Kiwi trifecta at Burghley: Paget makes good on Promise
Jonathan “Jock” Paget stayed cool inwards the concluding few minutes of the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials to became the 5th New Zealander to elevator the laissez passer on prize at the British CCI4*.
Kiwi riders receive got won 12 of the concluding 26 Burghleys, but it’s xiv years agone that a passenger captured both Badminton together with Burghley inwards the same flavor on the same Equus caballus (Great Britain’s Ginny Leng on Master Craftsman).
Paget’s dual-winning mount, Frances Stead together with Russell Hall’s 16-year-old New Zealand thoroughbred Clifton Promise, an ex-racehorse, seemed to grow inwards confidence around Richard Jeffery’s jumping track. He hitting alone the concluding fence, yesteryear which fourth dimension the trophy, together with 3rd house inwards the HSBC FEI Classics series, was inwards the bag.
“I knew I had 2 fences inwards mitt going into the arena. Promise knows his project together with was jumping good inwards the warm-up, thus I drew a lot of confidence from that together with was quite calm. If I’d receive got had 2 fences downward early you lot would receive got seen me kicking together with flapping a lot more!” Paget said.
“I receive got altered a few piffling things amongst him this year, since my preparation amongst [European Champion] Michael Jung, together with instantly give him a piffling to a greater extent than room inwards front end of fences. “It’s truly alone simply sinking inwards that I’ve won Badminton, allow lone Burghley, but I know that it’s a real especial achievement,” Paget said.
“He has ever meant everything to me. I receive got been riding him for almost half-dozen years instantly together with he is the root Equus caballus I won something large on.”
Clifton Lush, the Equus caballus on whom Paget was lying 2nd after the cross-country, was unfortunately withdrawn overnight due to a bruised fetlock, but he should live on dorsum inwards activity inwards fourth dimension for Paget to rival the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing (winning Badminton, Burghley together with Kentucky inwards succession) adjacent spring.
“I came hither to win together with it was prissy to do that. It doesn’t brand me experience skillful to trounce Andrew because he has done thus much for me but I came hither to trounce everybody, thus whoever is inwards the champaign has to live on beaten,” Paget said.
One of Paget’s primary mentors, Andrew Nicholson, was second, 3rd together with 8th – some other tape – inwards a Kiwi whitewash. “I brought iii horses together with I notwithstanding can’t trounce him,” the 52-year-old Nicholson joked almost his one-time protégé.
“When Jock root came to me, inwards 2009, he may receive got looked similar a monkey upwards a pole, but I notwithstanding thought he had a lot of natural talent. What was most of import was that he wanted to learn; he was ever running around watching the laissez passer on riders, similar William Fox-Pitt together with Pippa Funnell, together with that’s how you lot perish successful yourself, yesteryear looking together with learning.”
No Equus caballus has ever won back-to-back Burghleys, but Nicholson came unopen to achieving that amongst 2nd house on 2012 winner, Avebury (he was also root together with 2nd amongst Mr Smiffy inwards 2000 together with 2001).
He also finished 3rd on his 2012 Pau winner Nereo together with 8th on Calico Joe together with rounded off an extremely lucrative payday yesteryear scooping the $150,000 HSBC FEI Classics entitle for the root time. He has also extended his Pb inwards the $50,000 HSBC Rankings, which he has led all year.
“It does experience similar a bully achievement to receive got been thus consistent,” he said. “That’s truly what staying at the laissez passer on is all about.
“Avebury was simply a fleck casual, he’s unremarkably a real large gate jumper together with maybe I was a fleck casual too. But, I wouldn’t receive got it won it anyway – I recall if I had gone clear together with thus Jock would receive got jumped the concluding clear because he knew he could receive got the concluding downward together with pretty much simply allow that happen,” Nicholson said.
“To receive got Avebury win concluding yr together with coming dorsum together with live on 2nd this year; together with Nereo goal 3rd at Badminton together with 3rd here, is real pleasing equally it agency they’ve been real consistent – together with it’s consistency that wins large competitions.”
Although nine of the xix horses jumping inwards the morn session went clear, in that location were none from the 24 inwards the afternoon. Nicholson had a struggle downward apiece on Avebury together with Nereo and, amongst the latter horse, overtook William Fox-Pitt (GBR) together with Parklane Hawk after they hitting the 2nd together with 3rd elements of the treble at struggle 10.
Nicholson was also 3rd on Nereo. © Mike Bain“I recall he was notwithstanding inwards equally good much of a frontward gear after cross-country,” said Fox-Pitt, who finished 2nd inwards the HSBC FEI Classics. “But Jock’s achievement is fantastic together with I hope he enjoys the moment. This has been a brilliant competition; it was a proper four-star together with the cross-country together with the optimum fourth dimension had just the correct influence.”
Ingrid Klimke’s (GER) FRH Butts Abraxxas does non receive got the best of jumping records, but he went clear on his concluding CIC3* run together with Klimke said she had decided non to do inwards between. The strategy seemed to go well, equally they alone hitting the 3rd struggle to ascension 2 places to fifth.
