Loaner horse nets Ahlmann World Cup leg win
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Germany’s Christian Ahlmann was a really happy homo after winning Sunday’s 3rd leg of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Western European League serial at Verona inwards Italy.
The 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping champion borrowed a Equus caballus from his partner, Judy-Ann Melchior, at the in conclusion moment, together with he could hardly believe how good the 12-year-old gelding, Aragon Z, performed for him inwards front end of the packed household of wildly enthusiastic spectators.
“Judy has loaned me her Equus caballus for 2 shows – Verona together with Doha – because my overstep Equus caballus had a balance together with only before Verona was non create to come upward here. With Aragon it has been working actually good from our really kickoff 2nd together, so I’m delighted!” said the 38-year-old passenger who fended off some fearsome opposition inwards a thrilling 12-horse jump-off against the clock.
Great Britain’s Scott Brash lined upward 2nd amongst Ursula Xll spell Italy’s Luca Moneta pleased the dwelling crowd when slotting into 3rd amongst Neptune Brecourt. It was a ferocious battle for maximum points, but Ahlmann looked completely inwards command together with looks good laid for some other potent movement on the winter-long World Cup circuit. Brash, meanwhile, moves to the overstep of the Western European League leaderboard having already accumulated 41 points after his opening leg win inwards Oslo together with his prominent finish.
Course designer, Italy’s Uliano Vezzani, gave them plenty to retrieve virtually amongst a rails that required a clear agreement of each horse’s stride-capacity together with attending at every turn. Ahlmann said, “there were faults everywhere but, when I walked the course, I idea the most hard utilization of the rails was the triple (combination). It was large enough, together with the white planks (fence 12) were actually big. The in conclusion debate was a large oxer into the corner, together with the dark debate (vertical at four) didn’t jump so good yesterday or 1 time to a greater extent than today, but it was a skillful course of pedagogy together with actually fair together with nosotros had a actually great jump-off,” he said.
But it was the triple-bar at debate v that provided the early on drama when, 2nd to go, three-time FEI World Cup Jumping champion, Germany’s Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, ended upward on the the world after her lovely mare, Bella Donna, uncharacteristically jammed on the brakes after an attempted take-off. But the biggest surprise was the let out of horse-and-rider combinations who made it all the means to the in conclusion oxer, debate 13, exclusively to larn out that 1 on the floor. Its high-profile victims included Germany’s Marco Kutscher amongst Cornet’s Cristallo, Canada’s Eric Lamaze amongst Powerplay, Sweden’s Malin Baryard-Johnsson amongst H&M Tornesch, in conclusion year’s Verona winner Sergio Moya from Spain, this fourth dimension riding Carlo, High German super-star Ludger Beerbaum amongst Chiara together with Brazil’s Doda de Miranda amongst AD Uutje. It was similar the “who’s who” of the sport all faulting at just the same point.
Another whose luck was out was the promising immature Italian, Lorenzo de Luca, who won a degree before at the show. He seemed en road to tape only the 3rd clear circular of the contest until the 11-year-old Vignet Cooper all of a abrupt switched off on the plow to the narrow oxer at debate 11. Once the lines of communication opened upward 1 time to a greater extent than the chestnut Equus caballus jumped on effortlessly, but half dozen faults would larn out the 26-year-old passenger good downward the guild inwards the in conclusion analysis.
The 12 who made it through to the jump-off were a red-hot bunch and Vezzani this fourth dimension laid them plow upon plow around the ring.
Simon Delestre together with Valentino Velvet guaranteed themselves some valuable qualifying points when clear, but non quite fast enough, inwards 46.78 seconds.
Ahlmann would reset the target when side past times side inwards amongst Aragon Z who didn’t seem to last nether whatever pressure level at all when cruising dwelling inwards 44.38 seconds. Now they were the ones to beat, together with when The Netherlands’ Maikel van der Vleuten together with VDL Groep Verdi were clear inwards 47.12 seconds it was downward to the the in conclusion iii to upset the High German rider’s celebration party. The formidable Swiss, Pius Schwizer, didn’t succeed when stopping the clock on 45.09 amongst Picsou du Chene, but Ahlmann’s fellow-countryman, Marcus Ehning, was good ahead on fourth dimension amongst Plot Blue exclusively to hitting the bogey dark vertical at the terminate of the course.
