On Friday night, eleven riders qualified for the Grand Prix Generali jump-off, the most important class of the day. Simon Delestre has left the other contestants behind on a calm Melodie Ardente: „She did a perfect round, I kept control and she was not complicated at all. She did her jump-off smoothly. This mare is always very competitive, naturally fast. She’s back in the spot after a few weeks’ break. My mare had not jumped since Frankfurt at the end of December and now she restarts perfectly on a 1m50 class. Tomorrow she’s back for another 1m50 competition, and I will jump tomorrow’s World Cup qualifier with my other horse Couletto. I will ride Napoli, my third horse, on Sunday for the Grand Prix of Bordeaux“, explains Lorrain, who –right after Bordeaux - will pursue the World Cup to the next stage at Vigo next week in Spain. The Swiss Pius Schwizer upon Ulysse missed the second victory of the day by 9 hundredths of a second. Germany’s Christian Ahlmann aboard Lorenzo took the third place after this exciting jump-off.