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Hello and welcome to the backstage area at Olympia, we are live in | :00:58. | :01:02. | |
west London, we have the World Cup qualifiers coming up. The World Cup | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
series is the equivalent of the Champions League in football, all | :01:06. | :01:10. | |
of the best riders from around the world, and in today's class, and | :01:10. | :01:16. | |
monks them, 11 British riders, trying to win the first prize of | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
33,000 euros -- amongst them. They are trying to catch the eye of the | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
British selectors because what they all want is to be riding for Great | :01:24. | :01:33. | |
Britain next summer at the London To get the Olympics in London is a | :01:33. | :01:38. | |
great thing. It would be unbelievable to be part of it. | :01:38. | :01:42. | |
Every rider that has ever been want to go to this Olympic Games. It is | :01:42. | :01:47. | |
the one thing I would love to do more than anything else. It has | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
been a dream since I was 10 years old, it is all I can think about at | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
the moment. I want to win a gold medal. Nothing else would be good | :01:55. | :02:02. | |
enough. I would love to be a part of it. There are probably 10 or 12 | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
riders that are good enough to go but it is just having the course. I | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
think I have got the horse. I think it will come down to the wire this | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
year, it is probably the most wide- open toys that the team manager has | :02:14. | :02:19. | |
had for a long time. -- choice. has always been a dream to go to | :02:19. | :02:24. | |
the Olympics, I plan to be on the team and get a medal. I have some | :02:24. | :02:31. | |
unfinished business. The only thing that matters next year is London. | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
massive opportunity for a lot of riders. Hopefully I will be there. | :02:35. | :02:39. | |
Yes, I would love to be on it. Let's get our best team out there | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
and win a gold medal. The old guard would be the strongest line-up. I | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
would love to get one in England and won the gold medal, who | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
wouldn't? My dad and Michael have ridden at a lot of Olympics. It is | :02:56. | :03:00. | |
my turn, they should give me some other horses, that would make it a | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
lot easier. I think we know what it Robert Whitaker wants for Christmas | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
and what he won't be getting. Despite the fact that you have | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
broken three vertebrate in your neck, at the Olympics is still on | :03:12. | :03:20. | |
your agenda? That's right. I had this accident. I have got to get | :03:20. | :03:24. | |
this over and done with. I should be riding in March and I hope to be | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
in May, please pick me and give me every chance to go to the Olympics. | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
Who are the key contenders in this afternoon's class? We have a good | :03:33. | :03:37. | |
line-up of riders. I think three people that I am going to say you | :03:37. | :03:42. | |
should look out for, Guy Williams, he is on fire this week. Everything | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
he does, he is flying, he is doing everything right, he is on full | :03:47. | :03:53. | |
complement. Nick Skelton has one horse, it is only a major role, | :03:53. | :03:57. | |
called Big Star. He has wrested him specifically for this competition. | :03:57. | :04:05. | |
He said he went in there and didn't look at anything. I think he has so | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
much confidence with him, he will with their or their about. Lastly, | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
Ben Maher. Triplex is flying and he is on the top of his game. -- | :04:16. | :04:23. | |
Triple X. This is the course they are going to face, it is very big | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
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and our commentators can tell us narrow, Trekkie vertical towards | :04:37. | :04:45. | |
the crowd. Right into these tight corners -- tricky vertical. This is | :04:45. | :04:51. | |
