Narrow win to France in YR Endurance Champs
France claimed squad gilt as well as Italy’s Mara Feola took the Individual championship at the FEI European Junior as well as Young Rider Endurance Championships 2012 at Mont-le-Soie inward Kingdom of Belgium at the weekend.
This stunning venue is nestled inward the portion of the High Ardennes amongst its dramatic landscape of dense forests, rivers as well as valleys. Mont-le-Soie is a good known venue on the endurance circuit, regularly hosting CEI events upward to 160km, but this was its outset FEI Championship fixture.
A total of 61 horses as well as athletes were entered for the event, but next the pre-ride inspection 3 horses were judged non jibe to hit – Norway’s Shere Khan (Kine Eissland Holen), Finland’s alone entrant Solomonas (Joona Mickelsson) as well as Belgium’s Cairo to live ridden past times domicile passenger Raphael Van Cauter who had simply returned from the World Endurance Championships inward Euston Park (GBR) where he partnered Taborah de Sier to a successful 22nd place.
Saturday morn saw 58 combinations start, including ix teams ready to battle it out over the tough, hilly class for European glory. Whilst the terrain was extremely challenging the weather condition was form to the competitors, dry out but non besides hot, which enabled the horses to laissez passer or as well as so non bad performances as well as many producing “personal bests” over this distance.
It was competitors from Eastern Europe who were dominant inward the early on stages, amongst Republic of Hungary as well as the Czechia taking the tumble out positions at the outset Vet Gate. This, however, was non to last, as well as past times the determination of the final result alone 2 riders from each of these countries would complete.
As the solar daytime progressed squad French Republic showed, in 1 lawsuit again, their prowess inward this tough sport. With their Senior compatriots having taken squad Silver at the World Championships or as well as so 2 weeks previously, the French Junior/Young Rider squad looked laid to sweep both Individual as well as Team gilt this fourth dimension out when all 4 squad members remained consistently at the tumble out of the champaign throughout the day.
But no 1 counted on the deadening as well as steady progress of the immature Italian side who, on paper, rode the perfect race. Despite coming inward to Vet Gate 1 towards the dorsum of the field, their consistency as well as tactical riding meant that past times Vet Gate 3 they were simply 4 minutes 21 seconds behind the leaders from France. With simply xx kilometres to go, the race was most sure enough on for the 2012 squad title.
As expected, the lastly loop of xx kilometres was to bear witness really influential. It was demanding, amongst a terminal 7-kilometre climb to the finish, as well as alone the really best were able to grade inward a competitive cope over the closing stages. With the tumble out vi all roofing the xx kilometres at over 24 kilometres per hour, the hold back on the destination business was a tense one, as well as these immature athletes sure enough didn’t disappoint. An exhilarating race to the business saw the top-eight consummate the class inside 12 seconds of each other.
Mara Feola (ITA) as well as her talented 10 twelvemonth one-time chestnut gelding were through the destination first, as well as it seemed her mountain was simply every bit pleased every bit she was amongst their victory. They grade inward a storming functioning on the lastly loop, climbing upward or as well as so vi places to snatch the atomic number 82 from French athlete Cesar Donnais as well as the 10 twelvemonth one-time Arab mare Srour.
Some fast calculations were made every bit the contest concluded amongst both Italy as well as French Republic finishing amongst 3 squad members inward the tumble out ten. With the tension buzzing across the venue it was confirmed that French Republic had managed to concord on to the atomic number 82 past times a mere 74 seconds ahead of Italy who had to settle for silvery medal spot.
Spain looked proficient for squad bronze, but it was wrenched from their grasp when Nuria Serrabassa Fabre’s ride Casba, their terminal squad horse, was deemed lame despite crossing the destination business inward 8th position. With alone 2 squad members having completed, Kingdom of Spain thus dropped out of contestation allowing the British to footstep upward for bronze – their outset squad medal since 1997.
Director of Non-Olympic Sports, Ian Williams, expressed his delight at the successful Championship, “This was a difficult fought competition,” he said, “but these athletes tin live really proud of their performances. They rode amongst maturity beyond their years, as well as all of the horses looked really proficient coming across the line”.
Special remarks were also made nigh the turn-out of these immature teams. It was clear that a non bad endeavour had been made as well as both horses as well as riders looked immaculate, a existent credit to the ever-growing sport of Endurance.
Results:
FEI European Junior as well as Young Rider Endurance Championships 2012 – Teams:
GOLD – French Republic 19:06:39 – Srour (Cesar Donnais), Preume de Paute (Nina Lissarrague), Kassit (Marion Brignoli), Karamel Mouthes (Clemence Le Bihan);
SILVER – Italy 19:07:53 – Grigali (Mara Feola), Sassifraga della bosana (Luca Zappettini), Isteddada Saura (Matteo Bravi), Pika de Cardonne (Daniele Serioli);
BRONZE – Great UK of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland 20:53:43 – Vavavoom (Carri-Ann Dark), HS Ametista (Beth Langley), Vanash (Kate Atkinson), Oakleazefarm Cziko (Louise Rich).
FEI European Junior as well as Young Rider Endurance Championships 2012 – Individuals: GOLD – Grigali (Mara Feola) ITA 18.907 kph; SILVER – Srour (Cesar Donnais) FRA 18.906 kph; BRONZE – Preume de Paute (Nina Lissarrague) FRA 18.904 kph.
Reporting: Anna Williams
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