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familiar territory, because this place was the heart of London 2012. | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, it is in a process of transformation. | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
The main stadium is gearing up for the London anniversary games at the | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
end of July, and then the north end of the park will be open to the | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
public. Everywhere else, workers are making sure that it is perfect, this | :00:48. | :00:53. | |
will be the heart of the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic games. | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
That does not look how I remember it. Inside the aquatic centre, they | :00:58. | :01:05. | |
have taken off the sides, they have -- it will be replaced by class. | :01:05. | :01:11. | |
Major swimming Championships can be staged here still, but it will be | :01:11. | :01:17. | |
open to the public. You cannot just click your fingers and transform and | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
Olympic venue into something that is safe and practical for public use, | :01:21. | :01:27. | |
that is why it is taking so long. It will be open in the spring, and for | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
the European Championships, you will see more moments of history. But we | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
are here for another golden British sport, showjumping. Remember | :01:36. | :01:46. | |
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London? Our first gold medal for 60 It is crunch time for Britain! A | :01:54. | :02:04. | |
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lovely round. Just the start Britain once. Beautifully ridden! He has got | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
us off to a gym and start yet again. That was Nick Skelton at his very | :02:13. | :02:22. | |
best. The crowd go mad! Britain are on the old Trail! This could be the | :02:22. | :02:32. | |
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first gold medal since 1952! Britain for Nick Skelton, the culmination of | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
an -- a lifetime. It has regenerated interest in the sport, and that is | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
one of the reasons we believe this has been chosen as the venue for the | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
Global Champions Tour. This is the richest event ever staged in this | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
country, the first new major showjumping event since Olympia | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
started in the early 70s, so let's find out a bit more about what it | :03:01. | :03:11. | |
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The Global Champions Tour is the most valuable and glamorous series | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
in showjumping. London is brand-new on the map, there are 13 events this | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
year, in the hotspots of Europe, before it heads east in the autumn | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
to Shanghai and the final in Doha. The best riders in the world | :03:27. | :03:33. | |
competing. It is the first time it has been in London. You will see the | :03:33. | :03:39. | |
best horses in the world. It was established by the 1992 Olympic | :03:39. | :03:44. | |
champion. He decided something was missing from world showjumping so | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
instead of waiting for somebody to set it up, he went and made it | :03:48. | :03:55. | |
happen. We have 13 legs in the whole year, we end up in Qatar in | :03:56. | :04:03. | |
November. There is London, Monte Carlo, Vienna, Lausanne, it is one | :04:03. | :04:07. | |
fabulous city after another. Global Champions Tour is like the | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
Diamond league or the Formula 1. At the end of the year, if you are at | :04:12. | :04:18. | |
the top of the league, you win a big prize. There have been three legs so | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
far and a British success in Madrid, Michael Whitaker with the winner 's | :04:21. | :04:31. | |
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cheque. That sees him in 18th place Queen's grandson. Nine months ago, I | :04:42. | :04:48. | |
was asked to put on a Global Champions Tour leg for the first | :04:48. | :04:55. | |
time in London. I thought, yes, why not? A gold medal! Nick Skelton | :04:55. | :05:05. | |
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steps up. After the success of the Olympics, across all of equestrian, | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
it was important that we had a showpiece legacy event after | :05:10. | :05:17. | |
Greenwich, and this is it. After the Olympics, coming back, it feels like | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
the Olympics, because we are living in the village, so good memories. | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
are in front of the home crowd again, it was great in London in the | :05:25. | :05:30. | |
summer, and if it is half as good as that, it will be good. People | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
recognise what we are doing, and hopefully we get the people in to | :05:34. | :05:44. | |
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follow us. He has always looked a class rider. So, who is here? It is | :05:46. | :05:51. | |
the best in Britain. The best in Europe. And, indeed, the best in the | :05:51. | :05:59. | |
world. I had a good show in Lisbon and Madrid. We will see how it goes, | :05:59. | :06:05. | |
you never know with horses, but Cedric is in good form. It is a big | :06:05. | :06:08. | |
chance to have a good result in London, because of the Olympics, | :06:08. | :06:15. | |
really bad. I have one of the best horses in the world, he is the most | :06:15. | :06:20. | |
winning horse in the world, and in the Global Champions Tour he has won | :06:20. | :06:25. | |
the majority of the prize money. bring my Olympic horse to this | :06:25. | :06:32. | |
place. We will do our best. I sold my horse, he is not here, but I have | :06:32. | :06:39. | |
got a good substitute. She was third at Olympia. British riders tend to | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
come forward when they are in their home country, so between our Olympic | :06:43. | :06:51. | |
team, we can produce some good results. Nick Skelton, Big capital | :06:51. | :06:59. | |
to start is on form. He is one of the best there is, it gives you | :06:59. | :07:05. | |
great chances. I would not want to swap him with any of the horse, so I | :07:05. | :07:09. | |
will stick with him. You have got to ride well and trust your horse and | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
have luck on your side. You can be in front. | :07:15. | :07:18. | |
You can tell how much the riders are looking forward to this, and so our | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
way. These men would have loved to have been riding for this sort of | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
prize money in London. How important is it that London is part of this? | :07:28. | :07:34. | |
Totally important. It has come on the back of the Olympics, the | :07:34. | :07:43. | |
enthusiasm, and they brought the global tour here. The money now, it | :07:43. | :07:50. | |
has totally transform the sport. In its seven or eight years, prior to | :07:50. | :07:55. | |
that, top professionals were struggling to make a living, they | :07:55. | :08:03. | |
had to sell their best horses. Now, totally different. When you can jump | :08:03. | :08:09. | |
for this money, it is unbelievable. So is the level of competition. | :08:09. | :08:15. | |
Unbelievable standard. Is it fair to say the, apart from the Olympics, | :08:15. | :08:21. | |
this is the highest quality event staged in the UK? No doubt. I bought | :08:21. | :08:28. | |
a course at the Olympics, and I did so today, and you cannot believe | :08:28. | :08:31. | |
that horses can jump comfortably around this kind of course, because | :08:31. | :08:38. | |
if you built this a huge years ago, nobody would have jumped it. This is | :08:38. | :08:43. | |
built in a very small area, we are just outside the Olympic Park, we | :08:43. | :08:50. | |
have got student accommodation behind us, but this is the arena, | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
with an all-weather surface, you can do it anywhere. This is why the | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
sport has got more global, you do not need the glass arena -- the | :08:59. | :09:07. | |
grass Arena. The Arab countries can build this kind of facility, and | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
they can compete. It has brought a lot of countries into the sport that | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
were not there a fuel years ago, it is totally global now. Perfect | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
conditions, it is slightly cloudy, I like trees, and this feels like | :09:22. | :09:29. | |
showbiz showjumping. Yes, it is glamorous, sexy, cool, big money, | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
all of the stars, the showbiz people want to be involved. It feels great | :09:33. | :09:40. | |
to be here. One of them is Bruce Springsteen, because his daughter | :09:41. | :09:45. | |
Jessica has been competing here. She did not make it through to the live | :09:45. | :09:51. | |
round that we are going to show, but he will be back here playing later | :09:51. | :09:59. | |
this summer. Again, that is important, it feels cool. Yes, if | :09:59. | :10:05. | |
you go back, it was the sport to be in, and then it lost a bit of | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
profile. It has come back again, without a doubt, and the Olympics | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
was the icing on the cake. The prize money is important to the | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
competitors, as far as you are concerned, it is all about the | :10:20. | :10:23. | |
quality of the horses and the riders involved. | :10:23. | :10:28. | |
All four of great returns Gold medal winning team are here, Nick Skelton, | :10:28. | :10:34. | |
Ben Maher, Peter Charles and Scott Brash. But they have stiff | :10:34. | :10:39. | |
