Germans win Dutch Nations Cup in Rotterdam
With pre-Olympic tension reaching boiling point, Deutschland grabbed maximum points inwards the 4th leg of the FEI Nations Cup 2012 serial at Rotterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands yesterday.
But the eventual winners were pushed all the means to the goal problem past times the super-cool Swedes who piled on the pressure level amongst 4 clear performances inwards the minute round.
The French, at last, provided Chef d’Equipe Henk Nooren amongst an encouraging third-place result, spell the Irish Gaelic slotted into 4th ahead of Switzerland inwards fifth. The British were hampered past times a hard twenty-four hr catamenia for pathfinder, Tim Stockdale, to accept sixth, spell the Dutch finished a disappointing 7th ahead of Kingdom of Belgium inwards 8th place.
It was similar a pressure-cooker inwards the Rotterdam ring, amongst Olympic alternative hanging inwards the residual for hence many of the horses as well as riders. And equally High German team-member Ludger Beerbaum pointed out “it was a actually exciting contest because until the lastly passenger went inwards it wasn’t clear who would live the winner!”. Olympic hopes were raised as well as dashed throughout the afternoon, but for High German Chef d’Equipe, Otto Becker, at that spot was exactly confirmation that he has a wealth of talent to pick out from ahead of London 2012.
Time was an influencing cistron over Louis Konickx’s 12-fence track. As the Dutch course of educational activity designer explained afterwards, the express dimensions of the Rotterdam arena made his project all the to a greater extent than difficult, as well as the time-allowed of 75 seconds defeated many on the day. From the outset riders needed to remove maintain their horse’s total attention, as well as past times the fourth dimension they reached the problem from the triple bar at fighting 4 to the triple combination at fighting 5 they were existence really tested. The next oxer as well as vertical also hitting the flooring regularly, but it was the bending problem from the opened upwardly H2O at ix to the oxer at fighting x that provided the biggest challenge for many inwards the origin round, equally they couldn’t quite abide by the correct angle of approach to the latter.
Stockdale as well as Fresh Direct Kalico Bay had already come across problem before on the rails before missing their strike here, as well as Great Britain’s chances took a heavy blow when their opening partnership returned amongst 17 faults on the scoreboard. The Belgians were also punished past times a 19-fault consequence from second-line passenger Rik Hemeryck, but despite that the contest looked fairly opened upwardly at the halfway phase amongst solely 12 faults separating the viii competing nations.
As circular 2 began, the Swiss added exactly 4 faults to consummate amongst 17 – their pathfinder, Paul Estermann, recording i of exactly 2 double-clears on the twenty-four hr catamenia amongst his lovely mare Castlefield Eclipse. But the Belgians were obliterated past times the add-on of 22 which brought their total to 35. Lying equal-fifth amongst the Irish, the French held theatre amongst 3 solid second-round clears from Patrice Delaveau (Orient Express HDC), Penelope Leprevost (Mylord Carthago) as well as Kevin Staut (Silvana HDC). The Irish, hoping to ameliorate from the bottom of the serial table, were lifted past times a clear from Cian O’Connor as well as Blue Loyd, as well as when Clement McMahon as well as his exciting eight-year-old stallion Pacino followed a unmarried first-round fourth dimension fault amongst a unmarried fault at the penultimate double as well as Denis Lynch added a fourth dimension fault amongst Abbervail van het Dingeshof, they completed amongst 15.
Lying equal-third amongst the British, Dutch hopes were raised past times a second-round clear from Jur Vrieling as well as VDL Bubalu, but Maikel van der Vleuten’s viii faults amongst VDL Groep Verdi were followed past times 17 from Jeroen Dubbeldam as well as BMC Utascha who had already dropped 2 elements of the triple combination before communication betwixt Equus caballus as well as passenger completely broke downward after the H2O fence. And when anchorman Gerco Schroder as well as Eurocommerce London lowered the last, the lastly tally of 21 left the host land good downward the order.
Despite a copybook circular from Scott Brash as well as Hello Sanctos, the British added ix to a greater extent than for a total of xviii faults, as well as it came downward to a two-way battle inwards the closing stages betwixt the Swedes, who carried 5 faults from the opening round, as well as the Germans carrying exactly 2 fourth dimension faults.
And fantastic clears from Jens Fredricson (Lunatic), Malin Baryard-Johnsson (H&M Tornesch) as well as Rolf-Goran Bengtsson (Carusso La Silla) ensured the leading Germans had to rest on their toes. Baryard-Johnsson was inwards especially sparkling cast today, producing the minute of the 2 double-clears recorded.
It was nip-and-tuck all the means to the end, amongst High German pathfinder Marcus Ehning (Copin van de Broy) clipping the lastly oxer for 4 faults as well as and then a fourth dimension fault from Ludger Beerbaum as well as Gotha. If Ehning’s fault could non live discounted as well as then victory would sideslip from Germany’s grasp, but Philipp Weishaupt steadied the send amongst a lovely clear from Monte Bellini, leaving it upwardly to last-man-in, Marco Kutscher, to clinch it.
