Malin fyra efter andra omgången - Rolf-Göran avancerar
till en tiondeplats
Malin Baryard och H&M Butterfly Flip ligger fyra totalt i
Världscupfinalen efter fredagens andra omgång.
Det blev ett nedslag i grundomgången för ekipaget, det var uthoppet i
trekombinationen som föll.
- Hon rev bakre bommen med frambenen, förklarar Malin.
Alla fyrafelarna i klassen blev placerade på en delad åttondeplats. För Malin innebar
dagens notering att hon avancerar en placering i sammandraget och nu ligger fyra.
- Jag är fortfarande med i striden, och jag tror att det kommer att hända mycket på
söndag, säger Malin. |
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Hon får medhåll av Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum som
är i delad ledning med fredagens segrare, den franska överraskningen Bruno Broucqsault
på Dileme de Cephe.
- Vi kommer att få se många ändrade placeringar på söndag. Det blir ett helt annat
tryck då som kommer att kännas när vi rider in, säger tyskan som imponerade med två
felfria rundor på fredagen på sin Shutterfly.
Det var mer än vad de flesta klarade av. Malin rev ett hinder, Danmarks Thomas Velin rev
två liksom Tysklands Markus Ehning. Markus Fuchs, Schweiz, som vann på torsdagen, rev
sista hindret och ligger därmed trea inför söndag. Det är en plats före Malin som var
nöjd med fredagens ritt, trots en rivning.
- H&M Butterfly Flip var mycket bättre nu än den första dagen och jag tror att den
här relativt lugna omgången i dag kommer att gynna henne på söndag. Banan var
jättetuff i dag och vi såg att det gav ordentligt utslag.
Malin är full av tillförsikt inför söndagens final.
- Det är klart att jag helst hade legat ännu bättre till. Nu måste jag klara två
felfria rundor på söndag, det är min enda chans. Men jag tycker att det ser bra ut. Jag
plockade en placering i dag, jag är med i striden. Det kommer att bli en ännu tuffare
bana på söndag men det känns bra för oss.
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson var felfri och vidare till omhoppning. Av dagens 37 startande
var bara 7 felfria. Bland andra hade segerfavoriter som Marcus Ehning, Markus Fuchs och
Thomas Velin både ett och två nedslag och har rasat i tabellen. Markus Fuchs får byta
ledningen mot en tredjeplats.
I omhoppningen var Mac Kinley inte riktigt lika mycket på hugget som i grundomgången och
hade ner två hinder. |
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- Jag var i den oxern lite redan i grunden, säger
Rolf-Göran om första nedslaget.
Det andra kom i det som i omhoppningen var bantat från en tre- till en två kombination.
Det blev dock en sjätteplats i klassen och med en placeringen avancerade Rolf-Göran upp
till en tiondeplats.
- Ett nedslag mindre hade betytt tre placeringar, konstaterade Rolf-Göran.
Segrade i fredagens klass gjorde Bruno Broucqsault, Frankrike, till publikens oerhörda
jubel. Han är också i total ledning tillsammans med Meredith Michaels Beerbaum som var
sist ut i omhoppningen och satsade på seger med Shutterfly.
Men det är långt ifrån avgjort här i Milano.
På söndag väntar två tuffa rundor för finalisterna innan det är klart vem som blir
Världscupsegrare 2004.
Resultat
Världscupfinal omgång 2 Grand Prix 1,60m: 1) Bruno Broucqsault,
Frankrike, Dileme de Cephe 0+0 36,55 2) Yann Candele, Frankrike, Mill Creek Sweet Dream
0+0 36,58 3) Meredith Michaels Beerbaum, Tyskland, Shutterfly 0+0 36,74 6) Rolf-Göran
Bengtsson, Sverige, Mac Kinley 0+8 38,26 8) Malin Baryard, Sverige, H&M Butterfly Flip
4
Ställningen efter två omg: 1) Bruno Broucqsault,
Frankrike 0 fel 1) Meredith Michaels Beerbaum, Tyskland 0 fel 3) Markus Fuchs, Schweiz 4
fel 4) Malin Baryard, Sverige 6 fel 5) Ludo Philippaerts, Belgien 7 fel 6) Wim Schröder,
Holland 8 fel 7) Eugenie Angot, Frankrike 9 fel 7) Marco Kutscher, Tyskland 9 fel 7)
Michael Whitaker, Storbritannien 9 fel 10) Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, Sverige 10 fel 10) Juan
Carlos Garcia, Italien 10 fel 10) Marcus Ehning, Tyskland 10 fel
Bruno beats them all to win second final
competition in Milan
There was a sensational shake-up in the second competition at the
Sony Ericsson FEI World Cup Final in Milan today when Markus Fuchs lost his grip on the
lead with a single mistake in the opening round and Bruno Broucqsault, overnight sixth,
stormed to victory in a thrilling seven-horse jump-off. This leaves the Frenchman sharing
the top of the leaderboard with Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum while Markus is in third
position going into Sunday’s deciding clash.
