Bulgarians dominate Balkan eventing champs
It all cruel into house for Bulgaria’s Miroslav Iliev who claimed private gilt at the FEI Balkan Eventing Championships 2013 at Sighisoara, Romania finally weekend alongside a stand-out functioning on Lazuren.
At the 2012 fixture staged inward Eskisehir, Turkey, his medal chances were shattered past times 3 fences downwardly inward the concluding jumping phase, leaving fellow-countryman, Ivan Dobrev, to receive got the title.
But, this fourth dimension around, Iliev moved into the Pb on cross-country 24-hour interval too held on tight, spell Dobrev had to settle for silvery every bit the host nation’s Viorel Babau claimed the bronze.
A amount of viii riders from 3 countries battled it out for the 2013 private title, too at that spot were no squad medals distributed every bit entirely 2 countries – Republic of Bulgaria too Turkey – could champaign a amount side. According to FEI Rules, squad medals tin entirely hold upward awarded at Championships of this calibre “if at to the lowest degree 3 National Federations and/or Regional Teams are represented at the get-go Horse Inspection”, which did non come about on this occasion.
Sighisoara has rigid connections to Vlad lll, Prince of Wallachia, whose vehement reputation inspired Bram Stoker’s vampire grapheme Count Dracula. But the urban center is amend known every bit a UNESCO World Heritage Site because of the exemplary preservation of the features of a minor medieval fortified town. Its tradition of neat craftsmanship, too its authentic medieval architecture, receive got ensured its of import condition inside the region.
The FEI Balkan Eventing Championships are staged at CCI 1* level, too this yr the cross-country course-designer was Ireland’s Andrew Fell spell his brother, Peter, was Technical Delegate.
It was Turkey’s Kadir Celik who caput the payoff after the dressage stage when posting a score of 54.38 alongside Antalya, but Iliev was competitive from the outset when slotting into second, but exactly over a unmarried penalization indicate inward arrears, followed past times fellow-Bulgarian Svetlin Krastanov inward 3rd on 56.46 too Dobrev inward 4th having registered a grade of 57.50.
Cross-country 24-hour interval began alongside dainty conditions but it deteriorated chop-chop too developed into an unwelcome storm. The riders carried on regardless, too 3 managed to provide clear of cross-country fourth dimension penalties including Romania’s Viorel Bubau too Arcitic who had been lying 5th after dressage too improved to 4th going into the concluding day.
Meanwhile, Celik’s travelling steal on pole seat was lost past times the add-on of xx cross-country fighting penalities, too this allowed Iliev to receive got the Pb ahead of Dobrev when both Bulgarians completed their run into the venture obstacles alongside cipher to add. Having collected but 2 fourth dimension penalties, Krastanov was lying 3rd every bit the jumping stage began. And the bad conditions returned to add together to the examination on the concluding day, alongside driving pelting during the climax of the competition.
None of the ix riders managed to exit all the coloured poles intact and, alongside iv fences on the floor, Krastanov industrial plant life himself relegated from a medal seat to a frustrating 4th place. Bubau had 2 down, but that was nonetheless proficient plenty to motion upward too snatch the bronze spell Dobrev’s 2 errors ensured that it would hold upward Iliev’s plough to receive got the gilt when adding but iv faults to his tally. It was an impressive trial for the Bulgarians who filled 3 out of the plough over iv placings at the halt of the competition, spell all of the ix starters posted a completion score.
The Championship was staged every bit role of the Transylvania Horse Show, too despite the fact that the activity took house inward a rattling remote location exterior Sighisoara, virtually 2500 people turned upward to witness the excitement on cross-country day. Event Director for the demonstrate is the enthusiastic too energetic Mihnea Gabriel Virgolici, too the fixture was held on his farm which also hosts equestrian holidays too is situated nigh a hamlet called Prod which is abode to but 220 people.
“The remote nature of the expanse too the pure beauty of it is extraordinary,” TD Peter Fell said afterwards. “It is rattling rural, too horses too carts are nonetheless role of daily life for many of the people there. The setting is magnificent, it is inward a valley the Carpathian Garden, surrounded past times hills topped alongside trees, too the landscape is completely unspoiled. It was a compassion nosotros didn’t receive got to a greater extent than teams, because the squad contest would receive got helped to boost the Championships, but nosotros nonetheless saw a neat contest too Miroslav Iliev’s lovely grayness horse, Lazuren, actually stood out,” he said.
Catrin Norinder, FEI Eventing too Olympic Director, said she was impressed past times the Championships. “The organising commission did a neat labor too it is proficient for the percentage to receive got Championships similar these. In the hereafter nosotros promise that to a greater extent than regions, too to a greater extent than countries, volition receive got role so nosotros tin farther improve the sport inward the region,” she said.
FEI Balkan Eventing Senior Individual Championship 2013:
GOLD – Lazuren (Miroslav Iliev) BUL 59.42;
SILVER – Solaris (Ivan Dobrev) BUL 65.50;
BRONZE – Arcitic (Viorel Babau) ROM 67.38.
4, Nazir (Svetlin Krastanov) BUL 78.46;
5, Carnaval ll (Irimia Bogdan Constantin) ROM 89.37;
6, Antalya (Kadra Celik) TUR 90.38;
7, Zambo (Feri Simge Ozaltindere) TUR 117.70;
8, Akdeniz (Mustafa Sahin) TUR 186.80.
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