Some consolation for US at Nations Cup final
US riders may direct keep been disappointed when failing to brand the cutting into Sunday’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Final decider when missing the cutting yesteryear a few curt seconds, but they were all smiles on Sabbatum when clinching the honours inwards the Consolation Competition.
But it was no walk inwards the park, every bit they had to battle it out with the Swiss inwards a nerve-wracking jump-off that went correct downward to the wire together with kept spectators on the edges of their seats.
The contest was opened upwards to the 10 teams that failed to qualify for the minute circular of the Nations Cup Jumping Final.
The race against the clock was a existent thriller, with the wages changing at every turn. “Yesterday was really frustrating together with I was a piffling melancholy afterwards, but that’s what sport is all about, the beauty of sport, it goes dorsum together with forth, together with its almost coming dorsum together with giving a ameliorate performance,” said anchorman McLain Ward who clinched it for the U.S.A. side.
The get-go circular rails provided enough of problems, together with solely 8 clear rounds were recorded. Unlike Friday, the mistakes were registered all around the course of report fifty-fifty though the double at 8 together with the triple combination at xi proved especially influential.
The Saudi Arabian squad was already assured of tertiary identify when finishing with 6 faults spell Republic of Austria slotted into 4th when posting a total of 12. Elimination for Angelica Augustsson when her mare, Mic Mac du Tillard, decided to throw inwards the towel left the Swedish squad exposed. So when they had to count double-errors from both Jens Fredricson (Lunatic) together with his blood brother Peder (H&M Cash In), together with thus non fifty-fifty a fabulous clear from Rolf-Goran Bengtsson together with Casall Ask could rescue the province of affairs together with they lined upwards with Espana inwards equal-fifth place.
Qatar finished 7th with xviii faults, spell Republic of Colombia together with Nippon shared 8th spot with 10, spell the three-rider Australian squad finished 10th together with in conclusion on a scoreline of thirty faults.
There were mixed emotions inwards the U.S.A. military camp after the prize-giving ceremony. Chef d’Equipe, Robert Ridland said “obviously nosotros are really excited to win but, to live on honest, nosotros wanted to live on on that podium tomorrow. Yesterday was an amazing competition, it couldn’t direct keep been to a greater extent than than the Organising Committee, the FEI together with Furusiyya could direct keep wished – thus many transcend teams finishing thus unopen together. We got the curt halt of the stick, but fifty-fifty thus it was a cracking competition!”
His squad wasn’t for giving upwards without a fight. “This forenoon nosotros got upwards together with it was a novel day, a novel contest together with I believe nosotros simply won the largest prizemoney ever for a squad contest inwards the history of the sport – at to the lowest degree for the adjacent 24 hours anyway!” he pointed out. There was €300,000 upwards for grabs on Saturday, but it pales into insignificance compared to the €1,500,000 on offering inwards Sunday’s historic finale.
The novel five-rider format for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final has really definitely received the seal of blessing this weekend. Robert Ridland said, “I mean value it’s fabulous … it makes for practiced strategic moves together with makes it a chip similar of game of chess, addition the jump-off alternative every bit good makes it squad sport the agency nosotros ever hoped it would be. It’s the model for the hereafter together with everyone is really excited to come across what volition hap tomorrow.”
FEI President Princess Haya held a press conference at the Real Club de Polo on Sabbatum together with expressed her please at the success of the serial together with the final. She also talked almost her memories of competing inwards Barcelona herself.
“It feels similar coming dorsum to my roots. I competed hither for 3 years with my father’s horses, thus it feels similar coming home! This is a historic occasion, together with it is an honour to live on purpose of it together with the FEI, Furusiyya together with Barcelona.
“It’s been an incredible route for us, to accept our oldest product, together every bit a family, together with revamp together with restructure it. We owe our thank you lot to the vision of HRH Prince Faisal together with the Saudi Equestrian Fund, together with their patience together with belief inwards the product. We direct keep worked with all the stakeholders, committees, riders, people at the see of the sport including the media, everyone with rigid feelings almost the sport, to create a genuinely global production that volition come across us through some other 100 years with a lot of strength,” she said.
Asked if the Castilian metropolis volition play host to this Final inwards hereafter years she replied: “I would live on happy to direct keep the consequence in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than hither inwards Barcelona, but the nature of the Nations Cup serial is that it is genuinely global inwards its essence. I promise it travels all around the world, together with the terminal may move too, but I’m certain it volition come upwards dorsum to Barcelona,” she said.
Result:
1. USA 12 faults IN JUMP-OFF: Simon (Beezie Madden) 6/0, Barron (Lucy Davis) 0/10, Rochchild (McLain Ward (0/2) Nougat du Vallet (Katherine Dinan) 4/-.
2. Switzerland sixteen faults IN JUMP-OFF : Croesus (Beat Mandli) 0/4, Castlefield Eclipse (Paul Estermann) 0/4, Nasa (Steve Guerdat) 4/8, Toulago (Pius Schwizer) 4.
3. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 6 faults: Al Capone (Ramzy Hamad Al Duhami) 0, Davis (HRH Prince Abdullah Bin Miteb Al Saud) 1, Talan (Prince Faisal Al Shalan) 5, Noblesse des Tess (Kamal Abdullah Bahamdan) 12.
4. Republic of Austria 12 faults: Glock’s Prince de Vaud (Dieter Kofler) 20, The Sixth Sense (Thomas Fruhmann) 8, Sterrehof’s Ushi (Julia Kayser) 4, Chilli van Dijk NRW (Stefan Eder) 0.
5. Sweden sixteen faults: Lunatic (Jens Fredricson 8, Mic Mac du Tillard (Angelica Augustsson) Elim, H&M Cash In (Peder Fredricson) 8, Casall Ask (Rolf-Goran Bengtsson) 0.
5. Espana sixteen faults: Carlo (Sergio Alvarez Moya) 9, Conington (Carlos Lopez-Fanjul) 4, Notre Star de la Nutria (Paolo Amilibia Puig) 8, Quinai des Chayottes (Julio Arias) 4.
7. Qatar xviii faults: Cantaro (Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani) 4, Castiglione L (Mubarak Yousuf Al Rumaihi) 23, Rosalia la Silla (Bassem Hassan Mohammed) 9, Ravenna (Ali Yousef Al Raumaihi) 5.
8. Republic of Colombia nineteen faults: Sancha LA (Daniel Bluman) 5, Woklahoma (Roberto Teran Tafur) 13, For Rosa’s Pleasure (Rodrigo Diaz) 2, Eldorado van het Nijverhof (Dayro Aroyave) 12.
8. Nippon nineteen faults: Avenzio (Taizo Sugitani) 0, Corrito (Toshiki Masui) 20, Ulano (Satoshi Hirao) 19, Fine Fleur du Marais (Eiken Sato) 0.
10. Commonwealth of Australia thirty faults: Vedor (Julia Hargreaves) 11, Yirrkala Cortina (William James Passy) 18, Ego van Orti (Edwina Tops-Alexander) 1.
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