First for Nicholson and NZ in Barbury quinella
Andrew Nicholson says taking the kickoff ii places inwards the iii star contest at the St James’s Place Barbury International Horse Trials is “a large confidence booster” earlier the London Olympics.
It is the kickoff fourth dimension a New Zealander has won the prestigious event, which the Kiwi squad veteran took out on Avebury, as well as finishing minute on Quimbo.
Interview: Lucinda Green reviews the lastly choice trials at Barbury and offers merely about predictions for the Olympic Games.
“I’m thrilled to win here,” Nicholson said. “Barbury is a fantastic rails as well as it’s my local competition. In the construct upwards to the Olympics at that topographic point is a lot of pressure level because this is a fundamental event, as well as hence it is peachy to lay a potent surgical physical care for inwards now.”
Both his horses clocked faultless cross reason rounds within the time. Nicholson’s stables are nearby at Lockeridge, Marlborough.
Drama unfolded inwards the lastly stages of the contest inwards front end of a tape crowd, when Mark Todd (NZ) who was lying inwards 3rd house amongst NZB Campino, was eliminated for missing out combat 21 inwards the lastly stages of the cross reason as well as Jonathan Paget (NZ), overnight second, retiring afterward falling on the cross country. Both Equus caballus as well as passenger are reported to live fine.
Lucy Jackson as well as Animator II were the best of the residual of the Kiwi riders, belongings on to destination inwards 9th house inwards the star-studded field.
New Zealand Olympic selectors are to raise their Olympic squad tomorrow.
Britain’s Lucy Wiegersma and Simon Porloe finished inwards 3rd place, and British squad members Mary King as well as Tina Cook, amongst their Olympic rides Imperial Cavalier as well as Miners Frolic, franked their house on the squad amongst a practiced cross reason performances.
On the previous day, Zara Phillips, William Fox-Pitt as well as Piggy French all completed clear rounds inwards the cross reason inwards the ii star contest on their respective Olympic mounts, who were also competing for the lastly fourth dimension (on these horses) ahead of London 2012.
CIC3* lastly results
1 Andrew Nicholson (NZL) Avebury 41.6
2 Andrew Nicholson (NZL) Quimbo 49.8
3 Lucy Wiegersma (GBR) Simon Porloe 50.2
4 Oliver Townend (GBR) Pepper Anne 50.8
5 Tiana Coudary (USA) Ringwood Magister 51.2
6 Boyd Martin (USA) Remington XXV 53.4
7 Nicola Wilson (GBR) Opposition Buzz 53.6
8 Kitty King (GBR) Zidante 54.4
9 Lucy Jackson (NZL) Animator II 55.8
29 Clarke Johnstone (NZL) Orient Express VI 64.6
43 Alice Montgomery (NZL) Gordon IV 70
47 Craig Nicolai (NZL) Just Ironic 72
53 Jesse Campbell (NZL) Kaapachino 77.2
58 Bruce Haskell (NZL) Kiwi Smog 79.8
Lucy Jackson (NZL) Kilcoltrim Ambassador retired cross country
Jonathan Paget (NZL) Clifton Promise eliminated cross country
Mark Todd (NZL) NZB Campino eliminated cross country
Debbie Mitchell (NZL) Waimak withdrawn showjumping
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