Hometown hero Jung wins Luhmühlen with Leopin
Germany’s Michael Jung rode riding Leopin FST to a classy victory inward the CCI4* at the Luhmühlen International Horse Trials at the weekend, much to the please of a loudly cheering habitation crowd.
Earlier inward the solar daytime he had won the German linguistic communication national championship amongst Weidezaunprofi’s River of Joy, together with his assured functioning over the weekend volition brand him an obvious favourite to win gilded at the London Olympic Games inward half dozen weeks’ fourth dimension – the jumping stage fifty-fifty takes identify on Jung’s 30th birthday, July 31.
“It’s really prissy to travel sitting here,” said Jung. “I cause got to a greater extent than or less wonderful horses that are inward swell form. Leopin was fantastic on the cross-country together with it is prissy to know that he tin create everything. I simply made a picayune fault inward the jumping, coming inward besides fast to the combination, where nosotros had 4 faults.”
The jumping stage at Luhmühlen, on an all-weather surface inward the revamped master copy arena, proved influential, amongst a tight time, together with in that location was to a greater extent than or less re-arranging of the overstep 10 placings inward the penultimate leg of the HSBC FEI Classics.
Dressage leader Lucinda Fredericks (AUS), 4th afterward cross-country on Flying Finish, picked upward simply 2 fourth dimension penalties to deed upward to minute identify when Andrew Hoy (AUS) together with Oliver Townend (GBR), lying minute together with 3rd respectively, hitting an unfortunate iii rails apiece. Hoy dropped to 6th identify on Rutherglen together with Townend to 8th on Armada, simply behind his other ride, Sonas Rovatio, on whom he had jumped clear for 7th place.
Others who benefitted from Hoy together with Townend’s slide downwardly the placings were Andreas Dibowski (GER), who went clear to complete 3rd on FRH Butts Avedon, Andrew Nicholson (NZL), who rose a identify to 4th on Calico Joe amongst i debate down, together with Charlotte Agnew, for whom it was a career best. She jumped clear but incurred 4 fourth dimension faults on Out Of Africa Two together with went upward a identify to fifth.
Fredericks, the best of the 4 Australians who finished inward the overstep 10, was spending to a greater extent than or less other nighttime at Luhmühlen to trot her Equus caballus upward side past times side morning time for the selectors, who are due to denote the Olympic squad this week. “I’ve had a fantastic week,” she said. “My Equus caballus has only been eventing for 2 years, but he seems to observe it easy. I experience such honour for him. He tries together with then difficult together with wants to create correct for me. I simply promise the selectors are impressed!”
Fredericks also had enough of praise for the organisers of Luhmühlen. “The facilities hither are the best inward Europe. Everyone is together with then friendly together with helpful which agency that the riders tin relax together with concentrate on their horses, together with the grooms are really happy too.”
Jung’s convincing victory, which shows the forcefulness inward depth of his horsepower, takes him into 3rd identify inward the HSBC FEI Classics, behind Andrew Nicholson. Although the New Zealander’s weekend didn’t popular off exclusively to plan, he has withal closed the gap betwixt himself together with the leader, William Fox-Pitt (GBR), to half dozen points, thence ensuring an exciting finale to the serial at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (August 30-September 2).
Jung, 29, has popular off renowned every bit an outstanding together with sympathetic horseman who is also successful inward Grand Prix-level jumping together with dressage. He is best known inward eventing for his highly successful partnership amongst La Biosthetique Sam. They won Luhmühlen inward 2009, Jung’s CCI4* debut, addition the FEI World Cup Eventing Final at Strzegom inward Poland together with an private bronze medal at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championship at Fontainebleau inward France.
In 2010, Jung headed the FEI World Cup Eventing leaderboard together with he won the private gilded medal at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games inward Kentucky. Last twelvemonth he led the German linguistic communication squad to its showtime e'er European squad gold, at Luhmühlen. He also won the private gilded together with thence became only the 4th passenger inward history (following Mary Gordon Watson, Ginny Elliot together with Zara Phillips) together with the showtime German linguistic communication to concur basis together with European titles simultaneously. Leopin FST was retired on the cross-country at Luhmühlen in conclusion twelvemonth but won the CIC3* at Fontainebleau (FRA) inward March. Jung had originally planned to brand his Badminton debut amongst the Equus caballus inward May, but the outcome was cancelled.
Final Results at Luhmühlen
1 Michael Jung/Leopin FST (GER) 32.8 + 0 + 4 = 36.8
2 Lucinda Fredericks/Flying Finish (AUS) 31.8 + 9.2 + 1 = 42.0
3 Andreas Dibowski/FRH Butts Avedon (GER) 35.2 + 8 + 0 = 43.2
4 Andrew Nicholson/Calico Joe (NZL) 41.7+ 0 + 4 = 45.7
five Charlotte Agnew/Out Of Africa Two (GBR) 40.8 + 2.4 + 4 = 47.2
6 Andrew Hoy/Rutherglen (AUS) 34.8 + 0 + fourteen = 48.8
7 Oliver Townend/ODT Sonas Rovatio (GBR) 49.8 + 0 +0 = 49.8
8 Oliver Townend/Armada (GBR) 39.5 + 0 + 12 = 51.5
ix Wendy Schaeffer/Koyuna Sunday Dancer (AUS) 49.5 + 2.4 + 0= 51.9
10 Paul Tapner/Inonothing (AUS) 45.3 + 10.4 + 2 = 57.7
HSBC FEI Classics 2012 Leaderboard (after 4 out of five events, due to cancellation of Badminton):
1 William Fox-Pitt (GBR) 30
2 Andrew Nicholson (NZL) 24
3 Michael Jung (GER) 15
4 Stuart Tinney (AUS) 15
five Alison Springer (USA) 12
6 Lucinda Fredericks (AUS) 12
7 Sonja Johnson (AUS) 12
8 Boyd Martin (USA) 10
ix Andreas Dibowski (GER) 10
10 Emma Mason (AUS) 10
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