who finished second (62.32) on the Italian mare Rondine del Terriccio. Third on the podium was another Italian rider Piergiorgio Bucci, on Cochello (62.90).

Individual Olympic champion and team silver medallist in Beijing 2008, but also team bronze medallist in Rio de Janeiro 2016, the 53-year-old Lamaze was also individual bronze medallist at the 2010 WEG in Lexington. He is currently No. 23 in the FEI world ranking and won the Rome Grand Prix twice at Piazza di Siena.

Mention should be made of the good performance of the Egyptian Karim Elzoghby, fifth on Gallos (64.27), and of the Czech Ales Opatrny, sixth on Gentlemen Vh Veldhof (65.07).

Photo CONI / Simone Ferraro

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