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There was a lot riding on the last day of the GCT. The Million Euro Bonus, the Grand Prix of Brazil and the Leading Rider Award, which itself was worth over 25′000Euro to the winner.
The first round produced 11 clear rounds but to the amazement of many Marco Kutscher, leader of the GCT rankings was not among them when he had two down with Catoki. And Jos Lansink’s chance of snatching the winners part of the Bonus disappeared when Spender S had two fences down. But Marcus Ehning was in the eighteen second round contestants and so was Edwina Alexander, lying in fourth but ready to capitalise on anyone else’s misfortunes.
In the second round Ellen Whitaker was the first to go double clear with Equimax Ocalado and she was soon joined by six others. Ellen hit the third fence and Phillip Westhaupt and Souvenir 29, the last. Denis Lynch and All Inclusive were the first to jump three clear rounds and he made a very good job of setting a fast time on All Inclusive NRW, stopping the clock at 33.50.
Edwina Alexander took a stride out between the third and fourth fences and nearly paid the price but Cevo Itot du Chateau put in an enormous leap to clear the back rail only for the clock to deny him a better placing than Denis.
Ben Maher was slower on Oscar although clear but the person who made the biggest effort to win was Brazil’s Carlos Ribas. Riding Ronaldo who he had only been riding for a client for a few weeks, he absolutely tore round to screams and whistles from the capacity crowd but 34.33 was only good enough for eventual fourth.
Last in was Marcus Ehning. Already the winner of the leading rider prize when previous leader Christian Ahlmann had a rail in the second round on Taloubet Z, winning here would hand the German not only the Grand Prix but also the Championship. Finishing fourth would leave that in the hands of Marco Kutscher. And the margin for error was small. A second and a half split the riders currently leading the competition. But Marcus Ehning is not a three times World Cup winner for nothing. Making good use of Noltes Kuchen Girl’s huge stride, he did not appear to be hurrying as much as Dennis but a final gallop to the last sealed the win and that jump off ride earned him 430′000 Euro in total prize money. More than anyone else has earned in any show jumping competition in the history of the sport.
Results
Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Brazil
1. Marcus Ehning (GER) Noltes Kutchen Girl, 0,0,0, 33.23, Euro 100′000
2. Denis Lynch (IRE) All Inclusive NRW, 0,0,0, 33.50, Euro 70′000
3. Edwina Alexander (AUS) Cevo Itot du Chateau, 0,0,0, 34.01, Euro 50′000
4. Carlos Ribas (BRA) Ronaldo, 0,0,0, 34.33, Euro 25′000
Quotes
Marcus Ehning- “I was lucky to be last to go and I knew I had a fast horse who could catch Denis but I still cannot believe all this has happened. The show title, the Grand Prix and the Champion title, it is amazing. I had to take all the risks in the jump off and tonight it paid off, I was lucky it all worked. I am just a bit happy!”
Edwina Alexander-”It has been an amazing year so far and I can’t believe anyone could win as much money as Marcus, he was unbelievable tonight. This is Itot’s last show before WEG, he gets a short holiday now. Which he deserves as I decided with Jan (Tops) that I could do that related distance on four strides but when I got there it was a little bit further than I thought!”
Jan Tops- “You do not see many events like this one. For so much to ride on the last second of a jump off. I cannot imagine having a better day than this one. And as for next year at this moment, I do not know how we will improve on this.”
Heath Ryan and Mystery Whisper have taken out the three star class of this year’s Sydney Three Day event at SIEC.
The pair had led after the dressage and cross country phases. However, the showjumping phase proved to be a nail biter as there were no clear rounds and Heath, who had two rails up his sleeve coming in as the last competitor, had two rails down, including the first!
Thankfully, Heath had no time penalties, so he secured a narrow win (0.5 penalties) over New Zealand’s John Twomey and Flaunt it. Megan Jones and Kirby Park Allofasudden managed to move up the rankings as rails fell in the class, and her four penalties-round secured third place.
The crowd was later wowed by the competitors in the compulsory CCI four star “confirmation of fitness” class for our WEG team, including the likes of Stuart Tinney, Megan Jones and Chris Burton, who made the four star showjumping course look very easy. As this class was a test of fitness, there was no official scoring.
