The leaderboard has had a shake-up on the second one morning of the Eu Eventing Championships dressage in Haras du Pin, France. Tom McEwen and JL Dublin produced an elegant peformance for 22, a non-public perfect for the pair, to take the lead. They these days sit down simply forward of the in a single day leaders Yasmin Ingham and Banzai Du Loir on 23.6.
Germany’s Sandra Auffarth has nice reminiscences from Haras du Pin as the sector champion again in 2014, and this time she is using Viamant Du Matz. This lively chestnut prospers at the leaping stages, however he knuckled down to provide a proper check for 28.6, 5th at this level. Even supposing this 14-year-old Diamant De Semilly gelding isn’t relatively in the similar stratosphere as Sandra’s earlier megastar Opgun Louvo, that is his 5th championship and he delivered one among his perfect dressage assessments to this point.
“He was once truly concentrating,” stated Sandra. “Dressage isn’t his favorite; he enjoys the leaping section a lot more, however he had a excellent angle and mindset. I additionally know it’ll no longer be a dressage pageant, the leaping might be tricky sufficient.”
Sandra defined how she coaxes Viamant Du Matz to accomplish between the white forums.
“I stay him glad via no longer using him in dressage on a daily basis,” she stated. “I promised him after this pageant he may have a couple of months off, that is helping! He loves going within the box, hacking, galloping around. He’s very delicate, shy, and truly is aware of his particular person, however that’s one thing I truly like in him, it’s particular.”
Germany now has two crew riders within the best six, Sandra and Christoph Wahler (Carjatan S), 5th. Britain has Yasmin Ingham in 2nd, and Kitty King fourth, with Tom’s main rating no longer counting as he’s using as a person.
Person French rider Gireg Le Coz, using the rangy Aisprit De Loge, extremely joyful the house crowd with a sub-30 and into 7th at this level at the Eu Eventing Championships dressage leaderboard. Their unfastened and athletic check scored 28.8.
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