Russian wins second eventing World Cup leg

Maksim Vakin together with Harley Davidson won the mo FEI World Cup Eventing leg inward Minsk. They are pictured amongst (L-R): Aleh Kachan, Republic of Belarus Minister of Sport together with Tourism; Foreign Judge Vladimir Tishkin; the world jury president Carlheinz Boess, President of the Ground Jury; together with Viktar Mikhadziuk, Event Director together with Director of the Olympic Equestrian together with Breeding Centre of Belarus.

Russian passenger Maksim Vakin, 32, riding the 11-year-old trakehner stallion Harley Davidson, led from the outset to win the second leg of the FEI World Cup Eventing at Minsk inward Belarus, at the weekend.

Vakin immediately moves into mo house inward the serial standings behind Germany’s Sandra Auffarth, winner of the initiatory contest at Strzegom inward Poland.

Last year’s winner Alena Tseliapushkina (BLR), a regular player inward this FEI World Cup Eventing series, finished mo together with tertiary on Goliaf together with Elga, exactly equally her results did non run across the minimum eligibility requirements, the Byelorussian did non earn whatever World Cup points.

Boris Vasilev (RUS) was lying tertiary subsequently the cross-country on Naftenat, exactly had a less than happy fourth dimension inward the finally jumping phase, picking upwards 33 faults to drib to fifth. He was equally good 6th on Osoka, exactly equally good does non earn whatever FEI World Cup Eventing points for his efforts.

The jumping phases proved influential: at that topographic point were 5 clear cross-country rounds exactly none inward the showjumping. Six riders were eliminated for iii cross-country refusals, including Tseliapushkina on her well-nigh experienced horse, Passat, her ride at the 2008 Olympic Games, together with Aliaksandr Faminou (BLR), who finished tertiary on finally year’s FEI World Cup Eventing leaderboard.

“It was a practiced cross-country course of study built past times Mikhail Rybak,” reported Technical Delegate Andy Griffiths (GBR).

“It rode good on fantabulous footing, exactly caused unopen to lightheaded errors from experienced riders. What was practiced was that at that topographic point was such a large together with appreciative crowd at the competition.”

 

Results

1. Maksim Vakin/Harley Davidson (RUS) 51.1 + 27.2 + xi = 89.3
2. Alena Tseliapushkina/Goliaf (BLR) 58.9 + 21.6 + 24 = 104.5
3. Alena Tseliapushkina/Elga (BLR) 62.6 + 19.6 + 24 = 106.2
4. Valeriy Martyshev/Gapar (RUS) 63.3 + 25.6 + twenty = 108.9
5. Boris Vasilev/Naftenat (RUS) 53.7 + 27.6 + 33 = 114.30
6. Boris Vasilev/Osoka (RUS) 64.2 + 20/25.6 + 8 = 119.0

 

 

FEI World Cup Eventing leaderboard (after ii out of iv events)

1. Sandra Auffarth (GER) 67 points
2. Maksim Vakin (RUS) 41
3. Felix Vogg (SUI) 38
4. Andreas Dibowski (GER) 36
5. Ilonka Klutymans (NED) 34
6. Elmar Lesch (GER) 32
7. Eveline Bodenmüller (SUI) 30
8. Sanna Siltakorpi (FIN) 28
9. Patrizia Attinger (SUI) 24
10. Jonna Friman (SWE) 4

 

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