Dutch score in nail-biting Nations Cup leg
A nail-biting last-to-go circular from Gerco Schroder together with Eurocommerce New Orleans clinched victory for Kingdom of the Netherlands at the FEI Nations Cup inward St Gallen, Switzerland lastly night.
Germany came into this 3rd leg of the 2012 serial as clear favourites next their emphatic success inward Rome last Friday. But, simply as it did 12 months ago, the Swiss venue provided a classic instance of what makes the sport of Nations Cup Jumping therefore appealing – its utter unpredictability. And inward a repeat of lastly year’s exciting event, it was the Dutch who came out on top 1 time again.
The host acre enjoyed roughly other smashing twenty-four hours when sharing minute identify alongside Great Britain, spell squad Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany finished quaternary ahead of Kingdom of Belgium inward 5th together with Republic of Ireland inward sixth, French Republic inward 7th together with Sweden inward 8th place.
The lawsuit has bounced the Dutch to the top of the FEI Nations Cup leaderboard going into the quaternary leg of the eight-competition serial on abode turf inward Rotterdam inward iii weeks’ time. But it is soundless broad open, alongside Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany together with Kingdom of Belgium solely a unmarried signal inward arrears as the half-way phase approaches.
Course designer Rolf Ludi actually pose it upwardly to them over his formidable 12-fence track. Near-perfect grounds weather were praised past times the competitors, but solely iii double-clear performances were recorded on the day. And ii of those came from Swiss riders Werner Muff (Kiamon) together with Clarissa Crotta (West Side v Meerputoeve) who receive got at 1 time for certain convinced their Chef d’Equipe, Urs Guenig, of their Olympic potential.
The 3rd foot-perfect run came from Britain’s Tim Stockdale who, riding Fresh Direct Kalico Bay, showed he is fully recovered after breaking his cervix inward a autumn lastly October. It seemed at the fourth dimension that the pop 47 yr old rider’s career must for certain live finished. But, typically determined, he climbed dorsum inward the saddle 5 months later on together with has rocketed dorsum into the top terminate of the sport alongside a vengeance over the past times ii months.
The early on fences presented relatively few problems, but from the 1.60m vertical at struggle 5 the questions began inward earnest, although the 4-metre-wide H2O that followed never produced a splash all afternoon. But if riders didn’t rebalance rapidly on the left-hand curvature to the next broad oxer at seven, together with therefore at that spot would live problem ahead. Because the next business of oxer to vertical needed a frontward ride to come across all the fences inward a adept spot, together with they were pretty uncompromising.
But the virtually hard business was yet to come. Turning right-handed to a massive oxer at 10, riders together with therefore had to straighten out for the slightly bending business to the penultimate triple combination which was the bogey on the course. The opening chemical ingredient hither was a 1.90m triple bar together with was followed past times ii verticals, alongside a tight distance within and, to add together to the grade of difficulty, a narrow plank on top of the lastly element. Time together with over again this hitting the flooring as horses couldn’t conform their pace rapidly enough. And together with therefore it was right-handed downward to the lastly oxer together with home.
The winning team’s Jeroen Dubbeldam, who picked upwardly simply a unmarried first-round fourth dimension penalty, explained afterwards – “it’s ever hard when yous receive got a triple combination similar that at the terminate of a course. The Equus caballus has lost roughly of its powerfulness past times the fourth dimension it gets there, together with inward this instance the oxer earlier it expect a lot out of them – it was real wide. On top of that, having a triple bar going into the triple combination is real difficult, together with the double verticals were real curt – it wasn’t an slowly course” said the 2000 Olympic champion.
It seemed the prediction that it would live a walk-over for the Germans powerfulness seek out right when, at the terminate of circular one, the defending serial champions were carrying simply the unmarried fourth dimension penalization collected past times pathfinders Christian Ahlmann together with Codex One. Anchorman Marcus Ehning’s double-error alongside Plot Blue could live discounted when Rene Tebbel (Light On) together with Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (Bella Donna) both went clear.