opposition, up against the man who beat them to individual gold, Steve | :10:39. | :10:48. | |
Guerdat from Switzerland. Also back in London, riding a horse called | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
London, Gerco Schroder, who took the silver medal at the Olympics, and | :10:55. | :11:05. | |
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the world number one, Christian Ahlmann from Germany. The defending | :11:06. | :11:12. | |
champion is Edwina Tops-Alexander, she won in 2012 and 2011. As we | :11:12. | :11:15. | |
mentioned, the current leader is from America, Laura Kraut, Nick | :11:15. | :11:25. | |
Skelton's other half, which she is out to beat him. And this is how it | :11:25. | :11:35. | |
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works. All of the riders took part they get into the arena, everybody | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
for themselves. It should be an exciting competition, we are live | :11:57. | :12:07. | |
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until 5pm. First, highlights of the relive, we hope, those wonderful | :12:12. | :12:17. | |
moments from Greenwich. The first is the reserve rider, from the | :12:17. | :12:27. | |
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Olympics, Tina Fletcher. Hallo Sailor has been jumping for Britain | :12:27. | :12:36. | |
and elsewhere. Graham suffering after a knee operation. Tina hit her | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
knee last night, she is suffering. This horse is jumping. A horse with | :12:43. | :12:53. | |
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top scope, has the ability to jump vertical. You have got to get home | :13:01. | :13:08. | |
under 79 seconds to make sure you get inside the time. A tight five | :13:08. | :13:18. | |
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strides. No fillers. Still clear. The last line is very difficult. She | :13:24. | :13:31. | |
has taken four. She jumped it. The first clear round goes to Britain. | :13:31. | :13:41. | |
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It is Tina Fletcher and Hallo have seen a lot of courses in | :13:47. | :13:54. | |
Europe... Having another look, a big stretch, watched the ride. She was | :13:54. | :14:03. | |
quite a long way off, but she made it happen. Now, the man who | :14:03. | :14:13. | |
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eventually lynched the Olympic team gold medal, Peter Charles. This | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
horse has already hit the big time, went well at Christmas. Started | :14:25. | :14:31. | |
quite late this season, but he is already beginning to show a lot of | :14:31. | :14:38. | |
form. This is a big test, though. She has got a lot of blood, she has | :14:38. | :14:44. | |
got her own way of going. She sticks her nose out a bit. Pete rides her | :14:44. | :14:52. | |
very sympathetically. He allows her to go forward in her own style. | :14:52. | :15:00. | |
Lovely, clean jump over that vertical. The riders have got to | :15:00. | :15:03. | |
cruise around the corner is reasonably quickly to make sure they | :15:03. | :15:13. | |
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do not get any time faults. Does not look as though the time is that | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
tight. It is not tight if you keep on rolling. Peter is still clear, he | :15:18. | :15:26. | |
will be OK full-time. A clear round, the second one for great written, so | :15:26. | :15:34. | |
free clear rounds so far. It is a very good start. The clear rounds go | :15:34. | :15:41. | |
through to the second round. He is beginning to build up a really good | :15:41. | :15:47. | |
rapport with this French horse. You can see her trying her heart out, | :15:47. | :15:57. | |
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not always delivered. Today was the day that he was really going to put | :16:16. | :16:25. | |
this horse to the test. This horse has always promised to be a top | :16:25. | :16:35. | |
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Grand Prix horse. He has never enjoyed the tight indoor atmospheres | :16:36. | :16:42. | |
and this arena is like an indoor show. It might interest the audience | :16:43. | :16:50. | |
because it is actually 80 metres by 50 metres, which is not big. | :16:50. | :16:55. | |
horses are jumping the fence is very close to the crowd. It can make the | :16:55. | :17:05. | |
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horses tents but looking good at the moment. A super careful horse. | :17:06. | :17:15. | |
by the start who is becoming one of the top names in breeding. He has | :17:15. | :17:22. | |
gone forward and jumped it as well. Four clean rounds and three of them | :17:22. | :17:27. | |
for Britain. This is a world class field and of course a lot of big | :17:27. | :17:37. | |
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can distract the horses. As you see there, he is a bit uptight. | :17:51. | :18:01. | |
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Tops' wife Edwina Riding this extraordinary horse. Twice the | :18:01. | :18:06. | |
winner of the global champions league, 2011 and again in Doha in | :18:06. | :18:15. | |
2012. This is a top-class combination, on form. These two have | :18:15. | :18:19. | |
won so much money over the years. A brilliant partnership. Definitely | :18:19. | :18:28. | |
the smallest horse in the competition, barely 15-2. A massive | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
heart. Edwina will have to move on around the corners to make sure she | :18:34. | :18:44. | |
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gets on in time because it doesn't throws his big horse into | :18:52. | :19:01. | |
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everything, stretching out over an extra one there. She is just | :19:11. | :19:16. | |
inside. The time is interesting because the fastest clear rounds | :19:16. | :19:23. | |
will go last and the slowest will go first. She will get an early draw. | :19:23. | :19:26. | |
She will make the jump off but she will be one of the first horses to | :19:26. | :19:36. | |
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go. Let's have another look at the horse here, jumping the last fence. | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
She put the five strides in, kicking on and if she had not ridden that | :19:42. | :19:47. | |
strongly for the last strides she might not have got it. She judged it | :19:47. | :19:57. | |
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to perfection. Now Laura Kraut. Heading the global champions league | :20:01. | :20:06. | |
after three rounds on this, the horse that she helped America to win | :20:06. | :20:16. | |
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in Hong Kong. It is a horse that is going as well as ever. It was the | :20:22. | :20:32. | |
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winner earlier. Barely 16 hands but what an athlete this horse is. This | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
sport is such an amazing contrast between the combinations, you get | :20:37. | :20:44. | |
cold guys riding power horses and these women on little elegant | :20:44. | :20:49. | |
horses. This horse has been a wonderful servant for Laura Kraut | :20:49. | :20:53. | |
over the years. It is interesting because the ladies have had a great | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
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run in this globe you'll champions tour. -- global champions. Laura and | :21:08. | :21:16. | |
Edwina had a great shootout, didn't they? A little bit slower. Is she | :21:16. | :21:23. | |
going to get inside the time? she is through to round two. Laura | :21:23. | :21:32. | |
Kraut for the USA. You see Laura patting her horse. She absolutely | :21:32. | :21:42. | |
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loves Cedric. She is saying, good boy, you have done it again. He's | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
got springs in his heels, this little horse. He makes an immaculate | :21:49. | :21:59. | |
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medallist, Gerco Schroder with London, the horse involved in a | :22:17. | :22:27. | |
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bankruptcy case after London but the courts gave him the horseback. Out | :22:30. | :22:37. | |
he goes, I think. A very silly fence to bring down on with a horse of | :22:37. | :22:43. | |
that calibre. Very disappointing. He is widely acclaimed as one of the | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
best riders in the world and this horse is right up with the very | :22:48. | :22:58. | |
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best, so that's a big conditions with the ground, the | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
temperature is just right, not too hot, everything set up for top-class | :23:08. | :23:18. | |
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jumping here. And the course testing the best, in 11 clear rounds, | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
including beer bound for Germany. 12 good ones have already gone out. 18 | :23:26. | :23:36. | |
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go through to round two but I think with his back legs. That is show | :23:54. | :24:04. | |
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jumping, very fine margins on those light poles. Now it is Nick | :24:11. | :24:21. | |
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Skelton. This combination was so key in the Olympic gold medal. He hasn't | :24:26. | :24:30. | |
jumped too much in this current global champions tour but he will | :24:30. | :24:40. | |
certainly be trying. This horse is back on fire, hopefully right at his | :24:40. | :24:50. | |
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best at the right time. One of the difficulties for the riders and | :24:50. | :24:54. | |
their team is to manage the horse to have him best when they want him and | :24:54. | :25:03. | |
I suspect Nick will have been trying to have him absolutely tiptop here. | :25:03. | :25:07. | |
He is a master horse man, it is all about picking your horses when you | :25:07. | :25:13. | |
really want them. He is riding with his normal attacking style. He has | :25:13. | :25:18. | |
added a stride to the last and he jumped it, he is clear. Clear round | :25:18. | :25:28. | |
