Eventing
A total of 52 combinations competed in the Eventing Championship, with eight countries - Belgium, Britain, France, Germany Ireland, Italy, Netherlands and Sweden - fielding teams.
The outstanding partnership of Calvin Bockmann and Askaban B led the individual leaderboard from the outset and never put a foot wrong over the following two phases to clinch the individual title. And the British made it a hat-trick of 2015 team victories in fine style.
Former international event rider, Gary Parsonage, was the third British Chef d’Equpe to have plenty to celebrate at the end of the team competition when Phoebe Locke (Quay), Harriet Wright (Foxtown Cufflynx), Saffron Cresswell (Cuffesgrange Little Ric) and Thomas Tulloch (Spirit Vl) came out on top. They headed the silver medallists from France by almost 16 penalty points while Sweden earned the bronze.
Technical Delegate Gaston Bileitczuk (FRA) and Ground Jury members Polyann Huntington (AUS), David Lee (IRL) and Anne Persson (SWE) gave the Germans an early boost when putting Bockmann and team-mate Emma Brussau (Rocky) in first and fourth places respectively after the Dressage phase. Bockmann’s score of 33.4 with his chestnut gelding is an indication of the quality of the flatwork now being produced at pony level, and it was another German, individual competitor Brandon Schafer-Gehrau riding Pretty in Black, who lay a close second on a score of 34.3 ahead of French rider, Melissa Prevost with Podeenagh Aluinn, going into Saturday’s cross-country phase.
2015 Eventing individual winner Calvin Böckmann / Askaban B (GER)
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Time penalties
The addition of 13.2 time penalties saw Schafer-Gehrau drop to eighth however, allowing Prevost to improve to silver medal spot, while Ireland’s Zoe Nelson shot up from seventh into bronze position when the only addition to her good Dressage score of 40.9 was 1.6 time penalties. A total of 28 starters completed without cross-country fence penalties, and 16 made it home inside the time while nine were eliminated in this phase.
Ireland’s Nelson kept the pressure on Prevost when jumping clear over the coloured poles yesterday but the French girl still held on to hear lead despite collecting four faults. That left Bockmann with a fence in hand, but he didn’t need it, keeping a very cool head to claim the gold by a margin of just over seven penalty points.
The Germans didn’t challenge for the team medals when both Brussau and Antonia Baumgart (Turn up Trumps) were eliminated at fence 18 on the cross-country track. And the British triumphed when Tulloch lined up fourth ahead of Cresswell in fifth, Locke in ninth and Wright in 12th place, all four sealing the great result with Jumping clears on the final day.
The final British tally was 138.7 while Prevost led the French side that also included Vanille Bourgeois (Mustang de Buges), Quentin Gonzalez (Perle du Boisdelanoue) and Camille Lucas (Risketon Maneti) into silver medal spot on a final score of 154.6. Sweden’s Kara Hammastrom (Creemully Melody), Moa Nordfjall (Dimmans Eros), Selma Hammarstrom (Sligo Furtunus) and Michelle Ettwein (Midnight af Lergraven) took the bronze on 160.1.
Article by Louise Parkes
Results:
FEI European Pony Team Dressage Championship: GOLD - Great Britain 222.872: SL Lucci (Phoebe Peters) 80.077, Valido’s Sunshine 9Rebecca Bell) 71.077, Rembrandt (Clare Hole) 71.718, DHI Langar (Isobel Berrington) 70.615; SILVER - Germany 222.231: Cyrill WE (Nadine Krause) 75.769, Den Ostriks Dailan (Lana Raumanns) 73.462, Dujardin B (Linda Erbe) 73.000, SFs Charly Brown (Helen Erbe) 72.487; BRONZE - Denmark 221.359: Farbenfroh (Sara Van Deurs petersen) 74.128, Adriano B (Karoline Rohmann) 73.744, Vegelins Goya (Louise Christensen) 73.487, Der Harlekin B (Sara Aagaard Hyrm) 72.897.
FEI European Pony Individual Dressage Championship: GOLD - SL Lucci (Phoebe Peters) 81.390; SILVER - Cyrill WE (Nadine Krause) GER 76.732; BRONZE - SFs Charly Brown (Helen Erbe) GER 73.756.
FEI European Pony Freestyle Championship: GOLD - SL Lucci (Phoebe Peters) 85.825; SILVER - Cyrill WE (Nadine Krause) GER 80.550; BRONZE - Farbenfroh (Sara van Deurs Petersen) DEN 77.825.
FEI European Pony Team Jumping Championship: GOLD - Great Britain 1 fault: Tixylix (Jodie Hall McAteer) 0/0/0, Zodianne van de Doevenbree (Jack Whitaker) 18/0/4, Ammanvalley Santino (Jessica Hewitt) 1/0/0, Aughnashammer (Charlotte Ash) 0/4/0; SILVER - Ireland 4 faults: Ballygawley’s Little Ferro (Olivia Roulston) 0/5/0, Spartacus Reape (Abbie Sweetnam) 0/08, Dr Spot (Luke Garrigan) 0/0/4, Imagine If One (Michael Pender) 0/0/0; BRONZE - France 5 faults: Rexter d’Or (Victoria Tachet) 0/0/8, Shamrock du Gite (Justin Maerte) 0/0/0, Quabar des Monceaux (Charlotte Lebas) 0/0/5, Sligo de Normal (Thomas Scalabre) 0/4/0.
FEI European Pony Individual Jumping Championship: GOLD - Shamrock du Gite (Justin Maerte) FRA 0; SILVER - Tixylix (Jodie Hall McAteer) GBR 4/0 37.36; BRONZE - Okehurst Little Bow Wow (Thiebault Philippaerts) BEL 4/0 42.24.
FEI European Pony Eventing Team Championship: GOLD - Great Britain 138.7: Quay (Phoebe Locke) 49.1, Foxtown Cufflynx (Harriet Wright) 52.8, Cuffesgrange Little Ric (Saffron Cresswell) 46.2, Spirit lV (Thomas Tulloch) 43.4; SILVER - France 154.6: Mustang de Buges (Vanille Bourgeois) DNS, Podeenagh Aluinn (Melissa Prevost) 40.9, Perle de Boisdelanoue (Quentin Gonzalez) 50.0, Risketou Maneti (Camille Lucas) 63.7; BRONZE - Sweden 160.1: Creemully Melody (Klara Hammerstrom) Elim, Dimmans Eros (Moa Nordfjall) 54.6, Sligo Fortunus (Selma Hammarstrom) 47.4, Midnight of Lergraven (Michelle Ettwein) 58.1.
FEI European Pony Eventing Individual Championship: GOLD - Askaban (Calvin Bockmann) GER 33.4; SILVER - Podeenagh Aluinn (Melissa Prevost) FRA 40.9; BRONZE - Millridge Buachaill Bui (Zoe Nelson) IRL 42.5.
