British riders quinella London jumping feature
A twelvemonth after the London Olympics squad gilt medalists Ben Maher as well as Nick Skelton were dorsum on the podium inwards the city, securing get-go as well as minute identify in the CSI5* Grand Prix, the headline shape of the weekend’s Global Champions Tour show.
The backdrop of the Olympic Park made the perfect setting for British athletes to ascension to the transcend of the leaderboard on Saturday.
The extraordinary British duel inwards the €450,000 Grand Prix jump off triggered ecstatic applause only about the packed grandstands as well as VIP inwards i of the close spectacular jump offs inwards the Tour’s history.
Twelve British riders including the showjumping squad from the London 2012 Olympic Games – Ben Maher, Nick Skelton, Peter Charles, Scott Brash as well as Tina Fletcher – fought off the contest inwards the first circular qualifier to arrive into the lastly 18.
Five British riders battled through to the lastly jump off, amongst lastly to become Ben Maher putting inwards the fastest clear of the solar daytime to scoop the win amongst the feisty greyness mare Cella. The 30-year-old from Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire whooped as well as cheered through the complete every bit he clinched the €148,500 shape yesteryear 1.27 seconds from Skelton amongst Big Star.
Maher said afterwards: “We don’t teach many opportunities to ride inwards this province against the transcend horses, then it is ever prissy to teach the hazard to plough over the best results inwards front end of the domicile crowd.”
He took some dramatic risks inwards the high stakes jump off as well as said: “Today everything paid off. I took risks but a Equus caballus similar that gives you lot then much confidence.”
Maher said the arrival of such a high calibre international 5* inwards London was long overdue as well as added: “This calendar week nosotros position on a expert demo as well as nosotros supplied actually expert sport.”
Maher won a Longines sentinel as well as €148,500 inwards prize coin amongst Nick Skelton receiving €90,000.
Germany’s Christian Ahlmann finished inwards 3rd identify amongst Britain’s William Funnel as well as Scott Brash filling the 4th as well as 5th spots respectively, Funnell amongst the homebred Billy Congo as well as Brash amongst Olympic ride Hello Sanctos.
The Longines Global Champions Tour is the get-go major equestrian trial inwards the upper-case missive of the alphabet this summer, as well as was a rigid reminder of the success from the 2012 Games which follows the path of legacy that these riders fix lastly year.
“The demo fix was fantastic, as well as to live dorsum inwards London as well as inwards a familiar setting amongst such success was similar reliving the Olympics to a dandy extent,” said showjumping surgery director Rob Hoekstra.
Event organiser Peter Phillips added that “it was crucial to live able to induce got the trial inwards London, peculiarly after lastly year. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 showpiece equestrian legacy trial agency a lot non entirely for the sport of showjumping but for equestrian every bit a whole.”
After the 4th leg of the 2013 flavour Luciana Diniz of Portugal is straight off on transcend of the overall ranking on 106 points amongst US passenger Laura Kraut hot on her heels inwards minute identify on 105 points.
Kraut looked every bit if she would clitoris off a back-to-back victory on the incredible Cedric but had 4 faults inwards the jump off. Christian Ahlmann’s 3rd identify puts him inwards 3rd on the entitle ranking on 100 points amongst Nick Skelton moving into the Top 10.
The transcend 3 are straight off closely bunched at the transcend of the entitle leader board going into the 5th leg of the serial inwards Cannes every bit the Tour moves to the French Riviera for the adjacent 2 events.
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