Lynch scores on Night Train in La Baule
Ireland’s Denis Lynch took the honours inwards yesterday’s Derby at the five-star demonstrate inwards La Baule, France, riding Flaminia Straumann’s thirteen year-old gelding Night Train.
Cork’s Shane Sweetnam, who similar Lynch was a fellow member of Friday’s Irish Gaelic Nations’ Cup team, finished inwards 7th on board Spy Coast Farm’s grey gelding Traffic Boy.
Lynch was the solely passenger to come upward abode over the challenging Derby course of pedagogy – which includes natural obstacles such every bit lakes together with hillocks – alongside only 4 faults on his rate sheet, together with picked upward €17,500 inwards prize coin for his showtime place.
The 13-year-old gelding had already given Lynch a tertiary house inwards the La Baule speed bird on Thursday, together with iii outright victories at the four-star demonstrate inwards Hagen, FRG at the destination of terminal month.
The hopes of France’s Julien Epaillard, who finished twice inwards this bird iii years inwards a row, were dashed at the 8th fence. No Name de Silva got stuck at the transcend of the bank, resulting inwards the passenger together with Equus caballus combination existence eliminated.
Michel Robert (FRA) together with Catapulte had the same misfortune. The piebald mare had nonetheless got off to a skilful start, but she refused to become whatever farther than the triple inwards the midpoint of the course. Two other French passenger together with Equus caballus combinations were also competing, Clément Boulanger together with Picasso des Blés together with Marc Dilasser together with Non Coupable.
They besides were unfortunate inwards the arena of the Stade François- André, every bit they were both eliminated.
Leon Thijssen for the Netherlands was competing Dahlia Z. With 2 downwards inwards the arena together with a fourth dimension of 151.46, they managed to rest inwards the Pb for a curt time, ahead of the American Richard Spooner together with Apache (8 faults, 152.11).
“I idea the circular was quite easy, but I was disappointed that I knocked downwards the plank,” Thijssen said.
“Dahlia is used to Derbies. She has competed inwards national Derbies, at abode inwards the Netherlands since she was 8 years. She was 4th inwards the Derby inwards Lummen terminal week. The hardest matter inwards a Derby is managing your speed: yous mustn’t become besides fast to avoid having faults, but if yous pay besides much attending when yous jump, yous lose your momentum.”
Spooner said Apache competed inwards the La Baule Derby 4 years agone for 6th place. “Then he went to my skilful friend Ashlee Bond’s yard inwards the United States. I only latterly got him dorsum together with I am delighted! So hopefully nosotros volition hold upward able to laissez passer on only about groovy results together!”
• Earlier inwards the day, Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam partnered the bay stallion Cyklon to a tertiary house at La Baule’s 1m50 speed competition, where Ireland’s Jessica Kurten took a seventh, riding API Largo. On Friday, Meath’s Cian O’Connor finished 4th at the French demonstrate inwards only about other 1m50 speed class, alongside the Australian-bred gelding Da Vinci’s Pride.
Elsewhere this weekend, Limerick’s Shane Carey won Saturday’s Gold Small Tour Final inwards Drammen, Norway, alongside the bay mare Trebox Acorada, his 2nd victory on the same Equus caballus at the three-star show.
Derby Results:
1- Denis Lynch / Night Train IRL (4 faults)
2- Leon Thijssen / Dahlia Z NED (8 faults)
3- Richard Spooner / Apache USA (8 faults)
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