Australia’s best vie for four-star glory
Southern hemisphere riders produce got a adventure to get a foothold on the leaderboard for the valuable HSBC FEI Classics, alongside this weekend’s Australia’s International three Day Event inward Adelaide.
The AI3DE is the bit leg of the HSBC FEI Classics for the season, too last year’s winner, Stuart Tinney, secured 5th house inward the overall standings for the 2011/2012 season.
This year, Tinney, an Olympic gilt medallist inward 2000, rides the 14-year-old greyness Pluto Mio, recent winner of the Goulburn CIC3*.
Two members of Australia’s 2008 Olympic argent medal squad are competing: Shane Rose, who rides APH Moritz, bit behind Pluto Mio at Goulburn too a recent winner of Berrima CIC3*, too Megan Jones.
Jones rides the veteran Kirby Park Irish Gaelic Jester, the Equus caballus on whom she won her Olympic medal, too every bit good a squad bronze at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games too 4 FEI World Cup Eventing competitions. The diminutive greyness gelding is at in i trial 19. Both Rose too Jones made Australia’s London 2012 squad every bit reserves, exactly the mounts of both were ruled out alongside injury.
There are vii CCI4* first-timers, i of whom volition produce got abode the HSBC Training Bursary worth $US1000 for the best CCI4* début. One of the grouping is Craig Barrett, hubby of the Australian squad jitney Prue Barrett, riding Sandhills Brillaire too Wendela Jamie.
The all Australian champaign volition come upwards earlier a Ground Jury led past times Christian Landolt (SUI) every bit president, who is joined past times Marilyn Payne (USA) too Vicky Brydon (AUS). Alec Lochore (GBR), who directed the Eventing contest at the London 2012 Olympic Games, volition deed every bit Technical Delegate.
The event, directed past times double Olympic gilt medalist Gill Rolton, literally stops the traffic, every bit the cross-country takes house inward the metropolis centre, inward Victoria Park, where Course Designer Wayne Copping is certain to produce got built around other spectacular thriller.
HSBC FEI Classics 2012/2013 Standings
1 Andrew Nicholson (NZL) xv points
ii Jonathan Paget (NZL) 12
three Michael Jung (GER) 10
4 William Fox-Pitt (GBR) 8
five Nicolas Astier (FRA) 5
half dozen Caroline Powell (NZL) 3
7 Richard Jones (GBR) 2
8 Gemma Tattersall (GBR) 1
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