Scott Brash and Hello Mr President kick off Spring MET 2024 with a win in the Grand Prix

The 2024-edition of Spring MET kicked off this week in Oliva Nova, Spain, and it was Great Britain’s former world number one and Olympic team champion Scott Brash and Hello Mr President who concluded the first week with a win in Sunday’s CSI2* 1.45m Grand Prix presented by Dammann Reitplatz- u. Sportplatzbau GmbH.

With a time of 37.41 seconds, Brash and Hello Mr President (Comme d’Api vd Hacienda x unknown, bred by Bvba Euro Equitation) were the quickest in a jump-off between ten horse-and-rider-combinations, taking the win ahead of Koen Vereecke (BEL) and Oilily de Muze (Vigo d’Arsouilles x Ramiro Z, bred by Joris de Brabander and Paul Hendrix) in second in 38.33.

“It was a nice class with a well-built course,” Brash said after his victory. “In the jump-off, my plan was just to keep it tight and smooth. Hello Mr President is a very fast horse naturally, so if I can let him run and jump, that suits him well. I am happy with how he’s feeling at the moment.”

Eduardo Alvarez Aznar (ESP) and d’Orient Batilly (Numero Uno x Quaprice Boismargot Quincy, bred by Jean-Claude Viollet) placed third with a time of 38.77 in the jump-off, while Adam Grzegorzewski (POL) and Issem (Quality Time TN x Clinton, bred by J.Saaltink) finished fourth in 38.84 and Luciana Diniz (BRA) aboard Clair de Lune 11 (Calido I x Acord II, bred by Ditmar Bayer) fifth in 43.97.

Spring MET 2024 continues next week and runs until January 28, followed by Spring MET II in February, Spring MET III in March and Spring MET IV in April.

Full results HERE