He could achieve what has never been done before in the history of this competition. This Friday, and until Sunday, opens the Saut Hermès, the prestigious show jumping competition that the Mosellen Simon Delestre won twice, just before the sudden shutdown of the Covid. “I am very happy and very impatient to be able to return to this competition.“, he confides from his base camp, in Ancy-lès-Solgne, where he takes care of 53 horses.
– Arthur White
In Paris, Simon Delestre takes two of his most beautiful frames. Starting with the star Hermes Ryan, the horse with which he won his two Saut Hermès. “Star“, as he sometimes calls it, “a family member“, as he prefers to qualify. At 17, it will be his penultimate Saut Hermès, but he has every chance according to the rider. “He won in Verona in the World Cup last November“, argues the rider.
But legend Ryan will be joined by rising star, the Cayman nugget : 10 years old and already winner also in the World Cup, in December, in La Coruña, for his big first. He too evolves on the same training regimen: 3 to 4 sessions every day. “They are professional athletes“, smiles Simon Delestre who also took them to the competition last weekend, to refine the preparation. All while keeping an eye on the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, which we must already anticipate. “At home, it will be a very great moment“, he concluded.