Belgian riders dominate European veteran jumping champs
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Host land Kingdom of Belgium swept the gilt medals at the FEI European Jumping Championships for Veterans, winning both Team too Individual gilt at Hoogboom-Kapellen.
Staged at the St Hubert Horse & Country Club which was domicile to the Van Paesschen solid unit of measurement approximately years ago, the final result welcomed teams from nine countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Kingdom of Spain too Switzerland – too at that topographic point was also a unmarried instance from Portugal.
The equestrian centre, which lies due north of Antwerp, was i time a regular venue for FEI Nations Cup competitions, too continues to phase national too international shows. The share is domicile to a large community of Belgian Equus caballus producers too equestrian enthusiasts.
The Belgian side claimed the squad championship ahead of Deutschland inward silvery medal spot spell Great United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland took bronze. And 2012 Individual champion, Belgium’s Jean-Jacques Lorquet, steered Quetsche du Breau to scoop the Individual honours i time again ahead of Great Britain’s Ian Wynne, spell Germany’s Boris Miksa took Individual bronze.
These Championships are opened upward to woman mortal athletes 45 years of historic menses too over too manful mortal athletes 49 years of historic menses too above. Riders must non convey participated inward competitions for senior athletes at CSI2* events too upwards, too must non convey competed inward competitions amongst fences over 1.35m inward the opening round, during the electrical flow year. The courses for the 2014 fixture were designed past times the host country’s Marc Jozef Vygh.
Lorquet was joined past times Ludo Dekker (Arizona), Pascale Trenker (Epi D’Or de la Cour) too Dirk Vlerick (Urona) to seal the squad victory on Fri past times a pregnant margin of to a greater extent than than nine points. Germany’s Bernhard Dorr (For Darc), Juergen Kapp (Paganini), Arnhild Luckmann (Accino) too Boris Miksa (Lanivia) completed on a amount of 21.89 for the silvery spell the concluding British compass was 30.33.
There were iii lady riders inward the British side, Anne Berry (Urio), Linda Birke (Kilrush Road) too Sally Swiers (Millfield Long Sock). However it was the 4th British squad member, Ian Wynne, who came closest to Individual glory amongst a superb clear functioning inward the squad final result amongst Don Douglas.
Heading the Individual scoreboard going into the finale, Wynne was looking strong. But amongst v penalties to add together inward the lastly circular he was forced to yield to Belgium’s Lorquet who carried only 2.18 points into the Individual final result too added null more.
Germany’s Mirksa claimed the bronze on a concluding tally of 6.67, spell Switzerland’s August Fuchs (Selona des Cinq Chenes) missed out on a podium placing past times less than 0.5 penalties.
A amount of twenty horse-and-rider combinations competed inward the Individual Final, too it was Spain’s Eugenio Corell Sancho (Albatros de Katy) who lined upward fifth, Germany’s Juergen Kapp (Paganini) who finished sixth, The Netherlands’ Hans Brugman (Mobily Lil Majd) slotted into 7th too Poland’s Bohdan Sas-Jaworski (Chacco) lined upward inward 8th place.
Lorquet was delighted amongst his haul of double gilt too his 2d Individual Championship championship inward iii years. The 54-year-old rider, whose younger blood brother Jose Lorquet competes inward the Belgian Para-Dressage squad at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games inward Normandy this week, said: “my blood brother too I come upward from a solid unit of measurement that has been involved amongst horses for a real long fourth dimension too nosotros convey been riding together for 45 years now!”
Jean-Jacques made a last-minute alter of Equus caballus earlier heading to Hoogboom-Kappelen. “Normally I would convey chosen to compete amongst my Equus caballus who won the Championship inward Dinard (France) 2 years ago, Standing Ovation. But my lilliputian mare Quetsche de Breau who I convey had for iii years now, she is jumping too so well, nosotros convey had too so many clear rounds this season, too so I chose her instead. She is real fine too she is real beautiful too I am too so happy amongst her!” he said of his 10-year-old Championship winning partner.
Results:
FEI European Team Jumping Championship for Veterans 2014:
GOLD – Kingdom of Belgium 12.32: Arizona (Ludo Dekkers) 4.36/0/4, Epi D’Or de la Cour (Pascale Trenker) 3.64/1/0, Urona (Dirk Vlerick) 1.5/16/4, Quetsche du Breau (Jean-Jacques Lorquet) 1.18/1/0;
SILVER – Germany 21.89: For Darc (Bernhard Dorr) 8.77/0/4, Paganini (Juergen Kapp) 2.37/4/0, Accino (Arnhild Luckmann) 4.85/8/4, Lavinia (Boris Miksa) 2/67/4/0;
BRONZE – Great United Kingdom of Great Britain too Northern Ireland of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland 30.33: Urio (Anne Berry) 8.08/10/4, Kilrush Road (Linda Birke) 7/57/13/4, Millfield Long Socks (Sally Swiers) 4.76/0/8, Don Douglas (Ian Wynne) 0/0/0.
FEI European Individual Jumping Championship for Veterans 2014:
GOLD – Quetsche du Breau (Jean-Jacques Lorquet) BEL 2.18;
SILVER – Don Douglas (Ian Wynne) GBR 5;
BRONZE – Lavinia (Boris Miksa) GER 6.67.
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