Britain beats the rain for Nations Cup leg win
The Brits triumphed over terrible conditions to tape their offset Nations Cup victory inwards 24 years at St Gallen, Switzerland on Friday.
Despite the fact that the minute circular was bypassed inwards favour of a four-way jump-off betwixt 1 example from each of the leading countries, it was a thrilling challenger to the real end.
The initial start-list read similar a “who’s who” of the sport, but, equally the heavy overnight pelting failed to stop, the High German squad decided to withdraw fifty-fifty though this was their offset nominated lawsuit for points-gathering inwards the 2013 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup series. And other sides opted for alternative horse-power, notably the Dutch who had sent their total London 2012 Olympic bronze-medal-winning side but who fielded a completely dissimilar quartet of horses on the day.
It was a tough challenge from the outset equally the remaining 7 countries battled it out over the rain-sodden track, but Laura Renwick together with Oz de Breve sealed it inwards agency for Great UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland with the quickest run against the clock.
For Swiss class designer, Gerard Lachat, it was a testing twenty-four hours inwards every sense. He modified his master copy class past times removing the opened upwards H2O at debate vi together with replacing it with a double, together with also past times changing the triple combination at debate ix into a double instead. In fact the class included iii doubles inwards total when taking into trouble organization human relationship the Longines oxer together with vertical at debate four. As it turned out, the replacement double at debate vi proved the bogey of the day, coming on a bending line from the previous water-tray oxer together with asking for a long unmarried stride betwixt its 2 elements. Of the 28 horse-and-rider combinations inwards the offset round, thirteen faulted hither together with oftentimes when they didn’t look to remove maintain quite plenty impulsion on take-off, leaving them with a real long stretch to the minute element.
Renwick was 1 of 5 to consummate the class costless of faults inwards the opening round, Swiss pathfinder together with offset homo into the ring, Pius Schwizer, doing likewise with Picsou du Chene along with Belgium’s Nicola Philippaerts (Cortez), Italy’s Luca Moneta (Neptune Brecourt) together with Ireland’s Cian O’Connor, who borrowed his Olympic private bronze medal winning ride, Blue Loyd, from novel owner, Canada’s Nicola Walker, for the day. And those clears proved pivotal for the Irish, Belgian, Swiss together with British teams equally they all completed circular 1 with an eight-fault total to part the Pb at what should remove maintain been the halfway stage.
With 12 points on the board, the Italians together with French were side past times side inwards line. spell the Dutch brought upwards the parent with a 16-fault scoreline.
With the temperature at nowadays downwards to 3 degrees, the pelting getting heavier together with black clouds dimming the lite fifty-fifty though it was withal alone belatedly afternoon on what should remove maintain been a summery Swiss day, at that topographic point were discussions betwixt the chefs d’equipe, the Ground Jury together with the FEI at the terminate of the offset circular which led to a determination to convey the challenger to a swift conclusion. All 7 of the chefs d’equipe requested that at that topographic point should hold upwards no minute circular together with that 1 passenger from each of the iv teams sharing the Pb would operate inwards a jump-off to gain upwards one's hear the result. And at that topographic point were withal to a greater extent than surprises inwards store.
Olympic champion Steve Guerdat was the alternative of Swiss Chef d’Equipe, Urs Groenig, together with he laid the measurement with a rigid clear from the 12-year-old grayness mare, Nasa, who broke the beam inwards 43.94 seconds to lay it upwards to the remainder of them. Next out was Renwick, but when a pole roughshod at the minute chemical cistron of the Longines double, which was withal the 4th debate on the track, it seemed her ameliorate fourth dimension of 43.38 seconds was inwards vain.
Belgium’s Gregory Wathelet together with Desteny van het Dennehof also dropped a pole hither inwards the slower fourth dimension of 43.70, but past times the fourth dimension terminal homo in, Ireland’s Shane Breen, laid off with Balloon on his four-fault run, it was already confirmed that Renwick had been clear. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pole had indeed striking the floor, but equally it was a lower 1 together with it didn’t comport on the superlative of the fence. She had clinched it for the British for the offset fourth dimension since 1989 together with would stand upwards on the podium with Brash Scott (Hello Whisky Mac) together with Guy Williams (Titus), who had both fallen victim to the minute chemical cistron of the bogey double at debate six, together with Joe Clee (Utamaro D’Ecaussines), who had provided Britain’s first-round discard grade of 18.
Renwick said instantly afterwards that she idea the mysterious falling pole may remove maintain been dislodged when her Equus caballus lost a shoe inwards the jump-off, together with video replay proved her absolutely right. The shoe flicked forrard together with pushed the lower pole out of its cup, but Oz de Breve never touched the fence.
