European champs: Gold again for Charlotte and Valegro
All 3 Grand Prix Special medalists made mistakes inward their tests at the European Dressage Championships inward Herning, Denmark, on Friday, but Olympic champions Charlotte Dujardin as well as Valegro from Great United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland reigned supreme.
The litany of errors left spectators inward a province of near-disbelief.
Germany’s Helen Langehanenberg as well as Damon Hill claimed silver, spell defending champions Adelinde Cornelissen as well as Jerich Parzival took bronze for The Netherlands.
The drama began inward earnest amongst a error from Patrik Kittel who forgot his two-tempi changes during the rapid-fire Grand Prix Special test. The experienced Swede, who took Freestyle bronze at the in conclusion European Championships on dwelling turf inward Rotterdam, Kingdom of the Netherlands 2 years agone amongst Watermill Scandic, this fourth dimension rode 13-year-old Toy Story, who gabe an first-class occupation organization human relationship of himself until things all of a precipitous went awry.
Kittel said afterwards: “When I heard the bell telephone my heed flashed dorsum to Aachen this summertime where he slightly injured his lip as well as nosotros were disqualified. I got totally blank as well as thought, oh no, non here, non now, I nearly panicked! But when I realised I had only ridden the incorrect programme I went dorsum on automatic, although the error in all likelihood damage me my Freestyle spot.” As it happened, he was right, as well as he didn’t brand the cutting into Sunday’s Top-15 Freestyle, missing out past times 2 places when finishing inward 17th place.
He was followed past times Germany’s Isabell Werth who also didn’t larn the score she was hoping for. “I took besides much risk earlier the transition into piaffe,” she said after posting 71.890 amongst Don Johnson. “It was only a misunderstanding. Too bad but no tragedy. He’s exclusively xi as well as did dandy things inward there,” added the veteran who was a fellow member of Thursday’s gold-medal-winning High German team. It was fellow-countrywoman Kristina Sprehe who raised the game to some other degree amongst a grade of 79.345 amongst the super-handsome stallion Desperados FRH. And at that spot was a bustle of excitement when London 2012 Olympic squad gilt medallist, Carl Hester from Great Britain, followed her into the telephone amongst Uthopia.
A large score seemed to hold out on the agenda hither after the wonderful opening trot extension that earned 9.2, but in i lawsuit once to a greater extent than the Equus caballus lost concentration after struggling inward piaffe as well as when 78.497 went upwards on the board this partnership’s medal hopes were dashed. “The standards are therefore high that y'all must receive got risks. Uthopia was brave today as well as his extended trots were phenomenal. I’m rattling happy,” said the human whose risk-taking therefore oft pays off, but who had to settle for 6th house inward the terminal analysis.
It was when the terminal grouping of 6 riders got nether agency that things began to larn a trivial surreal. The battle was directly expected to hold out played out betwixt reigning World Cup champion Helen Langehanenberg riding Damon Hill NRW for Germany, Olympic double-gold-medallist Charlotte Dujardin amongst Valegro for Great Britain, defending Grand Prix Special as well as Freestyle European champion Adelinde Cornelissen amongst Jerich Parzival for The Netherlands, as well as her Dutch colleague Edward Gal who was the star of the 2009 European Championships fixture at Windsor inward London amongst the super-stallion Totilas, but is directly amongst Glock’s Undercover.
Langehanenberg was 2nd to larn of the terminal grouping as well as was looking skilful until, towards the rattling halt of the exam when she should receive got been en road to Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 for her march upwards the centre line, she veered across the diagonal instead, exclusively to hold out halted past times the judge’s bell. She punched the air inward frustration earlier re-grouping as well as getting dorsum on line. “That was the worst affair that could order as well as I am actually angry at myself virtually it,” she said inward the immediate aftermath. It should non receive got happened, but I am exclusively human. On the other paw I am rattling proud of Dami who did a dandy job.” He did indeed, because the distich withal went into a rigid atomic number 82 amongst a score of 84.330.
Next inward were Dujardin as well as Valegro whose record-breaking performance inward the squad contest has exclusively farther enhanced their already legendary status. And they were producing their trademark fabulous trot extensions earlier the passenger unwittingly began two-tempi changes where she should receive got started canter half-pass. It was the spectators who alerted the judging squad past times their gasps equally Ground Jury President, Isabel Judet, said afterwards. The crowd had hardly recovered from the surprise of Langehanenberg’s error when Dujardin followed suit.
The passenger looked stunned at first, but therefore apace pulled herself together as well as withal managed to boom to a greater extent than stunning piaffe earlier making her terminal halt. There was an air of amazement as well as confusion earlier a score of 85.499 went upwards on the board to position her into the lead.
Denmark’s Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein as well as Digby posted 73.353 earlier Cornelissen as well as Jerich Parzival took their turn. Perhaps inward the lite of the mistakes made past times their master copy rivals the defending private double-champions could trace something actually exceptional out of the bag. But when the Dutch duo made just the same error equally their British counterparts their score of 81.548 would exclusively hold out skilful plenty for bronze medal position. The crowd past times this phase were almost dumbstuck past times the agency the contest had unfolded. Gal as well as Glock’s Undercover finished only exterior a medal seat when earning a grade of 79.479, but all the buzz was virtually the bizarre serial of mistakes.
As Cornelissen pointed out, she made a similar error but withal managed to win the 2011 entitle inward Rotterdam. She joked that when she saw what happened to the others “I thought, to hold out sporting, I would attain the same!”
All 3 ladies managed to run across the funny side of it. Langehanenberg said: “I’ve made mistakes earlier – but non that one!” spell Dujardin explained “when I was coming downward to the warm-up I met Patrick Kittel as well as I asked him how did it go, as well as he said ‘I went wrong!’ as well as I said ‘Oh no!’. Then I heard that Helen had gone incorrect too, as well as I went ‘Oh no!’ I wasn’t thinking of that at all when I went into the arena, but coming into the corner I went into canter as well as I idea ‘Oh god!’ I looked across as well as I saw Andrew (Andrew Gardner, guess at B). Then it was quite hard to trace myself together, at that spot was therefore much noise. I knew I was inward problem amongst Carl (Carl Hester), but Valegro was great. I’m only delighted. I can’t moan virtually him today – he puts upwards amongst me riding similar a muppet! It was a illustration of pat the horse, sack the rider!” Dujardin said.
But her friend, trainer as well as mentor Carl Hester was far from annoyed amongst the error. He said after that her capacity to position such a large error behind her as well as therefore create to a greater extent than fantastic function from Valegro made him rattling proud.
Earlier inward the day, British squad debutante Michael Eilberg won farther praise for his riding might aboard the British bred Half Luna Delphi, equally the combination scored good for their passage as well as canter pirouettes. Their score of 72.857% as well as their 14th place ensured their spot inward Sunday’s Freestyle.
While at that spot was an air of amused jubilation at the post-competition press conference, at that spot was also a rattling poignant instant when Adelinde Cornelissen was asked what it felt similar to receive got some other medal only about her cervix after the hard summertime she has endured due to her horse’s ill-heath. Jerich Parzival underwent an functioning to address arrhythmia inward June, as well as his passenger attempted to respond earlier bursting into tears. The worry as well as tension of the past times few months spilled out, but therefore did her dandy affection for her horse.
The top fifteen finishers inward the Grand Prix Special receive got qualified for Sunday’s Freestyle which brings the championships to a close.
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