Well done to Heath and best of luck to our WEG team hopefuls. The team will be more formalised in the next few days.
In other eventing news, Megan Jones finished second in the final standings of the HSBC FEI World Cup Eventing, earning her US$34,000. Michael Jung from Germany was the overall winner and former Aussie, Phillip Dutton placed third.
Congratulations to Megan on an outstanding result!
Australia’s Tom McDermott has today finished in eighth spot at a thrilling final of the individual equestrian.
It was a tight and challenging course and out of the 28 riders there were only seven clean rounds. Jump number four, representing the iconic Singapore Flyer saw a number of horses come unstuck, with the unusual stride required causing nearly all riders to falter and knock the rails.
Both McDermott and Hugo looked comfortable and confident coming into the course and they cleared the first 10 jumps with only slight taps on a couple of rails.
Coming into the 11th jump,Hugo faltered and despite Tom’s best efforts he was unable to correct the jump and the rail hit the ground, costing four penalty points.
Tom and Hugo finished the course in 85.89 seconds and with seven riders still to compete, it seemed that his Youth Olympic Games were over. However, the next six riders all clocked penalties and with one rider left, the medals hung in the balance.Tom was recalled to jump-off for bronze against five others who also incurred four penalties.
Hugobalked at the second jump and Tom showed his riding prowess in getting the horse to continue although it cost valuable penalty points and time. They finished the course in 52.18 with eight penalties to finish eighth overall
The bronze medal was won by 18-year-old Dalma Rushdi H Malhas from Saudi Arabia. As the result was finalised, she could not contain her excitement in winning a medal, especially given she is the first Saudi Arabian girl to represent her country in equestrian.
In the jump-off for gold, Uruguay grabbed gold with Chirico producing a perfect course for zero penalties and a time of 42.35. Gamboa had a tough run with a very hard knock on the second jump but happily walked away with silver.
Tom McDermott has won a silver medal in the mixed team event at the Youth Olympic Games. Tom was teamed with riders from China, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Oman to contest the mixed event as Team Australasia.
Tom and his thoroughbred, Hugo, completed a perfect course, clearing all jumps and receiving no penalties.
With a three-way tie, Australasia, Europe and Africa progressed into a jump-off for medals.
Tom was Australasia’s final rider, completing his round in 46.10 seconds with eight jump penalties, locking the team into the silver medal position. Europe came in first and Africa third.
Tom and Hugo are now in the individual phase of the competition and have excelled in Round A, placing themselves as serious medal contenders for Tuesday’s final.
Tom and 8 other riders are on 0 faults at the end of Round A. They lead the field of 29 riders. Round B of the individual competition will be held on Tuesday and will decide the Individual medallists.
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The Youth Olympic Games equestrian events got off to a flying start at the beautiful Singapore Equestrian venue today, with Australasia, Africa and Europe sharing the lead after the first round of the Teams Jumping competition.
Clear rounds came from Australasia’s Thomas McDermott (AUS) and Jake Lambert (NZL), Africa’s Abdalla Mohamed (EGY) and Samantha McIntosh (RSA), Europe’s Martin Fuchs (SUI) and Carian Scudamore (GBR) and Marcelo Chirico (URU), riding for the South America team.
Six teams represented the different continents of Asia, Australasia, North and Central America and Caribbean Islands, Africa, Europe and South America competed. There were five riders on each team, with the best three scores to count. At the end of the first competition, Australasia, Africa and Europe are out in front on just four faults apiece.
The riders are competing on borrowed horses and all of them have shown a vast improvement since first teaming up with their horses on 14 August, just three days before the first class. As well as the seven clears, most were on only four or eight faults -an excellent result for their first day of competition.
The atmosphere was absolutely electric in the stands with a capacity crowd, consisting of many local school children - future Youth Olympic Games champions perhaps - who really got behind the riders. As local hero Caroline Chew (SIN) entered the arena, the roof almost lifted off the stadium with the cheering. Throughout the competition, the buzz in the riders’ stand was very upbeat, with teams bonding closely and supporting each other before and after their rounds.
