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, 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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