Peters steals limelight as brilliant British take four-time gold
British riders dominated the podium at the FEI European Pony Championships 2013 inward Arezzo, Italy, where Phoebe Peters created a sensation when storming to victory inward both Individual too Freestyle Dressage, too Yasmin Ingham secured double-gold inward Eventing.
Germany topped the squad events inward Dressage too Jumping, piece Susan Fitzpatrick clinched the Individual Jumping entitle for Ireland.
A total of 159 competitors from 17 nations lined out, too the flags of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden too Switzerland adorned the showgrounds. Temperatures soared throughout the week, but ponies too riders coped admirably nether the Tuscan sun.
Arezzo Equestrian Centre has long been a favourite with senior jumping riders throughout the fountain flavor equally horses are prepared for their tough summertime schedule during the hugely pop Toscana tournament.
In a, literally, ground-breaking move, however, the venue expanded its potential with the creation of a construct novel cross-country course of didactics for this year’s European Pony fixture.
Designed past times Italy’s Francesco Finocchiaro the 24-fence rail stretched into the surrounding countryside earlier returning to a dramatic destination inside the famous Boccaccio arena. Bazzocchi designed the tracks for the Jumping Championships, too the character of contest inward all 3 disciplines was zilch curt of spectacular.
Dressage
Germany took the squad entitle for the 23rd fourth dimension inward the 27-year history of the Dressage Championships which were get-go staged at San Remo, Italy inward 1986. Kingdom of the Netherlands claimed silvery medal spot too the British stood on the 3rd footstep of the podium.
Britain’s Peters gave alert of what was to come upward when producing the highest score of the entire contest with SL Lucci, who achieved a grade of 77.795.
Germany already held the Pb at the halfway stage thank yous to first-class rides for Nadine Krauss (Danilo) who scored 75.692 too Sophie Kampmann (Voyager) who earned a grade of 75.513 on the get-go day. And although Semmieke Rothenberger too the neat Deinhard B didn’t demo their commons brilliance when scoring 71.846 the next morning, the High German side silent had the gilt inward their grasp earlier last-line rider, Hannah Cichos, extended their margin of wages over their Dutch rivals with 74.590 from Equestricons Lord Champion.
The High German total came to 225.795, with the Dutch combined score 221.513 piece the British posted 219.667. Fourth house went to Kingdom of Denmark (212.33) with French Republic inward 5th (204.000) too Kingdom of Belgium inward 6th house (203.700). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 total of xiii teams competed, with the British returning to the medal podium for the get-go fourth dimension inward 6 years.
After the squad medal ceremony, Ground Jury member, Freddy Leyman from Belgium, couldn’t disguise his delight with the degree of sport. “We are seeing all of the riders producing real high-quality performances. The measure simply gets improve too improve every twelvemonth too at that topographic point are thus many overstep combinations. It’s dissimilar for the judges than it was 5 years ago. Now it is a bigger challenge for us because the departure betwixt the riders is inward every petty detail” he said. And at that topographic point was a neat bargain to a greater extent than excitement to come.
Peters sensationally clinched Individual gilt ii days later. She threw downwards the gauntlet with some other fabulous examination that oozed confidence, grace, lightness too accuracy for a score of 79.049. Four of the 5 judges position her inward get-go house with a winning margin of simply over one-half a per centum holler for ahead of Rothenberger inward silvery with 78.463, piece The Netherlands‘ Lisanne Zoutendijk continued to print when clinching bronze with Champ of Class scoring 77.317.
British Chef d’Equipe, Liz Mills, said: “We were all hoping for practiced things hither because they (Peters too SL Lucci) receive got been thus very, real consistent. They won at Saumur too Compiegne – too at Vidauban they won 6 tests. In total they receive got won xi out of xv competitions inward the lastly while. They are a fantastic partnership!”
Peters has been riding SL Lucci for ii years too was on lastly year’s British squad at the European Championships inward Fontainebleau. Under the tutelage of Peter Storr, her partnership with her gelding has gone from forcefulness to strength.
Asked how she felt virtually her incredible victory, the 14-year-old passenger said modestly: “I’m truly pleased. Every fourth dimension I ask, Lucci gives me 110 percent, too he tries thus difficult for me.”
