Edwina and Itot claim Geneva World Cup leg
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Crowd favourite Itot du Chateau carried Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander to victory inwards the 6th leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Western European League serial at Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday.
The diminutive sixteen year showed precisely why he is such a huge favourite alongside earth all around the globe when he shell a glittering start-list, including xiv of the laissez passer on 20 inwards the electrical flow Rolex World Rankings listing in addition to the reigning Olympic, World in addition to European champions.
The large guns were out inwards force, but solely viii made it through to the instant circular jump-off. And the petty chestnut gelding led them a merry trip the calorie-free fantastic alongside a superb run against the clock that left Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya in addition to Carlo having to settle for runner-up spot ahead of Germany’s Hans-Dieter Dreher in addition to Magnus Romeo inwards tertiary spell host land representative, Janika Sprunger, slotted into quaternary alongside Palloubet d’Halong.
“This was thence special,” said Tops-Alexander. “Itot is inwards such peachy shape in addition to I actually wanted him to win hither inwards Geneva. He was already particular inwards the agency he jumped when nosotros were instant inwards the Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final on Friday, but to win the World Cup qualifier, inwards such a tough class, he is simply fantastic!” the 38 twelvemonth old passenger said.
The upshot has rocketed the Australian passenger upward to 10th spot on the serial leaderboard. But Moya, who was sharing pole seat alongside Frenchman Kevin Staut next the previous leg at Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany lastly month, has straightaway forged agency ahead of the remainder of the acre going into the adjacent leg at Olympia inwards London (GBR) inwards ii weeks’ time.
It was no twenty-four hr menses for the faint-hearted, alongside the first-round course of written report laid past times Switzerland’s Rolf Ludi demanding courageous, forrard riding in addition to plenty of horse-power. The double at debate 4 claimed plenty of victims every bit some riders tried to shorten their plough to it in addition to paid the price, frequently at the tricky planks at the instant element.
The next oxer was enormously large in addition to broad in addition to that also proved influential, but it was the the triple combination at debate vi that penalised the greatest set out – 12 inwards total from the starting acre of xl – alongside its real brusk unmarried stride betwixt the commencement ii elements followed past times ii real long ones to the oxer on the agency out. And alongside xiv fences on the course, the horse-and-rider partnerships were less than halfway circular the rail at this stage.
A looping business from the oxer at debate 7 to the wall at viii which was adorned alongside knockable dairy cows, in addition to and thence some other oxer at nine led to a sweeping turn-back to the narrow gate at debate 10 in addition to on to the massive triple bar at debate 11.
The H2O nether the oxer at 12 proved a distraction for some simply iii fences from domicile in addition to was followed past times the FEI vertical and, finally, some other large oxer to finish.
Adding farther clit per unit of measurement area over the tall, bold rail was the cleverly-measured time-allowed of 79 seconds that was perfectly achievable for those capable of jumping out of a rolling, forrard stride. But this was non a course of written report for taking a pull, or indecision of whatsoever kind, in addition to at that topographic point were iii retirements. Britain’s William Funnell called it a twenty-four hr menses afterward his gelding, Billy Angelo, took off a stride also presently at the triple bar, three-time Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping champion Marcus Ehning from Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany retired alongside Noltes Kuchengirl afterward lowering both elements of the double at debate 4 in addition to USA star, Richard Spooner, pulled upward afterward ii mistakes alongside Cristallo.
The USA’s Kent Farrington in addition to Uceko were i of simply ii horse-and-rider combinations to collect an agonising unmarried fourth dimension penalization to miss the cut. And the packed stadium of domicile spectators groaned inwards dismay when their hero, London 2012 private Olympic gilt medallist Steve Guerdat, produced a sparkling circular from Nino des Buissonnets solely to interruption the beam almost a half-second over the time.
It was a domicile runner who was commencement to larn against the clock, alongside Janika Sprunger in addition to her nine twelvemonth old gelding boy of the peachy Baloubet du Rouet, Palloubet d’Halong, setting the stair alongside a well-crafted but slightly cautious clear inwards 42.88 seconds. Germany’s Hans-Dieter Dreher in addition to Magnus Romeo shaved to a greater extent than than a one-half instant off that to larn into the Pb but even thence seemed to operate out the door opened upward for those who followed, in addition to when Ireland’s Denis Lynch in addition to Abbervail van het Dingeshof left ii fences on the flooring it was clearly even thence for the taking.
Tops-Alexander brought the contest to a whole novel score when adjacent to go. A peachy left-handed plough to the oxer at debate seven, which was straightaway halfway around the novel track, in addition to a potent run on to the oxer at debate nine was followed past times a real tidy turn-back to the narrow gate at debate 10, in addition to petty Itot’s deceptively long stride saw him good upward on the clock going downward to the penultimate triple bar afterward which the Australian duo galloped to the end vertical to race through the complete inwards 40.40 seconds to laid the novel target.
