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Will Furlong – European Champion of Young Riders in Eventing

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Sophie Beaty, Will Furlong, Christoph Wahler. Photos: Leszek Wójcik.

Will Furlong from Great Britain riding Livingstone won the European Championships of Young Riders in Eventing. The post from Polish riders was Michał Knap.

20-year-old Will Furlong secured a leading position with an excellent result of dressage test. Very good cross country and clear show jumping confirmed his excellent performance. He finished with a score of 34.70 penalty points winning the gold medal.

The title of vice-champion of EC won his team colleague Sophie Beaty riding Stanly, which also maintained the position until the end obtained after dressage. She finished with the final result of 39.10 penalty points.

The bronze medal went to Christoph Wahler from Germany riding Green Mount Flight. Double clear of cross country and show jumping got him promotion from seventh to third place with a total score of 42.50 points.

Representatives of Poland unfortunately beyond the first twenty. The best result (64.80 p.p) received Michael Knap on a 9-year-old gelding Bob the Builder, representing the colours of Zielona Góra Sport Club. After a successful cross country test he was on 19th place. Three falls during the show jumps test cost him his position. Finally, he finished on 28th place in the final classification.

In the championship there were 58 riders from 17 countries. Completed 44 riders.

Britain won gold in the team classification

Representation of Great Britain won the European Championships for Young Riders in Eventing in the team classification. Polish riders finished on eighth position.

British team
British team

British team, represented by Emily King on Loxley, Ella Hitchman on Rocky Rockstar, Isabella Innes Ker on Carolyn, and Will Furlong riding Livingstone, led just after the dressage test. The final score of the winning team was 128.10 penalty points.

Silver medal won the German team with the final score of 140.40 penalty points. German team was on the second positions after the first test. Third place on a podium, with result of 164.80 p.p., got last year’s champions – Ireland.

The Polish team was ranked in 8th place of 10 national teams which took part in this year EC.

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Cross Country Proved Very Demanding at European Eventing Championship for Young Riders

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Will Furlong. Photo Credit: Leszek Wójcik.

The lead of European Eventing Championship for Young Riders in Moravia still belongs to Briton, Will Furlong. Michael Knap is on the 19th place.

Will Furlong on horse Livingstone, after a very successful cross ride and only with a slight excess of optimum time, received a score of 34.70 penalty points and kept the leader status. Like his compatriot, Sophie Beaty on a 16-year-old gelding Stanly kept the position which she won on the dressage competition, and with the result of 39.10 penalty points she took the second place. It did not happen for Constance Lucie Copestake from France, who after today’s collapse lost the third position from yesterday and was eliminated from the XC competition. Currently the third place with a score of 40.60 penalty points went to German rider Reemtsma Flora on the horse Ikarosz, who flawlessly ran the cross country.

In the Polish team the best result was achieved by Michael Knap on horse Bob the Builder. He took 19th place with a score of 52.80 points.

In the team classification, the lead of the team from the UK is not threatened by anyone. The French lost their chances for the podium.

Successful rides of representatives from Great Britain and the score of 121.9 penalty points, cemented their status as the leaders in after today’s XC test. Also Germans kept their second position with a score of 132.4 penalty points.

Representatives from France had to say goodbye to the dreams of the medals. Three riders after falls on the cross country have been eliminated from the competition. French team, from the third place after dressage, moved to the last one.

Poles were promoted from the 9th to the 8th position with a score of 1118.7 penalty points. Both Michael Knap and Szymon Nachotko ran XC without any mistakes, only with a slight excess of optimum time. Alexander Kadłubowski did not complete the cross country and after the fall on the last but one obstacle he was eliminated from the competition.

Today’s cross country proved to be a quite challenging for the young riders. Ten riders did not complete the competition and only 16 competitors were able to ride in optimum time.

Tomorrow’s show jumping will select the winners of the championship.

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FEI European Eventing Championships for Young Riders in Strzegom

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Will Furlong. Photo Credit: Leszek Wójcik.

Will Furlong broke the domination of the horsewomen

There was massive reshuffle in the classification of European Eventing Championships for Young Riders after the dressage test.

The British rider Will Furlong riding Livingstone after an excellent performance took the lead with 32,7 points.

Foregoing leader, Emily King (GBR), went down to 5th position. Second place belongs to her countrywoman Sophie Beaty riding Stanly (36,3 points). Third is Constance Lucie Copestake (FRA) riding 10 year old mare Aprobanta (40,4 points).

Polish riders, who are classified at the highest position, are Aleksander Kadłubowski riding Devin du Maury and Michał Knap riding Bob the Builder. They both scored the same result, which amounts to 50,8 points.

56 riders completed the dressage test.

In the team classification the first place is taken by the British team. Emily King on Loxley, Ella Hitchman on Rocky Rockstar, Isabelle Innes Ker on Carolyn, and Will Furlong on Livingstone are the line-up of the team from Great Britain. The result they scored amounts to 119,9 points.

The second place with 128 points takes the team from Germany consisting of Pauline Knorr, Lisa-Marie Forster, Christoph Wahler and Flora Reemtsma. The third position takes France with 139 points.

The Polish team consisting of Szymon Nachotko, Michał Knap and Aleksander Kadłubowski with 162,7 points is ranked 9th.

Tomorrow the riders are going to compete in the cross country. The spectators will be able to watch the cross country online on the competition’s official website: www.strzegom2015.pl.

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Agnieszka Chmielinska
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