Scott Brash wins Nations Cup jumping opener

Great Britain’s Scott Brash together with Hello Sanctos at the prize presentation amongst Longines ambassador Aksel Lund Svindal together with Morten Thormodsen, Brand Manager together with Sales Representative for Longines, Norway. © FEI/Roger Svalsroed

Great Britain’s Scott Brash 1 time once again proved himself to live the almost formidable of opponents when galloping to victory amongst Hello Sanctos inward Kingdom of Norway on Sunday.  

The couplet took victory in the opening leg of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2013/2014 Western European League inward Oslo, despite the last-minute drama of a broken noseband but before going inward to jump against the clock.

But the 27-year-old passenger from Peebles inward Scotland stayed equally cool equally a cucumber to clinch the win ahead of private Olympic champion, Steve Guerdat, from Switzerland.  And, equally if to cement the sheer character of today’s competition, it was three-time FEI World Cup Jumping champion Marcus Ehning from Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany who slotted into 3rd house ahead of Portugal’s Luciana Diniz together with Winningmood inward fourth.

There was a fourth dimension when the early on legs of the Western European League serial were considerably less competitive, but those days are history now.  This year’s start-list for the kickoff circular at Oslo included ix of the laissez passer on 12 riders on the electrical flow Longines Rankings list, thence it was never going to live an slow 1 to win.

And the course of teaching designed past times Italy’s Uliano Vezzani, who was assisted past times Anders Hafskjold together with Terje Olsen-Nalum from Norway, was no walk-in-the-park either.  It may convey been the kickoff large exam of the indoor season, but the unopen confines of the arena which measures but 75m x 35m, together with the intensity of the rails layout itself ensured a rattling tough days operate indeed.  “I idea it was a rattling hard rails when I walked the course, together with I was surprised when at that spot were thence many clears – the fences came upwards rattling chop-chop together with I’m told this was the biggest rails ever inward Oslo!” said winning passenger Brash.

Making his victory all the to a greater extent than remarkable was the fact that Brash rode the same Equus caballus into the winner’s enclosure inward Saturday’s Oslo Grand Prix inward which Angelica Augustsson together with Mic Mac du Tillard lined upwards second. “Everyone was questioning me because I rode him fast inward the Grand Prix yesterday but I know my horse!” he saidy.

Hello Sanctos, the 11-year-old gelding whom he rode to squad aureate at the London 2012 Olympic Games end year, will become to the 2nd leg of the serial at Helsinki inward Republic of Finland adjacent calendar week together with volition thence move to Doha inward Qatar for the Global Champions Tour Final inward November.

“He is the Equus caballus of a lifetime considering what he has done for the province – he is outstanding,” Brash said. “You don’t larn besides many similar him. He is rattling clever, rattling sharp. When you lot operate him at dwelling family he is rattling lazy, equally if to state ‘do nosotros actually convey to create this training?’, but thence he goes into the holler upwards together with gives you lot his heart!” he said.

Runner-up, Steve Guerdat, said “the end demonstrate I did was non dandy – it was our horse’s kickoff demonstrate dorsum since the Europeans together with that is why he jumped inward ii of the smaller classes before here.  Today I could experience inward the kickoff circular that he was a flake besides fresh together with jumping amongst a flake of caution – our kickoff circular was non thence smooth. When nosotros did the jump off he was already better,” Guerdat said.

Third-placed Marcus Ehning left the ship service contest press conference early. “My married adult woman together with I are expecting our adjacent baby. She is a flake nervous because I am far away thence I convey to pick out grip of the kickoff airplane back!” he explained.

Geir Gulliksen finished 5th for Norway, together with was rattling happy amongst his result. “It is ever rattling exciting competing inward front end of your dwelling family crowd. I was a flake worried equally I jumped ii rounds yesterday – I didn’t know how he (Edesa southward Banjan) would react but he did dandy today. It is a dandy achievement for an quondam chap from Norway!” joked the 53-year-old passenger who has been the linchpin of the Norwegian squad for many years now.

 

Result: 1, Hello Sanctos (Scott Brash) GBR 0/0 34.29; 2, Nino des Buissonnets (Steve Guerdat) SUI 0/0 36.52; 3, Copin van de Broy (Marcus Ehning) GER 0/0 37.72; 4, Winningmood (Luciana Diniz) POR 0/0 39.00; 5, Edesa southward Banjan (Geir Gulliksen) NOR 0/0 39.64; 6, Ego van Orti (Edwina Tops-Alexander) AUS 0/0 44.57; 7, AD Camille Z (Athina Onassis de Miranda) GRE 0/0 46.55; 8, Clouwni (Marlon Zanotelli) BRA 0/4 39.27; 9, Winchester HS (Frank Schuttert) NED 0/8 44.17; 10, Mic Mac du Tillard (Angelica Augustsson) SWE 4/69.21 inward kickoff round.

 

Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2013/2014 Western European League – Standings later on Round 1:
1. Scott Brash (GBR) – 20
2. Steve Guerdat (SUI) – 17
3. Marcus Ehning (GER) – 15
4. Luciana Diniz (POR) – 13
5. Geir Gulliksen (NOR) – 12
6. Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS) – 11
7. Athina Onassis de Miranda (GRE) – 10
8. Marlon Zanotelli (BRA)  –   9
9. Frank Schuttert (NED) –   8
10. Angelica Augustsson (SWE) –   7
11. Pius Schwizer (SUI) –   6
12. Simon Delestre (FRA) –   5
13. Gerco Schroder (NED) –   4
14. Kevin Staut (FRA) –   3
15. Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) –   2
16. Juan Carlos Garcia (ITA) –   1

 

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