Swedish riders impress at World Cup leg
Baca Juga
Sweden’s Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven laid the crowd alight when claiming victory alongside her 10-year-old gelding, Don Auriello, at the 4th leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage 2012/2013 serial inwards her domicile town of Stockholm on Sunday.
And the host state had farther argue for celebration every bit Swedish riders clinched 3 of the top-five finishing spots.
Germany’s Kristina Sprehe together with her handsome stallion Desperados FRH lined upwards 2d ahead of Sweden’s Patrik Kittel together with Watermill Scandic HBC inwards third, spell immature Danish talent, Anna Kasprzak finished 4th alongside Donnperignon, pinning Sweden’s Minna Telde together with Santana into fifth.
The consequence is the perfect conclusion to a special calendar week for Swedish equestrian sport. Last Thursday, the Swedish Equestrian Federation marked its centenary at a gala level inwards Stockholm City Hall, alongside Queen Silvia every bit invitee of honour. And it was a specially special occasion for dressage guess together with honorary FEI Bureau Member Eric Lette, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Lette announced yesterday that he was retiring from judging duties, but that he volition stay inwards the sport inwards a supervisory capacity.
“I’m retiring because I desire to give precisely about younger judges a chance, together with because I intend it is amend for the sport if nosotros don’t involve keep besides many older judges withal inwards place,” he said. And he was delighted to live inwards a position, for once, to limited his pleasance at the success of riders from his ain country.
“I was actually happy to come across 2 Swedish riders on the podium today!”
Sweden already had the whip paw at the halfway phase alongside Sofie Lexner’s prissy exam from the gelding Charming Boy, leading the agency alongside a score of 71.375. Last into the squall earlier the halfway break, compatriot Charlotte Haid Bondergaard had a much less comfortable fourth dimension when Triviant, who was longlisted for the London 2012 Olympic Games, was besides bold together with rigid leading to his rider’s determination to retire towards the closing stages of their test.
Minna Telde opened the 2d one-half of the contest alongside an fifty-fifty amend score of 74.825 from the eleven twelvemonth old stallion Santana whose lite motility together with bouncy canter created a pleasant picture. And this yoke remained inwards front end despite a crowd-pleasing functioning from Norway’s Lilann Jebsen together with Pro-Set who were adjacent to involve keep their turn. This fifteen twelvemonth old stallion, formerly competed yesteryear Britain’s Carl Hester, showed ability together with a existent sense of run every bit he seat 74.000 on the board.
But fifth-last to go, Sweden’s Patrik Kittel together with Watermill Scandic HBC, precisely blew that away alongside a fabulous functioning that oozed serenity confidence together with a clear agreement betwixt Equus caballus together with rider. Seamless transitions, crisp delivery of each motility together with a superb sense of musical rhythm combined for a novel target-score of 82.175 that would non live slowly to beat.
Local man, 35 twelvemonth old Kristian von Krusentiema who runs the family-owned Agesta Gard Riding Centre precisely exterior Stockholm together with who is also Chairman of the Swedish Dressage Trainers Club, steered the stallion boy of the legendary Briar – Biggles – to a grade of 71.975 earlier Anna Kasprzak produced her challenge. And the immature Dane, who volition plow 23 adjacent week, continued her impressive run of shape alongside Donnperignon who, despite precisely about difficulty inwards piaffe, demonstrated enormous repose alongside a serial of transitions from i to two-time canter together with keen smoothness throughout his exam to slot temporarily into 2d behind Kittel when putting 80.125 on the board.
But Vilhelmson-Silfven had stamped her ascendancy inwards Saturday’s Grand Prix alongside a winning grade of 79.149, together with Don Auriello but sparkled i time over again on sun every bit he flung out his forelegs inwards flashy extended trot during a show-stealing performance. The 45 twelvemonth old rider, who has half dozen Olympic Games together with 7 European Championships nether her belt, produced lovely pirouettes from her 10 twelvemonth old gelding whose facial expression suggests he enjoys every minute of his fourth dimension inwards the ring, together with alongside a score of 84.700 they actually seat it upwards to the terminal competitor.
And Germany’s Kristina Sprehe together with Desperados FRH had to settle for runner-up spot for the 2d hateful solar daytime inwards row despite a rattling rigid exam that earned a grade of 82.175. “I had a practiced feeling today,” Sprehe said, “the canter was amend together with I actually similar my musical organisation which I involve keep been working on alongside my coach”.
For winning passenger Vilhelmson-Silfven in that location was a keen sense of satisfaction that Don Auriello had coped thence good alongside the intense atmosphere of the Ericsson Globe Arena. “He (Don Auriello) is getting thence much to a greater extent than confident. He has ever had a lot of “go” ability together with sometimes that tin live a occupation but I’m thence delighted alongside him today – it is our start fourth dimension to larn over fourscore pct together with I didn’t dare to believe nosotros could attain it, but nosotros did!”
She realised the domicile crowd was rattling much behind her, “and that was rattling nice” she said, but her innovation straight off is to pack her horse’s together with her ain bags together with wing alongside them to Wellington inwards Florida, USA where she volition compete betwixt Jan together with March.
“It is minus 10 degrees hither alongside snow, thence nosotros are going to escape,” she said. “To live able to compete inwards Florida during our European wintertime is fantastic. Wellington is made for horses alongside wonderful warm atmospheric condition together with an ideal surroundings – together with it’s non besides bad for people either! But I volition live dorsum good inwards fourth dimension for the Reem Acra Final inwards Gothenburg,” she added alongside a laugh.
The consequence has moved her upwards to tertiary on the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage 2012/2013 leaderboard which continues to live headed yesteryear Italy’s Valentina Truppa, spell Germany’s Kristina Sprehe lies 2d going into the adjacent leg at Olympia inwards London on xviii December.
Result: 1, Don Auriello (Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven) SWE 84.700; 2, Desperados FRH (Kristina Sprehe) GER 82.775; 3, Watermill Scandic HBC (Patrik Kittel) SWE 82.175; 4, Donnperignon (Anna Kasprzak) DEN 80.125; 5, Santana (Minna Telde) SWE 74.825; 6, Pro-Set (Lillann Jebsen) NOR 74.000; 7, Biggles (Kristian von Krusentierna) SWE 71.975; 8, Charming Boy (Sofie Lexner) SWE 71.375; 9, Hexagon’s Truman (Thamar Zweistra) NED 70.150; 10, Randon (Michal Rapcewicz) POL 69.350; 11, Soraya II (Stella Hagelstam) FIN 68.025; 12, Le Beau (Philippe Jorissen) BEL 67.950; 13, Donnerbube (Silvia Rizzo) ITA 66.025; 14, Triviant (Charlotte Haid Bondergaard) SWE Retired.
Standings after Round 4:
1. Valentina Truppa ITA – 52
2. Kristina Sprehe GER – 51
3. Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven SWE – 46
4. Marcela Krinke Susmelj SUI – 44
5. Edward Gal NED – 33
6. Anna Kasprzak DEN – 30
6. Patrik Kittel SWE – 30
8. Pia Fortmuller CAN – 28
9. Helen Langehanenberg GER – 26
10. Minna Telde SWE – 24
11. Sidsel Johansen DEN – 23
12. Karin Kosak AUT – 22
12. Anabel Balkenhol GER – 22
14. Stefan Peter AUT – 20
14. Marlies van Baalen NED – 20
14. Lyndal Oatley AUS – 20
17. Lillann Jebsen NOR – 11
18. Kristian von Krusentierna SWE – 10
19. Sofie Lexner SWE – 9
20. Silvia Rizzo ITA – 8
20. Thamer Zweistra NED – 8
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