Luciana Diniz claims first 5* win in Zurich World Cup leg
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Luciana Diniz as well as Lennox stormed to victory inward a thrilling four-horse jump-off inward the World Cup jumping leg in Zurich, Switzerland yesterday.
The Brazilian-born 42 twelvemonth old was 2d to teach against the clock, as well as threw downward a target fourth dimension that proved impossible for the residue to catch.
It was a tough twenty-four sixty minutes menstruum at the component for the 39 starters inward the tenth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League series, as the statistics revealed. The tight time-allowed of 69 seconds caught out sixteen horse-and-rider partnerships inward the outset round, patch a amount of 8 had exclusively a unmarried debate downward as well as ii missed out on the jump-off with merely i fourth dimension penalty. For the 2d calendar week inward succession Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum as well as Bella Donna were with the latter, but their fifth-place finishing spot added 12 valuable qualifying points to the German linguistic communication rider’s collection, hence the three-time Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping champion at nowadays looks well-assured of a house at the Final inward Gothenburg, Sweden inward April.
But for Portugal’s Diniz, it was real much a red-letter day. “This is my real outset World Cup win as well as my outset 5-Star Grand Prix success – I’m real happy!” she said.
Many riders had difficulty inward establishing a beat over the 13-fence first-round rails designed past times Switzerland’s Rolf Ludi, with the triple combination at debate v as well as the penultimate double both proving especially influential. But for the USA’s Richard Spooner it all ended earlier it fifty-fifty began every bit the fifteen twelvemonth old Cristallo stopped twice, inward determined fashion, at the real outset debate for elimination.
From the London Bus wall at debate iv to the triple combination at five, which consisted of a vertical with a H2O tray followed past times an oxer as well as and hence to a greater extent than or less other water-tray vertical, the pressure level mounted. Some horses found the bending trouble from fences half dozen to 8 a chip of a puzzle, ofttimes doing a double-take at the hedgerow filler inward the rustic oxer at vii exclusively to honour it a long stretch on 3 strides to the next oxer.
The four-stride distance from the oxer at debate 10 to the flimsy white planks at debate 11 required command as well as accuracy every bit 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping champion, Switzerland’s Beat Mandli, found out when he checked his thirteen twelvemonth old horse, Louis, betwixt the ii fences exclusively to grind to a halt when the stride completely disappeared.
And the rails was relentless correct to the real end, the approach to the penultimate double, oxer to vertical, non quite working out for a large disclose of runners along with the belongings v strides to the lastly upright.
It was Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann as well as Gotha FRH, winners at Mechelen inward Kingdom of Belgium inward December, who were outset to honour the fundamental to the course, but to a greater extent than or less other 10 took their plough earlier Diniz as well as Lennox followed suit. And when, inward the closing stages, World No. 1 as well as lastly week’s winner inward Leipzig, Germany’s Christian Ahlmann went clear with Codex One he was directly joined inward the select grouping of foot-perfect performers past times reigning FEI European Jumping Champion, Rolf-Goran Bengtsson from Sweden partnering Casall la Silla.
Von Eckermann led the means against the clock, but the 31-year-old Swede, who has established a bully partnership with the sometime Ludger Beerbaum ride, made an awkward plough to the London Bus wall, at nowadays the tertiary debate on the track, for iv faults inward 37.35 seconds.
Diniz took a to a greater extent than cautious approach here, but as well as hence galloped on to the remaining 2d chemical constituent of the triple combination earlier swinging swiftly left-handed to the double, as well as driving on fearlessly to the next vertical earlier sweeping left for the lastly long run to the oxer at 10 on the far side of the arena. The clock showed 35.17 seconds every bit she crossed the line, as well as it was clear she had thrown downward the gauntlet.
Ahlmann as well as Codex One seemed to receive got it all nether command with a confidence-filled circular that left all the poles inward place. But when the German linguistic communication pair posted a fourth dimension of 35.42 seconds it was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than obvious merely how quick the Portuguese partnership had been. And although, lastly to go, Bengtsson as well as Casall La Silla gave it their best shot, they were 0.13 seconds off the stride after their shine run as well as had to settle for runner-up spot ahead of Ahlmann inward third.
Diniz pointed out after that it actually was exclusively a affair of fourth dimension earlier she as well as Lennox would come upward up with a top-class result similar this one.
