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Annie Cook Does Her Part to Lead the U.S. to a 2ND Place Finish in CSIOY Reims, France Nations Cup
Rider Tour went to task in Nations Cup competition at the CSIOYJ in Reims, France. The USA Team entered the two-round competition in the enviable position of having drawn fifth in the order of go (out of six teams) to attempt the 1.45m track. The Team of Annie Cook, Alise Oken, Chloe Reid and Lydia Ulrich capitalized on their strong draw and jumped their way to second place honors. The riders leading the U.S.
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effort in France were Annie and Lydia who both jumped double-clears in the Nations Cup competition that day. Annie, the second USA rider in each round, guided Signe Ostby’s Bamba to two phenomenal fault-free efforts. The double clear performances pretty much cinched a Medal winning outcome for our country. The U.S. team entered the second round of competition on a score of eight faults, tied for third place with the Dutch team. Tossing out the throw away score, the USA Team recovered adding no faults in that final round to move ahead of the Dutch Team to assure a Silver Medal outcome. Chef d’ Equipe Michele Grubb was very pleased with her team’s effort in France. “We had two double clears, which was fantastic. I was thrilled with their performances. All the girls rode
nnie Cook, Woodside, California, and three other members of the 2012 Show Jumping European Young
really well under pressure.” Grubb was also very impressed with the caliber of competition at the CSIOY Reims Nations Cup. “It was a tough class and nail-biting to the end. It was great down to the very last riders.” Earlier in the day, Annie sped to
fourth place in Conseil Chevaux Champagne/Ardenn Grand Prix competition. Riding Signe Ostby’s Landkorn 5, over an extremely tough course, she jumped a clear round stopping the timers in 57.55 seconds for fourth place.
The 2012 Show
Jumping European Junior and Young Rider Tour will next head to CSIOJY Hagen in Germany, held July 13-17. Chef D’Equipe Grubb believes that her team will be up to the challenge, after having displayed such resiliency and gaining valuable experience today in France. “We were tied for
third after the first round, so we really pulled ourselves up in the second round. Unfortunately, we couldn’t quite make it to the top for the win but we’ll be ready in Hagen.” For results, visit;
http://www.jump-results.com/ OPEN/
reims12.htm The 2012 U.S. Show Jumping Young Rider Tour
is made possible through funding by the USET Foundation.
Above: 2012 Show Jumping European Young Rider Tour Team (USEF Archive).
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