World Cup jump-off drama as Dreher prevails
Germany’s Hans-Dieter Dreher in addition to the stallion Magnus Romeo secured the biggest victory of their career together when they took out the World Cup leg in Bordeaux, France, on Sabbatum night.
In a dramatic eight-horse jump-off inward the 11th leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Western European League 2012/2013 series, they pipped the increasingly impressive partnership of Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann in addition to Gotha FRH for the honours, piece host state representative, Penelope Leprevost, slotted into 3rd amongst Nayana.
The lawsuit has also earned the winning passenger a spot at the lastly inward Gothenburg, Sweden at the terminate of April. “This volition live my commencement fourth dimension to larn inward to the Final, thus I’m really happy virtually that, in addition to my Equus caballus is inward super form!” Dreher said.
He described the first-round rails educate past times Italy’s Uliano Vezzani every bit “fair in addition to non also big”, but it sure enough presented plenty of problems for many of the 39 starters. As Leprevost said afterwards, “when nosotros walked the course of written report it didn’t appear also difficult, but amongst Uliano you lot ever know at that spot is something to remember about!”, in addition to thus it turned out.
Great Britain’s Laura Renwick retired Oz de Breve after collecting xx faults, in addition to Dutchman Jeroen Dubbeldam, winner of the opening leg of the serial inward Oslo, Kingdom of Norway lastly October, decided to telephone telephone it a hateful solar daytime when Utascha SFN Blue Planet to a halt inward front end of the commencement chemical component of the triple combination at fence 10. They weren’t the exclusively ones to come across problem hither when the right-hand plow on the approach didn’t convey them inward on a skilful stride. Germany’s Christian Ahlmann seemed to live cruising to a lovely clear until Codex One also stopped at the same spot. But piece the World No. 1 passenger merely patted the stallion in addition to continued on, French veteran, Michel Robert, chose to retire after dropping 4 fences amongst the mare Oh d’Eole.
Vezzani never stopped testing them the whole agency around the 13-fence course, in addition to almost every fence was dislodged at some phase during the competition. The describe from the oxer at 3 to the vertical of white poles at 4 seemed relatively innocuous but both obstacles brutal frequently, piece the next planks also saw plenty of activity before horses were turned downwardly the long side of the arena to tackle the triple bar at vi in addition to the double at seven. Ridden on a forwards 5 or belongings vi strides, the distance betwixt these 2 obstacles left many horses reaching for the 2nd chemical component of the double, and, 3 fences later, at that spot was also a long stretch for some to the lastly chemical component of the triple combination.
The oxer at xi had a minimal spread but striking the flooring regularly every bit it seemed to accept some horses past times surprise, including the lovely 10-year-old grayness stallion Cornado NRW, who bears a striking resemblance to his sire Cornet Obolensky in addition to who made his exclusively mistake hither inward an otherwise copybook circular for three-time World Cup Jumping champion Marcus Ehning from Germany. And the penultimate water-tray vertical also proved influential.
With 8 through to the race against the clock however, Vezzani could remainder assured that his course-design skills had delivered the perfect finale.
The jump-off began amongst a 12-fault lawsuit for Italy’s Emanuele Gaudiano in addition to Chicago, but von Eckermann followed that amongst a flawless circular from Gotha that actually ambit it upward to the remainder of them. Starting out over the triple bar at six, horses at nowadays had a long, at nowadays describe to the 2nd chemical component of the one-time double at 7 before turning left-handed to the vertical at 8 in addition to the next oxer at nine. H5N1 right-hand plow led to the lastly 2 elements of the triple combination, in addition to and thus it was on to the tricky oxer at xi before galloping almost the total length of the arena to the lastly oxer at 13.
The Swedish passenger seemed a petty cautious on his approach to the skinny oxer at 11, but every bit he permit Gotha float downwardly on her ain measuring to the lastly she broke the beam inward 34.77 seconds to educate the target. The USA’s Richard Spooner was side past times side inward amongst Cristallo who, merely 2 weeks ago, was eliminated inward Zurich for stopping twice at the really commencement fence. But the xv twelvemonth old gelding was inward a completely dissimilar mood this fourth dimension in addition to striking merely the i remaining chemical component of the double at 7 for 4 faults inward 34.94 seconds which would eventually live skilful plenty for 6th place.
Penelope Leprevost was the exclusively host-nation contender inward the closing stages, in addition to the crowd went wild every bit she produced a vivid functioning from the 11-year-old mare, Nayana, to slot inward behind Von Eckermann inward a fourth dimension of 34.92 seconds. Ireland’s Denis Lynch was significantly faster amongst the large gelding Abbervail van het Dingeshof, but their dare-devil gallop downwardly to the lastly proved costly every bit although the clock showed what would live the quickest fourth dimension of the day, 33.97 seconds, they collected 4 faults in addition to at that spot were at nowadays merely 3 left to go.
