NZ’s Nicholson jumps into Luhmühlen lead
Andrew Nicholson opened together with closed cross-country twenty-four hours at Luhmühlen with 2 perfect rides together with is forthwith inwards the Pb on Mr Cruise Control, the finally Equus caballus on the course.
Nicholson is also 6th on the pathfinder Rathmoyle King, but he got soaked inwards the middle of the twenty-four hours when Qwanza vicious on landing inwards the influential starting fourth dimension H2O complex, ground 4.
Zara Phillips (GBR), who is alone 1.7 penalties behind Nicholson inwards 2nd place, was the heroine of the twenty-four hours every bit a tearing tempest broke when she was midway circular the course. However, neither she nor her Equus caballus High Kingdom appeared inconvenienced past times the blinding pelting together with howling wind.
“It was a chip hairy close the destination of the course of pedagogy when I could hardly see, but I’m thence happy alongside the Equus caballus – he was listening to me for once!” said Phillips, who lost the silk on her helmet in the wind. “The hurricane was a chip interesting, alongside all the leaves blowing around, but the Equus caballus was fantastic. I pointed him together with he jumped.”
Kevin McNab (AUS), the human being who taught this year’s Badminton winner Jock Paget (NZL) to ride, is forthwith having his 2nd inwards the spotlight together with is 3rd on Clifton Pinot.
“I was lucky to instruct early on I think,” said McNab, who has left his Queensland domicile to receive got a patch competing inwards Europe. “My Equus caballus gallops actually good and, every bit my possessor was confident we’d instruct the time, I was nether orders.”
The travel past times of the leaderboard has been considerably rearranged. Dressage leader Ingrid Klimke (GER) retired subsequently Tabasco TSF tripped out of the DHL Paket Komplex (fence 4) together with ran past times the boathouse which was the concluding element.
Lucinda Fredericks (AUS), 2nd on Flying Finish, clocked 19.6 fourth dimension penalties together with is forthwith 11th. She explained that she together with Flying Finish were non fully check due to her beingness injured inwards a autumn inwards March.
“I’m out of breath simply running upwardly the colina here, thence today was a really large pace for me,” Fredericks said. “My innovation for the weekend was to receive got a skillful contest together with instruct a qualification. I’m simply pleased to hold upwardly hither together with am really happy alongside my round.”
Dirk Schrade (GER), 7th subsequently dressage on Edino, also retired subsequently a steering problems at ground 4. Peter Thomsen (GER), 5th subsequently the starting fourth dimension stage on Horseware’s Cayenne, incurred 22.4 fourth dimension penalties together with is forthwith 16th, and Kai Rüder (GER), 6th subsequently dressage, had a runout on the onward-bound stallion Le Prince des Bois at ground 28.
Andreas Dibowski (GER) together with FRH Butts Avedon are forthwith best of the domicile side, having risen from 16th to 9th alongside simply 3.6 fourth dimension penalties.
Like Nicholson, William Fox-Pitt (GBR) produced 2 clear rounds within the optimum fourth dimension of xi minutes xiv seconds, together with is forthwith 5th on Neuf des Coeurs together with 7th on Lionheart.
Jonelle Richards (NZL), Nicholson’s Olympic squad mate, was approximately other to destination on a build clean sheet together with is inwards 8th house on Flintstar. Jock Paget had to withdraw Bullet Proof before the cross province because of lameness.
There were 25 clear rounds, 10 of which were within the time, together with 34 horses completed.
The nearly surprising mishap was for the ordinarily foot-perfect combination of Nicola Wilson (GBR) together with Opposition Buzz. The dark gelding tripped inwards the H2O at ground 4, took off early on at the pace out together with tipped over the boathouse. Neither he nor his passenger was hurt.
Andrew Nicholson, the alone contender to receive got 3 horses, talked through his busy day. “I’ve alone ridden Rathmoyle King i time before, but Carolyne Ryan-Bell [his owner] has done a slap-up chore producing him together with it felt every bit though I’d ridden him for all of his career.”
He continued: “Qwanza didn’t hit anything incorrect when she jumped into the H2O together with I don’t intend I did. It was simply i of those things. So I had a shower together with dried my boots together with and then I got on Mr Cruise Control. He is really experienced at this score together with was a pleasance to ride.”
Nicholson, 51, who is having the best run of success inwards his long together with hardworking career, is forthwith inwards line of piece of job to win his 4th CCI4* inwards 12 months. This would greatly heighten his Pb inwards the HSBC Rider Rankings together with the HSBC FEI Classics, but he said he was “just going to alive for the 2nd tonight”.
• The alone serious accident of the twenty-four hours was the autumn of French passenger Emeric George together with P’tite Bombe at ground 12, a rounded obstruction topped alongside brush, inwards the primary arena where in that location were no other incidents. The Equus caballus was taken to a veterinarian hospital for exam where, sadly, the determination was taken to euthanise her.
P’tite Bombe was a 10-year-old anglo-arabian mare, owned past times the George family. She was past times the anglo-arab -selle français-cross stallion Tresor du Renom together with out of Miss Moon Beam.
Results subsequently Cross Country
1 Andrew Nicholson/Mr Cruise Control (NZL) 38.0 + 0 = 38.0
2 Zara Phillips/High Kingdom (GBR) 39.7 + 0 = 39.7
3 Kevin McNab/Clifton Pinot (AUS) 47.5 + 0 = 47.5
4 Andrew Hoy/Rutherglen (AUS) 46.3 + 1.2 = 47.5
v William Fox-Pitt/Neuf des Coeurs (GBR) 47.7 + 0 = 47.7
6 Andrew Nicholson/Rathmoyle King (NZL) 48.0 + 0 = 48.0
7 William Fox-Pitt/Lionheart (GBR) 48.2 + 0 = 48.2
8 Jonelle Richards/Flintstar (NZL) 51.5 + 0 = 51.5
ix Andreas Dibowski/FRH Butts Avedon (GER) 48.3 + 3.6 = 51.9
10 Marilyn Little/RF Demeter (USA) 53.5 + 0 = 53.5
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