“Since the Olympic Games inward London nosotros receive got been placed inward almost every Grand Prix nosotros receive got competed in, except non inward Geneva, but nosotros receive got been real consistent for a long fourth dimension now, for almost ii years inward fact,” said the passenger whose career path into equestrian sport was all but inevitable. Her mother, Lica, won the Brazilian National Dressage Championship championship 8 years inward a row, patch her brothers, Andre as well as Fabio, are top-class polo players.
Talking nearly her human relationship with Lennox she said “we are both inward bully shape correct at nowadays as well as nosotros attempt real hard for each other, nosotros trust i to a greater extent than or less other as well as nosotros taste ourselves! He is a special Equus caballus with a lot of character. He tin teach a chip excited but that’s because he is trying hence hard to produce his best for us!”
She modestly insisted that she was “very surprised” to live quickest inward the jump-off. “I honestly didn’t intend I could beat out the others, non with Christian as well as Rolf coming after me because they are absolutely the best inward the world!” And at nowadays she is planning for the Final inward Gothenburg. “We receive got a distich of months at nowadays to ready for that as well as I’m looking frontward to it already!” she said.
There are ii farther qualifying rounds remaining inward the Western European League, at Bordeaux, French Republic on Sabbatum nine Feb as well as at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland on Sunday, 17 March 2013.
The oldest horses inward the contest were both 17 twelvemonth olds, Cevo Itot du Chateau ridden past times Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander as well as the grey, Principal, who is exclusively 3 years younger than his rider, 20 twelvemonth old Martin Fuchs of Switzerland.
The youngest Equus caballus inward was the nine-year-old Zinedine, who picked upward 8 faults inward the outset circular for Germany’s Ludger Beerbaum.
Result: 1, Lennox (Luciana Diniz) POR 0/0 35.17; 2, Casall la Silla (Rolf-Goran Bengtsson) SWE 0/0 35.30; 3, Codex One (Christian Ahlmann) GER 0/0 35.42; 4, Gotha FRH (Henrik von Eckermann) SWE 0/4 37.35; 5, Bella Donna (Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum) GER 1/70.15; 6, Roxy de la Reselle CH (Andreas Ott) SUI 1/70.16; 7, Nino des Buissonnets (Steve Guerdat) SUI 4/65.67; 8, Principal (Martin Fuchs) SUI 4/66.20; 9, West Side Van Meerpthoeve (Clarissa Crotta) SUI 4/66.71; 10, Sterrehof’s Tamino (Marc Houtzager) NED 4/67.13; 11, Albfuehren’s Paille (Alexandra Fricker) SUI 4/67.49; 12, Verdi III (Pius Schwizer) SUI 4/68.33; 13, Windsor XV (Niklaus Rutschi) SUI 4/68.72; 14, Castle Frobes Myrtille Paulois (Roger Yves Bost) FRA 4/68.83; 15, H&M Tornesch (Malin Baryard-Johnsson) SWE 5/69.16; 16, Cevo Itot du Chateau (Edwina Tops-Alexander) AUS 5/69.51; 17, LB Callas Sitte Z (Christina Liebherr) SUI 5/69.90; 18, Castlefield Eclipse (Paul Estemann) SUI 5/70.01; 19, New Orleans (Gerco Schroder) NED 5/72.92; 20, Urval (Victoria Gulliksen) NOR 6/74.52.
Standings after Round 10 at Zurich (SUI):
1. Sergio Alvarez Moya ESP – 75
2. Christian Ahlmann GER – 72
3. Kevin Staut FRA – 69
4. Pius Schwizer SUI – 62
5. Luciana Diniz POR – 61
6. Jens Fredricson SWE – 48
7. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum GER – 46
8. Roger-Yves Bost FRA – 42
9. Marc Houtzager NED – 41
10. Denis Lynch IRL – 41
11. Malin Baryard-Johnsson SWE – 40
12. Marcus Ehning GER – 40
13. Steve Guerdat SUI – 38
14. Edwina Tops-Alexander AUS – 37
15. Rolf-Goran Bengtsson SWE – 37
16. Jeroen Dubbeldam NED – 35
17. Henrik von Eckermann SWE – 33
18. Maikel van der Vleuten NED – 33
19. Penelope Leprevost FRA – 33
20. Gerco Schroder NED – 26
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