Boyd Exell drives to fifth victory at Aachen
Reigning FEI World four-in-hand too iv times FEI World Cup Driving champion Boyd Exell has won the prestigious driving contest inwards Aachen for the quaternary consecutive time.
Added to his victory inwards 2003, the Australian’s cite is instantly on the leader board inwards Aachen v times. The Dutch squad also continued their authority too won the nations contest for the 6th consecutive time.
It wasn’t until the marathon though, which was the lastly stage for the private rankings at the weekend, that it became clear that Exell would win again. the States driver Chester Weber was inwards a really comfortable atomic number 82 after a superb private dressage test. Weber ready an Aachen-record grade of 33.54 penalisation points inwards the opening phase. The Ground Jury, which consisted of the same judges every bit the Ground Jury at the upcoming FEI World Championships inwards Riesenbeck adjacent month, unanimously seat Weber inwards get-go place. Weber, who is known every bit ‘Mr Dressage’, was really pleased with his squad of horses, 2 of whom are owned past times Jane Clark. Weber also posted the winning dressage scores at the CAI-As inwards Live Oak (39.42) Lähden (36.35) too Altenfelden (36.86) this season.
While Weber performed at his really best, his principal opponents – Exell too Dutch reinsman IJsbrand Chardon – permit themselves downward inwards the private dressage test. Chardon used his World Championship quartet of horses for the get-go fourth dimension this season. With this team, Chardon aims to ready a proficient dressage grade too minimise the gap betwixt himself too his opponents inwards dressage too thence drive a really fast marathon. But the strategy did non run inwards either stage inwards Aachen. His dressage grade was 42.24, which seat inwards him inwards minute position, but besides far behind Weber. In the marathon the four-time World Champion drove a incorrect gate, which toll him xx penalisation points.
Exell’s horses needed to a greater extent than grooming than he gave them, which resulted inwards quaternary house inwards dressage, scoring 44.93, to larn out him simply behind Dutchman Theo Timmerman.
“The possessor of my horses, Tamas Vincze, wanted us to convey the Kentucky squad to Aachen,” Exell said. “They receive got taken a piece to settle. After my disappointing dressage exam on the get-go day, I was pleased with my minute dressage test. In the marathon I used a novel leader, Monty. It was solely his minute international marathon, but he turned out to live really fast. My wheeler horses were bright thence I am really pleased.”
The cones contest counting for the private standings became a duel betwixt Australia’s Gavin Robson too Germany’s Georg von Stein. Both drivers drove a double clear circular too crossed the complete line of piece of occupation inwards precisely the same fourth dimension of 193.81. Individual driver Daniel Schneiders from FRG came third, ahead of Dutch squad fellow member Koos de Ronde. Leader inwards the standings, Weber could afford a knock downward too firmly kept his atomic number 82 after dressage too cones. High German Champion Christoph Sandmann moved upwards to the minute house inwards the standings.
The marathon was the tertiary too lastly stage for the private rankings too the minute contest for the teams. With the best ranked drivers starting last, the tension grew every bit the marathon approached its terminate inwards front end of tens of thousands of spectators, who enjoyed the Sun too the performances of the 24 locomote past times drivers. Chardon lost his chances to unopen the gap with Weber inwards the minute obstacle, where he took a incorrect gate for those costly xx penalisation points. This same obstruction also turned out to live unlucky for dressage winner Weber. His left leader jumped over the delineate too his groom had to larn downward to form it out. The same province of affairs occurred inwards the quaternary obstruction too past times thence Weber had lost all his chances of winning Aachen 2012.
Boyd Exell ready really fast times inwards the obstacles too won the marathon, ahead of the High German squad members Michael Brauchle too von Stein. De Ronde finished quaternary inwards the marathon to secure minute house inwards the lastly private results behind Exell. High German squad driver Sandmann celebrated his lastly edition of the Aachen CHIO with tertiary place. Sandmann volition retire every bit an active driver at the terminate of this season.
Aachen served every bit a lawsuit for a build novel system. All competitors got a GPS tracker on their marathon carriage, which meant their exact road too location could live determined. The organization is copied from sailing too was used for the get-go fourth dimension inwards driving at Aachen. The organization served purely every bit a test; neither the judges nor the competitors used the data, which has been saved too volition live used for farther evolution of the system.
O-course designer Dr Wolfgang Asendorf had designed 8 challenging obstacles for the 24 drivers, including several mobile obstacles. These obstacles were made quite flexible to ensure protection of the horses if mistakes were made. But these flexible obstacles caused much commotion with the drivers beforehand too they proved to live correct afterwards. When a Equus caballus or a wagon striking a flexible obstacle, it was squashed together similar a harmonica, causing a potentially tricky province of affairs for the adjacent through the gate. Asendorf admitted that the electrical flow organization was non quite 100 percent, but promised to build the necessary improvements for 2013.
The Dutch team, existing of IJsbrand Chardon, Koos de Ronde too Theo Timmerman, remained unbeatable throughout the competition. The High German squad of Michael Brauchle, Christoph Sandmann too Georg von Stein finished every bit runners-up, piece the Swedish squad of Tomas Eriksson, Axel Olin too Fredrik Persson won the bronze.
Dutch double-decker Harry de Ruyter was proud of his men, winning the gilded medal inwards Aachen for the 6th consecutive time: “Our drivers all receive got the same focus. They are also really proficient all-round drivers, piece another nations teams tend to receive got dependent specialists too I believe this contributes to the success of our team.
Final results CAIO Aachen 2012 (individual):
- Boyd Exell (AUS) 139.49 points
- Koos de Ronde (NED) 151.59
- Christoph Sandmann (GER) 151.64
- Theo Timmerman (NED) 152.52
- Georg von Stein (GER) 152.92
Final results (team):
1. Netherlands 286.53 points
2. FRG 304.74
3. Sweden 325.01
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