Ruth Edge leads first day of dressage at Burghley
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Britain’s Ruth Edge is inward her customary seat at the caput of the leaderboard amongst 45.5 at the halt of the outset twenty-four hr menses of the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials.
But Edge admits that Burghley, the finale of the 2011-2012 HSBC FEI Classics, is a bold footstep upwardly inward shape for her mount, Rogersdale, ane of a handful of 10-year-olds inward the field, equally he has done exclusively ane CCI3* at Tattersalls (IRL) inward June, where he was seventh.
“He’s a large jumper amongst lots of orbit together with is genuine, but I’m realistic, it’s in all likelihood a twelvemonth early on for him,” said Edge of the Welton Ambassador bay gelding who was produced past times the belatedly Ian Olding (IRL).
“The distances encourage yous to assault the course,” she said of the cross-country, “and the going is fantastic. It’s together with then spongy. It’s in all likelihood the best inward the world.”
Jonathan Paget (NZ), divulge 3 inward the HSBC Rider Rankings, only returned iv days ago from celebrating his Olympic squad bronze medal dorsum at abode inward New Zealand, but he produced a focused functioning to prevarication inward minute place, simply 0.7 behind Edge, later an accurate exam on the 13-year-old New Zealand thoroughbred Clifton Lush.
“My Equus caballus is the form who is the same every day. He’s real degree headed,” said Paget of Clifton Lush, the Equus caballus he rode to a fifth-place complete at Burghley in conclusion year.
Paget, 28, who exclusively started competing equally an 18-year-old when he was working equally a stonemason inward Australia, is based inward the U.K. together with is trained past times Andrew Gould (GB) inward dressage together with “the legendary” Luis Cervera (Spain) inward Jumping. “My aim is to larn to a greater extent than mileage at overstep level, together with larn a actually major result,” he said.
William Fox-Pitt (GB) has made a fine start to his bid to win a tertiary HSBC FEI Classics title. He is inward tertiary house at this stage, simply ane penalization off the leader, on the 13-year-old Seacookie, the runner-up at Burghley inward 2010.
Fox-Pitt’s nearest competitor for the US$150,000 prize inward the HSBC FEI Classics is Andrew Nicholson (NZ), who is currently 15th on the relatively inexperienced Calico Joe. Nicholson, however, has the talented Avebury, runner-up at Burghley in conclusion year, to come upwardly on Friday.
Seacookie, a German-bred Equus caballus produced past times Ingrid Klimke, spent 2011 on the sidelines amongst an injury together with has been aimed specifically at an spill drive this year. “He’s had express training but is inward a real proficient frame of mind,” said Fox-Pitt. “He’s real concentrated together with has done in all likelihood his best e'er test.”
By contrast, the fourth-placed passenger is competing at her outset Burghley. Emily Parker (GBR), 22, who scored 48.2 inward a composed exam inward the moisture together with windy weather condition on the Dutch-bred Treefers, is the youngest passenger inward the field. The 2010 Young Rider European Champion confessed to a mixture of excitement together with trepidation at her outset CCI4*.
Oliver Townend, winner of Burghley together with the HSBC FEI Classics inward 2009, is inward 5th house on ODT Sonas Rovatio, together with Emily Llewellyn (GBR), to a greater extent than or less other onetime Young Rider European Champion, is 6th on Pardon Me ll.
Another first-timer, Kristi Nunnink (USA), had a disconcerting experience when she lost her means inward the canter move amongst her mare R-Star. Her exam had to hold upwardly interrupted past times Ground Jury President, Sue Stewart (GBR), together with at that topographic point was a lengthy interruption piece Nunnink recovered her bearings. However, the error detracted niggling from Nunnink’s graceful functioning on her attractive greyish mare R-Star together with the American span are soundless inward 7th place.
Germany’s Olympic squad gilt medallist Dirk Schrade, who said London “feels similar a long fourth dimension ago!” came dorsum to globe amongst a grade of 52.7 on Hop And Skip, which he described equally “disappointing”.
The Irish-bred chestnut past times Skippy had been producing beautiful canter move inward the warm-up arena but, his passenger said, “became excited inward the busy atmosphere together with nosotros made a few stupid mistakes.” However, Schrade, who is inward equal 13th place, promised: “He is a corking cross-country Equus caballus together with that’s why I’m here. It’s non over yet!”
He’s right. There’s for certain lots to a greater extent than excitement to come, together with the enthusiastic Burghley crowd are inward for a process today amongst the likes of Mary King (GBR), Bettina Hoy (GER), Kai Rüder (GER), Alison Springer (USA) together with Sam Watson (IRL), addition Fox-Pitt, Nicholson together with Townend on their minute horses, yet to perform their tests.
Burghley past times numbers
85 – the divulge of runners
eleven – the divulge of nations
1 – the divulge of representatives for Ecuador, Republic of Lithuania together with South Africa
49 – the divulge of CCIs won past times William Fox-Pitt
6 – the divulge of Burghley victories for William Fox-Pitt
ii – the divulge of HSBC FEI Classics victories for William Fox-Pitt (2008 together with 2010)
five – the divulge of Burghley victories for Mark Todd (NZL) together with Ginny Elliot (GBR)
xix – the historic menses of the oldest horse, Comanche, ridden past times James Robinson (GBR)
58 – the historic menses of the oldest rider, Jean Teulere (FRA)
22 – the historic menses of the youngest rider, Emily Parker (GBR)
five – the divulge of onetime Burghley winners competing (Mark Todd, Mary King, Andrew Nicholson, William Fox-Pitt, Oliver Townend)
Results later outset twenty-four hr menses of dressage
1 Ruth Edge/Rogersdale (GBR) 45.5
ii Jonathan Paget/Clifton Lush (NZL) 46.2
3 William Fox-Pitt/Seacookie (GBR) 46.5
4 Emily Parker/Treefers (GBR) 48.2
five Oliver Townend/Sonas Rovatio (GBR) 48.3
6 Emily Llewellyn/Pardon Me ll (GBR) 49.0
7 Kristi Nunnink/R-Star (USA) 49.5*
8 Bill Levett/Hippolyte (AUS) 49.8
ix Izzy Taylor/Briarlands Matilda (GBR) 50.5*
10 Elizabeth Power/September Bliss (IRL) 51.5
(*denotes error of course)
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