Course Designer Uliano Vezzani asked them some very tricky questions with difficult
distances and big fences and, this time around, the penultimate double at fence 12 proved
the bogey of the day.
The field was reduced from 42 to 37 as Elliot Stone (Freestyle) Can, McLain Ward (Goldika)
USA and Mabak Qabil (Opium Metodo) Bra were all eliminated for falls in the first final
class yesterday, Rodrigo Pessoa withdrew Baloubet du Rouet because he was concerned about
the way his horse, who knocked two fences, was jumping and America’s Norman dello
Joio is out of contention because his horse Quriel stood on a nail before the first
competition.
Yann Candele, the Frenchman based with Eric Lamaze in Canada, was lying in 32nd position
after Thursday’s opening event but Mill Creek Sweet Dream found the bigger track much
more to her liking today and produced the first clear round when sixth to go.
America’s Laura Kraut, who had an unfortunate stop at the first element of the double
of water trays yesterday was next to come home with a clean sheet – Anthem deciding
that the trays, this time placed under verticals at fences six and eight, were no problem
and Rolf-Goran Bengtsson put in a no-nonsense round with MacKinley to ensure Sweden’s
inclusion in the closing stages.
The stunningly elegant Montender made it all look very easy when recording the fourth
clear of the competition for Germany’s Marco Kutscher while Belgium’s Ludo
Philippaerts and Parco did likewise but Bruno’s round with Dileme de Cephe was
considerably less stylish – the Frenchman almost parting company with his gelding
when jumped out of the saddle as he tackled the oxer which was between the two water-tray
fences on a related-distance straight line.
Meredith and Shutterfly put in a class performance when, third-last into the ring, they
secured that seventh clear round but defending champion Markus Ehning’s dream of
making it a double of World Cup wins was shattered when Anka hit the middle part of the
combination at fence five and clipped the second element of the double at fence 12. Horses
were coming away from the in-gate on the approach to this one and Toni Hassmann’s
Camirez B showed exactly what was in some of their minds as the horse tried to duck out
through the entrance costing his rider valuable time and a lot of irritation.
Yann led the way against the clock and set a tough standard when crossing the line clear
in 36.58 seconds. Laura Kraut and Anthem and Rolf-Goran with MacKinley both knocked two
fences each, remarkably recording their eight fault results in precisely the same time of
38.26 seconds and Montender dropped a leg on the oxer, number four on the track, when
Marco asked him to turn in mid-air, finishing also with a total of eight when catching the
front pole of the double three from home. Ludo and Parco however looked like they might
oust Yann from the lead when jumping big and clean but, despite some wild flapping of the
reins from his rider on their run to the last, the handsome grey was over a second slower
when stopping the clock in 37.75 seconds.
Bruno and Dileme de Cephe may have looked risky at their first attempt but, second-last to
go and knowing Meredith was coming behind him, the French rider set off in a lovely rhythm
and, meeting all his fences on a perfect stride took a brave gallop to the last to break
the beam in 36.55 seconds and take over the lead. If he had been excited about going clear
in round one that paled into insignificance in comparison to his delight when he realised
what he had done this time around and the French supporters cheered ecstatically as he
removed his hat and waved delightedly to the crowd knowing he had put it up to the final
partnership. Meredith, first lady-rider to ever win the Western European League when
topping the series this season, was not going to risk everything to beat him and, although
fast, brave and accurate, was not stretched to the limit when the clock showed 36.74
seconds – good enough for third place for the second day in succession – as she
crossed the line.
She said afterwards "I just didn’t want to overdo it today. I have been riding
tactically and I want to have something in reserve for Sunday". She must however be
feeling confident, with Shutterfly in an excellent frame of mind ahead of the crunch
two-round challenge which follows tomorrow’s rest day for the championship horses.
Yann Candele’s second placing today has drawn some serious attention to the
Frenchman. Asked if he might now be considered as a contender for Athens however he said
"I don’t believe that will happen because of the way the system works but anyway
I don’t think my horse is ready for the Olympic Games. I am very happy just to be
here – the horse is full of promise for the future but I don’t want to ask too
much of him too soon. May aim when I arrived here was to get through to Sunday’s
competition and I have done that".
When asked how he would cope with pressure in the last final competition on Sunday he said
– "Maybe the other riders are more used to this level of competition than I am
but I will be fine and at ease competing on Sunday".
