Nicholson best of Kiwis at Aachen
Andrew Nicholson was the star of the exhibit for the Kiwis competing at the World Equestrian Festival inwards Aachen, Germany, yesterday, but he all the same finished merely off the podium.
Nicholson together with Nereo were 5th individually inwards the CICO3*, together with the New Zealand squad fourth inwards the Nations Cup.
But it wasn’t exclusively a podium without New Zealand interest – Christine Weal’s one-time Equus caballus Underdiscussion won the CICO3* cast inwards the hands of Australian Christopher Burton.
Weal was on manus to picket the 14-year-old Hanoverian, whom she all the same purpose owns, sweep aside about character combinations to accept victory.
Before he was sold 2 years ago, Underdiscussion was on the New Zealand dressage squad alongside Weal together with was also evented past times one-time Kiwi illustration Donna Smith.
“He was pretty useful but I knew he wasn’t going to live a grand prix dressage horse,” said Weal. “He’s done a lot of mileage on the apartment together with patch he used to live hard inwards large atmospheres, at 1 time he merely loves it!”
Weal got a telephone band from Burton lastly calendar week together with scrambled to abide by a ticket from New Zealand inwards fourth dimension to encounter them go.
“It’s merely amazing to ask maintain such belief inwards the Equus caballus together with encounter it come upwards through.”
Meanwhile, Nicholson finished on his dressage marking of 43.6 punishment points. He was 13th after the dressage phase, moving upwards to 8th afterward going clear together with within fourth dimension inwards the showjumping, together with thence upwards to 5th afterward 1 time to a greater extent than finishing the cross province hoof perfect.
Equestrian Sports New Zealand high surgical operation manager Sarah Harris said Nicholson’s efforts were “just magic”.
“Nereo made the (cross country) rails expect piece of cake together with looks gibe together with gear upwards to become for London. Andrew merely loved it,” she said.
Olympic reserve Lucy Jackson together with Kilcoltrim Ambassador were the adjacent best-performed Kiwis alongside their 22nd place finish. They likewise pulled themselves slow but carefully through the plain throughout the event.
They were inwards 36th spot afterward a 57.6 inwards the dressage, moved upwards 2 places afterward adding 4 faults to their marking afterward dropping a rail inwards the showjumping together with thence finished on seventy thank you lot to adding merely 8.4 fourth dimension faults from the cross country.
Harris was over the satelite alongside Jackson.
“It was text mass stuff, remembering this Equus caballus is all the same quite novel to the large three-star scene.”
Jonathan Paget, who volition caput to the London Olympics alongside Nicholson, Mark Todd together with Caroline Powell, would live a lilliputian disappointed alongside Bullet Proof’s run-out inwards the cross province but again, this is a fairly immature Equus caballus together with overall, his efforts bode good for the future, according to Harris.
“The Equus caballus went brilliantly,” she said. “This was a large exam for him.”
Paget was 30th after his dressage together with picked upwards 2 fourth dimension faults inwards the showjumping but twenty faults together with 31.6 fourth dimension faults meant a concluding placing of 32nd.
Todd withdrew both his horses earlier starting the cross country. He was riding Olympic team-mate Jonelle Richards’ Flintstar to give him the large atmosphere sense of Aachen, equally good equally his ain NZB Grass Valley.
Harris says it was never the invention to outset Flintstar inwards the cross country.
“It is likewise much of a high ask chances for a grab ride over such a large cross country,” she says.
NZB Grass Valley picked upwards an uncharacteristic sixteen faults inwards the showjumping phase, together with was sitting inwards 41st spot when the determination was made non to outset him inwards the concluding stage of the competition.
Results – Individual CICO3*:
1 Christopher Burton (AUS) Underdiscussion 38.8 punishment points
2 Michael Jung (GER) La Biosthetique-Sam FBW 40.6
3 Laura Collett (GBR) Rayef 40.6
4 Sandra Auffarth (GER) Opgun Louvo 41.6
v Andrew Nicholson (NZL) Nereo (owned past times Deborah Sellar) 43.6
22 Lucy Jackson (NZL) Kilcoltrim Ambassador (owned past times the Sprout Syndicate together with Jackson) 70
32 Jonathan Paget (NZL) Bullet Proof 104
Mark Todd (NZL) Flintstar (owned past times Darnelle Hubbard, Tim Price together with K. Gray) withdrawn earlier cross country.
Mark Todd (NZL) NZB Grass Valley (owned past times New Zealand Bloodstock together with Todd) withdrawn earlier cross country.
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