With 4 even thence left to go, in addition to every i of them speed experts, it seemed possible that mightiness live beaten, but reigning private FEI European champion Rolf-Goran Bengtsson from Sweden faulted alongside Casall La Silla when attempting to receive got a stride out to the oxer at nine. And the same debate claimed the chances of Germany’s Marco Kutscher in addition to Spartacus, spell Frenchman Roger-Yves Bost in addition to his Helsinki winner Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois had a temporary lapse of communication on the approach to the next gate for some other four-fault result.
Now solely Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya, winner at Verona lastly month, stood betwixt Tops-Alexander in addition to victory. And, armed alongside the old Nick Skelton ride Carlo, it seemed quite possible that this burgeoning partnership could oust the Aussies from the laissez passer on of the order. They gave it their best shot, but Moya’s stride adjustment on the run to the end debate saw them halt the clock inwards 41.64 seconds which would solely live goodness plenty for instant place.
The Castilian passenger wasn’t inwards the to the lowest degree down-hearted inwards the aftermath, knowing that he is already well-qualified for the end inwards Gothenburg, Sweden adjacent April. He gave all credit to the winning partnership of Tops-Alexander in addition to Cevo Itot du Chateau – “they were actually fast, in addition to I am real happy alongside instant place!” Moya said.
The winning passenger explained that she was “planning on 7 strides from debate i to ii but I didn’t quite larn it thence I idea I receive got to larn moving now, because I’m already behind!”. She admitted that she “took a large jeopardy to the large oxer (fence nine) earlier the skinny (fence 10) in addition to to the last” but pointed out that “I had nil to lose at the destination of the day!”.
Talking close her wonderful petty horse, who is even thence jumping thence superbly at sixteen years of age, Tops-Alexander said “it’s peachy to run into him even thence at the laissez passer on of his game! It’s actually slow alongside him, you lot simply remove to operate along him gibe in addition to well. He loves competition. When he comes into the band he feels the crowd in addition to he is actually happy to live at shows. At domicile he’s quite lazy!”.
Asked how it is that he tin forcefulness out out-run much bigger horses, she replied, “he simply has this actually elastic stride, thence you lot tin forcefulness out receive got him dorsum or enquire him to larn forrard thence easily. He’s thence goodness in addition to thence clever, in addition to he’s ever rooting for you, he’s thence very, real brave”.
She had non included the 2012/2013 Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Final inwards her schedule for adjacent spring, but thinks she mightiness modify her heed close that afterward the win. “I wasn’t planning on it, but I simply mightiness receive got to larn for it now,” she said. If she does, the remainder had improve lookout adult man out, because an on-form Edwina in addition to Itot receive got proven, fourth dimension in addition to again, that they are i of the most formidable horse-and-rider partnerships inwards the world.
Result: 1, Cevo Itot du Chateau (Edwina Tops-Alexander) AUS 0/0 40.40; 2, Carlo (Sergio Alvarez Moya) ESP 0/0 41.64; 3, Magnus Romeo (Hans-Dieter Dreher) GER 0/0 42.11; 4, Palloubet d’Halong (Janika Sprunger) SUI 0/0 42.88; 5, Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois (Roger Yves Bost) FRA 0/4 41.18; 6, Spartacus (Marco Kutscher) GER 0/4 42.48; 7, Casall La Silla (Rolf-Goran Bengtsson) SWE 0/4 42.73; 8, Abbervail van het Dingeshof (Denis Lynch) IRL 0/8 40.88; 9, Nino des Buissonnets (Steve Guerdat) SUI 1/79.54; 10, Uceko (Kent Farrington) USA 1/79.88;11, Verdi III (Pius Schwizer) SUI 4/74.91; 12, Cylana (Reed Kessler) USA 4/75.68; 13, Mylord Carthago (Penelope Leprevost) FRA 4/76.06; 14, Citizenguard Cadjanine Z (Gregory Wathelet) BEL 4/76.18; 15, Lennox (Luciana Diniz) POR 4/76.28; 16, Tripple X (Ben Maher) 4/76.68; 17, Zinedine (Ludger Beerbaum) GER 4/77.69; 18, Neptune Brecourt (Luca Maria Moneta) ITA 4/78.56; 19, Principal (Martin Fuchs) SUI 4/78.59; 20, BMC Utascha SFN (Jeroen Dubbeldam) NED 4/ 78.67.
Standings after Round 6 at Geneva (SUI):
1. Sergio Alvarez Moya ESP – 75
2. Kevin Staut FRA – 58
3. Pius Schwizer SUI – 38
4. Jeroen Dubbeldam NED – 35
5. Roger-Yves Bost FRA – 32
6. Christian Ahlmann GER – 30
7. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum GER – 29
8. Marcus Ehning GER – 28
9. Scott Brash GBR – 26
10. Edwina Tops-Alexander AUS – 24
11. Denis Lynch IRL – 24
12. Luciana Diniz POR – 23
13. Maikel van der Vleuten NED – 23
14. William Funnell GBR – 23
15. Marco Kutscher GER – 23
16. Hans-Dieter Dreher GER – 22
17. Jens Fredricson SWE – 22
18. Olivier Philippaerts BEL – 22
19. Penelope Leprevost FRA – 21
20. Manuel Anon ESP – 20
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