Even though this is the first Youth Olympic Games experience for all the young riders, several of them are not the first in their families to compete at Olympic level. Australian rider Tom McDermott’s father Greg and Belgian athlete Nicola Philippaert’s father Ludo have are both Olympians, while Martin Fuchs (SUI) has two people to draw advice from as his father Thomas as well as his uncle Markus were on Swiss Olympic teams.
Asian team member, Mohamad Alanzarouti (SYR), described how it felt to be the first rider into the arena to kick-start the Youth Olympic equestrian events in Singapore: “It was strange at the beginning to be the first rider on course”, he said. “I am feeling better now, but I want to concentrate on working on the type of fences that I had down, so I can be prepared for the next round.”
FEI Director of Jumping, John Roche, was impressed with the achievements of the young riders: “It is great to see that all the athletes have coped so well with the challenge of riding horses other than their own. With three teams finishing the first round with 4 penalties each, medal positions are still very open going into the second round. It is very encouraging to see so much young talent”.
Equestrian Athlete Role Model, Lisen Bratt Fredricson (SWE), commented: “I think it was a really nice course, a very fair course. I was very impressed to see that so many of the riders were riding very softly, staying calm and not letting their nerves affect them. They were taking their time and riding well. My advice to the competitors for round two is to work on the things that may have gone wrong today, but also to focus on the positive aspects of their rounds. Also, the athletes need to remember to enjoy themselves and soak up the atmosphere of being part of an Olympic event.”
The second round of the team competition takes place on 20 August. Individual competition kicks off on Sunday, 22 August.
Youth Olympic Games (Equestrian), Team Jumping, Standings after 1st round - Equal 1, Australasia, Africa and Europe, 4 penalties; equal 4, Asia and South America, 12; 6, North & Central America & Caribbean Islands, 16.
For daily updates on YOG equestrian competitors and events, visit the FEI website www.fei.org and click on the link to our new Youth Olympic Games blog.
Determined not to disappoint riders after wet weather caused the cancellation of a number of events across Sydney the Northside Riding Club show jumping team made the decision to take the August Mitavite Show Jumping Competition on a road trip to the Sydney International Equestrian Centre.
Despite a week of sun Northside’s home ground, the Princess Anne Arena, was still too wet to ride on. Show Jumping phase heads Rosemary Allen and Ebony Bryant were reluctant to call off the competition for the second month in a row. Club president Jane Robinson contacted SIEC, the Sydney Olympic Venue and made enquiries about hiring one of their arenas as an alternative venue. The super efficient team rearranged plans and informed all competitors in record time. Global Entries Online is a useful communication tool for organisers in this situation, allowing emails and text messages to be sent with little fuss.
Riders were very thankful for the opportunity to take their horses to SIEC with many of them conscious of the need to continue with their training schedules in order to prepare their horses for big events such as the upcoming Sydney Three Day. Course Designer Mark Atkins adjusted his tracks slightly to cater for a wider range of riders in the one ring available instead of the normal two rings run on the Princess Anne Arena.
Riley Mackillop began another successful day for the Mackillops with a win in the 80cm class on Handy High Ambitions. ‘Amber’ suffered a freak accident earlier in the year crashing through a glass door on the family property in Duffys Forest and cutting her face badly. Her recovery has been amazing and she is now back out jumping again with her young rider. Taylor Hawes was second on Decree and organiser Rosemary Allen was third with a fast time on Annie.
Riley continued his successful day with a win on the super little pony Amanda Laura Bell in the 90cm class. Riley and Amber were second in this class. Jane Robinson made a great attempt to chase down Riley’s times on her super little mare Rain, but they weren’t quite up to speed finishing in third place. Shannon O’Meara made a successful comeback from a nasty broken leg, with a fourth place on Jayne Dwight’s Startrak.
Riley’s big sister Stephanie was victorious in the 105cm Official class on the super little jumping pony Alcheringa Tradition. Oakville team member Anoushka de Silva with HDH Brandysnap was second and Martin Gostelow from the Gostelow Equestrian Team was third. Emma Fellows and Bourbon Jewel won the Unofficial 105cm class. Mark Atkins was second with Yandoo Barnaby and Eventer Hamish Cargill was third with Sandhills Tiger.
