Steve Geurdat takes second World Cup class
Olympic champion Steve Guerdat won the 2d leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Final amongst his London 2012 ride, Nino des Buissonnets, but it is Portugal’s Luciana Diniz as well as Lennox who handgrip the Pb going into Sunday’s deciding competition.
In a contest that bristled amongst excitement from the outset, Guerdat produced a devastating plow of speed inwards the 15-horse jump-off to clinch it, patch The Netherlands’ Marc Houtzager slotted into 2d place. Diniz’s 3rd identify complete was confirmed when Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson (Quintero la Silla), Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer (Picsou du Chene) as well as the USA’s Beezie Madden (Simon) all followed her into the band but failed to operate out the course of written report intact. It was deep disappointment for Madden after her opening-day triumph, but she trails Diniz past times simply a unmarried penalization indicate going into Sunday’s 3rd as well as finally leg.
There were 38 starters next the withdrawal of Hong Kong’s Raena Leung, as well as a generous fifteen clears were recorded over Uliano Vezzani’s first-round track. The double of vertical to oxer at debate viii proved the most testing of the xiii obstacles, as well as continued to play its purpose as the jump-off unfolded.
Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander as well as Ego van Orti led the agency against the clock amongst a clear inwards 42.10 seconds as well as Latvia’s Kristaps Neretnieks shaved 2 seconds off that amongst Monte Bellini earlier Ireland’s Denis Lynch lowered the kickoff chemical constituent of the double at eight, instantly the 3rd debate on the track, inwards a real speedy 38.33 seconds amongst All Star. The plow from the oxer at debate five, instantly 2d on the novel course, to that kickoff chemical constituent of the double would show crucial to the upshot as well as Germany’s Marcus Ehning was the adjacent victim hither amongst Copin van de Broy.
It was Frenchman Roger-Yves Bost who recorded the adjacent clear amongst i of his trademark thrillers from the equally-electrified Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois who broke the beam inwards 37.92 seconds to accept the lead. Belgium’s Ludo Philippaerts as well as Challenge V Begijnakker were almost a half-second quicker, but a stumble after the 2d chemical constituent of the double left this twain off repose as well as fifty-fifty though they established a shorter road past times turning betwixt the 2d debate as well as the 2d chemical constituent of the onetime triple combination – instantly the penultimate debate – he hitting the vertical after the double for 4 faults inwards 37.42 seconds.
Guerdat was adjacent into the band and, as he said afterwards, “my excogitation was to win. I knew if my Equus caballus was clear he would live hard to beat. The plow earlier the double wasn’t therefore proficient therefore that made it slow to create upward one's heed to reach the plow after it.” His breath-taking run to the penultimate oxer as well as his racing gallop to the finally Rolex oxer brought gasps from the crowd as the clock showed 34.09 seconds.
Try as they would, the repose simply couldn’t check that, although the adjacent passenger into the ring, Dutchman Marc Houtzager, came closest when breaking the beam inwards 36.80 amongst Sterrehof’s Tamino. The USA’s Reed Kessler (Cylana) as well as McLain Ward (Super Trooper de Ness) both had a debate downwards but, amongst simply v left to go, Frenchman Kevin Staut was clear amongst Silvana HDC inwards 39.23 seconds as well as and therefore Diniz followed adjust amongst Lennox inwards 37.22.
The crowd went wild as domicile hero as well as reigning FEI European champion Rolf-Goran Bengtsson ready canvass amongst Quintero la Silla, but they savage foul of the tricky plow to the kickoff chemical constituent of the double, patch Pius Schwizer momentarily lost his employment of communication amongst Picsou du Chene, as well as it terms him dearly when the gelding faltered after the kickoff debate as well as and therefore demolished the second. They also brought downwards the vertical third-last, as well as their nine faults inwards sum saw the Swiss homo who has been therefore consistent inwards the Rolex serial inwards recent seasons sideslip dramatically downwards the leaderboard.
First-day winners, Beezie Madden as well as Simon, looked cool as cucumbers over the early on purpose of the track, but it of a precipitous savage apart coming downwards to the second-last as well as although they cleared that, their frenzied run to the finally resulted inwards a real expensive 4 faults that saw them complete 9th inwards this contest as well as sideslip downwards the overall standings to 2d place.