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number 12 and Britain really having a tremendous go. That is the fastest | :25:31. | :25:38. | |
times so far and at the moment Nick is in pole position. If he goes | :25:38. | :25:48. | |
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through clear in the next round he will be last to go in the jump off. | :25:50. | :25:55. | |
Now the Olympic individual gold medallist for Switzerland, Steve | :25:55. | :26:05. | |
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Guerdat. This horse won the world championship in 2006. Steve Guerdat | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
is a wonderful horse man and of course his win in the Olympics | :26:12. | :26:21. | |
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really showed what a class act he is. There is the Olympic champion | :26:25. | :26:34. | |
Gan, middle part of the combination, hit it pretty hard in front. -- | :26:34. | :26:44. | |
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champion gone. Saudi Arabia and cat are have got clear rounds. -- Qatar. | :26:59. | :27:09. | |
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It looks like he has retired. There is no doubt that the course is | :27:12. | :27:19. | |
proving worthy of the London round of this global champions tour. Now | :27:19. | :27:29. | |
Michael Whitaker. With Viking he won the first round in Madrid in very | :27:29. | :27:39. | |
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good form. He is 18th place so far. Viking is an 11 new Roald now but | :27:40. | :27:44. | |
this man can pull a white rabbit out of a house and he rides this | :27:44. | :27:49. | |
difficult horse so well. He has got better as the combination has got | :27:49. | :27:54. | |
more miles on the clock. I have to say that this horse is sharp, he has | :27:54. | :28:00. | |
all the ability and I think he is getting calmer as he gets older, he | :28:00. | :28:04. | |
doesn't shake his head so much. I think the fact that Michael doesn't | :28:04. | :28:14. | |
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jump him so often is helpful. Michael riding with his normal | :28:15. | :28:20. | |
style. Here are the five strides. He is karma because normally he would | :28:20. | :28:27. | |
have rushed down there. -- he is more calm. He has a difficult choice | :28:27. | :28:35. | |
to make. Will he go four strides or five strides the last? He gets the | :28:35. | :28:44. | |
five and he is close to it, he touched it, but he is clear. He is | :28:44. | :28:53. | |
really enjoying the moment. Britain looking in a very strong position. | :28:53. | :29:00. | |
Only one per nation at the moment but it is five British clear runs. | :29:00. | :29:07. | |
Viking a lot smoother and more calm than he has been and that was lovely | :29:07. | :29:11. | |
style, plenty still in the tank for the forthcoming rounds. Michael | :29:11. | :29:20. | |
pretty pleased with that. another member of that golden London | :29:20. | :29:28. | |
team, Scotland's Scott Rasch. The horse owned by Lord and Lady Harris | :29:28. | :29:38. | |
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and Lord and Lady Kirkham. He did not have huge experience before | :29:40. | :29:50. | |
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London but whenever it has mattered this man has come good in a big way. | :29:50. | :29:54. | |
Scott appeared on the scene a few years ago and he is going to be | :29:54. | :30:00. | |
there along time. He has the backing out, he has the horses and he is | :30:00. | :30:10. | |
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super cool. A wonderful rider to watch. Two of the London team clear. | :30:13. | :30:23. | |
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Will it be number three? And still with his five strides. Keeping up a | :30:31. | :30:40. | |
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beautiful flowing rhythm. He has got before. A class run. Three of the | :30:47. | :30:51. | |
four have gone clear, Britain looking very strong. But a long way | :30:51. | :31:01. | |
to go in the London round of the Global Champions Tour. Such a call | :31:01. | :31:09. | |
cookie, that man. He is so stylish, so much in chewed with his horse. | :31:09. | :31:19. | |
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Just had a little bit of luck with German clear at the moment. The | :31:36. | :31:45. | |
world number one, with the horse tallow blazered. They had an Olympic | :31:45. | :31:52. | |
Games to forget. As he said in the build-up, they are determined to | :31:52. | :32:01. | |
make their mark. So interesting, looking at the different styles. | :32:01. | :32:07. | |
This is a Germanic way of riding, very up right, very tall, and hugely | :32:07. | :32:15. | |
powerful, so different from the ladies. He is the conscience of | :32:15. | :32:18. | |
professional, if you look at how he has got his horse totally under | :32:18. | :32:28. | |
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control. He is not the world number one for no reason. When you think | :32:30. | :32:34. | |
that 16 out of the world 's top 20 ranked riders in the world are | :32:34. | :32:42. | |
higher in London this afternoon, this is a competition very much like | :32:42. | :32:47. | |
those hazy days in London a year ago. Christian Ahlmann has made it | :32:47. | :32:55. | |
look so easy. Not the quickest time. Lovely, clear. 17 clear | :32:55. | :33:01. | |
rounds, the top 18 go through. At the moment, Robert Smith is just | :33:01. | :33:09. | |
hanging in there, but still some more to come. Germany with two, the | :33:09. | :33:19. | |
only other country that has got more than one, Great Britain. A lot left | :33:19. | :33:24. | |
in the tank, he was not struggling to jump anything. Wait out over the | :33:24. | :33:33. | |
last fence, very comfortable. the last of the golden team from | :33:33. | :33:42. | |
those London Olympics, Ben Maher with the super grey horse. Jane | :33:42. | :33:46. | |
Clark was president of the American International Federation, she had a | :33:46. | :33:51. | |
lot of top horses that were jumped by American showjumpers, but she | :33:51. | :33:55. | |
fell out with the Federation, and then Maher has become the recipient | :33:55. | :34:03. | |
of some super horses. This horse is definitely world-class. This is a | :34:03. | :34:11. | |
new combination for a lot of the viewers at home. Very successful in | :34:11. | :34:18. | |
America on the Sunshine tour. If you watch this horse go, she canters a | :34:18. | :34:23. | |
bit her own way, she does not like anything bothering her. Just to keep | :34:24. | :34:33. | |
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anything from imitating her. A very Three of the British gold medal team | :34:41. | :34:48. | |
are part of the seven, two for Germany, and 149 nations. This is | :34:48. | :34:58. | |
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pretty fast. Is it the quickest time? It is. Then Maher will go last | :34:58. | :35:03. | |
in the second round, and Nick Skelton will go second last. In 11 | :35:03. | :35:08. | |
nations through to the second round, and Britain have seven of the | :35:08. | :35:15. | |
18. He was really going for it, he wanted to get into pole position. He | :35:15. | :35:24. | |
has kept motoring. That makes a big difference to the jump off. Joy in | :35:24. | :35:34. | |
the British camp, not surprisingly. Here is the position to go into the | :35:34. | :35:44. | |
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second round. Luciana Diniz, the very good Portuguese rider. We go in | :35:45. | :35:55. | |
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the reverse order of this. A great performance from William Funnell. | :35:57. | :36:01. | |
The Brazilian was the bronze medallist in the Olympics. Christian | :36:02. | :36:09. | |
Ahlmann, the world number one, is through. Laura Kraut is the leader | :36:09. | :36:19. | |
:36:19. | :36:24. | ||
through. Nick Skelton and then Maher will be going to last. It is | :36:24. | :36:30. | |
important, especially when there are so many clear rounds, you have to go | :36:30. | :36:37. | |
later for the jump off. How is the horse feeling? He is in good form at | :36:37. | :36:45. | |
the moment. He is better when he is not too fresh. He was too fresh in | :36:45. | :36:50. | |
Madrid. I have worked him a lot more sense, he won in Rome two weeks | :36:50. | :36:56. | |
ago, so this is the next class back. For do, it is a new ride, what sort | :36:56. | :37:01. | |
of a horse is this? How will be course suit you? She likes to run | :37:01. | :37:07. | |
and jump. Luckily, the ring is not too small this week. I was aware of | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
the time, I just wanted to leave her alone. It is a different ride, but | :37:13. | :37:22. | |
the course suit the big horses. So far, it is working. She seems very | :37:22. | :37:28. | |
sensitive, you write her with a cover over her nose. When she was | :37:28. | :37:33. | |
younger, she shook her head a lot more. She does occasionally now, but | :37:33. | :37:40. | |
it is more her security blanket. She came with it, we leave it on, she | :37:40. | :37:44. | |
likes to do it her own way, and I leave her alone and trust her. | :37:44. | :37:50. | |
look forward to seeing you write again. How much are you feeling the | :37:50. | :37:54. | |
Olympic spirit, being back in London? It is great to be back in | :37:54. | :38:03. | |
London, we really appreciate having it here in London. So long as we do | :38:03. | :38:08. | |
not repeat the individual from London, we will be all right! | :38:08. | :38:16. | |
you, did you think this is important for British showjumping? It was very | :38:16. | :38:22. | |
popular before I was even born, and we need big prize money, it is | :38:22. | :38:26. | |
drawing big sponsors, and our country has proved that we love | :38:26. | :38:32. | |
equestrian, and we need more events like this. Good luck. They will be | :38:32. | :38:36. | |
going second last and last, because they were the quickest rounds of. | :38:36. | :38:41. | |
Graham has done a fantastic job of hopping around as much of the course | :38:41. | :38:48. | |
as he can! How much of a test will this be? The distance will be | :38:48. | :38:54. | |
difficult to tell, but it is big. There were big jumps in the last | :38:54. | :39:00. | |
round, it shows the standard, 18 clear rounds. This is a big, stern | :39:00. | :39:08. | |