Steph Mackillop completed the Mackillop’s clean sweep with a win on Calvin Clyde in the 115cm class. The Mckillop horses will be eating well for the next few weeks with the family taking home four bags of Xtra Cool from show jumping sponsors Mitavite. Mark Atkins and Yandoo Barnaby were second and Martin Gostelow and Carassino were third.
Rosemary Allen was thrilled at how well the competition went and is keen to build road trips to SIEC into the NRC jumping calendar more often. The next NRC SJ competition is scheduled for 12 September to be held at the Princess Anne Arena, St Ives Showground.
Switzerland has gained a showjumping bronze medal after the country’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Norwegian Tony Andre Hansen against his disqualification from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Hansen’s horse Camiro tested positive for the prohibited substance Capsaicin during the 2008 Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong and he was provisionally suspended on 21 August 21 2008. The case was heard by a three-member panel of the FEI Tribunal, which issued its final decision on December 22, 2008. Hansen was suspended for four and a half months (135 days), from 21 August 2008, to 2 January 2009, and was also disqualified from all placings with Camiro at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Hansen appealed the FEI Tribunal decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), based in Lausanne, Switzerland. On December 4, 2009, CAS dismissed the appeal and upheld the final decision of the FEI Tribunal.
Hansen subsequently appealed the CAS decision to the Swiss Supreme Court, but that appeal was rejected in the Court’s decision of July 30. The FEI was notified of the decision on Monday. There is no appeal against a decision of the Supreme Court.
As a result of the legal procedure, the Norwegians are stripped of the jumping team bronze medal, which will be awarded to the Swiss team that originally finished in fourth place at the 2008 Olympic Games.
The Supreme Court ordered Hansen to pay costs of CHF5000 (Swiss Francs) and legal fees to the FEI of CHF6000.
The Australian showjumpers have continued their good form overseas.
In the CSI5* Grand Prix at San Patrignano, Italy, Chris Chugg and Vivant placed 3rd of out 45 entries, with Edwina Alexander and Ciske Van Overis finishing 7th, James Paterson-Robinson 13th on Niack De L’Abbaye and Matt Williams was 27th with 5 faults riding Urleven Van De Helle. The class included the likes of Ludger Beerbaum and Gotha and Richard Spooner and Cristallo.
In the CSI3* Dinard, France, Paul Athanasoff and Wirrigulla Nicklaus were 10th in the Grand Prix.
Australia also performed well in international dressage over the weekend, with Brett Parbery and Victory Salute placing 2nd in the Grand Prix Special in Aachen with 70.167%!
Edwina Alexander and Cevo Itot du Chateau have again placed in the Global Champions Tour, with a third placing in the grand prix in Chantilly.
Only five riders made it through to the jump off. The first, Penelope Leprevost (FRA), set what would be the time to beat with a fast turn to the second last fence, with her mount My Lord Cathargo. Edwina was next to go with her more compact horse, and while the pair also went clear, they were unable to beat Penelope’s time. Ludger Beerbaum (GER) incredibly managed to get the fastest time so far, even with a slip on that time saving turn, but had the last one down.
Laura Kraut and little Cedric (USA) were next to go, going clear and beating Penelope’s time.
That only left Nick Skelton (GBR) and Carlo, who while fast, had a rail down, giving victory to the American pair.
So the event ended with an all female finish – Laura Kraut in 1st, Penelope Leprevost in 2nd and Edwina Alexander in 3rd.
Australia’s Boyd Exell today notched up his third individual victory at Aachen, the most prestigious international Four-in-Hand Driving competition, to add to his wins in 2003 and 2009. Exell had a head start in the dressage and held onto his lead throughout.
Four times World Champion IJsbrand Chardon (NED) finished second, ahead of Christoph Sandmann (GER), and it was the Netherlands that won the Nations Cup ahead of hosts Germany, with Switzerland in third.
