Georgie Spence and Halltown Harley lead the individual CICO3* competition
Britain may have been in fourth place as a team after the dressage at the inaugural FEI Nations Cup at Wiener Neustadt but they moved up the rankings to grab top spot individually and move into third place in the Nations Cup team competition after the cross country
Britain’s Georgie Spence on Halltown Harley took the took the lead in the CICO3 * individual rankings thanks to the second fastest time of the day and a clear round, 6.7 points ahead the second placed rider Miloslov Prihoda Jr. (CZE) riding Captain Hero and Jan van Beek (NED) on Vamp du Monselet in third place
“I literally have the best horse in the world. My own and Suzanne Doggett's Halltown Harley jumped an incredible clear to be the fastest of the day with just 8.4 faults to go into the lead!!!! I love him so much! As a team we lie in 3rd! Fingers crossed for tomorrow's Show Jumping” says Georgie on her Facebook page
It was a challenging course with no-one making the time of 6 minutes and 57 seconds around the new 3* course of 24 obstacles and 35 jumping efforts built on the grounds of the Theresian Military Academy.
Felix Etzel and Bandit 436, Germany's leader after the dressage, are now in 7th place
Germany still maintain their lead in the team competition but it is very close at the top with Germany on 242.60, the Netherlands on 243.60 and Britain on 245.50. Britain’s Alice Dunsdon and Kirsty Johnstone both picked up 20 jumping penalties and time penalties to currently be in 18th and 27th places
The home team Austria, having their first Nations Cup start, fell to sixth place (288.10) after the elimination of Manfred Rust and refusals by Rebecca Gerold and Margit Appelt however Austria's current champion Charlotte Dobretsberger only had a few time faults and is in sixth place in the individual ranking.
FEI NATIONS CUP EVENTING Wr. Neustadt
Standings after Dressage and cross country
1. GERMANY 242,60
NEWELL – Nicolai Aldinger 96,40
BROOKFIELD DE BOUNCER – Jörg Kurbel 73,80
BANDIT 436 – Felix Etzel 72,40
CARLSON B - Vanessa BÖLTING (1000,00)
2. NETHERLANDS 243,60
BURRY SPIRIT – Jordy Wilken (103,40)
VAMP DU MONSELET – Jan Van Beek 67,00
IMAGE OF ROSES - Ilonka KLUYTMANS 83,90
HENRI Z - Renske KROEZE 92,70
3. GREAT BRITAIN 245,50
OPPOSITION DETECTIVE – Kirsty Johnson 98,70
SAMBO – Alice Dunston 87,20
HALLTOWN HARLEY - Georgie SPENCE 59,60
4. CZECH REPUBLIC 264,50
CAPTAIN HERO - Miloslav PRIHODA JR 65,10
BOLINE - Robert POKORNY – 76,00
VELES - Petr VESELOVSKY (1000,00)L
LASING - Eliska OPRAVILOVA 123,40
5. SWITZERLAND 246,30
TOUBLEU DE RUEIRE - Sandra LEONHARDT-RAITH 88,60
KONTIKI CH - Tamara ACKLIN (1000,00)
WALDMANN - Eveline BODENMÜLLER 84,90
NOE DES VATYS - Ben VOGG 72,80
6. AUSTRIA 288,10
Hugo Holiday 2 - Manfred Rust (1000,00)
Galileo 5 - Rebecca Gerold 126,00
Vally K - Charlotte Dobretsberger 69,70
Space Jet - Margit Appelt 92,40
7. ITALY 303,00
WALDO - Andrea DOCIMO 139,00
LEOPOLD K – Mattia LUCIANI 77,80
ROCCO II - Federico RISO 86,20
EH SEABISQUIT - Arianna GUIDARELLI (1000,00)
8. HUNGARY 1179,50
BEN BENDEGUZ - Péter TUSKA 93,50
ZIZI ST JOHN'S - Orsolya SZABÓ 86,00
MY WIN - László EGYED 1000,00
CICO3* - Individual standings after dressage and Cross
1. HALLTOWN HARLEY - Georgie SPENCE (GBR) (51,2 | 8,40) 59,60
2. CAPTAIN HERO - Miloslav PRIHODA JR (CZE) (50,3 | 14,80) 65,10
3. VAMP DU MONSELET - Jan VAN BEEK (NED) (51,4 | 15,60) 67,00
4. TREBARWITH - Marco BIASIA (ITA) (52,0 | 15,60) 67,60
5. CHAPEAU SPIRIT - Jordy WILKEN (NED) (54,0 | 14,80) 68,80
6. Vally K - Charlotte Dobretsberger (AUT/NÖ) (44,9 | 24,80) 69,70
7. BANDIT 436 - Felix ETZEL (GER) (44,8 | 27,60) 72,40
8. NOE DES VATYS - Ben VOGG (SUI) (46,4 | 26,40) 72,80
9. BROOKFIELD DE BOUNCER - Jörg KURBEL (GER) (47,4 | 26,40) 73,80
10.CADGOLD - Bodo BATTENBERG (GER) (60,6 | 13,60) 74,20
