Kiwis picked as “dark horse” in Olympic Eventing
The Telegraph’s equestrian correspondent, Pippa Cuckson, is tipping New Zealand every bit the nighttime Equus caballus of the Olympic eventing competition, next potent Kiwi showings at Barbury.
Cuckson has the back upwardly of US squad jitney Captain Mark Phillips inwards that view.
“Last calendar week … Phillips told me that he idea New Zealand had re-emerged every bit the large threat at London,” she wrote.
Captain Phillips could hold upwardly right, she said. “The Kiwi menace is the 1 to encounter off.”
Cuckson noted that Kiwis Andrew Nicholson (Avebury), Jonathan Paget (Clifton Lush) in addition to Mark Todd (NZB Campino) filled the kickoff iii places out of 110 starters inwards the original three-star competition, after dressage in addition to present jumping.
She reported that although Paget tripped upwardly inwards the H2O in addition to Todd missed out debate 21, for a technical elimination, their electrical flow shape suggested these aberrations would hold upwardly forgiven, making the riders fifty-fifty to a greater extent than determined non to mess-up inwards London – “and a stung Kiwi is a real unsafe beast”.
More significantly, Nicholson won alongside Avebury in addition to moved upwardly eleven places on Quimbo into minute place, she writes.
Nicholson, 50, is preparing for his 6th consecutive Olympic Games in addition to 7th inwards all, in addition to exudes the tranquility confidence of 1 who believes it’s his fourth dimension to shine.
New Zealand’s eventing squad volition hold upwardly named afterwards today.
Cuckson’s amount spider web log tin forcefulness out hold upwardly read here.
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