course. The distance from the corner to the combination, that will be one | :39:08. | :39:16. | |
of the most difficult lines, and the last line. But I would think there | :39:16. | :39:21. | |
will be between five and eight clear rounds. Looking at the 18 clear | :39:21. | :39:27. | |
rounds, we will start with Edwina Tops-Alexander, she rides a tiny | :39:27. | :39:34. | |
horse, 17 years old. How amazing a relationship is that? They have a | :39:34. | :39:40. | |
wonderful relationship, a lovely horse. 17 years old, he puts his | :39:40. | :39:45. | |
heart and soul into every jump. It shows how they have produced him to | :39:45. | :39:50. | |
last as long as that and still be giving his best. He has had some | :39:50. | :39:55. | |
really good form, and if he gets into the jump off, he can go as fast | :39:55. | :40:02. | |
as any. Andy had a proper look around, where do you think the | :40:02. | :40:06. | |
problems will come? It is difficult from the gate, coming off the | :40:06. | :40:14. | |
corner, a difficult line, because it is so tight. Very delicate fences | :40:14. | :40:22. | |
could cause problems. Who would you make the favourite? That is a | :40:22. | :40:24. | |
difficult one! I think that's a trick could come good again, with | :40:24. | :40:32. | |
Laura Kraut. He jumped brilliantly. But Maher was looking like he meant | :40:32. | :40:37. | |
business in the last round. He has got a very good chance. The riders | :40:37. | :40:43. | |
have been cleared out, they will have a short warmup, and then they | :40:43. | :40:49. | |
come in, the slowest first. All of these horses jumped clear, this is a | :40:49. | :40:53. | |
difficult and different course. We will see how the competition | :40:53. | :41:00. | |
unfolds, they will try to not think about the prize! It is only when you | :41:00. | :41:05. | |
have a jump down when you think about what you have missed! Let's go | :41:05. | :41:15. | |
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saw so many mind-boggling achievements 12 months ago. Memories | :41:18. | :41:28. | |
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that will never, ever be forgotten. For many, a life changing Olympics. | :41:31. | :41:36. | |
You can see the arena, they have done H in this job of tucking it in, | :41:36. | :41:46. | |
:41:46. | :42:01. | ||
it ended in to the limpet Park. -- out. Steve Guerdat. Gerco Schroder | :42:01. | :42:11. | |
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missed out. A lot of stars will not form, and here is another one, the | :42:25. | :42:33. | |
reigning European champion from Sweden. Rolf Goran Bentsen. He bowed | :42:33. | :42:38. | |
out in round one. Although we have seen the highlights of the 18 that | :42:38. | :42:44. | |
went through, there are a lot who are licking their wings and have not | :42:44. | :42:54. | |
:42:54. | :42:54. | ||
made it through. The arena here has gone in quite late, but the actual | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
surface, tremendous, a lot of water on it. This is the order for the | :42:59. | :43:09. | |
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jump off. Edwina Tops-Alexander, twice the global champion. The | :43:13. | :43:18. | |
French rider is an interesting one, he won a lot in Hong Kong in | :43:18. | :43:25. | |
February, he has been in good form. Do not discount the Brazilian rider. | :43:25. | :43:32. | |
A great round for the Swedish rider. Luciana Diniz has got a great record | :43:32. | :43:37. | |
in these competitions. The three British riders at the end, that is | :43:37. | :43:44. | |
exciting. Looking at the last three, quite amazing to have the British | :43:44. | :43:54. | |
:43:54. | :44:08. | ||
straightforward line. Cruising around the top. Down to the | :44:08. | :44:18. | |
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arena. To the edge of the arena. Not a lot of room for the combination. | :44:31. | :44:41. | |
:44:41. | :44:43. | ||
This line can cause problems. A skinny one. It is a long way round. | :44:43. | :44:52. | |
A time limit of 77 seconds. The double, and into the finish. It is a | :44:52. | :45:00. | |
big test. The horses have already jumped one round, so fitness will | :45:00. | :45:10. | |
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play a part. After the second round, we go into a jump off. Not too many | :45:11. | :45:15. | |
finals do not go through to a jump off. Fasten your safety belts, get | :45:15. | :45:23. | |
comfortable, we are a way with Edwina Tops-Alexander. The chestnut | :45:23. | :45:33. | |
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we have a jump off with the clear rounds, they remain in this order, | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
so this is the disadvantage of going first in the second round. If you | :45:57. | :46:04. | |
are watching at home, this order will not change. Every single rider | :46:04. | :46:10. | |
is coming into the round clear. A double clear, they will definitely | :46:10. | :46:20. | |
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jump off. Little bit of a tight six strides up there, but that suited | :46:27. | :46:35. | |
this horse. We thought this horse would probably jump another double | :46:35. | :46:45. | |
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clear so that is a bit of a surprise. On the other hand, if | :46:47. | :46:55. | |
there were no runs better than four faults, they would jump off. Here is | :46:55. | :47:05. | |
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the big gate. Very big oxer, square at 160. These fences at this side | :47:09. | :47:19. | |
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are in shadow. I think it is OK, because it is pretty uniform. Now | :47:19. | :47:24. | |
comes the water fence. Just that niggling fence, inside the time | :47:24. | :47:34. | |
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pretty comfortably. There is the penalty, four penalties, 68.70. | :47:39. | :47:48. | |
Edwina, who is currently seventh in the league. There he is, the little | :47:48. | :47:54. | |
horse, jumping the last fence. Every early intercourse can have a fence | :47:54. | :48:03. | |
sometimes and that is a disappointment for Edwina. -- every | :48:03. | :48:13. | |
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is riding as well as ever and has some lovely young horses that are | :48:30. | :48:34. | |
getting better and better. Interesting you mentioned the ages | :48:34. | :48:39. | |
of the horse. A 10-year old might not sound that young but at this | :48:39. | :48:43. | |
level it is still relatively inexperienced. Most of the horses | :48:43. | :48:49. | |
competing will be 12, 13, 14, and when they get to 17 they are getting | :48:49. | :48:53. | |
close to the end of their career, so it is a fairly short window when you | :48:54. | :49:02. | |
consider it takes eight to ten years to get them to that level. The horse | :49:02. | :49:12. | |
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jumping with his normal very didn't see that one coming. We are | :49:28. | :49:34. | |
getting a few shocks here. That is another one that really looked like | :49:34. | :49:42. | |
they were going to jump a double clear. Ludger Beerbaum, the world | :49:42. | :49:49. | |
number one on many occasions. light touch on that last fence. It | :49:49. | :49:55. | |
is such a cruel sport at times, he jumped an immaculate round and it is | :49:55. | :49:59. | |
a wide open fence with the water tray underneath it and they can take | :49:59. | :50:07. | |
their eye off the top rail. Now it is Laura Kraut on this wonderful | :50:07. | :50:13. | |
15-year-old, Cedric. What a horse it has been for her. Tremendous | :50:13. | :50:18. | |
performance which helped team America win the gold medal in Hong | :50:18. | :50:28. | |
:50:28. | :50:29. | ||
Kong, and still going as well as ever. She was well paced in Rome. -- | :50:30. | :50:39. | |
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well placed. Could they be our first clear? The form combination was | :50:40. | :50:50. | |
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absolutely brilliant. She is letting this horse cruise forward and jump | :51:02. | :51:06. | |
dutifully, not interfering with him at all. She had to push for that | :51:06. | :51:16. | |
:51:16. | :51:19. | ||
oxer. This is where Ludger Beerbaum had his fence. She has taken another | :51:20. | :51:24. | |
one but she has jumped it. Right underneath the last fence. What a | :51:24. | :51:34. | |
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superstar he is. She is based in Europe a lot of the time nowadays. | :51:35. | :51:38. | |
She has a lovely yard in Warwickshire so we have the | :51:38. | :51:42. | |
opportunity to see her in Europe a lot of the time and you can see how | :51:42. | :51:48. | |
much fun that is. There is the big date and the long stretch down to | :51:48. | :51:53. | |
the oxer. Just made it work. Didn't he do well to jump the last fence? | :51:53. | :52:00. | |
What an athlete. The one rider from Saudi Arabia and part of the bronze | :52:00. | :52:10. | |
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medal team in the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He is riding this lovely | :52:14. | :52:24. | |
:52:24. | :52:26. | ||
12-year-old. From the stable that won the world title in 2006. Saudi | :52:26. | :52:30. | |
Arabia really the first Arab nation to get right onto the world stage | :52:30. | :52:40. | |
:52:40. | :52:56. | ||
clear, tight, two strides. They really need to bend their backs down | :52:56. | :53:04. | |
that combination. That oxer across the top end, it is really a power | :53:04. | :53:10. | |
jump. He just got caught out. He did not really have the grant to jump | :53:10. | :53:20. | |
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it. Double clears are pretty scarce. They were fourth in the Olympics. | :53:31. | :53:40. | |
Fences down for the one Saudi Arabian, Kamal Bahamdan. | :53:40. | :53:44. | |
Laura Kraut away in the distance and she will be heading over to us in a | :53:44. | :53:53. | |
moment but not until the Irish rider has run. She said that she had | :53:53. | :53:59. | |
shortened Cedric up to get six strides in between the second to | :53:59. | :54:06. | |
last and the last fence. Let's see if we can grab a word. Laura, | :54:06. | :54:13. | |
congratulations, that was very lovely. Isn't he clever? He is just | :54:13. | :54:18. | |
wonderful. He jumped even better this round, I think, when he is more | :54:18. | :54:24. | |
