France wins team gold at European Endurance Champs
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France has over again won squad gilded at the FEI Open European Endurance Championships, but Jaume Punti Dachs kept the private entitle inwards Castilian hands when he won on Quran El Ulm.
The UAE’s Sheikh Rashid Dalmook al Maktoum won the Open European Individual gilded amongst Yamamah.
A amount of 87 combinations, including some of the world’s top Endurance talent, descended on the Most Hippodrome inwards the Czechia at the weekend to tackle a rail designed to exam the real best.
The 160km rail was set out across vi loops, amongst the offset travelling due east from the venue roofing predominantly agricultural province together with tracks, together with the 2nd 25km loop roofing like ground. The tertiary loop was the longest of all at 36km together with considered the toughest – heading away from the venue inwards a lollipop, it had many to a greater extent than changes inwards altitude. The quaternary loop was a repeat of loop 1, amongst loops 5 together with 6 – both 19kms long – encompassing the expanse straight unopen to the hippodrome.
The startlist made for some dandy reading, amongst the top 5 athletes inwards the FEI Endurance World Rankings competing inwards the Open Category. Notably absent from the plain of starters were Endurance legends Nobby together with Maria Alvarez Ponton (ESP), who of late gave birth.
The trial run for these Championships took identify inwards September lastly twelvemonth together with was won at 19.7kph yesteryear the UAE, amongst Bahrain taking second spot. The results at the offset vet gate indicated that this year’s Open Championships could live a repeat functioning amongst the UAE belongings the top iii places, closely followed yesteryear Bahrain together with Sultanate of Oman together with European nations Spain, French Republic together with Great Britain. Vet gate 2 saw piffling modify inwards the Open standings, but it did encounter stimulate inwards the European category amongst Spain, Poland together with Kingdom of Belgium looking stiff inwards the private category.
But, inwards the terminate French Republic was inwards fine cast to accept the squad entitle in i lawsuit over again amongst 4 of their squad finishing inwards the top ten. The team’s top iii results combined gave them a amount fourth dimension of 23:56:05, most 2 hours ahead of second-placed Kingdom of Spain which finished 2 hours ahead of Italia inwards bronze. The podium line-up remained the same for the Open Category Team Championships.
This was the offset senior Championships to encounter the novel formula pose into exercise that had worked then good at the Junior together with Young Rider Championships before this twelvemonth inwards Tarbes, France. Each acre enters 5 combinations rather than the traditional six, but at that topographic point is no longer whatever requirement to declare your squad of 4 addition 2 individuals. All 5 members of the squad tin post away live considered together with it is the best iii scores to count – but entirely these 3 combinations have a medal.
The contest proved to live a real technical i amongst a high release of horses beingness judged non stand upward for to proceed equally the stages unravelled. In the sew to the event, the weather condition had been mutual frigidity together with damp resulting inwards a wet, slippery track. But the weather condition turned on the twenty-four hours of the contest itself together with was warm together with humid. It was for sure a existent exam of endurance for all combinations together with tactical, careful riding was the requirement for the day.
Punti Dachs for Kingdom of Spain continued his authorisation throughout the twenty-four hours inwards the private European category, together with at the lastly vet gate had an 8-minute wages over entitle veteran Jean Philippe Frances (FRA), who finished on silver. The lastly podium spot went to Kamilla Kart (POL), who pipped Philippe Tomas (FRA) to the complete trace of piece of employment yesteryear only 2 seconds. This was Kart’s 2nd 160km complete amongst the talented Raila des Sables this year.
Punti Dachs’ 9-year-old stallion Quran El Ulm is an ever-consistent performer, completing every international contest started. It was hence the icing on the cake when they cruised to victory inwards the Individual European Championship at 20.88kph. Their incredible vet gate presentation times averaged at only 1.08 minutes together with appeared to give them the border over their remaining competition. Jean Philippe Frances’ grayness gelding Qrafik la Majorie is also incredibly dependable – the talented twain finished 13th inwards the Longines FEI World Endurance Championships inwards Euston Park (GBR) lastly year, together with Most was Frances’ tenth major Championship together with his 2nd podium finish.
In the Individual Open category, Sheikh Rashid Dalmook al Maktoum (UAE) amongst the 14-year-old mare Yamamah (formerly Kurrajong Concorde) – who placed 2nd inwards the Longines FEI World Endurance Championships lastly twelvemonth – took gilded later on a stiff lastly loop of 26.8kph, crossing the complete trace of piece of employment amongst a 17-minute lead. Ali Khalfan al Jahouri (UAE), who won the Open European entitle inwards 2011, finished amongst silvery on the 9-year-old bay gelding Farak. HH Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al Khalifa (BRN), who finished 2nd inwards the Championship trial lawsuit lastly year, was only 8 seconds behind together with took bronze amongst Dhab, who was originally bred inwards the Czechia – a rather apt return for this talented immature gelding.
Reporting: Anna Williams
Final Results
European together with Open European Team
Gold: French Republic – 23:56:05 (Jean Philippe Frances/Qrafik Al Majorie, Philippe Tomas/Quotien Persky, Melody Theolissat/Azelle de Jalima); Silver: Kingdom of Spain – 25:45:02 (Jaume Punti Dachs/Quran El Ulm, Laia Muixi Crusellas/Flying Tornade, Javier Cervera Sanchez-Arnedo/Strawblade); Bronze: Italia – 27 :45 :53 (Daniele Serioli/Pika de Cardonne, Melania Serioli/Cala Gonona, Carlo di Battista/Fonni).
European Individual
Gold: Jaume Punti Dachs (ESP) amongst Quran El Ulm (07:42:40 – 20.88kph); Silver: Jean Philippe Frances (FRA) amongst Qrafil Al Majorie (07:45:25 – 20.76kph); Bronze: Kamilla Kart (POL) amongst Raila des Sables (07:58:24 – 20.19kph).
Open European Individual
Gold: Sh. Rashid Dalmook al Maktoum (UAE) amongst Yamamah (07:24:44 – 21.72kph); Silver: Ali Khalfan al Jahouri (UAE) amongst Farak (07:42:19 – 20.90kph); Bronze: HH Sh. Nasser bin Hamad al Khalifa (BRN) amongst Dhab (07:42:27 – 20.89kph).
Gold – France: Franes Jean philippe, Tomas Philippe together with Theolissat Melody;
Silver – Spain: Punti Dachs Jaume, Muixi Crusellas Laia together with Cervera Sanchez-Arnedo Javier;
Bronze – Italy: Serioli Daniele, Serioli Melania together with Di Battista Carlo. © Gilly Wheeler/FEI
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