Fredericks takes over Pau 4* dressage lead
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Australia’s Lucinda Fredericks leads on Flying Finish amongst the solely sub-40 score after the mo solar daytime of dressage at the four-star Les Etoiles de Pau Equus caballus trials inwards France.
The kickoff contest of the FEI Classics 2013/2014 flavor is existence billed every bit a “battle of the giants” betwixt Andrew Nicholson in addition to William Fox-Pitt, only Fredericks has swept ahead of the distich amongst a score of 39.2. However, the side past times side half-dozen horses, iii of them ridden past times Fox-Pitt, are inside 5 penalties of the leading score.
Flying Finish, a 13-year-old gelding past times Candillo, is Fredericks’ piece of job past times horse; they were mo at Luhmühlen inwards Deutschland in addition to members of the Australian Olympic squad inwards 2012. This year, after a tedious start to the flavor – after Fredericks broke her collarbone inwards March – they were 10th at Luhmühlen, only both Equus caballus in addition to passenger volition withdraw maintain honed their fitness since in addition to therefore in addition to are sure to endure making a determined assail on Pierre Michelet’s cross-country course of education on Saturday.
“Pierre is for certain testing us,” said Fredericks, who is competing at Pau for the kickoff fourth dimension since 2002. “I’ve never ridden inwards the four-star hither only the wages of going afterward is that I’ll endure able to watch. The downside is that I’ll withdraw maintain to a greater extent than fourth dimension to teach nervous.
“I intend the kickoff in addition to end sections of the course of education volition endure a lot slower than the center business office [on the racecourse] in addition to every bit my Equus caballus isn’t a thoroughbred, I can’t switch on the turbo, therefore I demand to brand a plan.”
Fredericks said the dressage was “the piece of cake bit. I taste it in addition to I’m lucky because my Equus caballus has a adept brain. So oft every bit a Equus caballus gets to a greater extent than experienced they tin blow upward inwards the atmosphere, only he settles. I was a fleck weak inwards my halts. I don’t know if it’s because I had practised them besides much or non enough, only to produce iii bad halts in addition to withal endure leading isn’t bad!”
Fox-Pitt, a three-time winner of the HSBC FEI Classics (in 2008, 2010 in addition to 2012) in addition to a winner at Pau inwards 2011 on Oslo, performed the remarkable feat of achieving iii dressage marks less than 2 penalties apart to prevarication second, 3rd in addition to equal fourth.
Fox-Pitt was amid many riders to welcome the novel arena surface at Pau. “The horses seemed to teach real nicely on it in addition to forthwith there’s a degree playing field,” he said.
Of his iii rides, he was peculiarly pleased amongst Cool Mountain, dorsum inwards major contest for the kickoff fourth dimension since a fellow member of Britain’s bronze medal squad at the 2011 HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships inwards Luhmühlen.
Last year’s Pau winner Andrew Nicholson, the 2012/13 HSBC FEI Classics serial champion, is also three-handed at Pau in addition to is inwards unopen contention. He is inwards equal quaternary amongst Fox-Pitt on his Kentucky winner, the dark Spanish-bred Quimbo, in addition to 10th on his Luhmuhlen winner, the large Irish-bred grayness Mr Cruise Control. Viscount George, competing inwards his kickoff CCI4*, is inwards 29th place on 51 penalties.
Nicholson has competed at Pau every twelvemonth since the consequence started inwards 1990. “I dear coming here,” he said. “It’s a real unlike contest to what nosotros withdraw maintain inwards the UK, the site is much flatter in addition to to a greater extent than compact, only the organisers produce a keen undertaking hither in addition to it’s adept to ride at unlike types of event.”
Fellow New Zealander Tim Price is 14th aboard Ringwood Sky Boy, patch Caroline Powell on Onwards in addition to Upwards is 26th amongst 51, Lucy Jackson on Willy Do is 33rd on 52.5, Annabel Wigley in addition to Frog Rock are inwards 45th place with 54.8, in addition to Megan Heath aboard St Daniel is correct behind inwards 46th with 55. Craig Nicolai in addition to Just Ironic scored 64 to sit down inwards 67th place.
Two to a greater extent than old Pau CCI4* winners are inwards the field: the 2010 winner, Andreas Dibowski (GER), is 11th on FRH Fantasia in addition to 35th on FRH Butts Leon; his compatriot Bettina Hoy (the winner inwards 2008) is much farther downward the social club than commons at this stage, inwards equal 60th on Designer in addition to 68th on Lanfranco TSF, only she volition no dubiety endure relieved that she managed to incorporate Lanfranco’s notorious rebelliousness inwards this phase.
Fox-Pitt in addition to Neuf des Coeurs volition endure kickoff out on the cross-country course of education tomorrow at 12.15pm CET.
Results after Dressage
1 Lucinda Fredericks/Flying Finish (AUS) 39.2
2 William Fox-Pitt/Seacookie TSF (GBR) 41.5
3 William Fox-Pitt/Cool Mountain (GBR) 42.2
4 = William Fox-Pitt/Neuf des Coeurs (GBR) 43.2
4 = Andrew Nicholson/Quimbo (NZL) 43.2
6 Lucy Wiegersma/Simon Porloe (GBR) 43.8
7 Phillip Dutton/Mr Medicott (USA) 44.2
8 Frank Ostholt/Little Paint (GER) 44.7
nine Maxime Livio/Cathar de Gamel (FRA) 44.8
10 Andrew Nicholson/Mr Cruise Control (NZL) 45.3
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