a committed distance, built on five long strides to the water. Very | :04:51. | :04:55. | |
tight in the corner, back to another narrow stile, and then it | :04:55. | :05:01. | |
is power, two big oxers and spread fences on two strides. Then one | :05:01. | :05:06. | |
stride coming out of the combination. There is a big set of | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
planks and you have a committed distance again. You have to go six | :05:11. | :05:15. | |
strides to the triple bar, five strides to another power fence. | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
Towards the end of the course, another very difficult distance, | :05:20. | :05:24. | |
four strides, you are committed to that. That oxer is enormous and | :05:24. | :05:34. | |
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very square. To finish with, a 160 field. A young 19-year-old to start | :05:40. | :05:50. | |
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first British challengers. John Whitaker on the Casino, he is on | :05:58. | :06:06. | |
form. Peter Charles has been very confident. You have to say, Gerco | :06:06. | :06:11. | |
Schroder is the one who stands out. He has been winning combinations of | :06:11. | :06:15. | |
-- competitions all over the world. Michael Whitaker thinks a lot of | :06:15. | :06:25. | |
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Viking. So Nick Skelton, a big star, looks very promising. Guy Williams' | :06:25. | :06:35. | |
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Titus, re- looking on fire. And big one, over 410 metres. Given the | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
time allowed of 71 seconds, time has played quite a part in the | :06:54. | :07:02. | |
first round of this Rolex World Cup round here in London. They are | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
going to have to keep up a flowing, moving canter all the way, to get | :07:08. | :07:18. | |
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Spain. Even when he was in ponies, they were saying he is a future | :07:22. | :07:27. | |
champion for Spain. He is 19 years old, Manuel Anon, riding a lovely | :07:27. | :07:33. | |
10-year-old. He was an exceptional winner on Friday. I would not be | :07:33. | :07:41. | |
surprised if he gives us a very good start to this competition. | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
Turning back, this vertical, it is not the biggest fence, but it is | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
very narrow. Right towards the age of the arena. This is the | :07:50. | :07:59. | |
interesting distance. Very forward, five strides, and that is a huge | :08:00. | :08:09. | |
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leap. Over the square oxer with the needed to jump the first two parts | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
of that combination. He is keeping up a really good moving canter, | :08:16. | :08:26. | |
that is just what he needs to do. He gets his six strides there. | :08:26. | :08:31. | |
Another five. Ride to was the end of the course now. This seemed to | :08:31. | :08:35. | |
be the hardest distance, very short here. You can see him checking. | :08:35. | :08:44. | |
What a jump! Just the last fence. This is a sensational horse and a | :08:44. | :08:50. | |
very good young jockey. He really impressed us here on Friday. Now | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
the Spanish haven't got a team through to London next year, but | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
they could have this young man, and this is an exciting partnership to | :08:59. | :09:05. | |
get as under way. That was outstanding. Here he is, the power | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
and ability, and then he moved up, as he landed, to get the five | :09:10. | :09:16. | |
strides. A lot of riders will find that a long way. This horse was | :09:16. | :09:22. | |
reputedly bought for 3.4 million euros. That's probably why it has | :09:22. | :09:32. | |
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in the world for nearly 30 years. been played very well this season. | :09:53. | :10:00. | |
When very well in the Toronto winter fare in Canada. Ludo had his | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
plan organised, really motored down the five strides. I think it is | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
going to be very difficult to jump that on six, we will see if anyone | :10:09. | :10:16. | |
tries it. Another horse showing masses of ability, those two big | :10:16. | :10:26. | |
