WEG Para-dressage wraps up with freestyle medals
After a tense calendar week of competition, the in conclusion solar daytime at the Hippodrome inwards La Prairie racecourse finishes amongst all v grades competing inwards the Freestyle tests at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Fifteen medals gleamed inwards the Sun after the top riders from each flat battled it out for Freestyle glory.
Grade II
First to larn were the flat II riders, where The Netherland’s Rixt van der Horst doubled her aureate tally to accept the entitle on Uneik amongst a score of 76.35%. “This is a dream come upwards true,” she said. “I tried to relax together with relish it because I had nil to lose. Maybe tomorrow I volition realise I am double basis champion!”
This is Rixt’s laid out major international together with her laid out ever Freestlye exam which was aptly named “Flying High”.
Narrowly missing out on gold, only 0.1% behind Rixt was Canadian passenger Lauren Barwick on a score of 76.25% together with 3rd identify went to Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1 trial more, this fourth dimension to Demi Vermeulen riding her 12 twelvemonth sometime Dutch Warmblood mare, Vaness: “I am real happy, notwithstanding a niggling flake disappointed amongst the score but I have got to relish that I have got a medal,” she said.
Barwick, who also won private bronze on Thursday, and Equine Canada’s 13-year-old Oldenburg mare, Off to Paris, followed through on her prediction that she together with her talented mare had a dandy Freestyle together with were going to live on a medal threat at the games.
“It’s real gratifying to live on a double medallist hither for Canada, together with it only feels similar nosotros are on rail for Brazil. We have got 2 to a greater extent than years to prepare, together with I experience that my mare is genuinely settleing inwards to her job. My mare was super. We are going to construct on her performances her today,” Barwick said.
“To live on 0.1% away from a aureate medal makes me experience like, inwards my mind, my mare performed similar a aureate medal champion today.”
Britain’s Natasha Baker and Cabral had hoped to bounce dorsum from the previous day’s defeat but ‘JP’ hadn’t forgotten the dragons at the C halt of the arena which completely pose him off his stride. From the laid out halt it was clear that he wasn’t going to settle together with Baker did her best to buy the farm along things on track, cleverly managing to weave her compulsory movements in. Some of the walk was great, boosted past times a perfect choice of music but the harm had been done. 66.55% was the in conclusion grade which left them out of the medals.
Far from the tearful rider who was clearly frustrated past times the Thursday’s disappointment, this fourth dimension she saw the funny side/ “To live on honest I only don’t know what to say; it’s only non been my contest genuinely but that’s horses for you! I knew equally shortly equally I got into the laid out halt he saw people walking past, I was inwards problem equally much of the exam goes towards that corner where he was scared. One of those things but happy I managed to larn inwards my compulsories (movements); it genuinely was freestyle! Inside, I only had to express joy equally I knew that was my lot. I’ll alive to deal to a greater extent than or less other solar daytime – select on Canada!”
Grade Ia
Grade Ia also saw the shape majority thrown out the window amongst British favourite Sophie Christiansen – whose mission it was to complete her hat-trick of Paralympic, European together with World titles together with inwards doing hence retain her triple World Champion condition – but she came away amongst silver. She was beaten past times Italy’s Sarah Morganti who scored an enormous 78.80% to accept the aureate on board Royal Delight.
“I can’t believe it,” Morganti said of the win, “the Equus caballus was beautiful, nosotros both dearest this test, she was on the music together with was perfect, nosotros couldn’t have got done more.” Morganti confessed that this medal has surpassed her expectations, “I hoped together with worked a lot for a medal, I dreamed of a aureate hence this is only a dream come upwards true.” The nine twelvemonth sometime mare has a long together with illustrious career ahead of her nether this upwards together with coming rider.
Christiansen achieved a score of 77.55% amongst Janeiro 6, together with was real emotional equally this is the in conclusion contest amongst her electrical current trainer Clive Milkins, who has worked amongst her throughout her incredibly successful career. “I wanted a aureate for Clive,” she said, “but I am content amongst silver, nosotros couldn’t have got done whatever to a greater extent than inwards that arena,” Christiansen said.
“I rode the best exam I could. It shows how much the touchstone has gone upwards since London 2012, which is dandy for the sport. I’m looking frontwards to the adjacent 2 years together with earthworks deep. It’s expert that this happens now, instead of at Rio.”
The bronze medal went to High German passenger Elke Phillip riding her 7 twelvemonth sometime Hanoverian gelding Regaliz to a score of 76.75%.
Christiansen said afterwards: “I went inwards at that spot wanting to relish it; I only dearest that music. I’m genuinely happy that at that spot are others coming through inwards (grade) Ia equally it’s expert for the sport. I’m only a flake emotional; I’m genuinely content amongst silver. Reflection is my worst together with best trait!”
Grade Ib
The flat Ib Freestyle contest went truthful to shape together with aureate was in 1 trial again inwards the ownership of Great Britain’s Lee Pearson. He rode the flamboyant Zion to the highest score of the entire calendar week at the Hippodrome.