Jonelle Richards, 6th on The Deputy amongst 12 penalties, together with Mark Todd, 7th amongst iv faults on the inexperienced Oloa, a Equus caballus the double Olympic gilded medalist has mooted equally a time to come entitle ride, completed the New Zealand domination. European squad silverish medalist Ludwig Svennerstal (SWE) enjoyed his best CCI4* lawsuit thus far when finishing 9th on King Bob together with Kristina Cook (GBR) was 10th on Do Novo News.
Todd said he was confident of large improvements on the horizon for Oloa. “He has gone equally good equally I could receive got hoped. He had simply i struggle downward (in the showjumping) together with has tried truly difficult out there.
“The exciting matter for me is that nosotros tin ameliorate a lot to a greater extent than yet. He has instantly done a four-star thus nosotros are good inwards disputation for the World Champs (in 2014) together with he is an ideal dorsum upwards for some of my to a greater extent than established horses. It is real exciting!”
Neil Spratt won’t live on disappointed amongst his 16th place goal on Upleadon, amongst Richards finishing 22nd on her Olympic mountain Flintstar.
This is HSBC’s concluding yr of sponsoring the Classics, after half-dozen highly successful years when the serial has captured riders’ imaginations together with led to sporting tussles of the highest calibre, most famously betwixt Andrew Nicholson together with William Fox-Pitt.
“It’s definitely raised the profile of the four-star events,” said Nicholson, who is the alone passenger ever to receive got won the HSBC FEI Classics amongst iii 4-star victories (Pau, Kentucky together with Luhmühlen). “It has made me move to Kentucky together with pass fourth dimension working out what horses to accept to Pau together with Luhmühlen.”
Catrin Norinder, Director of Eventing at the FEI, said: “It’s been a super serial for eventing together with a bully success together with nosotros are thus grateful to HSBC for all their involvement together with generosity.”
She confirmed that the both the FEI Classics together with the FEI Nations Cup Eventing, which has proved thus popular, volition perish on together with that plans are already inwards mitt for reviewing both serial together with for seeking fiscal backing.
HSBC Training Bursary
The HSBC Training Bursary, worth $$000 to the most successful CCI4* first-timer, was awarded to Alex Postolowsky (GBR) who finished 36th with a clear cross-country circular at her root Burghley on Paul Newbert’s Islanmore Ginger, an Irish-bred 15-year-old chestnut gelding yesteryear Giorgione.
Postolowsky, 28, is based close Burghley inwards Lincolnshire together with earned enough of local support. “I’ve grown upwards amongst this event, competing inwards the Pony Club showjumping, inwards the immature Equus caballus classes, together with equally a spectator. It notwithstanding hasn’t sunk inwards that I’ve truly competed here; it seemed an untouchable dream,” she said.
“I receive got J.P Sheffield [fellow rider] to give thank you lot for all this. I thought I wasn’t ready, but he said ‘if you lot don’t acquire a motility on, you’ll live on 62 earlier you lot ride at Burghley!’. It’s something I’ve ever wanted to do, yet I alone decided to perish for it a calendar month ago.” The brace completed Boekelo CCI3* concluding year.
About the winner – Jonathan Paget
Jonathan Paget – known inwards the sport equally Jock – has made a remarkable ascension to stardom inwards Eventing.
He started riding at the historic menstruum of eighteen when he was an apprentice stonemason inwards Sydney, where his menage unit of measurement together with thus lived, together with tried his mitt at the rodeo. He began preparation amongst Kevin McNab (AUS) inwards Queensland together with progressed from never having jumped a struggle to competing at CCI3* degree inwards 2 years.
In 2007, Paget returned to New Zealand together with started riding Frances Stead’s Clifton horses. His root CCI4* was Kentucky inwards 2010, after which he was selected for the Kiwi squad for the 2010 World Equestrian Games, where he was 7th individually on Clifton Promise.
Paget has been based inwards Dunsfold, inwards the southward of England, working closely amongst senior New Zealand riders Mark Todd together with Andrew Nicholson, together with dressage trainer Andrew Gould, since Feb 2011. He has been 5th at Burghley twice, inwards 2011 together with 2012 on Clifton Lush, together with winner of the British Open Championships this year. With Clifton Lush, he was role of the bronze medal New Zealand squad at the London 2012 Olympic Games , finishing 10th. The brace was afterwards 2nd at Pau and, inwards May, they won Badminton.
Additional reporting: Diana Dobson, Burghley Horse Trials
Final results
1 Jock Paget/Clifton Promise (NZL) 36.7 + 0.4 + 4 = 41.1
2 Andrew Nicholson/Avebury (NZL) 42.3 + 0 + 4 = 46.3
3 Andrew Nicholson/Nereo (NZL) 41.3 + 2 + 4 = 47.3
4 William Fox-Pitt/Parklane Hawk (GBR) 41.5 + 0.8 + 8 = 50.3
five Ingrid Klimke/FRH Butts Abraxxas (GER) 39.0 + 9.2 + 4 = 52.2
6 Jonelle Richards/The Deputy (NZL) 46.2 + 1.2 + 12 = 59.4
7 Mark Todd/Oloa (NZL) 48.3 + 7.2 + 4 = 59.5
8 Andrew Nicholson/Calico Joe (NZL) 48.3 + 0 + 12 = 60.3
nine Ludwig Svennerstal/King Bob (SWE) 46.7 + 10 + 4 = 60.7
10 Kristina Cook/De Novo News (GBR) 43.2 + 15.2 + 4 = 62.4
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