Kutscher could afford a span of fourth dimension faults, but a fighting downward would piece of job out his reason inwards runner-up spot, as well as you lot could listen a pivot driblet equally he rode downward the lastly line. All looked proficient until Cornet Obolensky became airborne at the last, but all of a precipitous the Equus caballus lost his saltation as well as dropped his hind legs betwixt the front end as well as dorsum poles, extricating them exactly inwards fourth dimension although he nigh dislodged his rider. The crowd gasped amongst amazement equally the High German duo cleared the problem safely.
At the post-competition press conference Kutscher explained, “I didn’t realise at the fourth dimension but he (Cornet Obolensky) was haemorrhage because he must remove maintain over-reached before on the rails – I don’t quite empathise why he did that funny saltation at the end, but I intend it was because of that – equally you lot saw I didn’t accept him into the prize-giving,” he pointed out, admitting that he was “really lucky at that lastly fence!”
Team-mate Beerbaum explained that he was originally “No 5” for the squad as well as had non expected to compete, but he was called upwardly “when our Chef (Otto Becker) decided to salve Carsten-Otto (Nagel’s) Equus caballus (Corradina)”. Philipp Weishaupt said that the Olympic Games are his “big goal – since I was a pocket-sized guy I dreamed of competing at the Olympics as well as forthwith I am 27 as well as even hence dreaming!
“It’s getting really close, solely i calendar month to teach forthwith but my Equus caballus has been incredible – at that spot was a lot of pressure level today, but forthwith I experience really light!”
German Chef d’Equipe Otto Becker is even hence aiming to mention his Olympic jumping squad on Lord's Day black after Aachen. He is faced amongst a dissimilar dilemma to most of the other squad managers because he has such a deep puddle of talent – “it’s really difficult, everyone today was really good,” he said, as well as he rejected Marcus Ehning’s proffer that he had somehow allow the squad downward when collecting thirteen faults over his 2 rounds. “Marcus did a super project inwards the minute round, as well as the means I aspect at it is that nosotros lose together as well as nosotros win together – equally a team,” he said.
With 2 wins inwards the FEI Nations Cup forthwith nether their belts, the Germans remove maintain forged a rigid Pb on the league tabular array ahead of their dwelling trial inwards 2 weeks’ time. It’s a prissy house to live hence to a greater extent than or less the Games, but forthwith the pressure level is on the Chef d’Equipe for the reason that has such high expectations of a proficient consequence inwards London.
Result:
1. Deutschland 4 faults: Copin van de Broy (Marcus Ehning) 9/4, Gotha FRH (Ludger Beerbaum) 0/1, Monte Bellini (Philipp Weishaupt) 1/0, Cornet Obolensky (Marco Kutscher) 1/1.
2. Sweden 5 faults: Lunatic (Jens Fredricson) 4/0, H&M Tornesch (Malin Baryard-Johnsson) 0/0, Carusso La Silla (Rolf-Goran Bengtsson) 1/0, Allerdings (Henrik Von Eckermann) 8/0
3. French Republic 10 faults: Orient Express (Patrice Delaveau) 1/0, Old Chap Tame (Eugenie Angot) 9/1, Mylord Carthago (Penelope Leprevost) 5/0, Silvana HDC (Kevin Staut) 4/0.
4. Republic of Ireland xv faults: Blue Loyd (Cian O’Connor) 5/0, Voss (Jessica Kuerten) 5/8, Pacino (Clement McMahon) 1/4, Abbervail vh Dingeshof (Denis Lynch) 4/1.
5. Switzerland 17 faults: Castlefield Eclipse (Paul Estermann) 0/0, Touchable (Claudia Gisler) 11/8, Palloubet D’Halong (Janika Sprunger) 9/0, Nino Des Buissonnets (Steve Guerdat) 4/4.
6. Great United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland xviii faults: Fresh Direct Kalico Bay (Tim Stockdale) 17/8, Hello Sailor (Tina Fletcher) 5/5, Hello Sanctos (Scott Brash) 4/0, Murka’s Vindicat westward (Peter Charles) 0/4.
7. Netherlands 21 faults: VDL Bubalu (Jur Vrieling) 5/0, VDL Groep Verdi (Maikel van der Vleuten) 1/8, BMC Utascha SFN (Jeroen Dubbeldam) 4/17, Eurocommerce London (Gerco Schroder) 4/4.
8. Kingdom of Belgium 35 faults: Challenge VD Begijnakker (Ludo Philippaerts) 0/8, Quarco de Karembars (Rik Hemeryck) 19/13, Carlos VHPZ (Nicola Philippaerts) 4/9, Cavalor Valentina van’t Heike (Jos Lansink) 9/5.
FEI Nations Cup 2012 – Standings after Round 4 at Rotterdam:
1. Germany – 30.00
2. Netherlands – 22.50
3. Belgium – 21.00
4. Switzerland – 20.50
5. Great Britain – 16.00
5. Sweden – 16.00
7. France – 14.00
8. Ireland – 12.00
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