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oxers. The first part is the vertical, then they have to shorten | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
and showed tremendous power to jump the next big oxer. Got away with a | :10:40. | :10:47. | |
little rattled. Doesn't look as if time is going to play a part, they | :10:47. | :10:53. | |
are making the time reasonably easy. Ludo is very happy with that. He | :10:54. | :11:03. | |
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managed to steady, got the balance, nearly paid the penalty at the back | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
rail. Two clears on the bounce. very capable jockeys and capable | :11:15. | :11:24. | |
horses, and it is a very good field. Gerco Schroder from the Netherlands, | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
he is one out of a real class field. Germany now. They won the team | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
title and the Europeans. You might have seen, in Madrid. Holger | :11:34. | :11:41. | |
Wulschner, with a horse that was placed recently very well indeed, | :11:41. | :11:50. | |
in the big show in Stuttgart. He was in the German team that won the | :11:50. | :12:00. | |
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course earlier, you realise how tight this arena is. The fences | :12:02. | :12:08. | |
come so quickly out of the corners. After this long distance, the next | :12:08. | :12:18. | |
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vertical is right in your face. It well. The general consensus, | :12:23. | :12:26. | |
walking the course, was that there were not going to be many clears, | :12:27. | :12:36. | |
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but the way they have started is home in under 71. He is going to be | :12:43. | :12:53. | |
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allowed. Yeah, I am afraid he has got one time fault. 0.08 of the | :13:00. | :13:06. | |
second over the time. That is an expensive time fault for the German. | :13:06. | :13:13. | |
He will be very disappointed. kept up a pretty good pace, but it | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
shows how quick you have got to move through the corners. There is | :13:17. | :13:25. | |
no time to dwell anywhere at all. That's very costly. There are three | :13:26. | :13:33. | |
of the team that will be in Greenwich next year. Kelvin Bywater, | :13:33. | :13:41. | |
Stephen Renoir. They will be very much part of Bob Ellis's team. | :13:41. | :13:46. | |
Another man very much back on the scene, world champion of 2002, the | :13:46. | :13:56. | |
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of horses, living in Ireland, he has been competing in North America | :14:00. | :14:07. | |
and Europe. He jumps hallmark elite. Who was 5th in the World Cup final | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
in Geneva a little while ago. In fact, was third in the World Cup | :14:13. | :14:20. | |
round in Toronto, Canada. The first few riders have all motored to get | :14:20. | :14:25. | |
inside the time. We have seen one with a time fault so already. The | :14:25. | :14:28. | |
word will go out to the collection ring, if you don't keep galloping | :14:28. | :14:33. | |
through the corners, you're going to get time faults. Dermott, | :14:33. | :14:41. | |
working hard to keep his pace up. This is where you have got to make | :14:41. | :14:51. | |
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a bit of time, keep moving around towards the end of the course. | :15:01. | :15:11. | |
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Should just about be OK for time, He has made it look tight. The | :15:22. | :15:27. | |
He has made it look tight. The first two that went clear looked OK. | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
Manuel Anon went clear. You seem to have filled everyone with | :15:31. | :15:40. | |
confidence, making it look easy. She jumped really good. Is is your | :15:40. | :15:44. | |
first Olympia? Yes, the first time coming to this show. The win on | :15:45. | :15:49. | |
Friday was really amazing. A clear round in the World Cup makes me | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
very happy for this show. Thank you. Wish you well in the jump-off. | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
Making reference to the class he won on Friday afternoon. He has | :15:57. | :16:07. | |
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the turn of the Swiss rider. Placed in two of the western yuen league - | :16:20. | :16:30. | |
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horse. Quite difficult to manouevre round the corners. One one of the | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
