€1.5m prize money lures best to Spain for Nations Cup final
Showjumping’s Nations Cup finally starts side past times side calendar week inwards Barcelona, Spain, together with the inaugural Furusiyya-sponsored lawsuit volition host horses together with riders from xviii countries.
When the Saudi Equestrian Fund pledged its back upwardly to the new-look serial during finally year’s FEI General Assembly inwards Istanbul, Turkey it marked a turning-point for the FEI Nations Cup Jumping concept, extending it from its traditional European base of operations to attain out to every province simply about the globe.
The four-year, €16m Saudi sponsorship package, together with the commitment of the FEI’s novel Top Partner, the Swiss watchmakers Longines who are Official Timekeepers for the series, convey broken novel the world together with moved the sport into an exciting novel era.
The world’s best showjumpers volition get together at the Real Club de Polo inwards Barcelona from September 26 to 29, to create upwardly one's hear who volition carve their names into the history books as the real kickoff Furusiyya champions.
And from the outset at Abu Dhabi inwards the United Arab Emirates inwards February, where Kingdom of Saudi Arabia together with Qatar qualified, to the finally leg of the European Division 2 serial at Arezzo inwards Italy simply 2 weeks agone where Brazil won through together with Republic of Austria clinched the real finally of the much-sought-after qualifying spots, it has been a rip-roaring kickoff season.
A amount of vi countries convey qualified from Europe Division 1 – France, Great Britain, Ireland, The Netherlands, Switzerland together with Ukraine – spell Belgium, Sweden together with Republic of Austria convey emerged from Europe Division 2. With the Earth divided into vi regions, the USA together with Canada qualified from the North America, Central America together with Caribbean Area region.
But for some countries it was less of a battle because, if the portion was non inwards a seat to phase a relevant CSIO, hence the qualifying spots were determined past times positions on the Longines Rankings. As a result, South America’s Brazil together with Republic of Colombia convey made the cutting spell Commonwealth of Australia together with Nihon volition stand upwardly for the Asia/Australasia region. Arab Republic of Egypt has declined the invitation to compete on behalf of the African region.
The activeness gets nether means with the Equus caballus inspection on September 25, spell the pull for order-of-go volition live staged on September 26. The kickoff of the 3 Final competitions volition live held on the 27th. It volition live a one-round bird over a 1.60m course of didactics built past times Castilian course of didactics designer Santiago Varela Ullastres, together with all xviii teams volition compete. Only the transcend 8 teams volition become through to Sunday’s finale.
The remaining 10 teams volition business upwardly on Sabbatum inwards the Team Consolation contest which 1 time again is a one-round 1.60m bird together with which offers €300,000 inwards prize money.
Sunday’s 3rd together with finally leg of the Final offers a massive €1,500,000 inwards prize coin together with is a one-round contest with a jump-off, if required, to create upwardly one's hear kickoff place. All nations start on a null score, together with with the added incentive of an additional prize pot of €200,000 which volition live every bit divided betwixt all those achieving a clear circular inwards the kickoff finally contest on Friday, and/or a fault-free endeavor inwards the kickoff circular on Lord's Day afternoon, it is no surprise that hence many of the biggest names inwards the sport are on telephone phone over this historic weekend.
In fact 10 of the transcend twenty riders from the electrical flow Longines Rankings volition live at that topographic point including World No. 1 Ben Maher from Great UK of Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland along with his London 2012 Olympic Games together with PSI FEI European Championships 2013 gold-medal-winning team-mate Scott Brash. What a hat-trick it would live if the British could add together the Nations Cup championship to their recent haul.
New FEI European Individual champion Roger-Yves Bost from France, volition non start his dandy mare Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois, because she has picked upwardly an injury, but the French squad however looks rigid with Patrice Delaveau, currently No. xiii inwards the Longines Rankings, together with Penelope Leprevost amongst the v French squad contenders.
The Australian side volition live led past times Edwina Tops-Alexander, spell the Austrian pick includes Dieter Kofler, Julia Kaysar together with Stefan Eder who worked hence difficult to attention clinch that last-minute qualifying spot inwards Arezzo. Like several other countries, the Belgians convey opted for novel faces with considerably older ones, 17-year-old Jos Verlooy having earned his spot with a spectacular performance at the recent PSI FEI European Jumping Championships 2013 inwards Denmark.
The Brazilians volition however live running on the adrenalin created past times their bright victory inwards Italy 2 weeks ago, together with with Rodrigo Pessoa together with Alvaro Affonso De Miranda Neto on board they may good show real tough nuts to crack. The Canadian side includes 2008 Olympic champion Eric Lamaze spell Daniel Bluman, who won the hearts of spectators at this year’s Dublin Horse Show, is a crucial fellow member of the Colombian side.
Ireland’s Denis Lynch together with Billy Twomey, Taizo Sugitani from Japan, Qatar’s Sheikh Ali bin Khalid Al Thani, 2000 Olympic champion Jeroen Dubbeldam from The Netherlands, 2012 Olympic Champion Steve Guerdat from Switzerland, 2011 European Champion Rolf-Göran Bengtsson from Sweden, Ulrich Kirchhoff who took squad together with private aureate for Deutschland at the Atlanta Games inwards 1996 but who straightaway competes for Ukraine, together with 2013 FEI World Cup Champion Beezie Madden from the USA – the cast of stars is an extraordinary one.
For the Castilian side at that topographic point is a unlike sort of pressure, together with they volition desire to seat their real best human foot frontward on abode ground. There volition live a lot riding on the performances of Sergio Alvarez Moya together with Pilar Cordon inwards particular. Meanwhile the Saudi Arabian squad looks formidable, with 3 members of their London 2012 bronze medal winning squad – Kamal Bahamdan, HRH Prince Abdullah Al Saud together with Ramzy Al Duhami – inwards action. They volition for certain desire to larn out their score on this initiative Final supported past times the Saudi Equestrian Fund.
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