She was specially pleased with “the unproblematic changes, he’s real strong at that, too today they pulled the score upward again”.
She says she is inspired past times her trainer too past times the stunning Olympic performances of the British senior team. “Charlotte (Dujardin) too Carl (Hester) receive got paved the agency for us all now!” she pointed out.
While she was waiting to locomote inward the medal ceremony, her pony was standing sleepily, likely wondering if at that topographic point mightiness live a few extra carrots inward his feed that night. “He’s e'er similar this,” Peters said, “but when he goes into the arena he truly lights up, that’s ane of the neat things virtually him. He’s the best, he amazes me, too at that topographic point were things I could receive got done much improve today thus nosotros tin do fifty-fifty improve again!”
And she was correct virtually that, too. When it came to the Freestyle the span were inward a shape of their own, placing particular emphasis on their particular symmetry inward canter-work. The entire examination had a sense of calm cooperation, too equally they marched upward the pump occupation it was clear they were virtually to do some other sensation. The spectators gasped when a score of 84.000 went upward on the scoreboard – that was e'er going to live near-impossible to beat.
And thus it proved. With simply 4 left to go, Germany’s Sophie Kampmann too Voyager earned a grade of 77.875 earlier Zoutendijk too Champ of Class took their turn. And, equally Dutch Chef d’Equipe Tineke Bartels commented afterwards: “Champ of Class was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than friction match than yesterday. His examination was to a greater extent than fresh too he rode to a greater extent than uphill, too his mental attitude was real nice”.
The Dutch partnership was rewarded with a neat grade of 80.775 for silvery medal spot piece Germany’s Rothenberger too Deinhard B posted 80.625 for bronze medal position. Peters’ double gilt was all the to a greater extent than remarkable for the fact that British riders had never previously taken whatever private medal at the FEI European Pony Championships.
Ground Jury member, Susanne Baarup from Denmark, said the judges were all inward understanding virtually the overstep 3 riders, too echoed the sentiments of thus many of those who witnessed this amazing calendar week of pony dressage. “The measure is getting thus high, nosotros simply don’t know where it volition end.”
Jumping
In a spectacular battle that went correct downwards to the wire, Deutschland emerged to claim the Jumping Team entitle ahead of Great U.K. inward silvery too Republic of Ireland inward bronze medal position. At the halfway stage it seemed the defending champions from U.K. had it all sewn upward with the solely null score, but France, Republic of Ireland too Deutschland were all lying simply a ground behind and, inward the end, 3 second-round clears from Deutschland sealed it.
The French lost out inward dramatic vogue when last-line rider, Megane Moissonnier’s stallion Jimmerdor de Florys, stopped twice for a heart-breaking elimination that opened the door for the Irish. This was the 6th fourth dimension for Deutschland to accept Team Jumping gold. Their lastly victory was at Bishop Burton inward Great U.K. inward 2010 too their get-go was dorsum inward 1989 at Millstreet inward Republic of Ireland where Marcus Ehning, straight off ane of the most famous names inward the sport, was a fellow member of the winning side.
The British began to hold off vulnerable when pathfinders Amy Inglis too Lea du Genier hitting the middle of the triple combination at ground eight, but Emily Ward steadied the ship when next with a concentrated clear from King Mac.
However, when Faye Adams’ chestnut mare, the 14-year-old Some Like it Hot, position a human foot inward the H2O the flick began to modify again. By thus the Irish Gaelic looked good out of it next a double-error from opener Tim McDonagh with Imagine If One too 4 faults apiece for Matt Garrigan (Future Interest) too Killian Norris (Javes Alun).
In contrast, solely the opening High German partnership of Philipp Schulze Tophoff (Mentos Junior 2) made a second-round mistake piece team-mates Enno Klaphake (Pepper Ann), Justin Tebbel (Okehurst Little Bow Wow) too Lara Volmer (Carrick 13) jumped superb clear rounds to pile the force per unit of measurement area on the French too British inward the battle for the gold.
Tressy Muhr had opened the French second-round endeavour with 3 fences downwards with Qredo des Islots, but Jean Zhemal (Nymphe du Sud) too Ninon Castex (Quabar des Monceaux) were foot-perfect so, if Moissonnier could follow suit, thus they would live on level-pegging with the Germans too perchance the British.
