New vet rules working, says FEI endurance boss
The depression grade out of finishers inwards the endurance contest at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games inwards Normandy proved recent changes to veterinarian protocols for endurance horses had worked, FEI Endurance Chairman Brian Sheahan said afterwards the event.
Sheahan said the trial was deserving of the entitle of World Championship, afterwards a c combination of changeable conditions as well as basis conditions, addition stringent veterinarian procedures whittled the land downwards to 38 finishers.
“There has been a keen bargain of sportsmanship as well as co-operation amongst riders. It’s been a world-class trial that I am proud to hold upwards associated with,” he said.
“This was a World Equestrian Games as well as the course of report was extremely technical as well as extremely challenging. The conditions made it fifty-fifty tougher as well as the vets were extremely careful to ensure that the horses were protected at all times, pregnant that the grade out of finishers was unexpectedly depression for a championship.”
A spectacular volume of 174 riders representing a tape 47 nations laid off inwards a damp, muddied dawn, simply midday Sun turning the slippery Earth to a belongings consistency, as well as the Ground Jury, which had already removed the minimum speed of xv kilometres per lx minutes for the get-go ii loops, as well as hence reduced the minimum speed to 14kph for loops iii to 5 to allow horses to accept their fourth dimension on the course.
In approximately other alter to the format, this twelvemonth in that location were 5 loops (of 37.9 kilometres, 35.8km, 32.8km, 33.1km as well as 20.4km) instead of six. Riders had to grapple amongst ever-changing terrain, including moisture sand on the 2nd 35.8km loop which attracted crowds of spectators equally horses traversed the beautiful bay of Mont St Michel.
The UAE squad laid the early on measurement as well as dominated the get-go ii loops, simply past times the halt of the 3rd loop entirely eventual winner Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum and the character Australian-bred bay mare Yamamah (formerly Kurrajong Concorde), winner of the Open European entitle final twelvemonth amongst Sheikh Rashid Dalmook al Maktoum, was left inwards the competition.
The duo, who won the 120km CEI at Windsor (GBR) inwards May, had the course of report to themselves for much of the twenty-four lx minutes menses as well as returned dwelling identify to massive thank y'all from a hugely supportive crowd.
Sheikh Hamdan as well as Yamamah, which agency “little dove” inwards Arabic, led from the start to complete to win the private gilt medal, taking over the globe entitle from his father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
European Champion Jaume Punti Dachs (ESP) finished 5th on Novisaad d’Aqui as well as led dwelling identify his jubilant compatriots Jordi Arboix Santacreu, 6th on Mystair des Aubus, as well as Cervera Sanchez-Arnedo (Strawblade, 22nd) to accept team gold.
There was much national excitement when the dwelling identify side, France, took silver, amongst Jean-Philippe Frances (Secret de Mon), Franck Laousse (Niky de la Fontaine) as well as Nicolas Ballarin (Lemir de Gargassan) finishing eighth, 11th and 12th respectively.
The Swiss trio of Barbara Lissarrague on Preume de Paute, 4th individually, Sonja Fritschi (Okkarina d’Alsace) as well as Andrea Amacher (Rustik d’Alsace) claimed squad bronze.
The Netherlands’ Marijke Visser (NED) was visibly thrilled amongst 2nd identify as well as an private silvery medal amongst the UAE-owned greyness gelding Laiza de Jalima. Qatari passenger Abdulrahman Saad AS Al Sulaiteen as well as Koheilan Kincso also finished strongly to accept bronze ahead of Swiss passenger Barbara Lissarrague on Preume de Paute.
Last year’s globe grade out i inwards Endurance, Sabrina Arnold (GER), withdrew Saltan during the get-go loop as well as the defending World Equestrian Games champion, Spain’s Maria Alvarez Ponton, had a autumn amongst Qualif du Poncelet on the 3rd loop.
Isha Judd (URG) suffered a broken femur inwards a autumn as well as Alberto Morales Morales (CRC) was taken to infirmary complaining of cervix hurting afterwards the get-go loop.
Tragically, the Costa Rican Equus caballus Dorado, ridden past times Claudio Romero Chacon, died right away of a caput injury afterwards striking a tree at the side of the runway inwards a forested surface area on the get-go loop, before long afterwards 8.30am. The passenger was inwards a serious simply stable status afterwards undergoing surgery for fractures as well as internal injuries.
“Our thoughts are amongst Claudia Chacon Romero, who is currently recovering inwards infirmary post-surgery, as well as the connections of Dorado, who sadly died inwards a tragic accident today,” Sheahan said. “Our hearts leave of absence to them.”
There were no other serious injuries to whatever horses.
The medal ceremony volition accept identify at 3pm on Friday during the suspension inwards the Grand Prix Freestyle Dressage inwards the d’Ornano Stadium inwards Caen.
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