relaxed. At the last fence he saved me, I eased off and he accelerated | :54:24. | :54:31. | |
and I don't know how he did it but he is great. You debrief Nick. How | :54:31. | :54:41. | |
:54:41. | :54:42. | ||
do you think the course will see Big Star? Every course suits Big Star! I | :54:42. | :54:48. | |
just told him it is very short and that the time is not a problem. I | :54:48. | :54:52. | |
don't tell him too much because he knows what he is doing! Laura, well | :54:52. | :55:00. | |
done, are only clearance so far. In the ring, Mark McAuley from | :55:00. | :55:06. | |
Ireland. Both his parents competed in Ireland but he is riding in | :55:06. | :55:12. | |
Italy. He has had a fence down as we can see but he jumped a lovely first | :55:12. | :55:19. | |
round. He is a young lad with a lot of style, a lot of feel for his | :55:19. | :55:24. | |
riding, and sometimes you come to the first fence almost a bit | :55:24. | :55:29. | |
relaxed, it is by far the easiest fence, then the egg oxer across the | :55:29. | :55:34. | |
middle, that is a proper power jump, and that comes down as well. | :55:35. | :55:44. | |
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-- the big oxer. Certainly this round is definitely sorting out the | :55:47. | :55:52. | |
riders. It is that big bigger. Some of the horses are slightly tired. We | :55:52. | :56:00. | |
are just seeing a few poles coming down now. The sun has come out. | :56:00. | :56:06. | |
There is actually quite a chill wind in the arena, it is not red hot this | :56:06. | :56:10. | |
afternoon, as the one Irish contender boughs out, Mark McAuley, | :56:10. | :56:20. | |
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with Par Trois. It is a very tight turn that comes very quickly on a | :56:23. | :56:31. | |
big angle for that oxer. You need a lot of power. Now the world's ranked | :56:31. | :56:40. | |
number one, Christian Ahlmann, Taloubet Z. He won his first medal | :56:40. | :56:50. | |
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in 2004 in Athens and has gone well in the global champions tour. He | :56:50. | :57:00. | |
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could be a real live contender with this round here in London. Christian | :57:00. | :57:05. | |
jumped the first round so comfortable, so totally within | :57:05. | :57:09. | |
himself, and obviously does not have the best draw but if he does get | :57:09. | :57:19. | |
:57:19. | :57:26. | ||
into the last round I think we will has so much in the tank. He needs to | :57:26. | :57:29. | |
be quick to shorten up here to get out of the combination. Just got | :57:29. | :57:34. | |
away with it. That is probably one of the toughest things for a horse | :57:34. | :57:44. | |
:57:44. | :58:09. | ||
fence, this horse will find it very it. Lovely round. He won in hamburg. | :58:09. | :58:19. | |
:58:19. | :58:26. | ||
The first prize is 148,000 euros. He the combination. It is a double | :58:26. | :58:35. | |
clear, he is still in there. So much power and ability. Christian has to | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
sit up here and try to shorten him. The middle part nice clean and he | :58:39. | :58:49. | |
:58:49. | :58:57. | ||
just got away with that touch coming out. Now it is the single rider from | :58:57. | :59:07. | |
:59:07. | :59:39. | ||
11-year-old. Jumping a nice tidy round. Just had that one silly fence | :59:39. | :59:44. | |
down. It is interesting, when you get a lot of horses into a second | :59:44. | :59:48. | |
round, some really rise to the occasion is, others, a little edge | :59:48. | :59:58. | |
:59:58. | :00:00. | ||
comes off them that last fence takes quite a lot of jumping with that | :00:00. | :00:10. | |
:00:10. | :00:13. | ||
water fence underneath it. riders from Qatar, helped by Jan | :00:13. | :00:23. | |
:00:23. | :00:31. | ||
Tops, have made huge strides very quickly in the sport. This Frenchman | :00:31. | :00:41. | |
:00:41. | :00:45. | ||
has been on fire. This is Patrice Delaveau. Two Olympic Games, he has | :00:45. | :00:49. | |
been in the showjumping world for a long time. This horse is only nine | :00:49. | :00:55. | |
years old, it won four out of five competitions in Hong Kong in the | :00:55. | :01:04. | |
Masters in February. It has also shown some of that form recently. He | :01:04. | :01:10. | |
has got a team of horses, better than he has ever had. A very | :01:10. | :01:20. | |
:01:20. | :01:22. | ||
impressive first round here. dynamics of showjumping change so | :01:22. | :01:29. | |
much. Some of these riders can win sizeable and out of money. He won | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
several hundred thousand dollars in Hong Kong. 300,000. That is changing | :01:35. | :01:40. | |
the sport, as it becomes more global. France did not have a good | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
Olympic games, and they have not had a good competition so far. Kevin | :01:46. | :01:53. | |
Stout, Penelope Leprevost and Roger-Yves Bost have been | :01:53. | :01:58. | |
eliminated. But he is the man in form. The competition is beginning | :01:58. | :02:06. | |
to build. Three clear rounds, one for the USA, one for Germany and one | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
for France, and they will definitely go against the clock. This is great, | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
it is building up into the jump off that we want to see. Patrice | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
Delaveau is the man in form, with this wonderful horse. Only nine | :02:21. | :02:31. | |
:02:31. | :02:32. | ||
years old. He is one to watch in the jump off. The first of the seven | :02:32. | :02:42. | |
:02:42. | :02:45. | ||
from Great Britain, William Funnell. He is riding Billy Congo. Still | :02:45. | :02:55. | |
quite inexperienced at this level. 12 years old now. The vector has | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
produced a lot of good horses. William said this was the day he was | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
:03:10. | :03:18. | ||
bit of forward pace to give Billy Congo that bit of extra scope and | :03:18. | :03:28. | |
:03:28. | :04:01. | ||
thought that he had it, but he is clear. Britain has got at least one | :04:01. | :04:10. | |
through to the jump off. His wife is in great form in Yorkshire, and so | :04:10. | :04:18. | |
is her husband. There he is, jumping the combination. He gave the horse a | :04:18. | :04:24. | |
superb ride, he got away with the touch. He did not get height, you | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
:04:34. | :04:37. | ||
harrowed the surface and make sure it is fair. For clear rounds so far, | :04:37. | :04:43. | |
is that right? I thought we would get between five and eight, and I | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
think we will edge towards eight. That was a great round, testament to | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
his preparation, because that was a top horse, lost a bit of form, but | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
he is jumping better than ever. horses get caught in behind us, they | :05:00. | :05:07. | |
get checked over. We'll is relatively rare in showjumping, he | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
reads a lot of his horses, and he bred this one. There is nothing | :05:12. | :05:21. | |
nicer than doing that. It is a long process. Unlike racehorses, you are | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
talking at at least eight, the top of their game, but he has done it as | :05:27. | :05:34. | |
well as anybody. He is a stallion, a lot of the horses are. Is that | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
difficult in terms of containing their temperament and keeping the | :05:37. | :05:47. | |
:05:47. | :05:48. | ||
weight off? Yes, all stallion is different. That is why he lost a bit | :05:48. | :05:53. | |
of form, he got a bit spooked. He has brought him back, he looks a lot | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
more chilled out and better. They get better every year. We have had | :05:59. | :06:02. | |
nine riders so far, four of them have gone clear, we have got nine | :06:03. | :06:12. | |
:06:13. | :06:38. | ||
the Global Champions Tour. He is very capable. Based both in Europe | :06:38. | :06:44. | |
and South America. He has been part of Brazilian success for the best | :06:44. | :06:54. | |
:06:54. | :07:02. | ||
just fell foul of the combination. A few riders had a rub and got away | :07:02. | :07:07. | |
with it, but he did not. That was a bit unlucky. He looked to be | :07:07. | :07:17. | |
:07:17. | :07:32. | ||
silly fence down. He is lying third in the leak at the moment. He went | :07:32. | :07:39. | |
very well in Madrid. But he will not feature in the jump off, we have | :07:39. | :07:49. | |
:07:49. | :07:53. | ||
Funnell. He has jumped clear. It was not without its nervous moments. | :07:53. | :08:01. | |
thought I had had a stride, I had a job to squeeze the six in. I was | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
waiting to hear it fall, but it stayed there. Otherwise, he jumped | :08:05. | :08:12. | |
super. It is great to be here, hopefully we can jump another clear | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
round. How big is this for you, to be in with a chance of winning the | :08:18. | :08:26. | |
big pot? You do not get a group of top riders together apart from here | :08:26. | :08:32. | |
or at the Olympics, so it is lovely to be here. That gives it an extra | :08:32. | :08:39. | |
thrill. Let's hope I can do it again! Peter Charles is now in the | :08:39. | :08:49. | |
:08:49. | :08:58. | ||
enthusiast for Peter's talents. He would love to get to the 2016 | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
Olympics, and he would love the price today. You took the words out | :09:02. | :09:07. | |
of my mouth. He has a habit of coming good when there is a lot of | :09:07. | :09:17. | |
:09:17. | :09:18. | ||
prize money at stake. He is the most unbelievably focused rider. He | :09:18. | :09:28. | |
concentrates so brilliantly. You heard him there, he shouted out. She | :09:28. | :09:35. | |
was too quick and too forward, that is a shame. That combination is | :09:35. | :09:41. | |
quite short and tight. One or two raiders -- riders have got away with | :09:41. | :09:47. | |
it, but not Peter. That is a big disappointment for him, he has | :09:47. | :09:57. | |
:09:57. | :09:58. | ||
jumped to lovely round here. Really unlucky. That man goes second last | :09:58. | :10:05. | |