Now exclusively Olympic squad champion, Great Britain’s Scott Brash, stood betwixt the 2011 FEI World Cup Jumping champion together with his kickoff win of the novel season. Setting off at a smashing pace, it seemed he mightiness only attain it, but, every bit he subsequently explained, he took a cautionary clit going to the in conclusion amongst the 12-year-old mare Ursula, together with when he broke the beam inwards 44.47 seconds he would withdraw maintain to settle for runner-up spot.
Brash is attempting to curb the shrewd competitiveness which has brought him so much success but which, he believes, needs to last kept inwards check. Today, for him, was all virtually self-control. “It was of import for me because inwards the past times I withdraw maintain been inclined to larn every bit fast every bit I could to attempt to win but I’ve matured a combat to a greater extent than together with right away I attempt to exclusively attain what the Equus caballus is capable of at that 2nd inwards time, so today nosotros weren’t quite correct together with I took an extra stride to the in conclusion which terms me time,” he said.
Ahlmann, meanwhile, was to a greater extent than than pleased to stand upward at the caput of the line-up. The in conclusion High German winner at Verona was Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst amongst Lord Luis inwards 2008 together with Ahlmann said “it was actually fourth dimension nosotros had some other High German winner here!”
Of his ride, he said: “we got Aragon eighteen months agone together with from the really start he was fantastic. He won the Grand Prix at Spangenberg together with the entitle at Estoril together with produced many skillful results inwards a really brusque time. Judy so bought him together with won a Grand Prix amongst him, he’s a actually prissy Equus caballus together with he’s fast. You tin win without taking all the risks amongst him, I’m actually happy to larn him dorsum for a few really of import present together with he allows me to last competitive – I didn’t hold back nosotros would come upward together so good so speedily – I’m actually delighted!” he said.
Jumping Verona is the highlight of the world-famous Fieracavalli, an annual equestrian extravaganza that includes competitions, demonstrations together with a massive merchandise fair together with which has been running since 1898. A record crowd of 160,000 attended this year.
Result: 1, Aragon Z (Christian Ahlmann) GER 0/0 44.38; 2, Ursula Xll (Scott Brash) GBR 0/0 44.77; 3, Neptune Brecourt (Luca Moneta) ITA 0/0 44.93; 4, Picsou du Chene (Pius Schwizer) SUI 0/0 45.09; 5, Valentino Velvet (Simon Delestre) FRA 0/0 46.78; 6, VDL Groep Verdi (Maikel van der Vleuten) NED 0/0 47.12; 7, Ego van Orti (Edwina Tops-Alexander) AUS 0/1 52.59; 8, AD Camille Z (Athina Onassis de Miranda) GRE 0/3 54.12; 9, Plot Blue (Marcus Ehning) GER 0/4 43.41; 10, Cornet d’Amour (Daniel Deusser) GER 0/4 43.43; 11, All Star 5 (Denis Lynch) IRL 0/4 43.92; 12, Winningmood (Luciana Diniz) POR 0/4 47.41.
Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2013/2014 Western European League – Standings after Round 3:
1. Scott Brash GBR – 41
2. Steve Guerdat SUI – 34
3. Luciana Diniz POR – 30
4. Patrice Delaveau FRA – 23
5. Marcus Ehning GER – 23
6. Simon Delestre FRA – 22
7. Edwina Tops-Alexander AUS – 21
8. Christian Ahlmann GER – 20
9. Maikel van der Vleuten NED – 20
10. Pius Schwizer SUI – 19
11. Athina Onassis de Miranda GRE – 19
12. Luca Moneta ITA – 15
12. Shane Breen IRL – 15
14. Malin Baryard-Johnsson SWE – 13
15. Geir Gulliksen NOR – 12
16. Kevin Staut FRA – 12
17. Julio Arias ESP – 11
18. Michael Whitaker GBR – 10
19. Marlon Zanotelli BRA – 9
19. Martin Fuchs SUI – 9
21. Frank Schuttert NED – 8
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