Full steam ahead for three-discipline European champs
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All horses passed the offset veterinarian inspection on Mon ahead of today’s opening competition inward the PSI FEI European Jumping Championships at Herning inward Denmark.
Both Olympic champion, Steve Guerdat, together with Dutch star Jeroen Dubbeldam had to endure a tense hold off when their horses were alongside the few sent to the belongings box for re-examination.
Guerdat’s London 2012 Olympic golden medal winning ride, Nino des Buissonnets, together with Dubbeldam’s mare Utascha SFN each got the light-green lite from the veterinarian committee led past times Hans Schougaard on re-inspection. A total of 92 athletes from 22 countries volition competition the Jumping medals at this week’s ECCO FEI European Championships which, for the offset time, convey together the 3 disciplines of Jumping, Dressage together with Para-Dressage.
As park some of the jumping horses were on springs, together with the Italians had extra encouragement from an enthusiastic terrier who accompanied them equally they trotted upward inward front end of the veterinarian panel. It was a cool together with windy afternoon, together with Norway’s Victoria Gulliksen institute herself beingness towed past times her chestnut gelding, Urval, spell Switzerland’s Janika Sprunger also had some difficulty pulling upward a real fresh Palloubet d’Halong. Some of the mares were inward especially precipitous form, together with a real bossy Gotha FRH proved to a greater extent than than a handful for Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann, but she passed the inspection with flight colours and, no doubt, her passenger volition go dorsum inward accuse today.
Fellow-Swede together with defending Individual champion, Rolf-Goran Bengtsson, was his park cool self, together with his bay stallion Casall Ask powered his agency to approval. As the first-ever Swedish winner of the European championship when coming out on top inward Madrid, Kingdom of Spain ii years agone he has the weight of expectation sitting on his shoulders equally the activeness gets nether agency this week.
He said he’s pose a lot of idea into getting the remainder correct for his 14-year-old stallion inward the lead-up to the event. “It’s of import non to create equally good little, together with non to create equally good much – nosotros finished our innovation 3 weeks agone together with he is feeling actually good,” Bengtsson said.
Germany defends the squad title, together with despite the fact that the squad has undergone several belatedly changes they own got such push clit inward depth that they are withal probable to go the ones to beat. The withdrawal of Philipp Weishaupt together with Monte Bellini brought Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum together with Bella Donna into the side but the American-born High German passenger suffered a dorsum injury spell competing inward the Grand Prix at Dublin Horse Show terminal calendar week then Marcus Ehning together with Plot Blue own got been called inward to supervene upon them. German riders volition go chasing their 8th squad golden inward the 54-year history of the FEI European Jumping Championships.
Dressage Drama
Sweden’s Patrik Kittel withdrew his top ride, Watermill Scandic, from the Blue Hors FEI European Dressage Championship on Mon due to injury. The Equus caballus on whom he won bronze inward Rotterdam ii years agone was exercised happily inward the morn but was after institute to go unsound inward his correct foreleg. Following an ultra-sound scan it was decided the stallion should non compete together with equally a result. Toy Story is travelling past times route to supervene upon him.
It is a large blow to the Swedish side, but Chef d’Equipe, Bo Jena, said: “I at in i trial idea well-nigh Toy Story equally our reserve together with the determination was taken to carry him from Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany equally presently equally possible.” The Equus caballus is expected to acquire inward in adept fourth dimension for the First Horse Inspection at 9.30am on Tuesday. “Patrick took the province of affairs professionally,” Jena said. “These things spill out with horses, at that spot is never whatever guarantee but at nowadays he needs to rethink his strategy on how to run with Toy Story,” he added.
Para-Dressage
Today also brings the First Horse Inspection for the JYSK FEI European Para-Dressage Championship. While the Jumping together with Dressage activeness volition go played out inward the 10,000-seater MCH Arena, which is commonly habitation to Danish Superleague soccer squad FC Midtjylland, the Para-Dressage competitors volition compete inward the nearby JYSK Arena.
Danish Para-Dressage star Stinne Kaastrup was the centre of attending on Monday, together with the 18-year-old who took team together with private silvery along with Freestyle golden inward Grade 1b at the 2011 Europeans inward Moorsele, Belgium, talked well-nigh her prospects with her novel horse, Steffi Graf. She lost her bright footling New Forest pony, Labbenhus Snovs, terminal summertime together with struggled with a replacement Equus caballus that was 1.60cm tall.
But her novel ride, Steffi Graf, is “about 157cm together with she’s lovely because she simply wants to delight me,” Kaastrup explained.
“When I ride her I acquire the same feeling that I had with Snovs. She’s non the most flashy but she has a adept walk together with she actually wants to learn.” Kaastrup knows that after simply 4 months together at that spot may go some unrealistic expectations of what they tin accomplish this week. “But I don’t experience nether pressure, I experience people volition accept that into account. We’ll create what nosotros tin create for now, together with that volition go adept enough,” she said.
The Para-Dressage First Horse Inspection volition accept house today at 13.00 spell the opening Speed leg of the PSI FEI European Jumping Championship gets the existent concern nether agency at 16.45 local time.
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