Record win for Fox-Pitt at Blenheim Horse Trials
Britain’s William Fox-Pitt scored his 50th three-day-event win inwards taking out the CCI*** on Seacookie at the Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials at the weekend.
Course-designer Di Boddy’s demo jumping rails rode good as well as in that location were 25 clears, thus when both the runner-up Mark Todd on Conair as well as Kristina Cook, 3rd on De Novo News, were faultless, Fox-Pitt could non afford to accept a debate down.
“The demo jumping is e'er the most painful fleck as well as when in that location were thus many clears it did experience nerve-wracking,” he said afterwards.
“Seacookie is a spooky Equus caballus as well as I was concerned, but it rode actually good as well as shows the calibre of horses as well as riders nosotros accept nowadays. To win l three-day events is actually exciting as well as it’s especially special to larn my 50th at Blenheim, which is a lovely event.”
Seacookie, owned past times Catherine Witt, was re-routed from Burghley where Fox-Pitt retired him on the cross-country. “I worried that it had affected his confidence, but nosotros monitored him as well as took him cross-country schooling at the start of the calendar week as well as he felt fabulous.”
Fox-Pitt, 44, scored his kickoff three-day trial victory inwards 1991 at Windsor on Thomastown. Since as well as thus he had represented Britain at fifteen championships as well as has won xi four-star events.
Mark Todd showed why he was voted Rider of the Century when he steered the inexperienced Conair, owned past times Suzie Belsham, into minute house after a really curt acquaintance. “The Equus caballus was really good prepared past times Rodney Powell [his green passenger who is injured] as well as Alex Franklin. When I schooled him before this calendar week I said that if nosotros managed a decent dressage as well as jumped clear nosotros mightiness merely produce all right.”
Like Fox-Pitt, Tina Cook was looking forrad to Monday’s open-top omnibus parade through London of Britain’s Olympic medallists. They were joined at Blenheim past times swain silverish medallists Zara Phillips as well as Nicola Wilson – alone Mary King was missing, watching her miss Emily win a silverish medal at the Junior European Championships inwards Poland.
Cook had the satisfaction of riding a Equus caballus she bred herself, De Novo News, out of the Selle Francais mare Douce de Longvaut, on whom she won the British Intermediate Championships.
“He is going to survive a fantastic back-up to Miners Frolic [her Olympic horse] – I’m really excited close his future.”
Frenchman Cedric Lyard, 7th on Cadeau du Roi, won the prize for the highest-placed Burghley debutant as well as Emily Llewellyn, twelfth on Major Buck, was best under-25 rider.
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