They had a five-point atomic number 82 over the Dutch going into the minute circular after Dubbeldam (BMC Utascha) together with Marc Houtzager (Sterrehof’s Voltaire) exceeded the fourth dimension allowed of 77 seconds for a unmarried fourth dimension fault together with Leon Thijssen (Tyson) lowered the lastly chemical ingredient of the triple combination. Schroder provided the Dutch discard score outset fourth dimension out when hitting the same plank at the penultimate struggle together with the lastly oxer.
The Swiss together with British carried 8 faults into circular ii and, inward the lastly analysis, it was these leading 4 teams who battled it out inward the closing stages when the Belgian side of Niels Bruynseels (Conisha van de Helle), Dirk Demeersman (Bufero van het Panishof), Rik Hemeryck (Quarco de Kerambars0 together with Gregory Wathelet (Euphony Cadjanine Z) disappeared from the reckoning alongside an additional sixteen faults to complete on a total of 25.
In an strange plow of events, anchor riders proved especially vulnerable. Normally relied upon to steady squad fortunes, the lastly competitors from 7 of the 8 teams provided the discount score outset fourth dimension out. Swedish chances disintegrated when, despite clears from Jens (Lunatic) together with Peder Fredricson (H&M Arctic Aurora Borealis), Helen Persson’s xiii faults alongside Chamonix H were followed past times the retirement of Linda Heed together with Bee Wonderful who got into a muddle at the triple combination. Heed didn’t start inward the minute round, together with alongside 35 to a greater extent than faults to add together the Swedes had to settle for lastly identify at the terminate of the day. The Irish Gaelic solely produced 1 clear circular – from Jessica Kuerten together with Voss at their minute elbow grease – together with remain at the bottom of the leaderboard behind the French whose anchor partnership of Olivier Guillon together with Lord de Theize had a hard time, alongside 20 first-round penalties followed past times retirement inward circular two.
The Swiss actually rose to the occasion on their abode ground, producing iii second-round clears – from Muff, Sprunger together with Crotta – that piled the clit per unit of measurement area on the British who also shared an eight-fault tally at the halfway stage. The British responded as good when pathfinders Nick Skelton together with Carlo together with anchor partnership John Whitaker together with Maxillian improved from first-round four-fault results to remain clear, spell Stockdale never pose a pes incorrect all twenty-four hours alongside his xi yr old gelding who had been considerably less impressive at this same lawsuit 12 months ago.
With a lastly score of 8 for both the Swiss together with British, it was at 1 time upwardly to the Dutch together with Germans to agree fast, but spell Ahlmann came upwardly trumps alongside a second-round clear, it savage apart for the leaders when both Tebbel together with Michaels-Beerbaum double-faulted. Even without the assistance of last-line passenger Ehning, their lastly score could non live improve than nine faults, therefore a back-to-back victory had slipped from their grasp. It soundless wasn’t over for the Dutch however.
Thijssen together with Dubbeldam both kept a build clean canvas at their minute attempt, but Houtzager savage victim to the large oxer at 10, therefore it all hung inward the residue as Schroder together with Eurocommerce New Orleans returned to the ring. H5N1 struggle downward would hateful they would receive got to settle for quaternary identify on a lastly score of 10 faults, together with ii fourth dimension faults would atomic number 82 to a three-way jump-off against the Swiss together with British.
The Dutchman held his nervus brilliantly however, steering his large greyish gelding abode alongside simply a unmarried fourth dimension fault to add together despite a rattle at the real last. “We were all real nervous when he was going in,” said Dubbeldam afterwards. “It was pure clit per unit of measurement area – but Gerco stayed real cool together with did it for us today”.
It was an of import twenty-four hours for Dubbeldam from roughly other perspective too, as he is soundless cementing his partnership alongside the mare BMC Utascha SFN, who was formerly ridden past times fellow-countryman Eric van der Vleuten. And he has the London Olympic Games inward his sights.
“Up until at 1 time nosotros receive got had roughly adept shows, but nosotros are soundless getting used to each other together with this is solely our 3rd demo together outdoors together with our real outset Nations Cup together. We are getting to know each other now, together with it felt adept today”.
It must live feeling pretty adept for Dutch Chef d’Equipe, Rob Ehrens, also, as his squad heads to abode the world inward Rotterdam on 22 June alongside a convincing win under their belt together with a half-point atomic number 82 over Kingdom of Belgium together with Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany on the FEI Nations Cup 2012 leaderboard.