for great Western. And Ben Maher will go last. But Peter Charles will | :10:05. | :10:15. | |
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not go through. For riders have gone clear. She has got a chink in her | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
armour, she stuck her nose out in the combination and shot forward | :10:21. | :10:31. | |
:10:31. | :10:32. | ||
slightly. She did not get her shoulders up. A good crowd, very | :10:32. | :10:38. | |
much wrapped in the tension. Tina Fletcher with Hallo Sailor. She was | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
the reserve in London, it would have been lovely for her to get into the | :10:43. | :10:51. | |
jump off, but the first fence has gone down. It can be a brutal sport | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
at times. She jumped one of the best clear rounds in the first round. | :10:56. | :11:02. | |
Hallo Sailor not concentrating. The first fence is one of the smallest | :11:02. | :11:12. | |
:11:12. | :11:12. | ||
fences. He made a bad mistake. Tina was desperately unlucky not to make | :11:12. | :11:20. | |
it onto the team. She was the reserve rider for the Olympics. This | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
is a true championship horse, he has got the scope and ability to jump | :11:23. | :11:33. | |
:11:33. | :11:37. | ||
these fences. The ladies who bought the horse for Tina and others, | :11:37. | :11:44. | |
tremendous owners. Owners are so important in any sport. He got much | :11:44. | :11:48. | |
better as he went round, just did not concentrate at all at the | :11:48. | :11:58. | |
:11:58. | :11:58. | ||
beginning. He jumped beautifully around the second half. We have | :11:58. | :12:04. | |
jumped 12 of the 18, six to go. Britain with one of the four double | :12:04. | :12:11. | |
clear is that we'll go against the clock. The first fence was not | :12:11. | :12:17. | |
unlucky, it was a proper mistake. The second one came down on the back | :12:17. | :12:26. | |
rail, which is different for Hallo Sailor. You will recognise a lot of | :12:26. | :12:35. | |
these fences, they were designed for London. They are still part of the | :12:35. | :12:39. | |
legacy, it is good to see them here. They play an important part of the | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
colour and excitement of this wonderful Global Champions Tour in | :12:44. | :12:54. | |
:12:54. | :13:12. | ||
stallion. -- a mayor. He has been given the privilege of riding it for | :13:12. | :13:19. | |
Sweden. He jumped one of the best first round that we saw from | :13:19. | :13:29. | |
:13:29. | :13:32. | ||
anybody. It is uncanny, watching him right, --. We were talking about | :13:32. | :13:42. | |
owners, as far as Germany is concerned, the owner has been in | :13:42. | :13:46. | |
place for the best part of 20 or 30 years. She has had some wonderful | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
:13:56. | :14:05. | ||
fireworks in the jump off. He will be one to be reckoned with. Sweden | :14:05. | :14:15. | |
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order as they do in this round. Laura Kraut will go first, Christian | :14:24. | :14:29. | |
Ahlmann second, then Patrice Delaveau, William Funnell, and then | :14:29. | :14:39. | |
:14:39. | :14:40. | ||
this man. Just one sticky moment. Brilliantly recovered. Have a look | :14:40. | :14:50. | |
:14:50. | :15:23. | ||
feel and style about him. He looks as though he enjoys pressure. That | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
is the impression I got from the Olympics. When you are riding at | :15:29. | :15:38. | |
:15:39. | :15:39. | ||
this level for this kind of money, it is a fair bit of pressure. | :15:39. | :15:47. | |
Beautifully smooth through the combination. This lying down here | :15:47. | :15:48. | |
combination. This lying down here has not caused as many problems as I | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
combination. This lying down here has not caused as It is quite a | :15:51. | :16:01. | |
:16:01. | :16:08. | ||
tight turn to the gates. Come on, Scott, just these three jumps. | :16:08. | :16:13. | |
Lovely round, copybook! What an inspiration move it was when this | :16:14. | :16:17. | |
man was taken to the world Equestrian games in 2010 because he | :16:18. | :16:23. | |
learned from this and put it to such good effect. What a round. Britain | :16:23. | :16:32. | |
has two of the six. He will be around for a long time, Scott. He is | :16:33. | :16:36. | |
stylish, effective, the horses really like him and he is brilliant | :16:36. | :16:46. | |
:16:46. | :16:57. | ||
have been very complimentary of the whole venue, the stabling where the | :16:57. | :17:03. | |
boxes are parked. It is all been put together very well. It is Peter | :17:03. | :17:11. | |
Phillips' very first event of this level as a director and he has a | :17:11. | :17:17. | |
very very professional team with him and the time they have had, they | :17:17. | :17:26. | |
have done a very good job. Now the Brazilian born lady, very stylish, | :17:26. | :17:34. | |
Luciana Diniz. Winningmood is a horse who is very often in that | :17:34. | :17:44. | |
:17:44. | :17:48. | ||
mood. He has a very good track record in this series. He is short | :17:48. | :17:58. | |
:17:58. | :18:12. | ||
coupled and really powers off the three of the champions tour rounds | :18:12. | :18:22. | |
:18:22. | :18:23. | ||
so far and lies second behind Laura Kraut in the league. Looking good. | :18:23. | :18:30. | |
Lovely stylish way of riding, fluent. Gets in close to the last | :18:30. | :18:40. | |
and she has jumped it as well. stylish, and this is becoming a very | :18:40. | :18:45. | |
strong international affair. Portugal join the USA, Germany, | :18:45. | :18:55. | |
:18:55. | :18:57. | ||
France, Britain, Sweden. He is getting a big pat and he deserves | :18:57. | :19:07. | |
:19:07. | :19:07. | ||
it. Here he is heading on into the double, second to last fence. He | :19:07. | :19:11. | |
jumped a bit to the side to make room for himself there. What a | :19:11. | :19:21. | |
:19:21. | :19:21. | ||
lovely horse he is. Three left to go, all British. Michael Whitaker to | :19:21. | :19:27. | |
go first. He won the first round on this horse in Madrid. Michael | :19:27. | :19:37. | |
:19:37. | :19:44. | ||
missed off the Olympic team. He loves to be involved at the top end | :19:44. | :19:54. | |
:19:54. | :19:54. | ||
of the sport. Yes, he is riding as well as ever but he has some | :19:54. | :20:04. | |
:20:04. | :20:04. | ||
youngsters, particularly his son Jack, who looks to have all of the | :20:04. | :20:12. | |
natural flair of his family. A great inspiration to Michael. Michael | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
worked hard to shorten up Viking's exuberant style through the | :20:16. | :20:25. | |
combination. Brilliantly ridden there. Michael, we want to see you | :20:25. | :20:35. | |
:20:35. | :20:47. | ||
looked easy for Viking and Michael Whitaker gives us clear round number | :20:47. | :20:53. | |
eight. Britain have three. And one of those three is with me | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
now, Scott Brash. What were you expecting jumping with Hello | :20:58. | :21:08. | |
:21:08. | :21:08. | ||
Sanctos? He is in really good form, I think it will be a fast jumpoff. | :21:08. | :21:14. | |
There are some good ones there so we will have to be clear and fast. | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
tend to be quite aggressive in a jumpoff. Is that your attitude, | :21:17. | :21:24. | |
fast? Yes, and sometimes it works to your disadvantage that he is quick | :21:24. | :21:32. | |
so I will definitely try to do that. It seems odd to say but some people | :21:32. | :21:42. | |
do go for a gentle clear with the jumpoff. Not this man, Nick Skelton. | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
Big star. Can he be an even bigger star than he was a year ago in | :21:46. | :21:56. | |
:21:56. | :22:02. | ||
London. This horse is so exuberant, so much power. Nick shortening him | :22:02. | :22:11. | |
up for the combination. And he just had a little touch there. He has so | :22:11. | :22:20. | |
much stride. He got away with that one. It would be so interesting to | :22:20. | :22:28. | |
see Nick's tactics to the last fence. Will he have a stride and try | :22:28. | :22:37. | |
to keep his hocks underneath him? Yes, he has added a stride and he | :22:37. | :22:44. | |
has jumped it, he is through. crowd love that. It really is | :22:44. | :22:51. | |
building to a potential cliffhanger, with nine clear rounds. | :22:51. | :22:57. | |
And Britain right in there with a tremendous chance. Nextel and makes | :22:57. | :23:07. | |
it clear round number nine. -- Nick Skelton. So much power under the | :23:07. | :23:11. | |
bonnet, Nick Hass to control that, he needed to set up and control him. | :23:11. | :23:21. | |
:23:21. | :23:29. | ||
Here is the little touch, just moved the pole very slightly. Last ago in | :23:29. | :23:39. | |
:23:39. | :23:44. | ||
round two, it is then Maher on Cella. -- Ben. This mare jumped | :23:44. | :23:54. | |
:23:54. | :24:11. | ||
corners. She wants to have her say. She has a little shake of the head. | :24:11. | :24:19. | |
Well, that was another one through the combination that he was really | :24:19. | :24:29. | |
:24:29. | :24:45. | ||
lucky to clear it. He can't afford Teamed up with his horse on the | :24:45. | :24:52. | |
Florida circuit during the winter, he got very excited about the | :24:52. | :24:57. | |
potential of his horse and it is showing today. Ten clear rounds and | :24:57. | :25:05. | |
Britain has five of those. Can you believe it? Here is the combination, | :25:05. | :25:10. | |
very lucky in the middle. Sometimes they stay, sometimes they don't. | :25:10. | :25:20. | |
:25:20. | :25:20. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | :25:20. | :26:17. | |
Thankfully for Ben it stayed. He is seems a big strong horse to ride. | :26:17. | :26:20. | |
don't think there has been a better rider to watch in full flight. He | :26:21. | :26:29. | |
loves going up to the jumps, he contains the jump. The only one | :26:29. | :26:34. | |
that, to me, was the most difficult, the middle of the combination, | :26:34. | :26:44. | |
:26:44. | :26:45. | ||
because he has so much jump. Only the slightest of touches. He was my | :26:45. | :26:51. | |
favourite before the competition. You also gave a big shout out to | :26:51. | :26:58. | |
Cedric, who Laura Kraut rides. He seems much more relaxed. He seems to | :26:58. | :27:05. | |
