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The Speed Queen of the GCT!

It is becoming a regular thing to talk to Simon Delestre after GCT speed classes and today he won the opening Accumulator class on this year's undisputed GCT Queen of Speed Orphee D'Illion. The tiny mare who is an easy quiet person at home but a tiger in the ring scored a maximum 65 points in a blistering 44.51, beating Italy's Juan Carlos Garcia and Paulin by over a second. Leopold Van Asten and VDL Groep Quinara were third and Christian Ahlmann was fourth with Perry Lee . Afterwards Simon and his groom explained that because Orphee is so small she needs to have plenty of fight in the ring. “She is a little crazy there, but at home she could not be more easy” said a clearly delighted rider.