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FEI World Equestrian Games Eventing fans at the


FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 were treated to one of the thrilling afternoons of sport as four days of compelling compe- tition came down to the very final show jumping fence. Ultimately, it was


Great Britain’s Rosalind Canter, riding


Allstar B,


who proved to be the star of a spectacular show with her


Double Eventing gold for Team Great Britain


Meet Team Great Britan: Ros Canter, Gemma Tattersall, Piggy French, & Tom McEwen; Team Eventing Gold Medalists


double clear round proving critical in securing her indi- vidual gold and giving Great Britain the world title, to go with their 2017 European crown.


Ireland, led by individual silver medalist Padraig


McCarthy, broke records all over the place. The country’s team silver was their first team medal at a world champi- onships since the inaugural event in 1966, while McCar- thy’s individual success was the nation’s first since John Watson – father of current team member Sam Watson – finished second 40 years ago.


“There were quite a few tears which really isn’t very


normal for me. It’s absolutely incredible,” said Canter, who entered the arena with Team GB just 0.20 points ahead of Ireland, after poles down for both Tom McEwen and Piggy French. “In the back of my mind I did know (the team situation) but I was just focused on my horse and my warm-up. You have to try and block


that out.”


Canter, who won European team gold with Great Britain in 2017, was quick to praise legendary eventing coach Chris Bartle, emphasizing how the 66 year old has made her “less intense” since he joined the team at the end of 2016. Ireland, who had started the day a significant 8.20


points behind the British, were in rampant form through- out, highlighted by the confident McCarthy on Mr Chunky.


“In a previous life I used to be a show jumper, so


it gave me a lot of confidence,” McCarthy said, before confirming medals have long been on his mind. “I have dreamt about it for the last six months, at least. With a horse like this you have to dream big.” With joy for some came heartache for others. Ger-


many’s Ingrid Klimke seemed destined to add the ultimate sparkle to her glittering career with a first ever individual world championship gold right up until the moment she and mount SAP Hale Bob OLD flicked the last fence and handed the glory to Canter.


“If somebody had told me before I would come here and get individual bronze I would have been very hap- py,” said the WEG 2014 team gold medalist. “It was very close, last fence, last rail, for sure the first moment I was disappointed but it was the only mistake that we did on the whole weekend.”


Gritty Battle in the Dressage Cont from page 15


Reigning Olympic team champions France took team bronze, although their celebrations were tinged with regret as Lieutenant Colonel Thibaut Vallette and Astier Nicolas, lying fourth and fifth respectively after the cross country, both knocked a pole down to ruin hopes of climb- ing onto the individual podium. w


duced the second-best mark of the day, 81.537, the British had to settle for


bronze. Carl Hester (Hawtins Delicato), Charlotte Dujardin (Mount St John Freestyle), Emile Faurie (Dono di Maggio) and Spencer Wilton (Super Nova ll) were well-pleased with what they achieved with three exciting young horses on their team. Graves was delighted to pull her country into silver medal spot backed up by great


performances from Steffen Peters (Suppenkasper), Adrienne Lyle (Salvino) and Kasey Perry-Glass (Goerklintgaards Dublet). “I was feeling a bit under the weather today but adrenalin is an amazing thing, and this is an amazing team to ride on!” she said. Graves then set the target at gold with an extraordinary performance from her


16-year-old gelding when fourth to last to go of the 30 starters in the Helgstand Dres- sage Grand Prix Special. With clockwork rhythm and show-stopping style, they posted a mark of 81.717 that would prove hard to beat. Werth’s team-mate Sonke Rothenberg- er (23) looked likely to put up a mighty challenge when next into the arena, but a couple of mistakes saw him having to settle for a score of 81.277. Then Dujardin overtook him when posting 81.489 to slot temporarily into silver medal spot with a mare that is only nine years old. It was then all about Isabell at the end of the day, the living legend punching out massive scores to put the result beyond doubt for a final scoreline of 86.246. “I knew we had to give the best to get the gold today, but I felt so safe on her, and she had so much energy and was so patient. It’s always great to go in when you know there’s a chance because the horse is so good. Then it’s just up to you to show it in the right way” Werth said. w


18 SouthWest Horse Trader October 2018


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