features of this course is that they have to move up on the five | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
strides here. Whether he was thinking about the five strides and | :16:45. | :16:49. | |
just pushed it the second part, but he kicked out that front rail quite | :16:49. | :16:54. | |
hard. That amazingly is the first fence we have had done so -- down | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
so far, which when we walked the course we did think it was tough, | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
but that is the level of competitor we have nowadays. This big horse | :17:03. | :17:13. | |
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finding it hard to keep his balance. tougher. There are so many good | :17:24. | :17:33. | |
combinations in this course. They did need to build a tough course. | :17:33. | :17:39. | |
Two down. Again, snugly inside the time. Not a lot to spare but it is | :17:39. | :17:48. | |
a total of eight for the man from Switzerland, Werner Muff. Let us | :17:48. | :17:55. | |
look coming out, jumped a bit forward. Took the front rail out, | :17:55. | :18:03. | |
just a touch too much pace. Maybe thinking about pushing forward. He | :18:03. | :18:09. | |
will be disappointed to be the man to have the first fences down. Now | :18:09. | :18:19. | |
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the turn of Robert Whitaker. Robert riding USA Today. Second in the | :18:22. | :18:28. | |
Grand Prix of Munster and third behind his father on Casino in the | :18:28. | :18:38. | |
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Grand Prix in Stockholm. He has had concentration round the corners: | :18:45. | :18:55. | |
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There is not a lot of room if he smaller horse. There he is, | :18:59. | :19:04. | |
starting to show a bit of character. And Rob has to be very very aware | :19:04. | :19:09. | |
of the time. Slightly shorter stride. He has add one down that | :19:09. | :19:14. | |
distance. And he needs to move round this corner. Just open his | :19:14. | :19:22. | |
stride up a bit there and now balance. Really doesn't need to be | :19:22. | :19:32. | |
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little bucks we saw have cost his dear in the past, he lost the | :19:49. | :19:52. | |
British Open for doing that and he nearly did it again going down to | :19:52. | :20:00. | |
the last. Let us another look at Rob, this is so difficult for him | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
to concentrate. What he did, he wasn't getting the stride pattern | :20:04. | :20:12. | |
he wanted so he kicked on, and got inside the time. Well ridden Rob. | :20:12. | :20:22. | |
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Four clear rounds, Spain, Ireland, Germany eight, France two and the | :20:26. | :20:30. | |
Netherlands three and they are all back again. Now it is Tina threcher | :20:30. | :20:40. | |
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on this lovely horse -- Tina Fletcher. Won the Carpet Right | :20:43. | :20:49. | |
Derby on Promised Land. I think this horse is a work in progress. | :20:49. | :20:54. | |
Tina said this was a huge step up for in mare. She will see how she | :20:54. | :20:57. | |
goes. It if it is too much she will possibly retire. Already had one | :20:58. | :21:07. | |
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successful. That is a lot of the season off but now back in work. | :21:13. | :21:18. | |
One of a team the Fletchers are taking to Florida, to work in some | :21:18. | :21:25. | |
of the outdoor arenas, in the sun to get ready for next year's games. | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
Think she will call it a day. That is not unexpected. It was a big ask | :21:31. | :21:36. | |
for Tina to come in. She has given it a go. And sensible, if the | :21:36. | :21:40. | |
horses are struggling, give them a pat. Live to fight another day. | :21:41. | :21:45. | |
Both Tina and her husband Graham have been very very poorly this | :21:45. | :21:51. | |
last couple of days. You can, you might have heard Tina's voice when | :21:51. | :21:56. | |
she gave us her thoughts of the Olympic Games. She has been quite | :21:56. | :22:01. | |
poorly. There is the former European champion Sir Michael | :22:01. | :22:11. | |
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Stoute -- Kevin Staut. It is a very tremendous track record in this | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
competition. John Whitaker and Casino. He was second back three | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
years ago, to Edwina Alexander when there was the difficulty of the | :22:26. | :22:30. | |