But at that topographic point was a groan of horror when the French rider’s pony decided he had enough, get-go stopping at the vertical at ground 3 too thus in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than at the oxer at ground 5 to pick out their 24-hour interval to an end.
France would straight off receive got to count those 12 faults from Muhr, too of a precipitous the Irish Gaelic were dorsum inward the game because their lastly partnership of Susan Fitzpatrick too Rock Dee Jay produced a bright clear to larn out them on a total of 12.
It was straight off all upward to 2012 Individual Champion, Mille Allen, from Great Britain. If she could furnish without penalisation thus ane of the ii four-faults on her team’s score-sheet could live dropped too they would locomote inward a jump-off for gilt against Germany. But, equally Chef d’Equipe Katrina Moore said afterwards, “the H2O played a large purpose inward the British result”, too it wasn’t a practiced ane equally the judge’s flag was raised yet again.
There were a lot of moisture Germans inward the aftermath, Chef d’Equipe Peter Teeuwen get-go to live unceremoniously deposited inward the lake inward the Baccocchi Arena earlier his riders joined him. They all arrived into the post-competition press conference looking a petty less than pristine but with large smiles on their faces.
“I’m real proud of my riders too my ponies,” the winning squad managing director said. “We didn’t start thus good inward the get-go circular but inward the afternoon nosotros were improve too nosotros truly fought for the gold.”
British Chef d’Equipe, Katrina Moore, said: “We e'er knew the Germans would live difficult to trounce thus nosotros were non surprised past times how strong they were.” Looking forward, she added: “Now nosotros receive got 4 riders inward the overstep 12 going into the Individual Final too nosotros are real hopeful virtually that.”
And what a thriller the Individual lastly was, with Ireland’s Susan Fitzpatrick emerging to accept the gilt too a five-way jump-off for silvery too bronze. Denmark’s Jessica Toelstang held the Pb going into the lastly 24-hour interval with a null score followed past times Ninon Castex from French Republic (Quaber des Monceaux) carrying simply a unmarried penalty, piece the eventual gilt too silvery medallists were with the grouping of 8 pony-and-rider combinations who had 4 penalisation points each at this stage.
Castex took over the Pb when clear inward the opening circular piece Toelstang left a pole on the flooring too thus was sharing silvery medal spot with Fitzpatrick too Allen equally circular ii began, too some other 5 riders were straight off tied for bronze on 8 faults.
It was Fitzpatrick’s double-clear that clinched it for the 14-year-old from Country Kilkenny. Allen hitting the oxer at ground 4 2nd fourth dimension out, piece at that topographic point was a gasp when Toelstang too her 16-year-old mare lowered the 2nd ground moving both of these riders onto an eight-fault tally. And at that topographic point was heart-break for Castex who had already left a ground on the flooring earlier her stallion got into a muddle inward the triple combination too stopped at the lastly element. She circled too finished, but with nine faults on the board all her dreams of Championship glory had slipped away.
With the Irish Gaelic daughter straight off confirmed inward gilt medal spot, the five-way jump-off for the remaining medals began with a four-fault circular from High German squad gilt medallist Lars Volmer too his fabulous grayness stallion Carrick 13. There were 3 of the British silvery medal winning squad silent inward contention, too Amy Inglis was get-go of these to larn against the clock, but the middle purpose of the double roughshod for 4 faults.
Team-mate Emily Ward was adjacent inward with King Mac too produced the get-go clear inward 33.52, but Allen too Song Girl shaved simply nether a 2nd off that with a superb run inward 32.91 that clinched silvery piece Toelstang too her mare, Nikolina, breezed domicile inward 33.28 for the bronze.
Fitzpatrick, solely the 5th Irish Gaelic passenger to accept the coveted Individual Jumping title, thanked her trainer, Denis Flannelly, too all her back-up team. She admitted she had gilt inward her sights coming to these entitle with the 11-year-old gelding boy of Arko lll, Rock Dee Jay, who twice earned squad silvery for Republic of Ireland with Max O’Reilly-Hyland inward the saddle.
