HIBAPRESS – A.Sayad / A.Maghbir
Colombian rider Santiago Diaz Ortega registered a remarkable performance during Friday's competitions on October 16, as part of the third and final stage of the fifteenth edition of the Royal Moroccan Show Jumping Championship, after winning two five-star competitions.
Diaz Ortega secured first place in the INWI Grand Prix, at a height of 1.45 meters, riding "Karajan GTZ," with a time of 25.60 seconds, before returning to win the Banque Populaire Grand Prix, at a height of 1.50 meters, on board "Jump for Joy," with a time of 61.55 seconds.
In the two-star competitions, Moroccan rider El Gali Bouggaa won the National Railways Office Prize, at a height of 1.35 meters, riding "Real Music," with a time of 52.29 seconds. He also took third place in the same competition on board "Lamborghini TCS."
The National Agency for Land Conservation, Surveys and Cartography Prize, at a height of 1.40 meters, went to Belgian rider Thierry Goffinet, who recorded a time of 61.44 seconds, ahead of Moroccan Abdelkbir Ouaddar, who took second place.
The final stage of the Royal Moroccan Show Jumping Championship is being held in the city of El Jadida under the High Patronage of King Mohammed VI. This edition saw the inclusion of five-star competitions for the first time within the Royal Moroccan Championship.