Next in, Dreher in addition to Magnus Romeo rose to the occasion. “As I began my commencement plow I realised my Equus caballus actually wanted to go!” he said afterwards. This duo lead keep an odd style, Dreher sitting dorsum over his fences piece Magnus Romeo reaches out amongst his toes every bit he carefully negotiates each obstacle, but it is a winning formula that has paid dividends many times before, in addition to every bit they educate the novel target at 34.25 seconds that was ever going to live hard to beat.
Second-last into the ring, Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer was understandably a petty careful amongst the talented 10-year-old Picsou du Chene, who is apace proving another cracking add-on to his novel string. Home in addition to clear inward 36.30 seconds, they were ever going to option upward some valuable points, but until lastly human being in, Gerco Schroder, took his turn, Schwizer couldn’t live quite sure just how many points that would be, in addition to Dreher could non live sure of the win.
Schroder’s stallion, London, had jumped spectacularly inward the commencement circular in addition to it seemed really possible indeed that the Olympic private silverish medal winning partnership mightiness snatch a last-minute victory. But the Dutchman, in addition to the packed stadium of spectators, were aghast when the stallion wouldn’t larn downwardly to the commencement fence, champaign objecting to something inward the corner of the arena in addition to spinning inward a circle before Schroder eventually sent him virtually his employment organization to furnish amongst vi faults inward 50.04 seconds. It would live Dreher’s night.
Talking virtually the Argentinian-born Magnus Romeo, the High German winner said “I’ve had him two-and-a-half years now, in addition to he’s a flake hard to ride, he’s a stallion in addition to you lot lead keep to permit him live himself, you lot cannot dominate him. But when he is inward the shape similar he was today, when he was fighting for me all the way, in addition to thus he is fantastic!”
Dreher likes Vezzani’s course-building style, “because my previous large win was the Grand Prix at Chantilly when he was edifice there”, and, he added, “ thus it seems French Republic is a skilful house for me!”
All of the transcend 3 riders said they liked the large gallop to the lastly fence. “It’s ever hard to detect the correct distance on a long gallop,” said runner-up von Eckermann who, similar Dreher, volition live making his debut at the Final inward Gothenburg.
Third-placed Leprevost, whose eight-year old fille won the Shetland Grand Prix at Bordeaux before inward the day, is hoping to accept Nayana to the lastly in addition to plans to compete at the lastly qualifier at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Holland side past times side calendar month every bit good every bit Paris along the way.
Dreher, who intends to accept things piece of cake amongst Magnus Romeo ahead of the final, is feeling confident after the win. “Uliano volition live edifice inward Gothenburg, thus I’m hoping I volition lead keep a existent gamble when I larn there!” said the rider, having recorded the biggest success of his career on the level of his 41st birthday.
Result: 1, Magnus Romeo (Hans-Dieter Dreher) GER 0/0 34.25; 2, Gotha FRH (Henrik von Eckermann) SWE 0/0 34.77; 3, Nayana (Penelope Leprevost) FRA 0/0 34.92; 4, Picsou du Chene (Pius Schwizer) SUI 0/0 36.30; 5, Abbervail van het Dingeshof (Denis Lynch) IRL 0/4 33.97; 6, Cristallo (Richard Spooner) USA 0/4 34.94; 7, London (Gerco Schroder) NED 0/6 50.04; 8, Chicago (Emanuele Gaudiano) ITA 0/12 36.04; 9, Nino des Buissonnets (Steve Guerdat) SUI 4/69.67; 10, Valentino Velvet (Simon Delestre) FRA 4/70.33; 11, Casall la Silla (Rolf-Goran Bengtsson) SWE 4/70.57; 12, Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois (Roger-Yves Bost) FRA 4/71.68; 13, Cornado NRW (Marcus Ehning) GER 4/72.24; 14, Spartacus TN (Marco Kutscher) GER 4/73.47; 15, Louis (Beat Mandli) SUI 4/73.83; 16, Old Chap Tame (Eugenie Angot) FRA 4/74.00; 17, Challenge vd Begijnakker (Ludo Philippaerts) BEL 8/70.11; 18, Carlo (Sergio Alvarez Moya) ESP 8/70.67; 19, Akita (Philippe Rozier) FRA 8/70.88; 20, Lacontino (Luciana Diniz) POR 8/71.59.
Standings after Round 11:
1. Sergio Alvarez Moya ESP – 75
2. Christian Ahlmann GER – 72
3. Pius Schwizer SUI – 70
4. Kevin Staut FRA – 69
5. Luciana Diniz POR – 61
6. Denis Lynch IRL – 53
7. Henrik von Eckermann SWE – 50
8. Jens Fredricson SWE – 48
9. Penelope Leprevost FRA – 48
10. Roger-Yves Bost FRA – 47
11. Hans-Dieter Dreher GER – 46
12. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum GER – 46
13. Marcus Ehning GER – 44
14. Steve Guerdat SUI – 44
15. Rolf-Goran Bengtsson SWE – 43
16. Marc Houtzager NED – 41
17. Malin Baryard-Johnsson SWE – 40
18. Edwina Tops-Alexander AUS – 37
19. Gerco Schroder NED – 36
20. Jeroen Dubbeldam NED – 35
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