“I did promise for gold, but it’s difficult to believe I truly got it,” the Irish Gaelic daughter said afterwards.
Eventing
In bronze medal seat going into the lastly jumping stage of the Eventing Championship, all 4 British squad members went clear to destination on their dressage scores too snatch victory from the French who had to settle for silver, piece the defending champions from Republic of Ireland rose from 4th house to clinch the bronze.
Yasmin Ingham was crowned Individual champion when, lying 3rd going into the lastly day, the ii riders ahead of her both faltered. The Italian squad slipped from the reckoning when ii of their riders collected penalties, too 8 faults proved specially costly for Matteo Guidici (Mon Nantano de Florys) who dropped from silvery medal seat to destination 9th individually for the host nation. It was also a desperately frustrating 24-hour interval for Victor Levecque from French Republic whose stunning dressage too cross-country performances seemed to receive got laid him upward for the private title, solely to live denied past times a halt too a ground downwards on the lastly afternoon.
However, the forcefulness of the Pb he had established inward the Dressage arena was underpinned past times the fact that he was silent able to destination inward private bronze medal spot.
Meanwhile, a clear with Perle de Boisdelanouse clinched private silvery for his team-mate Marine Bolleret who was hovering simply exterior the medal zone inward 4th equally the lastly stage began.
On cross-country day, all 4 of the leading nations maintained their Dressage positions. The French had simply a 1.70 holler for wages over Italy inward 2nd house with Great U.K. simply over 4 points farther adrift existence closely stalked past times the Irish. The Germans were lying 5th equally the 24-hour interval began, but their chances were dashed when Anna Kamieth retired with Mr Harvey after a halt at the 3rd chemical constituent of the Roller Coaster combination at ground xi too Julian Wipperman was eliminated for a autumn from Chessy at the Steeplechase ground at eight.
The Roller Coaster, which followed the Water Splash at 10, produced some interesting moments equally the gradient on the landing side of the get-go chemical constituent seemed to accept some ponies past times surprise, too the nearby Hill too Boat H2O complex also proved influential, with refusals for 3 dissimilar riders at the get-go element.
However, it was the brush corner at 20, located inward the Boccacci Arena too jumped on a bending occupation next the previous drib into water, that racked upward the most penalties.
From the starting plain of 49, at that topographic point were 7 cross-country eliminations piece a total of 41 completed, too 27 added zilch to their Dressage scores.
Just 1.80 faults separated the overstep ii teams inward the lastly analysis, piece the Irish Gaelic finished 6 points farther adrift. Ingham (Craig Mor Tom), Rose Nesbitt (Carrowmore Gemstone), Libby Seed (Mr Vick) too Charlotte Bacon (Three Wells Breeze) completed with a tally of 142.20 to accept gilt for Britain, piece the French side of Bolleret too Levecque along with Yfke Bourget (Daijpour) too Marie Gagneux (Plume de Virey) posted 144.00 for silver. Ireland’s Shannon Nelson (Millridge Buachaill Bui), Lucy Latta (Nono), Donnacha O’Brian (Ice Cool Bailey) too Nessa Briody (Rathnaleen Dark Secret) registered 150.90 to force the host field off the medal podium past times a margin of simply 2.80 penalisation points.
The relieved Irish Gaelic Chef d’Equipe, Sue Shortt, said she was glad that her side had non lost out on the medals past times such a narrow margin. “I couldn’t receive got faced going domicile if nosotros had been beaten past times 0.7 percent,” she pointed out. Ireland’s Nelson finished individually fourth.
British Chef d’Equipe Sarah Hancox said: “We brought a real talented squad of 6 girls who receive got bonded into a neat team. They all achieved personal bests inward dressage too they all finished on their dressage scores.”
French Chef d’Equipe, Emmanuel Quittet, held a protective arm roughly Levecque during the lastly post-competition press conference. “I’m feeling real deplorable for him,” Quittet said, “but I’m happy for the effect inward the end.”
Italy’s Katherine Lucheschi, a fellow member of the Ground Jury for Eventing, praised the scheme of the entire FEI European Pony Championship fixture at Arezzo, too the flexibility too ingenuity shown past times the squad who made it all happen.