tight time on the course in the first round. Tremendous round he | :22:30. | :22:37. | |
jumped on Casino then. Then last year he was third, and they did win | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
the Stockholm Grand Prix a couple of weeks ago in tremendous form. So | :22:41. | :22:47. | |
what can he produce here? These are a pair of veterans. The oldest | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
rider and oldest horse in the competition possibly. John 56 and | :22:52. | :22:57. | |
this horse 16-year-old. Very few horses jump much more than sf or 17 | :22:57. | :23:04. | |
at this level. -- 16 or 17. He had a big rattle at the first fence. | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
Got away wit. Let us hope that has woken him up. Sometimes Casino not | :23:10. | :23:15. | |
easy through the corners. He is a big horse and can just twist his | :23:15. | :23:21. | |
body to one side. John working hard down the combination. He had paid | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
the penalty there. Two parts going. Just looked to be in trouble there | :23:25. | :23:35. | |
for a second. We had the early clear rounds, now we are seeing how | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
tough this course is, because those clear rounds probably gave us a | :23:39. | :23:46. | |
false idea of what this really all about. It is a difficult course. | :23:46. | :23:51. | |
John did his normal preparation by jumping one round of the puissance | :23:51. | :23:54. | |
on Friday night before resting the horse to jump in this. But it | :23:54. | :23:59. | |
hasn't worked this year, it has on previous occasion. He gets time | :23:59. | :24:05. | |
penalties too. In all 13, three fences down and a time fault. Total | :24:05. | :24:15. | |
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13 for the great John Whitaker. John who won it in 98 and 99. He is | :24:16. | :24:19. | |
John who won it in 98 and 99. He is not going through to the jump-off. | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
Well done, a horse that bucks every other stride. He used to do it a | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
lot and he hasn't done it so much lately, I don't know why he did it | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
today, he was jumping the fences good. That is the main thing. | :24:33. | :24:37. | |
you have an eye on the clock? worried because I know there wasn't, | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
there is not many other places where you can save time. I know | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
every buck is like a second, so I saw the last, and I really went for | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
it. Does he buck in the jump-off as well, will he? He is normally worse | :24:52. | :24:58. | |
in the jump-off. Oh no! I don't know why he bucked today. Hopefully | :24:58. | :25:02. | |
you know, all week there hasn't been many clears in the jump-off. | :25:02. | :25:07. | |
So it looks like there could be a few clears today, you know, you | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
never know. Double clear would win it. It is exciting to watch. Thank | :25:11. | :25:18. | |
it. It is exciting to watch. Thank you. The first time rider from | :25:18. | :25:25. | |
Austria. Iris Murray with her husband's Night Flight. The horse | :25:25. | :25:30. | |
has got some points in the World Cup. Ninth in Helsinki. Also jumped | :25:30. | :25:35. | |
in Oslo. Quite surprised if this jusm ped clear in what we have seen | :25:35. | :25:41. | |
of this combination in the classes this week so far. Very close to | :25:41. | :25:51. | |
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that vertical. But a horse with power. Lots of ability. Coming to | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
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the very careful planks and a bit 71 seconds the time allowed. Big | :26:22. | :26:27. | |
horse. Quite strong towards the end for Iris, ends up with two down and | :26:27. | :26:34. | |
a time fault. Total nine. So still those four early clear rounds. | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
There is the plank, a touch in front. He is a bit loose and then | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
he started to get unrule loi here. Not concentrating at all. Got his | :26:43. | :26:49. | |
head up and started fighting in the corner. -- unruly here. Very big | :26:49. | :26:58. | |
horse to control. Iris who used to be a flight attendant in the travel | :26:58. | :27:07. | |
city. Now Peter Charles you heard how crucial the Olympic games is to | :27:07. | :27:15. | |
