Down under pair top two after Pau dressage
Australia’s Christopher Burton performed an outstanding dressage exam on Underdiscussion to sweep into the atomic number 82 at Les Etoiles de Pau, the outset leg of this season’s HSBC FEI Classics.
After a exam that was total of impulsion as well as expression, Burton was awarded the solely 10 of the day, yesteryear Ground Jury President Christian Landolt (SUI) for the halt, as well as heads a rigid champaign alongside the practiced score of 34.8.
Burton has 1.0 penalties inwards manus over the every bit exciting immature New Zealand challenger Jonathan Paget on Clifton Promise. Both riders are directly based inwards U.K. as well as were pathfinders for their teams at the London Olympic Games, Paget finishing 10th and winning a squad bronze medal on the same horse, as well as Burton finishing 16th overall on Holstein Park Leilani.
The 14-year-old Underdiscussion, yesteryear Lantham, was initially produced as a dressage Equus caballus yesteryear New Zealand part-owner Christine Weal earlier Burton took over the ride. This is his outset CCI4*, having won the CCI2* at Tattersalls (IRE) as well as CIC3* at Aachen (GER) this year. Most recently, they led the outset stage as well as therefore finished inwards eventual 19th place at Blenheim CCI3* (GBR).
“I was angry alongside myself for going for it likewise much inwards the extended canter,” said Burton of the minute the strike dark gelding bounded forrad exuberantly. “But of course of didactics I’m thrilled alongside his performance. He’s a complex grapheme as well as non that uncomplicated to train, but he’s been progressing nicely.”
Paget, who nonetheless industrial plant alongside his master copy trainer, Kevin McNab (AUS), summation Mark Todd (NZL) as well as British dressage passenger Andrew Gould, said he had hoped for a order of 39, therefore he was pleased to hit fifty-fifty amend alongside 36.7. “It’s the best exam I’ve ever done,” he said. “Clifton Promise is a total New Zealand Thoroughbred, therefore he’s non built to hit dressage, but because he’s therefore athletic he’s developed the muscles to hit the job.”
Michael Jung’s (GER) mount, Leopin FST, is non a natural dressage Equus caballus either, but the reigning Olympic, World as well as European Champion does non throw away a unmarried order as well as his functioning on the Luhmühlen CCI4* winner was the prototype of accuracy as well as calm.
Jung, 4th inwards the 2012 HSBC FEI Classics, is paying his outset view to Pau. “Dressage is Leopin’s weakest stage therefore that was rattling practiced for him,” he said. “However, I mean value tomorrow (cross-country) could hold upwards an fifty-fifty amend day, as that is his strongest phase.”
The heavy pelting that had been threatening all 24-hour interval finally arrived as the dressage came to a close, but it takes to a greater extent than than a soaking to interruption Andrew Nicholson’s concentration, as well as the New Zealander, electrical current leader of the HSBC Rankings, is directly inwards 4th house on his Olympic bronze medallist Nereo.
Astier Nicolas (FRA) thrilled the habitation audience alongside an splendid functioning on Jhakti du Janlie as well as is inwards unopen contention, inwards 5th place, only 0.1 of a penalization ahead of the finally passenger to go, Mary King (GBR). The experienced King, winner of the 2011 HSBC FEI Classics, was also caught inwards the downpour but Imperial Cavalier has plenty presence to smoothen inwards the worst weather condition as well as they are inwards 6th place.
Another Australian, Bill Levett, is 7th on Hippolyte, having re-routed the 17-year-old gelding to Pau afterward an early cross-country run-out at Burghley.
“This is his best CCI4* test,” said Levett. “He’s been going well, therefore I was quietly confident. He’s a sensitive horse, therefore y'all receive got to hold upwards careful non to overwork him. He didn’t contend good at Burghley, but he’s had a practiced run inwards a national lawsuit since therefore nosotros decided to convey him here.”
Karin Donckers (BEL) as well as Lamicell Charizard, three-time HSBC FEI Classics winner William Fox-Pitt (GBR) on the nine-year-old Irish Gaelic Sport Horse Bay My Hero as well as Japanese Olympic passenger Kenki Sato (Chippieh) consummate an international overstep 10.
Course Designer Pierre Michelet (FRA) has fix a fascinating cross-country exam for the 62 riders inwards the competition. He has reversed the direction of the track, which crosses the racecourse at Pau, as well as the questions come upwards up thick as well as fast rattling early on.
Horses volition receive got trivial fourth dimension to larn into their stride earlier they brand it at a large spread on overstep of a mound (fence 3) where they volition receive got to hold upwards inwards consummate command to accomplish the plow to a narrow corner (fence 4) at the bottom of the slope.
The subject of spreads, turns as well as skinnies continues for much of the course of didactics as well as Michelet has fix quite a exam at the outset H2O complex (Le Premier Lac, fence 6) alongside a span of carved ducks assault a turn, followed yesteryear a steep driblet into the water, unopen to other plow to a banking concern as well as a skinny brush.
“It all worries me!” said Jonathan Paget, who is making his debut at the premier French event. “It’s a rattling intense course of didactics as well as y'all can’t dismiss a unmarried fence. I’ve heard a lot nigh Pierre Michelet’s courses alongside his precipitous angles as well as committed distances, which is how course of didactics pattern should be.”
Burton, 30, who has won international competitions at Saumur (FRA), Tattersalls (IRL), Aachen (GER) as well as Hartpury (GBR) this year, led the dressage as well as cross-country finally twelvemonth at Pau on Holstein Park Leilani, finishing inwards eventual 8th place.
“I dearest Pierre Michelet’s courses,” he said. “His distances are e'er nice. It should hold upwards a practiced test.”
Results afterward Dressage
1 Christopher Burton/Underdiscussion (AUS) 34.8
2 Jonathan Paget/Clifton Promise (NZL) 36.7
3 Michael Jung/Leopin FST (GER) 38.3
4 Andrew Nicholson/Nereo (NZL) 39.0
five Astier Nicolas/Jhakti du Janlie (FRA) 39.5
6 Mary King/Imperial Cavalier (GBR) 39.6
7 Bill Levett/Hippolyte (AUS) 41.3
8 Karin Donckers/Lamicell Charizard (BEL) 41.7
nine William Fox-Pitt/Bay My Hero (GBR) 41.7
10 Kenki Sato/Chippieh (JAP) 41.8
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