Outsider takes out last World Cup leg
When David Will wakes upwards on the morn of his 25th birthday on Thursday, he may soundless live scratching his caput almost what happened inward ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Kingdom of the Netherlands on Sunday.
Because although he is well-known on his national circuit inward Germany, together with contributed to his country’s victories inward the FEI Nations Cup at Linz, Republic of Austria inward 2011 together with at Wellington, Florida in conclusion year, non fifty-fifty he could receive got expected to move out the elite of the sport floundering inward his wake every bit he galloped to victory inward the in conclusion qualifying leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League series.
Following a nonchalant first-round functioning he went through to the nine-horse jump-off inward which he crushed his considerably more-experienced opponents alongside some other superb cruise some the track. He has only ane exceed horse, the grayish stallion Colorit whom possessor Klaus Isaak has entrusted to him for the past times year. But the vivid novel star passenger has broken into the large league after Sunday’s consequence which left Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander together with the brilliant Itot du Chateau having to settle for runner-up spot piece three-time Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping champion, Germany’s Marcus Ehning, finished 3rd alongside Copin van de Broy.
Ehning remarked afterwards that he wasn’t solely taken aback past times Wills’ winning performance. “I know David, he is a really fast passenger together with he has beaten me already a few times, thence this is non the first!” he said.
Will couldn’t enshroud his please however, hardly daring to believe inward what he had achieved. His seem of pure amazement as, ane past times one, his old superiors all roughshod brusque of his extraordinary target-time inward the jump-off said it all. “I wasn’t certain I was going to win until the really end” said the passenger whose career straight off looks assault a whole novel trajectory.
Ehning describing the first-round course of teaching laid past times Dutchman Louis Konickx every bit “very clever”. He said “it was actually fair, alongside neat distances, but horses had to live actually nether control, together with the in conclusion fighting was a chip of a joker”. But it was no laughing affair for the ii who made it all the means at that topographic point only to position it on the flooring – Finland’s Maiju Mallat alongside Urleven van de Helle together with reigning FEI European Champion Rolf-Goran Bengtsson from Sweden alongside Quintero la Silla who both seemed destined to brand the cutting into the timed round.
Konickx laid them questions from outset, together with the bogey terminal vertical was ever going to essay problematic, located only past times the entrance to the arena together with curving away at an uninviting angle. Time together with ane time again horses hung dorsum on the approach together with didn’t receive got plenty jump left to clear it.
Germany’s Ludger Beerbaum together with his promising nine-year-old, Zinedine, were foot-perfect all the means only to autumn foul of the 71 seconds time-allowed to choice upwards a unmarried punishment together with this proved expert plenty for 10th house inward the terminal analysis.
Sweden’s Malin Baryard-Johnsson laid the stride against the clock alongside a competitive pathfinding circular from H&M Tornesch who left all the poles intact inward 36.68 seconds. The commencement 3 fences remained the same, but the triple bar was followed past times a long run to the narrow vertical at fighting half dozen which was straight off jumped inward the reverse direction earlier riders turned across the exceed of the arena to tackle the double together with and thence cutting sharply dorsum to the novel vertical at fighting 16. From at that topographic point there was a formidably long gallop downwards the total length of the arena to the terminal Rolex oxer, and, bit to go, Will never flinched, looking the quintessential professional person every bit he shaved over a bit off Baryard-Johnsson’s fourth dimension when clocking 35.73 to the undeniable amazement of the crowd.
Two horses afterward the super-speedy partnership of Edwina Tops-Alexander together with Itot du Chateau looked laid to relegate the immature pretender every bit they curved closer on every turn-back together with angled the penultimate vertical. But the clock showed 35.84 seconds every bit they crossed the line, thence Will was soundless out inward forepart when Dutchmen Jur Vrieling (VDL Bubalu) together with Marc Houtzager (Sterrehof’s Uppity) each collected 4 faults. There were soundless 3 to larn every bit Ehning laid canvass on ane of his classically shine runs, but ane time again he was 0.95 seconds slower than Will, together with when Silvana HDC together with Frenchman Kevin Staut hitting the commencement chemical constituent of the double together with in conclusion human being in, the dwelling side’s Gerco Schroder, didn’t force New Orleans out of his comfort zone it was all over. Will would live the human being taking centre stage.
The unassuming 24-year-old, whose parents Sonja together with Martin run a riding schoolhouse at Chiemgau inward Bavaria, trains together with industrial plant alongside Dietmar Gugler who coaches immature riders together with produces horses from his equestrian centre nigh Frankfurt. Will has had Colorit for only over a year. “I got him in conclusion Feb together with our biggest win earlier this was inward the Grand Prix at Munich in conclusion year,” he said. “We were likewise 3rd inward the Riders Tour together with he is a neat horse, really consistent, together with he places inward nearly every Grand Prix he competes in.”
Will is heading to Nippon to compete adjacent week, “and my ambition is to larn every bit 5th passenger to some of the Super League shows thence that I tin essay myself together with larn to a greater extent than experience”.
FEI Commercial Manager, Frederique Martin-Baste, confirmed the consequence of the qualifying series, pointing out that although he finished inward 19th position, Rolf-Goran Bengtsson volition bring together his Swedish counterparts Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Henrik von Eckermann together with Jens Fredricson at the Rolex FEI World Cup Final inward Gothenburg inward a few weeks fourth dimension because Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander, who holds 18th place, qualifies from her ain region.
Result: 1, Colorit (David Will) GER 0/0 35.73; 2, Cevo Itot du Chateau (Edwina Alexander) AUS 0/0 35.84; 3, Copin van de Broy (Marcus Ehning) GER 0/0 36.68; 4, H&M Tornesch (Malin Baryard-Johnsson) SWE 0/0 36.78; 5, New Orleans (Gerco Schroder) NED 0/0 38.41; 6, Silvana HDC (Kevin Staut) FRA 0/4 36.31; 7, Steffehof’s Uppity (Marc Houtzager) NED 0/4 37.35; 8, VDL Bubalu (Jur Vrieling) NED 0/4 40.50; 9, Challenge V. Begijnakker (Ludo Philippaerts) BEL 0/8 36.34; 10, Zinedine (Ludger Beerbaum) GER 1 mistake inward commencement round.
Standings after Round 12:
1. Sergio Alvarez Moya ESP – 75
2. Christian Ahlmann GER – 72
3. Kevin Staut FRA – 72
4. Pius Schwizer SUI – 70
5. Luciana Diniz POR – 61
6. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum GER – 60
7. Marcus Ehning GER – 59
8. Edwina Tops-Alexander AUS – 54
9. Malin Baryard-Johnsson SWE – 53
10. Denis Lynch IRL – 53
11. Marc Houtzager NED – 51
12. Henrik von Eckermann SWE – 50
13. Jens Fredricson SWE – 48
14. Gerco Schroder NED – 48
15. Penelope Leprevost FRA – 48
16. Roger-Yves Bost FRA – 47
17. Hans-Dieter Dreher GER – 46
18. Steve Guerdat SUI – 44
19. Rolf-Goran Bengtsson SWE – 43
20. Nick Skelton GBR – 37
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