World University Equestrian Champs this week
More than 200 riders from 26 countries are taking business office inwards the 10th University Equestrian Championships, which start inwards Aachen, Germany, on Wednesday.
Participants ride on borrowed horses as well as compete inwards dressage as well as showjumping, either individually or every bit a team.
The top dog equestrian countries are represented, every bit good every bit emerging nations such every bit Kyrgystan, Estonia, Algeria, Guatemala, Korea, as well as Romania.
New Zealand riders Rachael Bentall, Chloe Akers as well as Helen Bruce volition live on the start e'er Kiwi representatives at the biennial High German event, butand their trainer John Cottle is picking they volition produce well.
“It’s a novel contest for us, but these girls are all corking squad members, skillful riders as well as volition live on fantabulous ambassadors for the country,” he said.
The contest calls for skills inwards both dressage as well as showjumping, as well as that’s inwards the favour of the Kiwi trio.
“All create got jumped to a high bird then I am non at all concerned close that,” says Cottle. “The dressage volition live on the bigger exam for our riders, but they all also competed inwards that earlier too.”
All create got ridden for New Zealand earlier – 23-year-old Helen Bruce (Feilding) inwards both eventing as well as showjumping at immature passenger level, amongst both 22-year-old Chloe Akers (Opiki) as well as 21-year-old Rachael Bentall (Auckland/Hawke’s Bay) inwards equitation as well as immature passenger showjumping.
Helen Bruce has only graduated from Massey University amongst a score inwards technology majoring inwards agriculture, as well as is a regular competition inwards both eventing as well as showjumping.
Chloe Akers, a trainee primary schoolhouse instructor who won the maiden New Zealand Universities Championship, is an award-winning showjumper, but has previously competed inwards dressage.
Rachael Bentall, who is inwards her 3rd yr of medicine at Auckland University, says making the Aachen squad is the most exciting to appointment for her too, despite having ridden for the patch inwards Australia, Korea as well as South Africa.
The championships volition run from August 22 through to 26 as well as are held inwards the same grounds every bit the 2006 World Equestrian Games. The contest is run inwards a knock-out format amongst tests inwards both disciplines getting progressively tougher – dressage to Prix St George bird as well as showjumping to 1.4m.
The colourful opening ceremony is on August 22, as well as volition include a diverseness of performances past times University Sport followed past times a party.
On August 24 the Riders Night volition accept house at the Starfish, the biggest guild inwards the metropolis of Aachen. The adjacent nighttime is the Riders Ball, at Eurogress.
Belum ada Komentar untuk "World University Equestrian Champs this week"
Posting Komentar