The Irish Gaelic quartet of Shane Sweetnam, Jessica Kurten, Cian O’Connor together with Billy Twomey finished sixth, alongside Kurten on her novel Equus caballus Voss notching upwardly ii jumping mistakes together with a fourth dimension penalization outset fourth dimension out, but staging a remarkable recovery inward the minute circular to tape Ireland’s solely null score.
Shane Sweetnam together with Amaretto Darco opened on 4 faults, but the Corkman dropped ii poles on his minute elbow grease to complete the ii rounds on 12 faults.
Cian O’Connor lost a shoe inward the outset circular alongside Blue Loyd, alongside the mishap costing him 8 faults, but came dorsum alongside a 4 fault circular after the break.
Billy Twomey had 1 error inward the outset circular alongside Je t’Aime Flamenco, but a disappointing 12 faults inward the minute round.
Team Republic of Ireland Equestrian’s demo jumping managing director Robert Splaine said after the competition: “It was an extremely hard course of written report today alongside many horses faring badly, but though Republic of Ireland has at 1 time to a greater extent than inward the agency of numbers nosotros soundless practise non receive got plenty proven combinations at this level.
“Jessica Kurten’s clear circular on her novel Equus caballus was real promising, together with Cian O’Connor, who is getting to know Blue Loyd a lot better, pulled a shoe inward the outset circular simply earlier having his outset struggle downward together with this unsettled them, but he came dorsum alongside simply 4 faults inward the minute round.
“Many riders got caught out on the the treble combination, which, coming therefore belatedly on the course of written report proved a real hard business to negotiate.
“Overall, though, it was adept to consider an improvement.”
Result:
1. Kingdom of the Netherlands 7 faults: Tyson (Leon Thijssen) 4/0, Sterrehof’s Voltaire (Marc Houtzager) 1/4, BMC Utascha SFN (Jeroen Dubbeldam) 1/0, Eurocommerce New Orleans (Gerco Schroder) 9/1.
Equal 2. Switzerland 8 faults: Kiamon (Werner Muff) 0/0, Palloubet d’Halong (Janika Sprunger) 8/0, West Side v Meerputhoeve (Clarissa Crotta) 0/0, Carlina (Pius Schwizer) 12/Ret.
Equal 2. Great United Kingdom 8 faults: Carlo (Nick Skelton) 4/0, Viking (Michael Whitaker) 4/12, Fresh Direct Kalico Bay (Tim Stockdale) 0/0, Maximillian (John Whitaker) 4/0.
4. Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany nine faults: Codex One (Christian Ahlmann) 1/0, Light On (Rene Tebbel) 0/8, Bella Donna (Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum) 0/8, Plot Blue (Marcus Ehning) 8.0.
5. Kingdom of Belgium 25 faults: Conisha van de helle (Niels Bruynseels) 4/12, Bufero van het Panishof (Dirk Demeersman) 4/4, Quarco de Kerambars (Rik Hemeryck) 1/4, Euphony Cadjanine Z (Gregory Wathelet) 8/8.
6. Republic of Ireland 28 faults: Amaretto D’Arco (Shane Sweetnam) 4/8, Voss (Jessica Kuerten) 9/0, Blue Loyd (Cian O’Connor) 8/4, Je T’Aime Flamenco (Billy Twomey) 4/12.
7. French Republic 35 faults: Napoli du Ry (Simon Delestre) 4/4, Orient Express HDC (Patrice Delaveau) 4/10, Mylord Carthago (Penelope Leprevost) 8/5, Lord de Theize (Olivier Guillon) 20/Ret.
8. Sweden 48 faults: Lunatic (Jens Fredricson) 0/4, H&M Arctic Aurora Borealis (Peder Fredricson) 0/18, Chamonix H (Helena Persson) 13/13, Bee Wonderful (Linda Heed) Ret/DNS. Full lawsuit here
FEI Nations Cup 2012 – Standings after Round 3 at St Gallen:
1. Kingdom of the Netherlands – 20.5
2. Belgium – 20.0
3. Germany – 20.0
4. Switzerland – 16.5
5. Great Britain – 13.0
6. Sweden – 9.0
7. France – 8.0
8. Ireland – 7.0
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