Swedish riders set sights on World Cup final
Henrik von Eckermann secured an of import get-go win inward the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping serial when coming out on travel past times inward the 8th leg of the 2012/2013 Western European League at Mechelen inward Kingdom of Belgium on Sunday.
And it was a especially skillful solar daytime for Swedish riders equally the 31 yr old’s compatriot Jens Fredricson finished 3rd behind runner-up Francois Mathy Jr from Belgium.
From a starting acre of 40, a total of ix made the cutting into the second-round jump-off inward which von Eckermann clearly demonstrated the qualities that saw High German legend, Ludger Beerbaum, offering him the chance to bring together his squad ix years ago. With neat skill, together with sharp judgement, the Swede steered Madeleine Winter-Schulze’s mare, Gotha FRH, to success over a jump-off class that tested balance, command together with turning skills. “I promise to hold the ride on her for a spell now!”, he said of the 11-year-old Equus caballus who has been campaigned past times Beerbaum inward recent years.
The Nekkerhal at Mechelen presents its ain unique challenges equally the arena is ninety metres long but exclusively 29 metres wide, leading to something of a conundrum for the class edifice team. But Lucien Somers came upwards with a clever 13-fence rail that included a double at struggle seven, consisting of a triple bar followed past times a vertical, together with a tricky triple combination at struggle 10 that had a tight two-stride distance betwixt the opening verticals together with and then a longer stretch to the oxer on the means out. The latter accounted for the largest divulge of penalties inward the get-go round, but when riders coped amend than expected at the double at 7 which was farther complicated past times a demanding distance to the next oxer, it turned out to travel the water-tray oxer at struggle 2 that was the adjacent most troublesome obstruction on the course.
A total of twenty horse-and-rider combinations faulted simply 1 time inward circular one, together with alongside them was the human being who currently lies travel past times of the Rolex World Rankings listing together with the Equus caballus with which he won the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping championship inward 2011, Germany’s Christian Ahlmann together with Taloubet Z.
Of the 12 Belgians on the start-list simply 2 went through to the jump-off against the clock together with it was Francois Mathy Jr who was pathfinder with D’Atlantique Royal. The daunting prospect of trying to outsmart therefore many of the large names who would follow him didn’t faze this 42-year-old who actually pose it upwards to the relaxation of them with a precipitous circular from his nine-year-old Darco gelding equally they broke the beam with a clear inward 35.89 seconds. Initially it seemed that mightiness non travel besides tough to beat, mainly because they had made it expression relatively easy, but the jump-off class asked for a snaking serial of tight turns together with many simply couldn’t cutting them tight enough. Fellow-Belgian together with one-time World Champion Jos Lansink hitting the FEI vertical at struggle 3 to offering no serious opposition but, 3rd to go, Jens Fredricson together with Lunatic looked actually quick exclusively to halt the clock inward 36.08 seconds.
Frenchman Kevin Staut eased upwards a footling after his exciting eight-year-old mare hitting the get-go of the 2 remaining elements of the triple combination, together with when Olympic champion Steve Guerdat gave it his best shot with the large grayness mare Nasa but was almost 2 seconds off the footstep together with then Mathy was looking amend all the time.
Next inward was von Eckermann however, together with it was all near to change. When he rode Gotha inward the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping qualifier inward Geneva, Switzerland in conclusion calendar month it didn’t quite become to plan, but this fourth dimension it was a real dissimilar motion painting indeed. The mare seemed to savour every moment, together with she kept a perfect beat equally she galloped downwards to the 2nd struggle to apace constitute a fractional payoff in that place earlier whirling circular to the FEI vertical together with swinging apace dorsum to the water-tray oxer that had claimed therefore many victims inward the opening round. Another neat plough to the oxer earlier the 2 remaining parts of the triple combination increased their fractional lead, together with the gallop downwards to the terminal triple bar saw them across the business inward 35.29 seconds to remove hold over at the travel past times of the order.
Great Britain’s Laura Renwick showed that she is emerging equally a forcefulness to travel reckoned with, producing a neat circular from the courageous Oz de Breve who broke the beam inward 37.00 seconds having swung a footling broad on roughly of the turns. But when both Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer (Verdi III) together with Frenchman Simon Delestre (Valentino Velvet) both left 2 on the flooring it would travel von Eckermann taking middle phase equally the prize-giving got nether way.
