Para driver wins second World Champs title
Title defender Heiner Lehrter from FRG has renewed his gilt medal after the exciting finally obstruction driving contest of the FEI World Para-Equestrian Driving Championships inwards Breda, the Netherlands.
Home driver Jacques Poppen was leading the pack going into the finally phase, but knocked 1 ball besides many too went abode alongside silver. His compatriot Jan Ranzijn won the bronze medal. The Dutch squad took gilt inwards the nations competition, the silvery medal went to FRG too Great United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland was real happy alongside their bronze squad medal.
The FEI World Para-Equestrian Driving Championships were organized for the 8th fourth dimension too for the mo consecutive fourth dimension inwards Breda. The Dutch venue attracted a potent plain of competitors alongside 21 drivers from vii nations too v teams. The Outdoor Brabant lawsuit non alone warmly welcomed the para drivers, but also hosted a CAIO for Equus caballus four-in-hand team, an international contest for pony four-in-hand too the Dutch four-in-hand Championships.
As good equally the driving competitions, in that place was also an international eventing contest too national jumping too dressage classes. All disciplines were smoothly run at the Prinsenhoeve Estate inwards Breda too the lawsuit attracted many spectators, particularly on the marathon too Cross Country days. The FEI World Para-Equestrian Driving Championships were good integrated inwards the driving dependent plain inwards Breda too all drivers profited from each other’s experiences.
Heiner Lehrter has competed inwards every World Para-Equestrian Driving Championship since the introduction inwards 1998 too has won many private too squad medals, including private gilt inwards 2010. Heiner drove a unlike pony to his winning partner 2 years agone inwards Breda. This fourth dimension he drove the nine-year old Dashwood, owned past times his married adult woman Sabine, too was lying inwards tertiary after the dressage, viii points behind the leader Jacques Poppen (NED).
“I was get-go to become inwards dressage too I am certain my points would cause got been unlike if I had had a unlike starting position,” Lehrter said. “The gap alongside Jacques after dressage was too thus large that it was close impossible to arrive upward inwards the marathon.”
Lehrter’s squad fellow member Markus Beerhues motivated him to continue fighting too told him his chances were non gone yet. Lehrter was the finally of the High German squad members to become inwards the marathon too when he knew his 2 colleagues had got around without whatever problems too their silvery squad medal was secure, he was gratis to create whatever he liked inwards the marathon. “I said to myself, let’s become for it, I cause got nil to lose!”
He laid the fastest times inwards iv of the 6 beautiful marathon obstacles, designed past times Dutch O-course designer Johan Jacobs. “Dashwood has ever been ridden past times my wife. I cause got been driving him together alongside my other horses, but I alone started to crusade him intensively viii weeks ago. I cause got a real skillful human relationship alongside this pony too he alongside me. He doesn’t similar H2O real much, but luckily in that place were some H2O splashes inwards the get-go marathon phases too thus nosotros could practise a niggling too he went into the H2O obstruction without whatever hesitation.”
After dressage too marathon, Lehrter had moved upward to silvery inwards the standings, alone 1.72 penalization points behind Poppen. There had alone been 1 double clear circular inwards the obstruction driving contest earlier Lehrter went into the arena. Lehrter knocked downwards 1 ball, which gave finally starter Poppen some breathing space. But Poppen had 2 knockdowns too when the mo ball dropped, 51-year old Lehrter knew he was World Champion again: “I am real pleased alongside my results, also inwards the cones course. We cause got trained a lot inwards cones too the course of written report suited me. It is fantastic to win hither inwards Breda again!”
Jacques Poppen, who was World Champion inwards 2008 too bronze medallist inwards 2010, had an extremely skillful start inwards dressage to caput the plain alongside his beautiful seven-year-old Arab-Friesian gelding PP. Poppen too PP had impressed at several competitions before, including victory at the High German Championships for para-equestrian drivers inwards Greven. Poppen too PP are a immature combination too started working together alone inwards Feb of this year.
“We were real pleased alongside our dressage results,” Poppen said. “We cause got worked towards this lawsuit the whole yr too nosotros had to struggle for it, it did non come upward slowly for us. We did aspect that it would become well, but nosotros remained nervous until the scores came out!”