He proved that he’s dorsum on top amongst a masterful freestyle display to music including Superman, Mission Impossible, We are the Champions together with Fame which he had used for the 2007 World Championships. Pearson upped the technicality to check his music choice together with wowed the crowds (which included a 25-strong contingent of identify unit of measurement together with friends all sporting matching ‘Go Lee’ shirts) together with the judges to live on the first, together with only, competitor to interruption the magic barrier amongst 80.05% together with accept the gold. This gave him the hat-trick of golds, the laid out fourth dimension he’s done that since the in conclusion World Equestrian Games inwards 2010.
“I’m solely disappointed I didn’t rhythm out Charlotte Dujardin’s score!” he joked.
“It has been an amazing contest for me. I’ve trusted this Equus caballus for years together with this calendar week he has proven me right. He’s been through a lot over the in conclusion v years together with I’m over the moon. I don’t mean value he could have got gone whatever amend today.
“People e'er told me he is non a basis entitle horse, good … he is now!”
Pearson’s strongest contest came from Austrian passenger Pepo Puch all calendar week together with he claimed the argent medal amongst a score of precisely 78%, “today nosotros danced to our Rio themed carnival music together with the Equus caballus together with I had a dandy time,” he said of his test.
“Fine Time southward is a hormonal diva but she has tried hard for me all week.” Puch is extremely pleased to live on coming away amongst his medals, “I have got been injured all flavor together with real nearly didn’t larn inwards here,” he said, “so to come upwards away amongst 2 silvers after niggling grooming is great.” Third identify went to Dutch passenger Nicole Den Dulk riding Wallace amongst a score of 75.15%
Grade III
In a repeat of history from the flat III Freestyle at the 2013 European Championships, The Netherlands’ Sanne Voets took the aureate ahead of her rival, Individual Champion Hannelore Brenner from Germany. Sanne rides at pocket-sized tour flat during the wintertime flavor together with produced to a greater extent than or less polished flight changes together with lateral move to have a score of 77.45%. “I only can’t believe it yet!” she laughed, “this is the vantage for a lot of hard work, the partnership I have got amongst my Equus caballus is indescribably exceptional together with he tried hence hard for me today.”
Hannelore finished on a score of 76.2% amongst her mare Women Of The World to claim the argent which volition accompany her aureate from yesterday. The Freestyle music for this combination matched them perfectly, together with they looked harmonious throughout.
“I am real happy close my Equus caballus because she was hence engaged together with willing to work, it was a beautiful feeling,” she said. Brenner was pleased amongst her medal colouring also, “I am happy amongst my riding together with if at that spot is person amend together with hence that is OK, I am happy amongst the silver.”
The bronze medal went to Denmark’s Annika Lykke Risum, watched past times her seven-month-old babe Alexander, on Aros Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Fenris amongst 73.050%. This result volition have got made upwards for her disappointment inwards the lack of a medal on the Individual Championship day.
Canada’s Roberta Sheffield, who lives inwards Bourne, Lincolnshire, UK, rode a lovely exam but finished only out of the medals inwards 4th identify amongst a score of 70.200% riding Bindro T, an eight-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding.
“This is my laid out large championships – my laid out major Games – riding for Canada, together with my goal hither was to larn through to the Freestyle together with larn it done, together with nosotros did it,” Sheffield said.
“I’m hence pleased that nosotros pose inwards a expert performance. My Equus caballus is solely viii years sometime together with inwards his laid out twelvemonth of international competition, together with I have got solely been riding him since March, hence I could non live on to a greater extent than thrilled amongst how nosotros did at these Games. I have got had a fantastic experience hither at WEG.”
Grade IV
The flat IV freestyle exam was won past times electrical current Paralympic champion, Belgian passenger Michele George. Crowned the Individual World Champion before inwards the week, George forthwith adds Freestyle aureate to her collection. She rode FBW Rainman to a score of 78.65%, “I am genuinely excited together with happy,” she said, “it’s to a greater extent than or less other dream come upwards true, but it was a real hard contest because I know Sophie is real potent inwards her Kur.”
Great Britain’s Sophie Wells was in 1 trial again denied the aureate past times only 0.6% amongst a score of 78.05% on board Valerius. She rode a determined, immaculate exam amongst an extremely complex together with brave floorplan that carve upwards the judges amongst scores ranging from 73% to 81%.
Wells was visibly disappointed amongst her marks but was pleased amongst her performance. “I am genuinely pleased amongst how the exam went, I rode every pace together with couldn’t have got done whatever more,” she said, “I am genuinely pleased amongst my Equus caballus though, I am hence proud of him.
“When at that spot is 7 or viii per centum departure inwards the scores the judges are perhaps looking at unlike things together with it’s hard to come upwards away amongst anything. I’m pleased amongst his performance; at that spot was a error at the halt of my medium canter but I genuinely idea the balance was expert enough.”
Third identify went to Dutch passenger Frank Hosmar who piloted Alphaville N.O.P to a score of 75.95% to clinch the bronze in 1 trial more.
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