Peter. Peter Charles, with a horse that stepped in when his top horse | :27:15. | :27:20. | |
was off the road early in the season. He stepped in very well | :27:20. | :27:27. | |
indeed, particularly well in the Spruce Meadow show in September. | :27:27. | :27:31. | |
Peter already aware of the time allowed.. He has moved up a gear | :27:31. | :27:36. | |
round that corner. Now, is that why he had that fence down? He does | :27:37. | :27:42. | |
like to keep his horses bouncing under him. Maybe just lost a bit of | :27:42. | :27:52. | |
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level when you have just done a national show. That little rattle | :28:08. | :28:18. | |
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That is the big oxer we have looked at. Two down then for Peter Charles. | :28:29. | :28:35. | |
Peter who won this competition in 2001 when he rode for Ireland in | :28:35. | :28:39. | |
that year, ten years ago. There is the first fence he had done, it is | :28:39. | :28:44. | |
a very quick turn off that corner. He was thinking about the time | :28:44. | :28:54. | |
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round between those fences. Just and here now is the first of the | :28:58. | :29:05. | |
French challenges. France, who have won it twice. They won it in 1985 | :29:05. | :29:13. | |
and before that, they won it again. But this man has impressed this | :29:13. | :29:23. | |
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week in his first visit. A ten- year-old horse. Darko won this back | :29:26. | :29:31. | |
in 1988. The father of this horse. He had gone well enough. He was in | :29:31. | :29:41. | |
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watch. He is swishing his tail. He has a big double bridle in his | :29:48. | :29:52. | |
horse. That is two bits in his mouth. So he is quite strong and | :29:52. | :30:02. | |
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required and he started throwing his legs all over. What is | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
interesting to me, the first two horses that went were comfortably | :30:21. | :30:25. | |
inside the time without putting the horses under pressure, now time | :30:25. | :30:30. | |
seems to be playing more of a part. They are in that bit more of a | :30:30. | :30:34. | |
hurry. I think Which? We just happened to see some outstanding | :30:34. | :30:37. | |
horses at the beginning. When you see some of these riders struggling | :30:37. | :30:42. | |
it is a true indication of how difficult this competition is. He | :30:42. | :30:46. | |
is really falling apart there. Certainly are. 17 in all. He | :30:46. | :30:56. | |
:30:56. | :30:57. | ||
another one over the time. Just one for time and those four fences down. | :30:57. | :31:02. | |
Still Kevin staut to come. starts getting untidy, threw his | :31:02. | :31:08. | |
front legs a bit there caught that one behind. To jump at this level | :31:08. | :31:12. | |
the horses have to be very need and tidy. They start throwing their | :31:12. | :31:22. | |
:31:22. | :31:33. | ||
for Spain, two of the jockeys with the four clear round so far. | :31:33. | :31:42. | |
Dermott Lennon and Robert Whitaker are the others. Now it is the turn | :31:42. | :31:51. | |
of Lucia Vizzini, riding Loro Piana Quinta Roo. Now, riding Markus | :31:51. | :31:57. | |
Fuchs' courses, who was trainer of the Italians for a while -- Markus | :31:57. | :32:02. | |
Fuchs' horses. He has gone back to support in his own country, | :32:02. | :32:12. | |
:32:12. | :32:18. | ||
Switzerland. A big jumping horse, groaning, a lot of effort is being | :32:18. | :32:28. | |
:32:28. | :32:42. | ||
put in. Moving nicely around the to be close enough. May have to | :32:42. | :32:48. | |
take a stride out to the last. Gets the extra one, but should be OK, | :32:48. | :32:55. | |
but it is down! And again, although she took that extra stride down the | :32:55. | :33:00. | |
last, just looks as if she realised she was going to be tied for time. | :33:00. | :33:05. | |
Frustrated at that penalty. -- tight for time. We are going to | :33:05. | :33:15. | |
here a lot more about this lady. Very unlucky, coming down to the | :33:15. | :33:20. | |
last. What are you thinking of the course? It had come down. | :33:20. | :33:25. | |
Everything was too easy initially. Actually, it is more difficult than | :33:25. | :33:29. | |
it first looked. I think there will be 10 or 12 clear today, and that | :33:29. | :33:34. | |
is where the draw will be so important. The riders are looking | :33:34. | :33:40. | |
around and see and where they need to make up the time. Our is the | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