be a bit more settled. It is the American way of riding. They like | :27:05. | :27:11. | |
the horses to go in the chilled out fashion. A great, great rider, great | :27:11. | :27:17. | |
competitor, and that is why she is head of the league at the moment. | :27:17. | :27:21. | |
They are clearing the arena at the moment because they've ring it down | :27:21. | :27:26. | |
to a very few fences. The riders do not get the chance to walk the | :27:26. | :27:33. | |
course so it adds to the advantage of going late. Not only do you know | :27:33. | :27:43. | |
:27:43. | :27:44. | ||
what time you have to beat, you have also watched the course. Yes, they | :27:44. | :27:51. | |
all will anticipate jumping clear. As you rightly say, the later in the | :27:51. | :27:58. | |
draw you have, and especially with ten, it makes an awful lot of | :27:58. | :28:08. | |
:28:08. | :28:08. | ||
difference. Showjumping does continue here in Stratford tomorrow | :28:08. | :28:11. | |
afternoon and there is coverage on the BBC on the red button if you | :28:11. | :28:20. | |
would like to watch more Showjumping. We also have over this | :28:20. | :28:28. | |
weekend the European boxing Championships from Belarus. And the | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
athletics Diamond league is live from Oslo on Friday. The same bolt, | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
who was beaten by Justin Gatlin and over 100 metres earlier this week, | :28:37. | :28:47. | |
:28:47. | :28:52. | ||
he will be running the 200 metres. -- Usain Bolt. We have half the | :28:52. | :29:02. | |
field for the jumpoff so it might be a British rider taking first. Let's | :29:02. | :29:11. | |
take a look at the course they are facing. We start with the oxer that | :29:11. | :29:17. | |
was number eight, the gate, and then down to the big oxer towards the end | :29:17. | :29:27. | |
:29:27. | :29:27. | ||
of the arena. A bit of a tight turn here, back to the double and then an | :29:27. | :29:34. | |
option. Inside, big vertical, towards the end of the course, | :29:34. | :29:41. | |
galloping now, all the way round what was five, six, seven, middle of | :29:42. | :29:49. | |
the combination, left on its own, last jump. | :29:49. | :29:53. | |
Unfortunately one of the riders who didn't make it into the jumpoff was | :29:53. | :29:58. | |
Tim Fletcher. It is really tough out there. What do you make of this | :29:58. | :30:07. | |
jumpoff line-up? You have a lot of the best riders in the world there. | :30:07. | :30:12. | |
It will be a very tight jumpoff. You have to put the money on Nick. It | :30:12. | :30:20. | |
will be quick. For you, how did it feel riding around that arena? | :30:20. | :30:23. | |
a fabulous arena. They have done a great job, the grounds are | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
fantastic. With five British riders in the jumpoff, half the field, do | :30:29. | :30:37. | |
you think we are entering a new golden age? I hope so! All of the | :30:37. | :30:41. | |
British riders did pretty good today. You have the top riders of | :30:41. | :30:51. | |
:30:51. | :31:01. | ||
much does money focus the mind and how much can it add to the tension? | :31:01. | :31:11. | |
You have got to feed the kids! It is really important. You cannot believe | :31:11. | :31:16. | |
the expenses you have, not just the stuff, the transportation, it is | :31:16. | :31:25. | |
phenomenal. Every year, you need to win a major all be there or | :31:25. | :31:29. | |
thereabouts to balance the books. One like this will put you into | :31:29. | :31:36. | |
positive equity. You said it was very important that bookish riders | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
can win this prize money so they do not have to sell their horses. What | :31:39. | :31:47. | |
kind of value are we talking about? That is Ben Maher's horse. How much | :31:47. | :31:55. | |
is he worth? It would be difficult to put a price on, but there would | :31:55. | :32:01. | |
not be a horse that was not worth 1 million. I would put Nick Skelton's | :32:01. | :32:08. | |
horse at eight or 10 million. Unbelievable money. Laura Kraut has | :32:08. | :32:12. | |
just gone past, she will be the first of the ten in the jump off. | :32:12. | :32:22. | |
:32:22. | :32:28. | ||
She is on the lovely grey horse somebody can put an early fast clear | :32:28. | :32:35. | |
on the board, it will set the others going. It looks like an enormous | :32:35. | :32:45. | |
:32:45. | :32:46. | ||
course. 148,500 euros, the prize, it is enormous. You get a clear round, | :32:46. | :32:55. | |
fireworks could begin. A brilliant combination going first, they are in | :32:55. | :32:59. | |
form, let's hope she goes for it and sets a target, so then we will have | :32:59. | :33:08. | |
a quick jump off. And a tight turn. It looks very tight. But never count | :33:08. | :33:18. | |
:33:18. | :33:20. | ||
against these riders. He can run forward very freely. She has taken a | :33:20. | :33:30. | |
:33:30. | :33:30. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds | :33:30. | :34:11. | |
the stride out. This is the term, and acute angle. You get one or | :34:11. | :34:14. | |
possibly two strides for the horse to see the fence. It did not come | :34:14. | :34:23. | |
off on that occasion. But the first to go, you have got to go for it. | :34:23. | :34:33. | |
:34:33. | :34:43. | ||
Now, Christian Ahlmann, the world showjumping. He was the victor in | :34:43. | :34:51. | |
Hamburg. This is his best horse, though. We have seen him jump to | :34:51. | :35:00. | |
steady rounds, now we will see him open the stride up. A big striding | :35:00. | :35:10. | |
:35:10. | :35:36. | ||
horse, he is cruising around the was quick. 31.86. Not a lot of | :35:36. | :35:42. | |
shorter routes possible. There is not a shorter route, the only | :35:42. | :35:46. | |
possible thing, down to the last fence, he took one more stride than | :35:46. | :35:53. | |
you could possibly take. It will take something special to beat that. | :35:53. | :36:03. | |
:36:03. | :36:08. | ||
Now, Patrice Delaveau. Only a nine-year-old, but with that money | :36:08. | :36:12. | |
at stake, he will not worry about the age. This horse covers the | :36:12. | :36:18. | |
ground quickly. There is no doubt that he will take the stride down to | :36:18. | :36:27. | |
the last, I would think. effortless stride, it is all about | :36:27. | :36:35. | |
the turn after the double. He got away with the rub. He is not quite | :36:35. | :36:45. | |
:36:45. | :36:49. | ||
as quick, he might have to gallop to quick enough over the first part of | :36:50. | :36:57. | |
the course. It is quite a big gap, two seconds is a lot. Christian | :36:57. | :37:07. | |
:37:07. | :37:11. | ||
Ahlmann has really set a serious time. Three gone, seven to go. The | :37:11. | :37:21. | |
:37:21. | :37:23. | ||
time to beat, 31.8 sex. -- 31.86. William Funnell has never, ever had | :37:24. | :37:30. | |
such a big moment in his showjumping life. He might have won the | :37:30. | :37:34. | |
Hickstead Derby, but if he could win this, he would put himself on the | :37:34. | :37:44. | |
:37:44. | :38:02. | ||
map in a big way. Come on, Billy careful. He is in touch. The crowd | :38:02. | :38:12. | |
:38:12. | :38:15. | ||
urge him on. Not quite. It will be he who dares at the last. He goes | :38:15. | :38:20. | |
second at the moment. That is a super round, he will go home with a | :38:20. | :38:26. | |
big payday. He will not win, but that was brilliant riding. He did | :38:26. | :38:35. | |
not quite take the chance on the last fence, but he was in touch. If | :38:35. | :38:42. | |
he can hold on to second place, he will still win 90,000, two. And 60 | :38:42. | :38:47. | |
seconds of third place. We do not need to worry too much about his | :38:47. | :38:56. | |
bank balance at the moment. What a round from Christian Ahlmann. There | :38:56. | :39:00. | |
is still a tiny debate left at the final fence if somebody wants to | :39:00. | :39:10. | |
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take it. Perhaps Nick Skelton is the one to do that. This is Henrik von | :39:14. | :39:24. | |
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different teams. He will have given him some instructions. He has got | :39:45. | :39:55. | |
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such a lovely attacking style, he is taken. Did not really take off. He | :40:09. | :40:15. | |
ends up with a slow time as well, in comparison. Not working out. He | :40:15. | :40:24. | |
drops down to fifth place. Christian Ahlmann leads. William Funnell | :40:24. | :40:34. | |
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second, Patrice Delaveau third. is the first fence that came down. | :40:36. | :40:42. | |
The next one, the angle was way too acute. The horse had no chance to | :40:42. | :40:51. | |
take off. You can see how light the polls are, coming down easily. | :40:51. | :40:55. | |
left to go, four of them British. The young man from Scotland, Scott | :40:55. | :41:05. | |
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Brash. An 11-year-old horse. There will be some owners sitting on the | :41:06. | :41:16. | |
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not hanging about. He is in touch. Will he dare? He is going to have to | :41:31. | :41:41. | |
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thought for a moment he was in there with a shout, but not to be. He goes | :41:50. | :41:58. | |
into third place. Christian Ahlmann has set a pace. Incredibly fine | :41:58. | :42:05. | |
margins. It was the turn back to the second last. He gave himself a bit | :42:05. | :42:13. | |
more room to jump the big one. A brilliant effort, into third place. | :42:13. | :42:22. | |
Great Britain second and third. still free to come. But here is the | :42:22. | :42:32. | |
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lady from Portugal. So stylish. costing valuable time. She will have | :42:58. | :43:06. | |
to make up a bit of time somewhere. He has not got the biggest stride. | :43:06. | :43:16. | |
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She is working really hard. I do not think so. She goes behind both | :43:17. | :43:25. | |
William Funnell and Scott Brash. She goes into fourth place. Christian | :43:25. | :43:35. | |
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second last in something under 26, they cannot make it home quicker | :43:42. | :43:48. | |
than Christian Ahlmann from there. She did brilliantly, because this | :43:48. | :43:53. | |
