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Brazil best in FEI Nations Cup at Hickstead

Friday, 28 July 2017
CSIO5* Hickstead 2017

Photo (c) Craig Payne Brazil won the FEI Nations Cup leg at Hickstead. Photo (c) Craig Payne.

The Brazilian showjumping team made history today at Hickstead when lifting the Edward, Prince of Wales Trophy for the first time. 

Brazil has never won the FEI Nations Cup of Great Britain presented by Longines, but today they were the clear winners of this historic two-round showjumping class, winning by an impressive margin of 10 faults. This was the 7th and penultimate leg of the FEI Nations Cup Europe Division 1, that enters its final stage next week in Dublin before the final in Barcelona in late September. 

The winning team got off to a strong start in round one, with Marlon Modolo Zanotelli on Sirene de La Motte (Apache d'Adriers x Uriel d'Orval) and Pedro Veniss on For Felicila (For Pleasure x Espri) producing clears while Pedro Junqueira Muylaert on Prince Royal Z Mfs (Prince de Revel x Ramiro Z) knocked just one fence down. After discounting Yuri Mansur’s 12-faults in round one, Brazil posted a team total of four faults to lie second behind Germany on zero faults.

At the end of round one, Switzerland were third with eight faults, while less than two fences separated Great Britain, Ireland, The Netherlands and France. Spain had a day to forget, clocking up 23 faults in round one and a further 28 faults in round two, leaving them in eighth place.

Nor did things go to plan in the second round for the reigning champions, with last year’s victors Germany dropping right out of contention to finish an eventual seventh. But Brazil were even stronger in round two, producing three clear rounds so that their final rider didn’t even have to jump for the team to win.

“I think everybody did a great job. To win at Hickstead is something special,” said Pedro Veniss who was double clear for Brazil. His teammate Marlon Modolo Zanotelli, also double clear, added: “It’s a pleasure to ride with those guys, we’ve know each other for so long.”

Yuri Mansur, who was the discount score in round one but went clear in round two on Babylotte (Dollar du Murier x Concorde), is having a good week at Hickstead, having already won yesterday’s Bunn Leisure Vase. “I feel like in the first round something was wrong because Babylotte didn’t jump so well, but then in the second round she did well. I could really feel the difference, and she was feeling much better,” he said.

Three clears from the Dutch riders saw them shoot up the leaderboard to second place with 14 faults with Harrie Smolders and Don VHP Z (Diamant de Semilly x Voltaire) jumping double clear, ahead of the Swiss riders on 16 faults and Ireland on 17 faults. All three teams were allocated to pick up points at Hickstead, and made the most out of the opportunity.

Great Britain, who haven’t won their home Nations Cup leg since 2010, were fifth on 20 faults just ahead of France on 21.

William Whitaker was the strongest performer out of the British quartet today, collecting just one time fault in round one but leaving all fences standing with the 13-year-old stallion Utamaro D Ecaussines  (Diamant de Semilly x Quidam de Revel); while his uncle Michael Whitaker also produced two masterful rounds on Viking (Jacomar x Almox Prints), ending with an unlucky four faults from round two.

 


Source: Press release from The All England Jumping Course // Picture © E. Knoll



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