The Masked Podium! The top teams at Le Grand Complete, Haras Le Pin Nations Cup
The big event of the weekend was of course the FEI Nations Cup, the first Eventing Nations Cup competition that has got off the ground in 2020, held at Le Grand Complet, Haras Le Pin in France
The French were once again triumphant, taking not only the Nations Cup leg but also the top five places individually
Team Results
First Place: France
Karim Florent LAGHOUAG (FRA) riding TRITON FONTAINE
Christopher SIX (FRA) riding TOTEM DE BRECEY
Thibaut VALLETTE LT COL (FRA) riding QING DU BRIOT IFCE (first place individually)
Thomas CARLILE (FRA) riding BIRMANE
Second place: The Netherlands
Elaine PEN (NED) riding DIVALI
Laura HOOGEVEEN (NED) riding WICRO QUIBUS N.O.P.
Janneke BOONZAAIJER (NED) riding ACSI CHAMP DE TAILLEUR
Tim LIPS (NED) riding ECLIPS
Third place: Great Britain
David DOEL (GBR) riding GALILEO NIEUWMOED
Richard CONEY (GBR) riding KANANASKIS
Tom MCEWEN (GBR) riding FIGARO VAN HET BROEKXHOF
Zara TINDALL (GBR) riding CLASS AFFAIR
Australia took seventh place in the teams competition with Kevin McNab riding his non-team horse Scuderia 1918 A Best Friend as the best placed Australian combination in seventh place
More to come in our full wrap up in our 5* Content
Kitty King and her horses are on a roll
Aston-Le-Walls (4)
It was a massive week of eventing at Aston-Le-Walls (4) where luckily they have plenty of all weather arenas to cope the all weathers they had thrown at them from 12th – 16th August
Kitty King was on amazing form yet again, winning the Advanced 8/9 Year Old class on Cristal Fontaine and the Advanced Section C with Ceylor LAN while Hector Payne won the Advanced Section B1 with Dynasty and Pippa Funnell took the Section D with Billy Walk On.
Mollie Summerland and the extravagant Charly Van Ter Heiden won the Advanced U25
Warwick Hall (X)
A last-minute addition to the calendar, we returned to film all riders at Warwick Hall in Cumbria where four lucky riders in the BE100 on Saturday won our cross country videos. They were;
BE100 Section A
Ria Scott and Srilanka Sky Graff
BE100 Section B
Christopher Whittle and Kilwaughter Storm
BE100 Section C
BE100 Section E
BE100 Section F
BE100 Section G
Christopher Whittle and Bitusa
More to come in our full wrap up in our 5* Content
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Canoe Tree, South Australia
Even Australia managed to get an event in this weekend with Canoe Tree in South Australia hosting eventing, show jumping and combined training classes
South Australian Megan Jones attended with her top horse Kirby Park Impress to get some 4* show jumping in and also came home with a win in one of the lower level classes. Nice to see that people are getting out and about!
Kilguilkey International, Ireland
While Kevin McNab was having a good weekend in France, an event he has dominated in recent years in Ireland, the Kilguilkey Home International in Mallow, Co Cork was taking place
Elizabeth (Esib) Power and Soladoun took victory in the CCI 4*-S on Saturday, scoring 30.9 in the dressage phase, in second place behind Cathal Daniels riding Barrichello. But a foot perfect cross country and show jumping round from Esib saw Cathal finish as runner-up on 31.5 as well as taking third place with Alcatraz on a score of 38.5.
Brian Morrison and Global Faerlie Flashy won the CCI3*-S just ahead of Sam Watson in runner-up spot with Imperial Sky (ISH) on 28.3. Third place went to Cathal Daniels with Shannondale Mari (ISH) on a score of 28.6.
Sarah Ennis took the CCI2*-S with Lisanley (ISH)
