The cross-country trial held on Saturday stirred up a lot in the classification of the FEI Nations Cup held during the LOTTO Strzegom Horse Trials. The new leaders are team Sweden, second place goes to France and third - to Germany.
Sweden is represented by: Stina Arosenius with Lorelei-L, Klara Liden Kiraly riding Sotomayor and Niklas Lindbäck with Focus Filiocus, the latter taking the individual pole position - 33.4.
After good cross-country rides, the French team moved into runners-up from last place after dressage. Camille Laisney, riding Avalone, scored the best time of the team and one of the two rounds inside the time, jumped 18 places up the leaderboard and now sits in second in the individual classification with 37.0, ahead of Austrian Lea Siegl on Dsp Fighting Line with 38.9. Third place in the team classification belongs to Germany.
Leaders after dressage, the Australians, after Kevin Mcnab withdrew before the cross-country test, had to add 1000 penalties to their team score, which placed them in last, 5th position. The Poles, vice-leaders of the competition after dressage, are in fourth after cross country.
Individual starter Wiktoria Knap with Quintus 134 recorded the best ride among the home athletes. The pair sits in fifth place with 39.9 penalty points. - I rode very well. I'm very happy to be back to my form from a year ago. In the end, this ride was smooth, fast, I covered all the combinations with a "straight" route, and Quintus galloped great," commented the athlete on her test.
In the 4*-L, the most difficult competition held during the event, Alex Hua Tian on Poseidons horse Admiral is leading after the demanding cross-country - 48.2. The representative of China finished without mistakes on the obstacles with more than half a minute over the time limit. Leading after the dressage, Dutchman Raf Kooremans on Crossborder Radar Love dropped to second - 49.9. Shunto Takahashi from Japan on Vegas De L'elfe JRA is third - 52.6.
In the 3*L competition, the first place still belongs to the Dutch representative Merel Blom-Hulsman with Diego TH - 35.6. In the 2*, Germany’s Julia Krajewski with Rockaya took the lead after a clear XC - 28.1.
Saturday's cross-country ended the rivalry in the 3*-S class, victory going to German rider Malin Hansen-Hotopp with Carlitos Quidditch K - 30.6, ahead of Germany’s Calvin Böckmann with The Phantom of The Opera 32.1 and Danish Tobias Joergensen with Alex - 37.3.
In the two-star junior competition and at the same time in the Polish Junior Championships, a clear round in the XC secured the lead for Zuzanna Społowicz on Bankier - 30.6.
In the 3*-S class for young riders, after a faultless round, Italy's Giulia Maria Sironi on the mare Jordanna took the lead, with 39.7, and the Polish Championships in this age category is led by Zuzanna Borkowska riding Gracja - 40.4.
In the 2*S, after a faultless jumping round, the lead still belongs to Germany’s Pia Leuwer with Charming Boy 67 - 26.1. In the Intro, the new leader is the Polish representative Stanislau Yavenka with Botox-S Aa - 28.8.
The winners of the Nations Cup will be determined tomorrow in the showjumping.
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Nations Cup classification after the cross-country trial:
- Sweden - 122.6.
- France - 134.6
- Germany - 144.4
- Poland - 158.3.