Markus Fuchs may have been disappointed at losing his grip on pole position but, after
many years of top-level competitive riding, he understands how fickle the sport of show
jumping can be.
"I felt fantastic until I got to the last fence – Tinka’s Boy was giving me
a beautiful feeling but maybe I was too confident – I planned six strides between the
last two fences and if I had to do it again I would do the same thing only I would ride it
better!" he said but, just four points behind the joint-leaders, he is still very
much in the race. "When I won the World Cup in 2001 I was 7th in the first
competition and 3rd on the second day" he added.
Bruno of course was more than pleased with the position in which he now finds himself.
"I knew what kind of courses to expect when I came here because I have jumped
Vezzani’s tracks before in Rome" he said. His unorthodox and unpredictable
riding style may cause a few heart-stopping moments every now and then but his partnership
with his horse is well-cemented as he has had the 13 year old gelding since he was a three
year old and they know each other very well. He is determined to give Meredith a run for
her money but the result is in no way settled yet as Malin Baryard, lying third with six
points, Ludo who has now improved to fifth after the results were transformed into points
after yesterday’s class, and Wim Schroder, carrying seven points, are within reach
should things go awry for the leaders in the last competition.
The stage is now set for a classic conclusion to the Sony Ericsson FEI World Cup Jumping
Final.
Maria vann kvällens klass
| Maria Gretzer och Spender S vann fredagskvällens klass, en ackumulatorhoppning, före
Eric van der Vleuten och Vladimir Tuganov. |
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Resultat
1,45-ackumulatorhoppning: 1) Maria Gretzer, Sverige, Spender S 85 54,38
2) Eric van der Vleuten, Holland, Monique 85 55,97 3) Vladimir Tuganov, Ryssland, Lou Lou
85 57,34
fame
Fame på italienska
Svenska Fame gästade Forum de Agasso för en konsert på
fredagkvällen.
Lite statistik från Världscupen
På plats i Milano finns några verkliga veteraner i
världscupsammanhang.
Michael Whitaker, Storbritannien, har ridit 15 Världscupfinaler, den första 1984 och med
en tredjeplats som bästa placering.
Lars Nieberg, Tyskland, Ludo Philippaerts, Belgien, och Norman Dello Joio, USA, har ridit
nio världscupfinaler.
Rodrigo Pessoa, Brasilien, nio finaler
Otto Becker, Tyskland, McLain Ward, USA, åtta finaler
Eric van der Vleuten, Holland, sju
Malin Baryard har ridit tre finaler och Rolf-Göran Bengtsson tre.
Statistiken innehåller även årets final.
I årets startfält är det 16 ryttare som gör debut i Världscupfinalsammanhang.
Vad har hänt med tidigare segrarhästar?
1979 Gladstone - död 1987 18 år
1980 Balbuco - död 1984 19 år
1981 Jet Run - död 1996 28 år
1982 Calypso - död 2002 29 år
1983 I Love You - 30 år , bor i Frankrike
1984 Aramis - död 1989 12 år
1985 Abdullah - död 2000 29 år
1986 McLain - död 1988 17 år
1987 The Natural - 28 år , bor i staten New York, USA
1988, 1989 Big Ben - död 1999 23 år
1990, 1991 - Milton död 1999 21 år
1992 Genius - 22 år, pensionerad 2000, bor i staten New York, USA
1993 Ratina Z - 22 år, pensionerad 1999, bor hos Ludger Beerbaum
1994 Libero - 22 år, pensionerad 1996, bor i Holland
1995 Dollar Girl - 24 år, pensionerad 1997, bor i Mexiko
1996, 1997 ET - 17 år, halvpensionerad
1998, 1999, 2000 Baloubet du Rouet - 15 år, tävlar fortfarande
2001 Tinka´s Boy - 15 år, tävlar fortfarande
2002 Cento - 15 år, tävlar fortfarande
2003 Anka - 13 år, tävlar fortfarande
Ligasegrare 2003/2004
Västeuropeiska ligan - Meredith Michaels Beerbaum, Tyskland
Centraleuropeiska ligan - Gunnar Klettenberg, Estland
USA Östkusten - Molly Ashe, USA
USA Västkusten - Richard Spooner, USA
Kanadensiska ligan - Ainsley Vince, Kanada
Sydamerikanska ligan - Marcelo Lemes de Souza, Brasilien
Australiska ligan - Chris Chugg, Australien
Nya Zeeländska ligan - Sally Steiner, Nya Zeeland
Japanska ligan - Takamichi Mashiyama, Japan
Sydafrikanska ligan - Dominey Alexander, Sydafrika
Sydöstasiatiska ligan - Qabil Ambak, Malaysia
Centralasiatiska ligan - Alexander Tishkov, Kazakstan |