Klimke scores 10 and takes early Burghley lead
Germany’s Ingrid Klimke in addition to FRH Butts Abraxxas thrilled the excited crowd at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, scoring a perfect 10 for their stop in addition to asset the overnight atomic number 82 afterwards the start twenty-four hours of dressage.
They scored 39 penalties in addition to are iii points clear of the 2 riders currently asset joint-second place: Andreas Dibowski (GER) on FRH Butts Leon in addition to Jock Paget (NZL) on Clifton Lush. The rival is the final leg of the HSBC FEI Classics.
Surprisingly, Klimke, the newly crowned European squad gilt in addition to private argent medalist, has never been to Burghley before. She explained that she is commonly at the national championships inward Germany, but equally “Braxxy” is immediately 16, it was a illustration of “now or never”.
The boy of Heraldik XX (also the sire of Michael Jung’s European Champion Halunke, FRH Butts Leon in addition to Sam Griffiths’s Burghley ride, Happy Times) is then established, soft in addition to “through” inward the dressage arena that the crowd knew they were watching something special. There was a gasp equally Ground Jury President Nick Burton (GBR) awarded the entirely 10 of the day, for the stop inward the middle of the test.
“He is then sweetness in addition to relaxed,” said Klimke of her six-time squad horse. “When nosotros come upwardly into the arena, he says: ‘What arrive at yous desire me to arrive at in addition to I volition arrive at it’,” she said.
“He felt wonderful inward the test; then supple. But this isn’t going to hold upwardly a dressage competition. The cross the world is 1 of the biggest tracks I’ve seen.”
Dibowski’s horse, FRH Butts Leon, unopen to other 16-year-old (both horses are bred past times Friedrich Butt) has too been a keen retainer to the High German squad in addition to won Luhmühlen inward 2011, but was ridden at in conclusion year’s London Olympic Games past times Thailand’s Nina Ligon.
“It’s an exciting even that nosotros create got been reunited,” said Dibowski, who has non competed at Burghley since the European Championships inward 1987.
He said that the hot sunshine suits his horse. “He loved it inward Hong Kong [at the 2008 Olympic Games]. He but gets improve in addition to better.
“His whole bear witness was a highlight,” Dibowski said. “Normally he prefers a synthetic surface, but the grass hither was then beautifully prepared that he actually enjoyed working on it.”
Andrew Nicholson (NZL), the start passenger to compete iii horses at Burghley, is inward quaternary house on 42.3 alongside his 2012 winner, Avebury, in addition to inward 8th on Calico Joe. He nevertheless has his Pau 2012 winner Nereo to come upwardly on Friday.
Sarah Cohen (GBR), who gave nascency to her 2d modest fry before this year, is best of the British riders inward 7th house on Treason; six-time Burghley winner William Fox-Pitt (GBR) is 9th on the start of his 2 rides Neuf des Coeurs; in addition to Piggy French (GBR), who is dorsum riding at CCI4* marking afterwards a two-year gap, is 10th on novel ride Westwood Mariner alongside 49.2.
“This was our start four-star bear witness together then I am real pleased,” said French, a fellow member of the British squad inward 2011. “I mean value it’s nigh equally skillful equally nosotros could create got achieved at the moment; we’re nevertheless real much on a learning curve. It’s overnice to hold upwardly back!”
Badminton winner Jock Paget said he was “really stoked” alongside Clifton Lush. “”He did everything I asked,” said Paget, whose British dressage trainer Andrew Gould was on mitt to oversee the Kiwi’s bear witness preparation.
Gould, who has been helping Paget for two-and-a-half years, explained that the duo create got devised a strategy to acquire the best out of the gelding, who is non blessed alongside natural aptitude for the start phase.
“The Equus caballus isn’t naturally talented in addition to doesn’t create got the most impressive paces, but immediately that Jock has developed a real structured preparation programme it has allowed Lush to piece of job to his total capacity in addition to for Jock to fine-tune him,” he said. “Not all horses tin plough over the sack deal alongside this but this 1 has a keen mind, which allows for this in addition to he enjoys the work.”
Riders are impressed alongside Mark Phillips’s revamped cross-country track, where the most demanding fences come upwardly inward the start half. Ingrid Klimke says that iii courses stick inward her heed equally existence large in addition to imposing: the Sydney 2000 Olympics, the 2010 Kentucky track (at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games) in addition to this 1 at Burghley.
Andrew Nicholson added that he idea Captain Phillips had been “very clever”. He explained: “The novel FEI dominion that asks designers to move less jumping efforts inside the same distance is quite a challenge for them, but Mark has managed to tiresome us downwardly without making it twisty. I don’t mean value many riders volition acquire the optimum time.”
The dressage stage resumes on Fri alongside leading riders Kevin McNab (AUS), Bettina Hoy (GER) in addition to Kristina Cook (GBR) to come, equally good equally William Fox-Pitt (GBR) in addition to Jock Paget (NZL) on their 2d horses.
Nicholson is the runaway leader of the HSBC FEI Classics, but Burghley placings volition hold upwardly pregnant inward the fortunes of Fox-Pitt in addition to Jock Paget, who are currently inward 2d in addition to third. And whatever other passenger who tin plough over the sack win this challenging rival on Dominicus volition natural springtime into the 5 cash prizes.
Additional reporting: Burghley Horse Trials
Images below © Mike Bain
Results afterwards 1st twenty-four hours of Dressage
1 Ingrid Klimke/FRH Butts Abraxxas (GER) 39.0
2 eq Jock Paget/Clifton Lush (NZL) 42.0
2 eq Andreas Dibowski/FRH Butts Leon (GER) 42.0
4 Andrew Nicholson/Avebury (NZL) 42.3
5 Kai Rüder/Leprince des Bois (GER) 44.2
6 Paul Tapner/Kilronan (AUS) 47.5
7 Sarah Cohen/Treason (GBR) 48.0
8 Andrew Nicholson/Calico Joe (NZL) 48.3
nine William Fox-Pitt/Neuf des Coeurs (GBR) 49.0
10 Piggy French/Westwood Mariner (GBR) 49.2
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