La Baule: German jumping team in sixth place

La Baule (fn-press). In La Baule, France, the German team with Hans-Dieter Dreher (Eimeldingen), Gerrit Nieberg (Sendenhorst), Jana Wargers (Belgium) and Marcus Ehning (Borken) rode to sixth place in the Nations Cup. A strong Belgian team won ahead of teams from France and Canada.

The Nations Cup of the CSIO5* in the French seaside resort of La Baule is not part of the FEI series of the strong European Division I, which is why the teams there cannot collect any points for the final in Barcelona. But the teams like to use the tournament to determine where they are right at the start of the green season. Germany started with a mixed team of experienced and inexperienced riders and horses. Hans-Dieter Dreher used the ten-year-old Holsteiner Elysium (by Zirocco Blue) and finished the first round with five penalties, but contributed a clear round in the second round. Nations Cup newcomer Gerrit Nieberg and the Swiss gelding Blues D'Aveline CH had two downs in both rounds, Jana Wargers and the Holsteiner stallion Limbrigde (by Limbus) had four penalties, but they managed a clear round in the second round. Final rider Marcus Ehning and Priam du Roset, bred in Switzerland, son of his former successful horse Plot Blue, were the only German couple to remain clear in the first round, but the poles fell twice in the second. In total, the German account was burdened with 17 error points, which meant sixth place.

The team from Belgium rode to victory, whose strongest rider Gregory Wathelet finished both rounds without any mistakes (a total of eight penalty points). The French team followed in second place with twelve penalties, the Canadians also came third with twelve (but weaker times than the French), followed by Switzerland and Italy (16 each). hen