But at that topographic point is therefore footling inwards it going into the finally day, amongst Diniz asset simply a single-point wages over Madden as well as Kevin Staut stalking the leading ladies roughly other indicate farther inwards arrears. They had improve all await out for Staut. He is a homo on a mission, as well as his please at roughly other fault-free functioning from his much-loved mare made his large grin fifty-fifty wider finally night. Bengtsson lies 4th ahead of Houtzager inwards fifth, as well as if Guerdat’s cast is anything to become past times as well as therefore he volition live a forcefulness to live seriously reckoned amongst as he holds 6th spot.
Guerdat talked almost his road to the final. “I messed upward the timing a footling bit. After the Olympics I decided to repose Nino as much as possible but mayhap I did it as good much. I took him to Bordeaux, Den Bosch as well as Lanaken, but unfortunately he lived upward to his graphic symbol as well as he wasn’t listening at all as well as started stopping on me. There was panic inwards the identify at this stage, but nosotros decided to accept him to Paris where he wasn’t as good proficient either, therefore as well as therefore I started riding him twice a twenty-four hr catamenia to instruct his confidence i time to a greater extent than earlier coming hither to Sweden. Yesterday he wasn’t perfect but he was actually proficient today. I’m hoping that nosotros are non coming correct i twenty-four hr catamenia as good late”.
Guerdat teased Rolf-Goran Bengtsson past times interjecting, when the Swede was asked if he felt large pressure level inwards front end of his domicile crowd – “he’s therefore old it’s no employment for him!”
Rolf laughed as well as agreed – “Steve is a footling fleck right, I’ve been hither therefore many times but jumping inwards front end of the domicile crowd gives me fifty-fifty to a greater extent than motivation”.
He volition ride Quintero i time to a greater extent than on Sunday. “He mayhap has to a greater extent than compass than Casall, he e'er wants to become clear fifty-fifty though he has a real exceptional agency of getting over his fences!” Bengtsson explained.
Scope volition live inwards large need as Vezzani throws downwards i finally challenge for Sunday’s finally two-round contest which volition create upward one's heed the fate of the 2013 Rolex FEI World Cup title.
Results:
Second competition:
1, Nino des Buissonnets (Steve Guerdat) SUI 0/0 34.09;
2, Sterrehof’s Tamino (Marc Houtzager) NED 0/0 36.80;
3, Lennox (Luciana Diniz) POR 0/0 37.22;
4, Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois (Roger-Yves Bost) FRA 0/0 37.92;
5, Silvana HDC (Kevin Staut) FRA 0/0 39.23;
6, Conte Bellini (Kristaps Neretnieks) LAT 0/0 40.23;
7, Ego Van Orti (Edwina Tops-Alexander) AUS 0/0 42.10;
8, Super Trooper de Ness (McLain Ward) USA 0/4 35.98;
9, Simon (Beezie Madden) USA 0/4 36.62;
10, Quintero La Silla (Rolf-Goran Bengtsson) SWE 0/4 36.81;
11, Challenge VD Begijnakker (Ludo Philippaerts) BEL 0/4 36.81;
12, Cylana (Reed Kessler) USA 0/4 37.83;
13, All Star (Denis Lynch) IRL 0/4 38.33;
14, Copin van de Broy (Marcus Ehning) GER 0/4 40.19;
15, Picsou du Chene (Pius Schwizer) SUI 0/8 43.53.
Standings going into Sunday’s Final:
1, Lennox (Luciana Diniz) POR 0;
2, Simon (Beezie Madden) USA 1;
3, Silvana HDC (Kevin Staut) FRA 2;
4, Quintero la Silla/Casall la Silla (Rolf-Goran Bengtsson) SWE 3;
5, Sterrehof’s Tamino/Sterrehof’s Uppity (Marc Houtzager) NED 4;
6, Nino des Buissonnets (Steve Guerdat) SUI 5;
6, Picsou du Chene/Verdi III (Pius Schwizer) SUI 5;
6, Super Trooper de Ness (McLain Ward) USA 5;
9, Carlo (Sergio Alvarez Moya) ESP 8;
10, Cylana (Reed Kessler) USA 9.
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