Changed format
The CAIO and World Cup Qualifying competition in Aachen was run in a different format. The Four-in-Hand drivers drove the regular dressage test on Thursday, followed by the obstacle driving competition on Friday. The marathon, broadcast live on television, was run as the final phase to bring the combined driving competition to a dramatic finish.
Dressage
Exell’s outstanding Dressage test was unanimously awarded first place by the international Ground Jury, which included four of the five World Championship judges. Dutch driver Theo Timmerman was second after the Dressage, ahead of USA’s Jimmy Fairclough. Exell drove a near faultless test with his team of black geldings, which were extremely light and elegant throughout. The current World Cup Champion won the CAIO Aachen 2009 with the same horses and says his team is getting better at every show.
IJsbrand Chardon started with a disadvantage after his all-round horse Argus had injured a leg just before the horse inspection and was taken out of the competition.
Obstacle driving competition
Hungary’s Zoltan Lázár and his team of grey Lipizzaner horses won the second phase of the combined competition. Lázár was the first driver to go clear and inside the time on the challenging course, designed by Germany’s Dr Wolfgang Asendorf. The former Pair and Four-in-Hand World Champion proved to be a true show man and treated the spectators in the stadium to a very exciting and fast drive-off round, which he won ahead of home drivers Rainer Duen and Christoph Sandmann. Sandmann is competing in his first outdoor driving event of the season after undergoing knee surgery four weeks ago.
Boyd Exell kept his lead in the individual standings despite one knock down and time penalties. USA’s James Fairclough drove a clear round and kept his third position, just behind Dutch driver Theo Timmerman. Fairclough is driving a team of Dutch and Austrian warmbloods, which have only been together since March of this year. The KWPN leader horses are leased from his compatriot Keady Cadwell, who successfully competed with this pair at the FEI World Pair Driving Championships in Kecskemét 2009. The Austrian full sisters were driven by Georg Moser from Austria in the FEI World four-in-hand Driving Championships in Beesd 2008.
New obstacles on the marathon
Asendorf had designed eight challenging obstacles for the 24 drivers from 10 nations in Aachen. For the first time, he used transportable elements in four obstacles. The beautiful bridge obstacle, which was only built four years ago for the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, was completely renewed using treated wood. Obstacle 4 and 8 were brand new and more collapsible elements were placed in every obstacle to ensure the safety of the horses. The drivers started in reverse order of merits after dressage and cones, which resulted in an exciting battle between the top drivers.
IJsbrand Chardon had a communication problem with one of his horses in the first obstacle, but got his team back on track from then onwards and drove a very strong marathon. Chardon won the marathon, but only by a narrow margin from Boyd Exell, to leave Exell in front overall. Switzerland’s Werner Ulrich, driving the team of Lusitano horses owned by the Portuguese Stud Sociedad Quinta des Terras, took third place in the marathon.
Individual results CAIO Aachen (Ger) 14-17 July 2010:
1. Boyd Exell (Aus) 142,90
2. IJsbrand Chardon (Ned) 149,19
3. Christoph Sandmann (Ger) 154,34
4. Theo Timmerman (Ned) 156,70
5. Zoltan Lazar (Hun) 159,57
6. Daniel Würgler (Sui) 160,61
7. Werner Ulrich (Sui) 169,11
8. Tucker Johnson (Usa) 171,57
9. Rainer Duen (Ger) 173,02
10.Dirk Gerkens (Ger) 173,75
Team results CAIO Aachen (Ger) 14-17 July 2010:
1. The Netherlands 305,89
2. Germany 316,65
3. Switzerland 329,72
4. Hungary 352,84
5. Sweden 352,92
6. USA 367,09
7. France 414,62
Standings FEI World Cup Qualification after 9 of 15 competitions:
Place Driver NF Total
1 Zoltan Lazar HUN 59
2 Werner Ulrich SUI 58
3 IJsbrand Chardon NED 57
3 Daniel Würgler SUI 57
3 Tomas Eriksson SWE 57
6 Theo Timmerman NED 51
7 Koos de Ronde NED 50
8 Boyd Exell AUS 45
9 Fredrik Persson SWE 44
10 József Dobrovitz HUN 35
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