In the marathon, Poppen too PP lacked the necessary sense at some points, but they soundless finished mo behind Lehrter too kept their atomic number 82 inwards the standings.
“It was real heavy. The turns were real tight too the obstacles were real technical. Normally you lot give the horses some fourth dimension to recover after an obstacle, but in that place was no fourth dimension for that. But this is how a World Championship has to be. I spoke alongside four-in-hand driver Koos de Ronde the eve earlier the marathon too he advised me to become for it from the get-go obstruction on. Unfortunately I could non steer PP just the means I wanted to, nosotros simply demand some to a greater extent than sense together. We cause got alone done viii competitions too in that place is soundless some fine-tuning to do.”
Poppen dropped to silvery inwards the finally standings after he had knocked 2 balls inwards the cones. “I was non attacking, I blame myself for this. But I am however happy alongside private silvery too squad gold. Of course, I would cause got liked to win gilt again, but I am also realistic. I cause got homework to create too I am already looking frontwards to the side past times side World Championships inwards 2 years!”
Jan Ranzijn is the senior fellow member of the Dutch para-drivers. Now aged 67, he is alone a few months younger than Jim McCrae (IRL), the oldest para contender inwards Breda. Ranzijn was the Para World Champion inwards 2006 alongside a Equus caballus brace too drove equally a singles contender inwards 2008 too 2010. Ranzijn also competes inwards regular driving competitions inwards Kingdom of the Netherlands alongside a Equus caballus team.
Ranzijn competed alongside his home-bred eight-year-old Friesian gelding Nico van de Haffriehoeve too was real proud of him. “We cause got been given the chance past times a sponsor of the Royal Dutch Equestrian Federation to cause got a personal trainer for the whole season,” he said. “My trainer is a one-time tandem driver too he has helped me a lot inwards dressage. I cause got learnt to crusade to a greater extent than boldly too this has paid off.”
Ranzijn too Nico came mo inwards the dressage, but inwards the marathon, alongside assistance from his loyal groom Sonja, Nico lacked the necessary speed driving out of the obstacles too they came eighth. This left Ranzijn inwards tertiary identify after dressage too marathon, too his circular inwards the cones secured private bronze too the squad gold. “I had hoped for bronze too I am real happy that I cause got achieved this,” he said afterwards.
“Being 67 years old, I realise how fortunate I am that I tin sense this. I enjoyed the contest real much too I bask driving every day. Nico is getting stronger, too thus I promise to survive role of this wonderful squad over again inwards 2 years.”
Nations competition
Teams from The Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, the U.S. of America too Republic of Ireland battled it out inwards the nations competition. The Dutch drivers took the atomic number 82 after dressage too held on throughout to claim squad gold. With Poppen, Ranzijn too Adriaan Struyck, who finished 5th inwards the private standings, the Dutch lay downwards locomote past times performances inwards all 3 phases of the competition. The Germans tried real difficult to vanquish the Dutch, alongside Lehrter, Markus Beerhues too Hubert Markett all inwards the locomote past times six, but they had to survive content alongside silver. The British trio, alongside the 2 lady drivers Lucy Mary Barclay too Deborah Daniel teamed upward alongside Mick Ward, were real happy alongside their bronze medals.
HRH Princess Haya Hand inwards Hand Trophy
The Para-Equestrian drivers too the CAIO competitors inwards Breda formed a squad for the Princess Haya Hand inwards Hand trophy, a beautiful prize which was introduced past times the FEI President, Princess Haya, to emphasise the importance of the integration of para-equestrian sport too able-bodied equestrian sport.
Para-equestrian silvery medallist Jacques Poppen too the CAIO winner IJsbrand Chardon formed the winning squad to accept the trophy for 2012.
Final Individual results:
1) Heiner Lehrter (GER) 119.67
2) Jacques Poppen (NED) 120.95
3) January Ranzijn (NED) 129.07
4) Hubert Markett (GER) 136.77
5) Adriaan Struyck (NED) 137.87
Final squad results
1) Netherlands 247.02
2) FRG 250.64
3) Great United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland 290.45
HRH Princess Haya Hand inwards Hand trophy – Jacques Poppen too IJsbrand Chardon (NED)
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