World Cup jumping opens in Norway
Just a few days ahead of the opening of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League series, horses are prepared, lorries are en route, together with riders, owners, trainers together with spectators are looking frontward to some other novel beginning.
The Telenor Arena inwards Oslo, Kingdom of Norway hosts the foremost leg of the novel flavor on Sunday, together with the excitement is edifice past times the day. This, afterwards all, is the foremost stride on the route to the 35th annual Final of a serial that has character written all over it. The taking of the prestigious Rolex FEI World Cup crown has been a defining minute inwards the careers of thence many of the greatest horse-and-rider combinations inwards the history of the sport of international jumping. It’s the 1 they all desire to win.
And in that location is ever something exceptional most a flavor that concludes at Gothenburg inwards Sweden, because it is was hither that the rattling foremost champion was crowned, when, dorsum inwards 1979, the thence 36-year-old Hugo Simon from Republic of Austria paved the agency for many to a greater extent than to come upwardly every bit he galloped to victory amongst the big, bold Gladstone.
The closing stages of the 2012/2013 flavor volition hold upwardly played out at the Scandinavium Arena 1 time again from 24-28 Apr side past times side year, but in that location volition hold upwardly a whole lot of smashing contest earlier that. And it is non merely restricted to the European mainland, every bit riders from xvi leagues some the footing are all vying for a qualifying spot for the final.
The expansion of the sport is relentless, together with competitors from the Arab, Australia/Pacific, Caucasian, Central Asian, Central European, Chinese, South East Asian, Japanese, New Zealand/Pacific, South African, South American South, South America North, Central America together with Caribbean Area Islands, North American East together with North American West Leagues volition all hold upwardly hoping to impress, along amongst their Western European counterparts.
The tape of Western European riders inwards this serial is 2nd to none, but Germany’s say-so of the winner’s podium volition hold upwardly challenged this flavor if the USA tin move arrive two-in-a-row. Deutschland has taken the championship on nine occasions, but Rich Fellers’ victory inwards ‘s-Hertogenbosch this yr brought the U.S. tally to eight.
There had been a gap of 25 years since Katharine Burdsall previously held the trophy high afterwards victory amongst The Natural inwards Paris inwards 1987. U.S. riders were all but unbeatable inwards those early on years, winning 7 of the foremost nine serial finals, thence in that location was a rattling long drought earlier Fellers bridged that gap. And he did it inwards spectacular style, partnering the 16-year-old Flexible who, similar his rider, is a existent fighter inwards the ring. The stallion’s career hopes lead hold been dashed many times past times injury together with accidents, but he merely keeps coming dorsum and, on their 5th sweat at consecutive finals the dashing couplet pulled it off.
They nearly ended the U.S. drought when finishing 2nd at the Rolex FEI World Cup Final at Gothenburg inwards 2008 when Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum together with the smashing Shutterfly reigned supreme. So the Swedish venue volition hold upwardly a happy hunting footing should Fellers together with Flexible provide to the Scandinavium Arena side past times side spring.
But the human being they volition all fearfulness this flavor is Switzerland’s novel Olympic champion, Steve Guerdat, who had to stand upwardly on the 2nd stride of the podium when pipped past times Fellers inwards a thrilling third-round jump-off at the 2011/2012 Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping finale finally April.
The 30-year-old has ever been a formidable opponent, together with afterwards his Olympic triumph he tin move hold upwardly expected to hold upwardly an fifty-fifty tougher nut to crack. In a well-planned stimulate finally season, he earned his qualifying spot amongst rigid performances at Lyon (FRA), Stuttgart (GER) together with Geneva (SUI). And each fourth dimension he was partnering Nino des Buissonnets, the Equus caballus he rode to Olympic glory inwards London this summertime where he clinched the private championship inwards a three-way cliff-hanger.
Pressure is non a work for this super-competitive rider, together with he in all probability feels he has a marking to settle. Accepting defeat past times Fellers at ‘s-Hertogenbosch finally Apr afterwards a closely-fought jump-off, he said he was determined “to create improve side past times side time”. There’s solely 1 matter improve than 2nd place, together with amongst an Olympic medal already stashed away inwards his trophy cabinet, he volition hold upwardly hoping to add together the oftentimes elusive but most prestigious prize of the indoor international jumping circuit – the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping trophy.
The stats
The youngest passenger ever to win the FEI World Cup Jumping championship was the USA’s Mario Deslauriers, who was merely xix years erstwhile when he came out on plough over representing Canada at Gothenburg, Sweden inwards 1984 riding Aramis.
The oldest winner was Austria’s Hugo Simon, the human being who claimed the trophy amongst Gladstone inwards the initiatory 1978/1979 flavor at the historic current of 36, but who was 54 years of historic current when winning it for the 3rd fourth dimension at Gothenburg inwards 1997, riding ET FRH.
Four riders lead hold won the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping championship on 3 occasions, Germany’s Marcus Ehning (2003, 2006, 2010), Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (2005, 2008, 2009), Austria’s Hugo Simon (1979, 1996, 1997) together with Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa (1998, 1999, 2000).
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