“When nosotros came hither on Tuesday nosotros were amazed past times the wonderful facilities. They had never held a three-day-event hither inward Arezzo, but Francesco Finocchiaro too his assistant Gianni Gusci Renzetti receive got done an amazing chore edifice the cross-country course of didactics from scratch, too the whole calendar week has been a wonderful experience too a neat success.”
Reporting: Louise Parkes
Results:
FEI European Pony Team Dressage Championship: GOLD – Deutschland 225.795: Danilo (Nadine Krauss) 75.692, Voyager (Sohie Kampmann) 75.513, Deinhard B (Semmieke Rothenberger) 71.846, Equestricons Lord Champion (Hannah Cichos) 74.590; SILVER – Netherlands 221.513: Hassendonck southward Sultan (Joelie Peters) 71.487, Champ of Class (Lisanne Zoutendijk) 75.821, Kingsley Ciske (Demy Kurstjens) 71.974, Dr Watson (Febe van Zwambagt) 73.718; BRONZE – Great U.K. 219.667: Valido’s Sunshine (Rebecca Bell) 66.128, Holsteins Derwisch (Rose Hugh-Smith) 67.795, Dynasty (Erin Williams) 74.077, SL Lucci (Phoebe Peters) 77.795.
FEI European Pony Individual Dressage Championship: GOLD – SL Lucci (Phoebe Peters) GBR 79.049; SILVER – Deinhard B (Semmieke Rothenberger) GER 78.463; BRONZE – Champ of Class (Lisanne Zoutendijk) NED 77.317.
FEI European Pony Freestyle Championship: GOLD – SL Lucci (Phoebe Peters) GBR 84.000; SILVER – Champ of Class (Lisanne Zoutendijk) NED 80.778; BRONZE – Deinhard B (Semmieke Rothenberger) GER 80.625.
FEI European Pony Team Jumping Championship: GOLD – Deutschland 4 faults: Mentos Junior (Philipp Schulze Topphoff) 8/4, Pepper Ann (Enno Klaphake) 0/0, Okehurst Little Bow Wow (Justine Tebbel) 4/0, Carrick xiii (Lars Volmer) 0/0; SILVER – Great U.K. 8 faults: Lea du Genier (Amy Inglis) 0/4, King Mac (Emily Ward) 4/0, Some Like it Hot (Faye Adams) 0/4, Song Girl (Millie Allen) 0/4; BRONZE – Republic of Ireland 12 faults: Imagine If One (Tim MacDonagh) 0/8, Future Interest (Matt Garrigan) 4/4, Javas Alun (Killian Norris) 0/4, Rock Dee Jay (Susan Fitzpatrick) 4/0.
FEI European Pony Individual Jumping Championship: GOLD – Rock Dee Jay (Susan Fitzpatrick) IRL 4; SILVER – Song Girl (Millie Allen) GBR 8/0 32.91; BRONZE – Nikolina (Jessica Toelstang) DEN 8/0 33.28.
FEI European Pony Eventing Team Championship: GOLD – Great U.K. 142.20: Craig Mor Tom (Yasmin Ingham) 44, Carrowmore Gemstone (Rose Nesbitt) 48.00, Mr Vick (Libby Seed) 49.20, Three Wells Breeze (Charlotte Bacon) 60.80; SILVER – French Republic 144.00: Perle du Boisdelanoue (Marine Bolleret) 45.20, Qualitat des Bourdons (Victor Levecque) 45.70, Djaipour (Yfke Bourget) 53.10, Plume de Virey (Marie Gagneux) 73.00; BRONZE – Republic of Ireland 150.90: Millridge Buachaill Bui (Shannon Nelson) 47.30, Nono (Lucy Latta) 47.50, Ice Cool Bailey (Donnacha O’Brian) 56.10, Rathnaleen Dark Secret (Nessa Briody) 77.80.
FEI European Pony Eventing Individual Championship: GOLD – Craig Mor Tom (Yasmin Ingham) GBR 44.00; SILVER – Perle du Boisdelanoue (Marine Bolleret) FRA 45.20; BRONZE – Qualitat des Bourdons (Victor Levecque) FRA 45.70.
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