British Eventing proud of members’ Olympic medals
Ten members of British Eventing won medals inwards the three-day-event contest this calendar week at the London 2012 Olympic Games, making the arrangement “extremely proud”.
While Britain won squad silver at Greenwich, all of the bronze-medal winning New Zealand team are besides BE members together with based inwards Britain – arguably the dwelling of the sport.
The Kiwis squad are all BE Members: Mark Todd (56, Thatcham, Berkshire), Andrew Nicholson (51, based inwards Marlborough, Wiltshire), Caroline Powell (39, Kelso from the Scottish borders), Jonathan ‘Jock’ Paget (28, based inwards Dunsfold, Surrey) together with Jonelle Richards (31, Marlborough, Wiltshire).
The transcend xx private placings later the minute circular of demo jumping were besides dominated past times international competitors based unopen to the U.K. equally good equally several British squad members:
- 4th – NZ Andrew Nicholson riding Nereo
- 5th – GB Mary King (51, from Salcombe Regis, Devon) riding Imperial Cavalier
- 6th – GB Tina Cook (41, from Worthing, West Sussex) riding Miners Frolic
- 8th – GB Zara Phillips (31 from Stroud, Gloucestershire) riding High Kingdom
- 10th – NZ Jonathan Paget riding Clifton Promise
- 11th – ITA Vittoria Panizzon (28, based Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire) riding Borough Pennyz
- 12th – NZ Mark Todd (56, based Thatcham, Berkshire) riding Campino
- 13th – AUS Andrew Hoy (53, based close Badbury, Wiltshire) riding Rutherglen
- 16th – AUS Christopher Burton (56, based close Thatcham, Berkshire) riding HP Leilani
- 20th – SWE Ludwig Svennerstal (21, based close Harrogate, North Yorkshire)
“We are of course of report extremely proud of the British squad silvery championship only besides incredibly pleased to admit the success of together with then many of our international Members at our dwelling Olympics,” said British Eventing Chief Executive Mike Etherington-Smith.
British breeding was besides to the fore equally the 2010 vii twelvemonth one-time champion at the British Eventing Lycetts Young Horse Championships, Borough Pennyz, finished 11th individually for Vittoria Panizzon. They were the highest placed Italian combination inwards the competition.
The hitting greyness ix twelvemonth one-time mare is past times Cevin Z out of a Dutch Gold mare (Sovereign Flight). She is registered alongside the Anglo-European stud mass together with bred past times Mr together with Mrs Bullen of Hook inwards Hampshire.
This mare, inwards companionship of many to a greater extent than experienced horses moved upward from 17th place inwards the offset showjumping stage to complete inwards 11th in the private round. Gloucestershire-based Vittoria said: “Thank you lot Pennyz; give cheers you lot everyone … Very virtually finished on our dressage grade together with alongside 3 clears! She hadn’t fifty-fifty started travel when nosotros were inwards Beijing, what to a greater extent than tin I say!”
Future stars of the international Eventing stage volition travel showcased at this year’s Lycetts Young Horse Championships volition travel held at the Osberton International Horse Trials (September 27-39).
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