World Jumping Challenge proves a tough contest
The twelfth annual FEI World Jumping Challenge Final 2013 came to an exciting determination on Lord's Day at the Caracas Country Club inwards Venezuela where Isabel Sanchez from the Dominican Republic emerged victorious.
This year’s lawsuit attracted 21 competitors from 10 dissimilar regional zones, as well as sixteen federations were represented. The flags of Algeria, Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Libya, Mauritius, New Zealand, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Venezuela as well as Republic of Zimbabwe flew high at this really international event, as well as the action-packed five-day fixture saw a rattling unopen finish, amongst Thailand’s Siengsaw Lertratanachi only pipped for gilded spell Philippe Burckel from Republic of Mauritius claimed bronze.
It was the perfect birthday celebration for gilded medallist Sanchez who turned twenty in conclusion Thursday. The FEI World Jumping Challenge serial is opened upwards to riders of all ages, as well as the oldest competitor at this year’s lawsuit was 40-year-old Alt Lounis Brahim from People's Democratic Republic of Algeria spell the youngest was Tunisian 16-year-old, Amel Meziane.
Regional Events
Category Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 riders qualify at their ain regional events, as well as the in conclusion is ever staged outdoors as well as using borrowed horses. It begins amongst a warm-up shape as well as therefore moves on through ii qualifying rounds before the Consolation Competition as well as Semi-Final on the penultimate afternoon.
The number is decided on the in conclusion 24-hour interval inwards a challenging four-way change-horse competition. The format provides a truthful examination of horsemanship equally each passenger must chop-chop shape a proficient human relationship amongst an unknown mount, as well as must therefore demonstrate farther flexibility on the in conclusion 24-hour interval when horses are exchanged.
The serial as well as in conclusion are designed to render top-quality competition for less experienced competitors from remote regions, helping them to prepare their skills as well as guiding them towards positive hereafter interest inwards equestrian sport. Its success is highlighted past times the results achieved past times graduates such equally 2012 bronze medallist Emanuel Andrade from Venezuela who enjoyed only about other tremendous flavor at the Winter Equestrian Festival inwards Wellington, Florida (USA) over the past times winter.
Qualifiers
Partnered amongst Carnida Z, Isabel Sanchez was 7th inwards this year’s offset qualifier which was won past times 2010 champion Santiago Diaz Ortega from Republic of Colombia who also won the opening competition on his route to success 3 years ago. Riding Cachafaz, the 24-year one-time pipped Philippe Burkel from Republic of Mauritius past times most 3 seconds spell New Zealand’s Rebekah Van Tiel slotted into tertiary ahead of Singapore’s Janine Khoo. There were 3 eliminations at this early on phase spell Venezuela’s Gustavo Machado withdrew, but nineteen lined upwards inwards the instant qualifier inwards which Khoo came out on transcend amongst After Eight Z.
There were exclusively vi clear rounds inwards this competition, as well as Algeria’s Alt Lounis Brahim made a superb recovery from elimination the previous 24-hour interval to create a foot-perfect surgical operation amongst Rotterdam Z. The consistent Burckel lined upwards instant amongst Benala spell Van Tiel was in ane lawsuit over again tertiary ahead of Saudi Arabia’s Bader Mohamed Alfard amongst Oscar du Pin. Sanchez slotted into 8th house amongst only about other four-fault result.
Semi-Final
A win inwards the semi-final gave the eventual champion the adventure she had been waiting for. With growing confidence she steered Carnida Z habitation inwards the fast fourth dimension of 68.07 seconds to snatch pole seat while, yet again, Burckel was runner-up as well as when Khoo finished tertiary ahead of Lertratanachai it would hold out these 4 who would become through to the four-horse ride-off on the in conclusion day.
Paraguay’s Sofia Chaparro only missed out on a house inwards the ride-off when clear amongst Lendell but most 3 seconds slower than Lertratanachai. However the 17-year-old was rightly pleased amongst her ain surgical operation as well as that of the Equus caballus allocated to her. “Although lots of people idea my Equus caballus was difficult, I improved each 24-hour interval as well as I only brutal inwards dear amongst him!” Chaparro said.
The Farewell Consolation shape went to a three-way jump-off against the clock amongst a super-fast clear circular clinching it for Saudi Arabia’s Bandar Sami Binmahfouz as well as La atomic number 26 Falke ahead of Libya’s Georges Bittar (Too Much) inwards instant as well as Argentina’s Victoria Jiminez (T Star) inwards tertiary place.
There was also a national in conclusion for Venezuelan riders inwards which Leopoldo Paoli as well as Country Boy were convincing winners ahead of Noel Vanososte (Ida) inwards instant as well as Juan Andres Sauce (Tampa Graff) inwards third.
Change-Horse Final
Back at the abrupt end, the change-horse in conclusion began amongst clear rounds for all 4 riders on their ain horses. And Burckel was the exclusively ane to brand a error inwards the instant circular when swapping his ain Benala for Khoo’s ride, After Eight Z.
But amongst the tension mounting, Khoo was eliminated inwards circular 3 when partnered amongst Templario who had earned a house inwards the closing stages for Lertratanachai as well as who had jumped clear for both the Thai passenger as well as Sanchez. Burckel began to skid amongst only a unmarried debate downward amongst Sanchez’s Carnida Z, but Lertratanachai stood trouble solid amongst only about other clear, this fourth dimension partnering Khoo’s After Eight Z. So the Thai passenger as well as Sanchez were on score pegging going into the quaternary as well as in conclusion circular carrying nix scores.
And inwards the halt it was therefore rattling close, a jump-off betwixt these ii prevented exclusively past times the unmarried fourth dimension fault collected past times Lertratanachi on her in conclusion tour of the runway amongst Sanchez’s week-long partner, Carnida Z. This fourth dimension Sanchez rode Khoo’s After Eight Z and, again, breezed habitation amongst only about other fault-free drive to seal it, her fourth dimension of 53.48 seconds most ii seconds quicker than that of her Thai rival. Burckel picked upwards viii faults amongst Templario, but this was nonetheless proficient plenty for bronze equally his finishing sum was sixteen while, despite a superb recovery when steering Benala habitation clear at her in conclusion attempt, Khoo finished exterior the medals due to her before elimination.
The Best Horse honour went to the vivid Benala who stayed clear for all 4 riders on the in conclusion day.
Tunisia’s Amel Meziane was awarded the prize for the most pop passenger past times her swain competitors as well as said it was “a wonderful surprise – I am actually happy!”.
The Course Designer was Hossein Shafiee from Iran.
Jacqueline Braissant, FEI Solidarity Director attended the lawsuit as well as said that for the offset fourth dimension inwards the history of the vi Finals that get got been staged, one-half of the participants were juniors, betwixt sixteen as well as twenty years of age, as well as amid them were xi girls.
“Most of these immature riders are rattling active. Some of them are on their agency to qualifying for the Youth Olympic Games 2014, only about are aiming at the Bolivarian Games inwards Republic of Peru 2013 or the Central American as well as Caribbean Area Games inwards 2014. They showed a rattling high character of riding. It is also to hold out noted that many of the coaches accompanying these riders went through the FEI Coach Education Programme,” she said.
FEI World Jumping Challenge Final 2013:
GOLD – Isabel Sanchez (DOM);
SILVER – Siengsaw Lertratanachi (THA);
BRONZE – Philippe Burckel (MRI).
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