Having emerged victorious from the very last final of the Longines Nations Cups last year in Barcelona, Germany won the very first final of the Longines Nations League, in Catalonia, this Sunday October 6.
After completing the first round without the slightest penalty and tied with those from the Netherlands, the riders from across the Rhine experienced a more difficult second round, like all the competitors entered in this final today. Having been able to count on a double clear round from Richard Vogel and the formidable United Touch S, they had to add four points from André Thieme and Chakaria as well as eight points from the reigning Olympic champions, Christian Kukuk and Checker, to their tally. In the end, they were again tied with the Batavians – this time at twelve points – before the passage of the last representative of the latter, Harrie Smolders, who was also the very last competitor at the start. Having to pull off a perfect course with Uricas van de Kattevennen if he wanted to allow his country to steer against Germany, the rider made a mistake, which relegated the Orange in second row. Sweden completed the podium with a total of twenty points, the same as Ireland, which it beat in the cumulative time game.
While it had to count, in the second round, twice eight points from Julien Épaillard and Olivier Perreau on Donatello d’Auge and Dorai d’Aiguilly*GL Events, France was still in the battle to try to get on the podium . However, the last teammate, Kevin Staut, fell from Beau de Laubry at the entrance to the double number seven. Rider and horse left the track walking and, probably, without major physical damage, but this incident reduced the chances to nothing. tricolor chances, the second rounds of LNL taking place with three and without a scratched score. Logically, the Blues therefore finished ninth and last.
The results
All the CSIO 5* events in Barcelona can be (re)watched on ClipMyHorse.tv, where the final of the Longines Nations League was commented on by Kamel Boudra and Emeric George
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