“I’m real proud of my horse, together with delighted for the team” said Renwick, who also claimed the Furusiyya Rider of the Day award. “My Equus caballus felt bully inwards the offset round, the conditions didn’t look to bother him inwards the slightest together with he was bully minute fourth dimension out too, he simply jumped similar he ordinarily would,” she said.
Talking close her neat-bodied 11-year-old French gelding she pointed out, “he’s ever quick, he has a lot of blood close him”. They enjoyed the biggest success of their career together recently, “when nosotros won the Kings Cup at Madrid 5*, previous to that he won the 3* Grand Prix at Hardelot together with nosotros were 3rd inwards the 5* Grand Prix inwards Gijon terminal year.”
Based inwards Essex, England, Renwick spends a lot of fourth dimension on the route travelling to shows, but this was her offset top league Nations Cup. She is hoping to hold upwards selected for farther teams subsequently inwards the year, together with after Friday’s performance, British squad managing director Rob Hoekstra volition certainly remove maintain been impressed. Oz de Breve seemed unflappable together with jumped build clean together with clear.
Rob Hoekstra, described the twenty-four hours equally “ a weird twenty-four hours but a proficient twenty-four hours – for us it was the correct determination to operate inwards a jump-off, which was exciting; nosotros took a adventure together with came upwards trumps which is great. We’re stealing a few points away from others, which helps. It was the same for us inwards Rome terminal week, where nosotros didn’t remove maintain a proficient lawsuit together with others took the results, together with thence we’re happy,” he said.
According to the rules of the series, Deutschland cannot at nowadays qualify for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Final inwards Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain inwards September equally the squad cannot fulfill the qualification criteria.
With iii of the 8 legs of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Europe Division 1 serial at nowadays completed, the leaderboard is currently headed past times Switzerland carrying 180 points, with French Republic lying minute on 157.67 points together with Republic of Ireland inwards 3rd with 150.67.
Only vi of the 8 teams inwards Division 1 volition teach inwards through to the Final, but at that topographic point are withal 5 to a greater extent than events to teach inwards this top league, together with farther opportunities for the remaining countries to collect those all-important points at the iv qualifying events selected for this purpose. Under the novel format introduced this season, countries inwards both Europe Division 1 together with Europe Division 2 remove maintain nominated the specific events at which they volition hold upwards aiming for points.
The side past times side leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 serial takes house inwards Lisbon, Portugal on Friday, June 7.
Result:
1. Great UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland 8 faults, 0/43.38 seconds inwards Jump-Off: Oz de Breve (Laura Renwick) 0/0 43.78, Hello Whisky Mac (Brash Scott) 4, Utamaro D’Ecaussines (Joe Clee) 18, Titus (Guy Williams) 4.
2. Switzerland 8 faults, 0/43.94 seconds inwards Jump-Off: Picsou du Chene (Pius Schwizer) 0, Castlefield Eclipse (Paul Estermann) 4, Uptown Boy (Janika Sprunger) 9, Nasa (Steve Guerdat) 4/0 43.94.
3. Kingdom of Belgium 8 faults, 4/43.70 inwards Jump-Off: Desteny van het Dennehof (Gregory Wathelet) 4/4 43.70, Cortez (Nicola Philippaerts) 0, As Cold equally H2O ice Z (Judy-Ann Melchior) 8, Challenge v Begijnakker (Ludo Philippaerts) 4.
4. Republic of Ireland 8 faults, 4/43.72 seconds inwards Jump-Off: Blue Loyd (Cian O’Connor) 0, Annestown (Michael Kelly) 4, Ballymore Eustace (Shane Carey) 12, Balloon (Shane Breen) 4/4 43.72.
5. French Republic 12 faults inwards offset round: Topinambour (Penelope Leprevost) 4, Ohm de Ponthual (Jerome Hurel) 4, Myself de Breve (Marie Hecart) 4, Armitages Boy (Aymeric de Ponnat) Ret.
5. Italy 12 faults: Neptune Brecourt (Luca Maria Moneta) 0, Loro Piana Carlino (Lucia Vizzini) 4, Silverstras (Giovanni Consorti) 8, Loro Piana Lagerfeld (Roberto Arioldi) 21.
6. Netherlands xvi faults: Haerthago (Leon Thijssen) 4, Seoul (Gerco Schroder) 4, Sterrehof’s Opium (Marc Houtzager) 8, VDL Emmerton (Jur Vrieling) 12.
Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping 2013 – Europe Division 1 leaderboard after St Gallen:
1. Switzerland – 180.00
2. French Republic – 157.67
3. Republic of Ireland – 150.67
4. Great UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland – 143.67
5. Ukraine – 100.00
6. Netherlands – 65.00
7. Kingdom of Spain – 64.00
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