Irish winner of Hickstead’s QEII Cup
Ireland’s Trevor Breen kept it inward the identify unit of measurement on Saturday when he took out the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Hickstead, repeating his blood brother Shane’s 2013 win inward the same competition.
Riding Adventure de Kannan, who has overcome the loss of an meat to give-up the ghost on competing at the real transcend flat of present jumping, Breen added the win to a listing of triumphs at the English linguistic communication five-star arena.
Last calendar month Trevor Breen too Adventure de Kannan won the Equestrian.com Derby at Hickstead, a degree he’d repeatedly come upward real some winning, too the couple has also been victorious inward the British Speed Derby (2009), the Amlin Plus Eventing Grand Prix (2012), the All England Grand Prix (2012) too straight off the Templant Events Queen Elizabeth II Cup. It is a tape that no other Equus caballus has come upward some matching at Hickstead.
The exclusively ane of Hickstead’s premier classes that the couple has nonetheless to win is the Longines King George V Gold Cup, which they competed inward as part of Ireland’s FEI Nations Cup squad inward 2013, finishing 12th. But straight off there’s a novel ambition on Breen’s wishlist. “If he does deal to win the King’s Cup, that would only locomote the in conclusion slice of the puzzle. Hopefully we’ll locomote dorsum for the King’s adjacent year,” he added.
“He’s a phenomenal horse, he loves this identify too the International Arena,” said Breen, who lives inward Buckinghamshire alongside his wife, Caroline, too their daughter, Mia.
There were vi clear rounds inward the root circular of the Templant Events Queen Elizabeth II Cup, alongside ii other Derby winning riders amid them – Guy Williams (Casper De Muze) too Phillip Miller (Basic). They were joined inward circular ii past times Laura Kraut (Nouvelle), David Simpson (Hermione V) too Robert Whitaker (USA Today). Whitaker set the pace, finishing on 43.21sec, too though Kraut too Miller also went double clear, they were to a greater extent than than 3 seconds slower. David Simpson incurred 8 faults, earlier Breen managed to shave only 0.05sec off Whitaker’s fourth dimension to get got the lead, too piece speed adept Guy Williams fix off inward hot pursuit, he had ane ground down.
While virtually riders cutting within the H2O boundary inward the jump-off, Breen went the long route. “I assumed, wrongly, that everyone else went circular the water!” he said. “Obviously Addy has his correct meat missing too then it’s on his blind side, too every bit he didn’t boundary the double especially good inward the root round, I idea it would upset my beat to plough inside.”
Trevor is the younger blood brother of Hickstead-based Shane Breen, who has won the Queen’s Cup twice since 2008, when the degree was root opened upward to manful mortal riders. He won inward 2013 on Zarnita.
• It was a superb 24-hour interval for the Whitaker family, alongside Robert winning the morning’s Bunn Leisure Salver alongside Catwalk, piece cousin William won the afternoon’s British Speed Classic alongside Upperclass.
Robert was relieved to furnish to shape afterward a disappointing 12 faults inward each circular of Friday’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup. “I don’t know if he was only a flake off coloring yesterday – that was the worst effect I’ve always had alongside him. It’s only ane of those things, that’s horses for you. It’s overnice to give-up the ghost the win today.”
William was surprised past times his win inward the £21,500 speed class, which brought Saturday’s activity to a close. “I’m amazed really. He’s a actually quick Equus caballus across the ground, a flake of measuring suits the agency he jumps, but to win past times such a margin is a surprise.”
In the showing classes, Newmarket-based Simon Charlesworth won the Alexanders Horseboxes Supreme Hack Championship for the minute twelvemonth inward a row alongside the prolific Pearly King. The couple get got straight off booked their identify inward Sunday’s Supreme Horse Championship, the championship they won in conclusion year.
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