horse has not got the biggest stride. It is not easy for him to | :43:53. | :44:03. | |
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cover the ground. That was very fast. Well written. Do not bite your | :44:04. | :44:09. | |
fingernails, sit tight! Keep those fingers crossed, Michael Whitaker | :44:09. | :44:19. | |
the first of three for Great Britain. 31.86 to beat. This horse | :44:19. | :44:27. | |
has a massive stride. Just a bit forward, that is the problem with | :44:27. | :44:37. | |
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the horse. He can just take the to go into fifth place. He is. He | :44:48. | :44:54. | |
goes into sixth place, with the four faults. Still not quicker than | :44:54. | :45:02. | |
Christian Ahlmann, he has set the pace. He jumped really neatly, he | :45:02. | :45:10. | |
seemed to be OK, and just clicked a front leg onto it. His chance was | :45:10. | :45:20. | |
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gone. There could be a few million jockeys watching this around great | :45:26. | :45:36. | |
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Britain and riding with Nick take the chance with the last fence. | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
He is a long way off, and he has jumped it. He is half a second up. | :46:09. | :46:19. | |
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He has done it! 100th of a second. That is amazing! Christian Ahlmann | :46:23. | :46:32. | |
cannot believe it. Justice is going to be served at Stratford this | :46:32. | :46:41. | |
afternoon. They were the best combination at Greenwich last year. | :46:42. | :46:46. | |
He has the sash on already and he is going to have to take it off and put | :46:46. | :46:54. | |
it on to Nick Skelton. If you came here this afternoon wanting drama, | :46:54. | :46:59. | |
you are certainly getting it. competition has lived up to all | :46:59. | :47:04. | |
expectations and it is not over yet because this man will give it 200%, | :47:04. | :47:14. | |
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Ben Maher and Cella. The time to absolutely motoring. He is up.He is | :47:32. | :47:39. | |
quick enough to win it. He has to take the stride out to the last. | :47:39. | :47:49. | |
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is. If he jumps the last I think he can do it! He has taken it for Great | :47:50. | :48:00. | |
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Britain! He has taken a second off the time! Disappointment for Nick | :48:02. | :48:11. | |
Skelton but it is a fantastic run. The crowd standing, as they should | :48:11. | :48:21. | |
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be, because that was a world-class Grand Prix has really shown what | :48:29. | :48:39. | |
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Great Britain can do. Beverly and Gary will be disappointed but very | :48:40. | :48:43. | |
proud of what their horse and Nick Skelton have achieved this | :48:43. | :48:52. | |
afternoon. The first two places for Britain. Christian Ahlmann in third | :48:52. | :48:59. | |
place. Scott Brash in fifth. Four out of five the great written, what | :48:59. | :49:06. | |
an achievement. When you are down the riders we realise we have seen a | :49:06. | :49:13. | |
world-class competition. -- when we look down the riders. | :49:13. | :49:18. | |
He was the last ago, he has won the biggest prize ever been given in | :49:18. | :49:25. | |
this country. Ben, you made that look so smooth and so easy. Thank | :49:25. | :49:29. | |
you. She is an amazing horse. We have had a tough time in the last | :49:29. | :49:33. | |
couple of months and I doubted myself in the last couple of rounds | :49:33. | :49:40. | |
and just tried to do a job today. In the end, the first round paid off. I | :49:40. | :49:46. | |
was last ago, I knew what I had to do and she was unbelievably fast. | :49:46. | :49:51. | |
She gives the fences plenty of room but you seem not to interfere with | :49:51. | :49:57. | |
her. I am just a passenger, not a pilot, which is normally not my | :49:57. | :50:02. | |
style, but it is what she likes. It is a new owner for me and she is | :50:02. | :50:08. | |
having a good weekend at the moment with her horses. She had her horses | :50:08. | :50:14. | |
with the Americans before, didn't she? Yes, but she has dressage | :50:14. | :50:23. | |
horses here, so if she is spending some time over here now. -- so she | :50:23. | :50:33. | |
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is. Cella is standing over there. She is so calm now but you said she | :50:34. | :50:39. | |
is sensitive and she needs gentle handling. I have to be very light | :50:39. | :50:44. | |
with my hand and the smallest pole I take in the wrong direction she | :50:44. | :50:49. | |
tends to throw her head back. We had a bad round in Rome a couple of | :50:49. | :50:55. | |
weeks ago, I don't think she was very well and we rested her, got her | :50:55. | :51:01. | |
ready for this week and she is a great horse. Winning here, in | :51:01. | :51:07. | |
London, does this matter? You can't compare it to an Olympic gold but is | :51:07. | :51:10. | |
this commercially the biggest success of your career and in your | :51:10. | :51:20. | |
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top three moments? Absolutely. It is always great to win in London. | :51:20. | :51:25. | |
Obviously the prize money helps but it is lovely to be here, great | :51:25. | :51:30. | |
weather, great sport, and it is good to show the organisers of the global | :51:30. | :51:40. | |
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tour that we can hold an event as well as anybody. We will jump in the | :51:40. | :51:50. | |
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Grand Prix next week. It was a joy to watch you. Congratulations. | :51:53. | :51:57. | |
Let's look at the two rounds head-to-head. On the left, big Star, | :51:57. | :52:07. | |
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on the right, Ben Maher. Ben Maher definitely looked quicker here. He | :52:13. | :52:20. | |
was already the best part of a second as he turned out of that. | :52:20. | :52:30. | |
They then galloped to the last. Look at that round. Ben really won the | :52:30. | :52:40. | |
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jumpoff hubbub Lee after he turned to the combination. -- after he | :52:42. | :52:52. | |
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turned. Laura Kraut in second, Christian Ahlmann in third, Michael | :52:52. | :53:02. | |
Whitaker in six. The world's best take part in this Global Champions | :53:02. | :53:06. | |
Tour and we have seen it this afternoon. | :53:06. | :53:10. | |
And into the top ten in terms of the overall league. Do you reflect on | :53:10. | :53:17. | |
that, thinking, that was good, or is it frustrating? You have to be happy | :53:17. | :53:26. | |
with the way that Big Star has jumped. You can't be too displeased. | :53:26. | :53:35. | |
At this level, with so many good horses, it is important. Ben has the | :53:35. | :53:41. | |
key draw. You won't get to jumping the net anywhere in the world. | :53:41. | :53:46. | |
was amazingly smooth but yours was really exciting. You were only a | :53:46. | :53:56. | |
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couple of seconds behind Christian. I like to do it nice and stylish, I | :53:58. | :54:04. | |
just flap around. -- I don't like to do it. Do you think we are in a | :54:04. | :54:10. | |
golden age? I think so. I had my doubts in Rome but animals are not | :54:10. | :54:17. | |
machines. We got blown out of the water in the Nations cup but days | :54:18. | :54:25. | |
like today and everything is fine again. Are you loving it?With a | :54:25. | :54:31. | |
horse like that to ride, anybody would love it. Nick Skelton, who has | :54:31. | :54:35. | |
finished second to his British team-mate Ben Maher. They are | :54:35. | :54:39. | |
congratulating each other there. Great live sport on the BBC, with | :54:39. | :54:49. | |
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action tonight, Argentina against England in the rugby union, that is | :55:14. | :55:24. | |
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second and fourth. Do you get money for fourth? I hope so. It was great | :55:56. | :56:01. | |
to be in the shake-up. When I looked down the ten, they are the fastest | :56:01. | :56:07. | |
horses in the world. To be out there with these medallists, I don't know | :56:07. | :56:11. | |
how many Olympic medallists we had, it is great. It would have been nice | :56:11. | :56:17. | |
to get on the podium but it is nice to have a British winner or so. | :56:17. | :56:23. | |
you continue on the league and go to glamorous locations around Europe? | :56:23. | :56:32. | |
go to France next week and then home and then Monte Carlo. You and your | :56:32. | :56:36. | |
wife pepper are the biggest equestrian partnership in the | :56:36. | :56:45. | |
country. Does she know how you got on? She is watching on the TV. She | :56:45. | :56:55. | |
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is pretty pleased. She rode the horse for a year, two years. It is | :56:57. | :57:02. | |
all a team thing. It is a team effort for the British riders as | :57:02. | :57:12. | |
well will stop well done. Nick Skelton and Ben Maher have made | :57:12. | :57:16. | |
their way into the arena to be presented with the cheque and the | :57:16. | :57:22. | |
trophy. If we had written it out at the beginning, beautifully sunny | :57:22. | :57:32. | |
day, a British top two, people would say we were dreaming. Absolutely. I | :57:32. | :57:36. | |
have been involved in this sport for more years than I care to think | :57:36. | :57:46. | |
about but I have never seen a better jumpoff. Nick Skelton, when he did | :57:46. | :57:51. | |
that, I thought, nailed on winner. Ben Maher, there is nobody quicker | :57:51. | :57:58. | |
than him. It is so exciting to watch because the two British men are so | :57:58. | :58:03. | |
different as riders. Nick Skelton in his interview said that he flaps | :58:04. | :58:09. | |
around. He has his own style but he is unbelievably effective. Ben Maher | :58:09. | :58:13. | |
is calm and stylish but show jumping, you do your own way. They | :58:13. | :58:21. | |
are both brilliant. Does sport get much better than that? I was doing | :58:21. | :58:27. | |
the commentary and I was beside myself with excitement. Thank you | :58:27. | :58:31. | |
both and to the guys in the commentary box. Thank you to the | :58:31. | :58:36. |