Thrilled with his result, the Swedish passenger has at 1 time firmly fixed his sights on a house at the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping terminal which volition remove hold house on his habitation turf at Gothenburg adjacent April.
“The goal for this flavour is the World Cup Final,” von Eckermann said afterwards, but he silent has plenty of run to do. “These are my get-go points, therefore I remove hold to larn roughly to a greater extent than to larn to the final,” he explained. And of class he volition demand a skillful Equus caballus to brand that happen.
Asked if he volition hold to ride Gotha FRH he replied, “that all depends on Ludger (Beerbaum) together with Madeleine Winter-Schulze, but it is real likely that I tin flame hold on riding her”.
He talked near the human relationship he has re-established with the mare, whom he rode throughout her half dozen together with seven-year-old seasons earlier Beerbaum together with then took upwards the reins. “I ever liked Gotha, together with to travel honest I’m to a greater extent than of a “mares” passenger anyway!” he said. “When she’s on my side she does a chip extra for me!” he added.
“One of my horses is in all probability sold, together with that is why Ludger together with Madeleine allowed me to ride her,” he continued. “This weekend I had a real skillful feeling with her. I rode her inward 2 pocket-sized classes together with she felt actually skillful inward the World Cup class. For the jump-off I know that I’m non the fastest rider, but Gotha is fast together with she tin flame plough therefore brusk that I could win hither – she was fantastic!” he said.
No dubiety he volition travel hoping to add together to the maximum twenty points he collected when the adjacent leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping serial gets nether means at Leipzig, FRG inward 3 weeks’ time.
Result: 1, Gotha FRH (Henrik von Eckermann) SWE 0/0 35.29; 2, D’Atlantique Royal (Francois Mathy Jr) BEL 0/0 35.89; 3, Lunatic (Jens Fredricson) SWE 0/0 36.08; 4, Oz de Breve (Laura Renwick) GBR 0/0 37.00; 5, Nasa (Steve Guerdat) SUI 0/0 37.77; 6, Estoy Aqui de Muze (Kevin Staut) FRA 0/4 37.55; 7, Cavalor Valentina van’t Heike (Jos Lansink) BEL 0/4 40.19; 8,Valentino Velvet (Simon Delestre) FRA 0/8 36.81; 9, Verdi III (Pius Schwizer) SUI 0/8 38.32; 10, Taloubet Z (Christian Ahlmann) GER 4/64.79; 11, Diablesse de Muze (Joe Clee) GBR 4/66.45; 12, Nuage Bleu (Pilar Cordon) ESP 4/67.13; 13, Cortez (Nicola Philippaerts) BEL 4/ 67.68; 14, Regina Z (Harrie Smolders) NED 4/67.91; 15, Vincente (Jessica Kuerten) iRL 4/68.04; 16, Magnus Romeo (Hans-Dieter Dreher) GER 4/69.08; 17, Bufero vh Panishof (Dirk Demeersman) BEL 4/69.48; 18, Hello Sanctos (Scott Brash) GBR 4/ 69.51; 19, Cabrio vd Heffinck (Olivier Philippaerts) BEL 4/70.53; 20, Challenge vd Begijnakker (Ludo Philippaerts) BEL 4/70.72.
Standings after Round 8 at Mechelen:
1. Sergio Alvarez Moya ESP – 75
2. Kevin Staut FRA – 69
3. Pius Schwizer SUI – 46
4. Roger-Yves Bost FRA – 39
5. Jens Fredricson SWE – 37
6. Christian Ahlmann GER – 37
7. Marcus Ehning GER – 36
8. Jeroen Dubbeldam NED – 35
9. Luciana Diniz POR – 33
10. Penelope Leprevost FRA – 33
11. Malin Baryard-Johnsson SWE – 32
12. Steve Guerdat SUI – 30
13. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum GER – 29
14. Scott Brash GBR – 26
15. Marc Houtzager NED – 25
16. Edwina Tops-Alexander AUS – 24
17. Denis Lynch IRL – 24
18. Hans-Dieter Dreher GER – 23
19. Maikel van der Vleuten NED – 23
20. William Funnell GBR – 23
21. Marco Kutscher GER – 23
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