Brits score on home turf leg of eventing’s Nations Cup
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Great Britain scored a decisive victory over Commonwealth of Australia inwards the instant leg of the new FEI Nations Cup Eventing series, at the Houghton International Horse Trials inwards Norfolk over the weekend.
The Brits atoned for their deadening maiden of all inwards the serial past times beating Commonwealth of Australia past times nearly xxx penalties. Germany, winners of the opening contest at Fontainebleau inwards French Republic inwards March, finished a unopen tertiary together with rest at the caput of the FEI Nations Cup Eventing leaderboard.
Britain came concluding inwards Fontainebleau, but squad trainer Yogi Breisner, determined to pose on a practiced present on abode ground, picked an unbeatable quartet headed past times Piggy French together with Jakata, private winners of the CIC3* which incorporated the FEI Nations Cup Eventing.
An private tertiary identify for Sarah Cohen (Treason), together with 7th for Francis Whittington (Sir Percival lll) helped stretch the winning margin. Team GB would convey won fifty-fifty if counting the discard marker of Mary King together with Kings Temptress, who took it tardily across country, together with Britain has forthwith jumped into equal tertiary identify amongst Kingdom of Spain inwards the FEI Nations Cup Eventing later 2 out of 6 legs.
“This has been a bang-up competition,” said Breisner. “This novel FEI Nations Cup for Eventing is bang-up for the sport. I’m pleased my strong squad didn’t permit us downwardly on abode soil. Britain’s potential Olympic squad was out inwards forcefulness inwards this CIC3* department later nearly 2 months without competing, together with they did extremely well.”
Seven nations fielded teams, together with nearly riders are already based inwards Britain where they are all competing for Olympic places, but Breisner made special hollo of the fifth-placed French squad who had travelled across the Channel together with are forthwith inwards instant identify on the FEI Nations Cup leaderboard. “It’s overnice that together with then many riders, specially the French, convey come upward to Norfolk to back upward the squad competition,” he said.
New Zealand finished fourth, amongst Mark Todd heading his less experienced compatriots. Todd lost his dressage Pb amongst 2 jumping fourth dimension penalties on NZB Campino, his possible Olympic horse, together with finished instant individually past times simply 0.2 of a penalty. His squad members were Lizzie Brown (Henton Attorney General, 16th), Kate Wood (Easy Tiger IV, 32nd), together with Megan Heath (St Daniel, 36th).
The winner, Piggy French, who is hoping to brand her Olympic début this year, said: “It’s been hard to continue Jakata correct mentally together with physically amongst together with then many cancellations [due to the moisture weather condition inwards England]. But today he went actually good without a large effort, he was on his game together with inwards a dissimilar league.
“It was together with then overnice to last out doing something. Houghton is an amazing venue – I larn together with then much back upward hither every bit it’s close home. It was bang-up to last business office of a winning British squad together with I’m actually hoping that having performed good nether pressure, nosotros tin orbit the sack become all the agency to the Olympics.”
Francis Whittington, who finished 7th on Sir Percival III, together with is chairman of the Event Riders Association, added: “The FEI Nations Cup Eventing is a bang-up add-on to the sport. The cross terra firma hither at Houghton had a overnice catamenia together with asked all the correct questions, especially for horses which had non competed for 6 weeks. Alec Lochore [course designer] used all the hills together with twists which made y'all think, together with it was a fair exam from maiden of all to finish.”
The recent cancellations of Badminton together with Chatsworth meant that Houghton was inundated amongst entries. Organiser Alec Lochore, who volition deed every bit Director of Eventing at the London 2012 Olympic Games, commented: “It was a bang-up abide by to host this high-quality plain amongst together with then many nations inwards this novel competition, which I promise to come across develop together with expand inwards the coming years.”
Subaru Houghton International squad results:
1. Great Britain 132.5
Piggy French/Jakata 38.1; Sarah Cohen/Treason 46.3; Francis Whittington/Sir Percival lll 48.1; Mary King/Kings Temptress 58.6.
2. Commonwealth of Australia 160.2
Lucinda Fredericks/Flying Finish 47.3; Catherine Burrell/Urzan 55.2; Sam Griffiths/Paulank Brockagh 57.7; Wendy Schaeffer/Koyuna Sunday Dancer 64.3
3. Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany 162.3
Bettina Hoy/Designer 50.8; Anna Warnecke/Twinkle Bee 53.7; Andreas Ostholt/Franco Jeas 57.8
4. New Zealand 165.1
Mark Todd/NZB Campino 38.3; Lizzie Brown/Henton Attorney General 54; Kate Wood/Easy Tiger lV 72.8; Megan Heath/St Daniel 78.5
5.France 171.1
Aurelien Khan/Cadiz 53.5; Eddy Sans/Mayland de Brunel 57.7; Lionel Guyon/Nemetis de Lalou 59.9; Denis Mesples/Oregon de la Vigne 80.8
6. Brazil 251.4
Renan Guerreiro/Knockmore Lad 81.3; Marcio Jorge/Josephine MCJ 81.8; Jesper Martendal/Land Jimmy 88.3; Marcelo Tosi/Czarevitch de Z Retired Cross Country
7. Kingdom of Spain 316.2
Albert Hermoso Farras/Plaisir de Sorbon 83.8; Eduardo Via-Dufresne Mestres/Quica del Maset 104.5; Carlos Diaz Fernandez/Ingrato 127.9
FEI Nations Cup Eventing Leaderboard (after 2 out of 6 Events
1 Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany xix points
2 French Republic 14
three = Kingdom of Spain 11
three = Great Britain 11
v = Netherlands 9
5= Commonwealth of Australia 9
7 New Zealand 7
8 Brazil 6
FEI Nations Cup Eventing 2012 calendar
1 Fontainebleau (FRA) 22-25 March 2012
2 Houghton Hall (GBR) 24-27 May 2012
three Strzegom (POL) 1-3 June 2012
4 Aachen (GER) 3-8 July 2012
v Montelibretti (ITA) 21-23 September 2012
6 Boekelo (NED) 11-14 Oct 2012
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