HE may be just the second French rider to win an FEI World Cup show jumping title but Julien Epaillard made history in his own right by becoming the first rider to win a World Cup final on a home-bred horse.
His and Donatello d’Auge’s victory has also copperfastened the Selle Français studbook’s leading place in the Hippomundo rankings, boosted by the Jarnac 12-year-old rising from a pre-Basel 19th place to his current third place.
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