This morning, at Le Mans, the German Lilly Marie Collin triumphed, again and again, by winning her third gold medal of the European dressage championshipsin the saddle of his very young eight-year-old pony, Cosmo Callidus NRW. With almost 87%, the couple was well ahead of another champion, bronze medalist in the team then yesterday in the individual event, the Belgian Liezel Everars. This time, the German Maria Teresa Pohl grabbed the third step of the podium, leaving no chance of a medal to other riders from different nations.
Not one, not two, but three gold medals for the German Lilly Marie Collin and her magical Cosmo Callidus NRW, at Le Mans! At only eight years old, the young stallion unleashed the crowds on a Libre that his rider and presented him magnificently to the judges during the Freestyle to Music on this last day of the European Pony Championships. With a score of 86.960%, representative of a faultless major and impressive recovery of their originality, the couple of the Maanschaft approached the record by more than 89%. Some judges even rated the harmony between the horse and its rider as well as their rhythm at the maximum score of 10!
The public had to wait for the passage of the last three riders of the event to know the final podium. Indeed, the last two participants to present their Freestyle in Music were none other than the individual and team bronze medalist, the Belgian Liezel Everars, and the silver medalist, the German Maria Teresa Pohl. , already team gold medalist on Thursday. Along with FS Capelli de Niro, the Plat Pays rider was the second to exceed 80% thanks to a recovery that judges from all over Europe scored at 80.150%. Around the rectangle, the energy of the German public was felt until the end of the event. In the saddle on Der Kleine Sunnyboy We, Maria Teresa Pohl obtained the very good average of 79.780%.
The podium of this Freestyle in Music!
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No chance for other couples
Only Abigail Gray and her gray George Clooney BS managed to fight their way through the German armada and the Belgian breakthrough, positioning themselves in fourth place in this event. The pair performed a cover scored at 78.640%, in rhythm to their music. Fifth place went to a team gold medalist, Julie Sofie Schmitz-Heinen and her Chilly Morning WE. Like dancers, the pair presented a very smooth recovery (77.825%).
-The only French pair to have qualified for the Freestyle in Music, Thanais Capelle Morosi and Bandro Hit Linaro, were the sixth to start the competition. Despite notable originality and risk taking on the sequence of movements, the reigning French champions presented a recovery scored at 71.815%. Unfortunately, the field of riders being very strong, they could not obtain a better ranking than the seventeenth position.
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The class of Lilly Marie Collin and her magical Cosmo Callidus NRW.
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