The Australian Nations Cup team, L-R: Izabella Stone (reserve), Thaisa Erwin, Gabi Chugg, Amelia Douglass, Tom McDermott, and Stephen Lamb (Chef d’Equipe). Image: Matilde Tarchiani.
Top ten for Australian jumping team in Kronenberg Nations Cup
By Equestrian Life
The Australian jumping team has finished in ninth place at the CSIO3* Nations Cup competition at Peelbergen Equestrian Centre in Kronenberg, the Netherlands, finishing less than a rail behind Great Britain and one penalty ahead of Sweden.
The team, consisting of Tom McDermott and Cooley Gangster, Amelia Douglass and Quel Filou 16, Gabi Chugg and PSS Levilensky, and Thaisa Erwin and High Star Hero, put in an excellent performance, especially considering two riders were taking part in their first Nations Cup.
Stephen Lamb was the Australian jumping Chef d’Equipe.
The class was won by the home side – the only team to complete the competition on a team total of 0 penalties – with Canada claiming second on 4 penalties and Ireland in third on 8.
Over two rounds of competition, the Australian team finished on a total of 15 penalties (where the best three scores from each round contributed to the team total). The individual scores were:
Cooley Gangster & Thomas McDermott:
Round one: (12), 78.82 sec.
Round two: 0, 79.82 sec
Quel Filou & Amelia Douglass
Round one: 6, 83.68 sec
Round two: 1, 82.67 sec
PSS Levilensky & Gabrielle Chugg
Round one: 0, 79.85 sec
Round two: (12), 80.50 sec
High Star Hero & Thaisa Erwin
Round one: 4, 81.28 sec
Round two: 4, 80.66 sec
Team total:
Round one: 10.00 / 244.81
Round two: 5.00 / 243.15
= 15.00
Full results from the class can be found here.
Tom McDermott and Amelia Douglass also qualified for the CSIO3* 1.55m Grand Prix on the final day. Riding Cooley Gangster, Tom finished 15th of 46 combinations, having just the one rail down to narrowly miss out on the jump-off. Amelia and Quel Filou 16 finished 23rd with just one rail and one time fault.
Edwina Tops-Alexander had a couple of young horses in action at the event. Both Uppercourt Cappucino and Labantrix jumped clear in the CSI1* Table A On Time 1.35m to finish 23rd and 25th respectively, with Uppercourt Cappucino also producing a double clear in the CSI1* Two Phases Table A 1.35m.
Among other results, Hilary Scott was clear with Oaks Etna in the CSIYH1* Table A On Time 7yo 1.30m/8yo 1.35m for 26th place, while Thaisa Erwin was clear with Hialita B in the CSIO3* Table A On Time 1.45m for 20th place.
Full results from Longines EEF Nations Cup Peelbergen can be found here.
Published 20 May 2024.
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