German eventers score in Young Rider Europeans
Germany claimed squad too private gilded at this weekend’s European Young Riders Eventing Championship held inwards the Swedish port metropolis of Malmö.
The team, the exclusively 1 to consummate amongst 4 riders, won inwards convincing means having led from solar daytime one.
Germany’s leading passenger Pia Münker won private gilded amongst the seven-year-old Louis M. It was a deserved victory for the pair, who topped the leaderboard later on dressage too stayed inwards front end throughout.
Eight teams contested the entitle which, Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany aside, proved a competition of mixed fortunes. Five nations – Germany, Great Britain, France, Kingdom of the Netherlands too Republic of Ireland – fielded total teams piece Italy, Poland too Switzerland each had 3 riders. Thanks to a high scoring exam from Münker, the final of their 4 riders, Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany took the Pb later on dressage ahead of Great United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland amongst French Republic inwards third.
Rudiger Schwarz’s Cross Country exam proved influential, too at the halt of the solar daytime at that topographic point were 5 teams left to competition the jumping, amongst Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany – despite 2 of their riders picking upward twenty penalties – withal out inwards front. France, the exclusively squad to create 4 clear jumping rounds, pulled upward to minute house precisely 1.1 penalties behind Germany, piece Republic of Ireland had also jumped upward the leaderboard to third.
Despite immature British trial trailblazer David Doel paving the means amongst a clear within the time, it was all over for Great United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland later on the remaining 3 riders faulted. Two of these had problem at combat 7b, a drib to a ‘skinny’, which proved influential throughout the solar daytime too resulted inwards the elimination of 5 riders too added penalties to the seat sheets of precisely about other 11. However, at that topographic point were 22 clear rounds, 17 within the time, from the 38 finishers.
Seven riders were too therefore withdrawn earlier jumping. One was France’s second-highest scoring squad members Esteban Nedelec too Matin du Neipo, who suffered the same fate at final year’s championship. This resulted inwards French Republic dropping to 3rd too Ireland, 5th later on dressage, moving upward to second. British squad fellow member Evie Paterson was also withdrawn, leaving Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany amongst the exclusively consummate four-member squad inwards the competition.
The tightly timed jumping was also influential amongst precisely 5 riders producing rounds without faults. There was also farther disappointment for Great United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland when the minute of their remaining 3 riders had 2 refusals, eliminating the squad from the competition. This was the kickoff fourth dimension since 1998 that Great Britain, gilded medallists at this Championship for the final vii years, had non won a squad medal.
With the luxury of a discard seat too 2 riders producing clear rounds inwards the time, Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany pulled farther ahead to win the title. “We couldn’t believe that at that topographic point was such a wonderful course of report betwixt the metropolis street too the beach,” said High German chef d’equipe Mathias Otto-Erley.
“The course of report was unique too impressive too was a existent test, too the girls all did brilliantly.”
Germany finished 24.4 penalties ahead of Ireland, scoring their minute consecutive squad silvery cheers to impressive jumping performances from Katie Nolan (Kilbeg Cool Diamond), who moved 25 places upward the leaderboard from 33rd to 8th amongst a double clear, too Shane Power (TLB Interactive) who improved twenty places on his dressage score.
With the withdrawal of squad fellow member Jessica O’Driscoll too Mr. Beau Jangles earlier the cross province phase, the Irish Gaelic were left without a discard score, but the clears from Power too Nolan were plenty to force the squad into silvery position.
Ireland’s private rival at Malmo, Melanie Young riding Riverstown Express, finished 13th overall.
In the private standings, squad members Power too Nolan also claimed 7th too 8th place, respectively. All 4 on the Irish Gaelic squad rode Irish Gaelic Sport Horses inwards the championships.
France took the bronze ahead of Italy, the quaternary too final squad to complete.
Münker too her Rhineland-bred Louis K impressed the basis jury of Christian Landolt (SUI), Sandor Fulop (HUN) too Dr Ernst Topp (GER) to caput the dressage, 2.7 penalties ahead of Elmo Jankari (FIN) too Isabel Djivanovic (GBR).
All 3 produced clear cross-country rounds within the fourth dimension important these 3 stayed piece of job past times of proceedings, but neither Jankari nor Djivanovic lined out for the next day’s jumping, promoting British private Dani Evans (Raphael II) to minute too High German private Charlotte Hachmeister (Kassio 10) to 3rd on the start list, too allowing Münker the luxury of a combat inwards hand.
With 4 fences downwards Hachmeister dropped out of contestation too when Evans added 4 faults to her canvas 19-year-old Münker knew she could bring 2 fences down. She did, but finished within the fourth dimension to add together precisely the 8 jumping faults to her seat too clinch the entitle gilded medal.
“For me it was a bright weekend,” Münker said. “The Equus caballus did a neat chore too I am therefore proud of him.”
But it was a narrow victory. Thanks to a bright double-clear, Italian Eleonora Bosch (Hotchkiss McManus) climbed the leaderboard from 14th later on dressage to 8th later on cross-country too into the silvery medal seat at the destination on her dressage seat of 50.0 too precisely 0.3 penalties below the winner. Evans collected bronze to add together to the squad gilded she won final year.
Chairman of Britain’s Young Rider Squad Alex Colquhoun said Evans’s surgical procedure was “simply basis class”.
“We would all similar to give cheers our hosts for putting on this fantastic competition too congratulate the German Team on their performances inwards wrestling away the crown which for many years instantly nosotros bring kept every bit our own.”
Team GB’s Olympic Eventing silvery medal winners include 3 onetime Young Rider medalists: Zara Phillips (2002), Tina Cook (1989 too 1991) too William Fox-Pitt (1988-1990).
Team Championship:
GOLD – Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany 169.4: Louis K (Pia Münker) 49.7, Lardina (Jana Weyers) 51.5, Parlando 23 (Franca Lüdecke) 68.2, Havana Club (Maria Kraack) 79.9;
SILVER – Republic of Ireland 193.8: TLB Interactive (Shane Power) 58.6, Kilbeg Cool Diamond (Katie Nolan) 58.7, Red Baron (David Hannigan) 76.5, Mr Beau Jangles (Jessica Driscoll) 1,000;
BRONZE – French Republic 205.3: Obelix de Mai (Arnaud Etienne Ducoin) 58.1, Lilyth du Loup (Camille Geiger) 68.9, Mitou du Mass (Margot Chabanne) 78.3, Matin de Neipo (Esteban Nedelec) 1,000.
Individual Championship:
GOLD – Louis K (Pia Müncker-GER) 49.7;
SILVER – Hotchkiss McManus (Eleonora Boschi-ITA) 50.0;
BRONZE – Raphael II (Dani Evans-GBR) 51.2.
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