draw complete luck, just lucky that they are getting drawn towards the | :33:44. | :33:49. | |
they are getting drawn towards the end? The draw is done in two halves | :33:49. | :33:52. | |
and the higher you are in the world ranking list, the lower that you go | :33:52. | :33:57. | |
down the draw. You get better ranked in the second half. That was | :33:57. | :34:00. | |
a quick look at some of the key riders, coming up, will funnel is | :34:00. | :34:08. | |
out there in the arena now. A lovely team of young horses, this | :34:08. | :34:11. | |
was first jumped in a major competition at Lisbon and has got | :34:11. | :34:15. | |
better and better. He has got some World Cup points in the Western | :34:15. | :34:21. | |
European League. Only a young horse. He rode for his life down the young | :34:21. | :34:25. | |
-- the long-striding distance from the double to the big oxer. He had | :34:25. | :34:30. | |
to really push, and that was fantastic bit of riding. If he had | :34:30. | :34:35. | |
not acted, he would not have got it. Maybe that is why he had the plaque | :34:35. | :34:40. | |
done, he had to ride so forward. Pushed his tours out of the comfort | :34:40. | :34:46. | |
zone. 8-year-old horses, only just starting to complete it -- compete | :34:46. | :34:53. | |
at this level. A really good effort, just one fence down, here he is at | :34:53. | :35:03. | |
:35:03. | :35:06. | ||
the last. The time is fairly fast, but that fence is down for Billy | :35:06. | :35:12. | |
Angelo and will funnel. This is the Fenty had down, just got a bit flat, | :35:12. | :35:18. | |
just touched it. -- the fence he had down. A very good effort from | :35:18. | :35:24. | |
his 8-year-old, has got a big future in the sport. Probably a | :35:24. | :35:30. | |
little bit frustrated. He thinks a lot of this course. He realises it | :35:30. | :35:36. | |
is a young horse, with the next year in mind. Now a man who has got | :35:36. | :35:42. | |
a great record in this competition, Robert Smith. He has won it three | :35:42. | :35:52. | |
:35:52. | :36:11. | ||
this arena in the past. And that is exactly how to ride that distance. | :36:11. | :36:17. | |
A big striding horse, got their very smoothly. Lovely balance, | :36:17. | :36:27. | |
:36:27. | :36:28. | ||
straight after, jumped that have to be more careful over the | :36:28. | :36:38. | |
:36:38. | :36:53. | ||
shape over that vertical, that was a shame. Such a good round until | :36:53. | :37:01. | |
that point. Jumped the first part very well, and then two down, the | :37:01. | :37:11. | |
:37:11. | :37:19. | ||
last part of the course for Robert petrol at the end of the course. | :37:19. | :37:24. | |
Both the fences with his back legs. But a great effort. You can see he | :37:24. | :37:34. | |
:37:34. | :37:40. | ||
expect to see one of the top internationals from Sweden, Peder | :37:40. | :37:50. | |
:37:50. | :38:09. | ||
Fredricson, who started in the Prix in Stockholm. This horse has | :38:09. | :38:12. | |
an interesting assortment of bits and bridles on him. He is a strong | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
horse. He has a bit in his mouth and a bit less Bridle, all joined | :38:17. | :38:24. | |
together. He is fighting for his head. Some of these big powerful | :38:24. | :38:28. | |
forces get very strong and take a lot of controlling around such a | :38:28. | :38:38. | |
:38:38. | :38:40. | ||
beginning of the competition. Suddenly, it is looking a lot | :38:40. | :38:50. | |
:38:50. | :39:00. | ||
amazing. Just the last fence. the one down for the man who won a | :39:00. | :39:07. | |
silver medal for Sweden at the team competition in Athens in 2004. Four | :39:07. | :39:14. | |
faults will keep him at the jump- off. Now getting towards the | :39:14. | :39:22. | |
halfway point. Watching again. That front rail of that boxer is quite | :39:22. | :39:26. | |
difficult to jump. Because the riders are thinking about the Ford | :39:26. | :39:30. | |
distance they have got to get straight after it. It is important | :39:30. | :39:36. | |
to jump that fence cleanly, then push down the line. A reflective | :39:36. | :39:42. | |
John Whitaker. He is still as competitive as ever. We can do that, | :39:42. | :39:52. | |
:39:52. | :39:53. | ||
too, John! Now, at Nina Fagerstrom from Finland. Based in Belgium, was | :39:53. | :40:01. | |
the Finnish champion in 2009. She went well in Helsinki. She finished | :40:01. | :40:11. | |
:40:11. | :40:11. | ||
4th in that World Cup in Finland. This horse has got his own way of | :40:12. | :40:18. | |
going. He sticks his nose out, he lost his tongue out to one side as | :40:18. | :40:24. | |
he goes round. He is quite a character. Oh, had to push very | :40:24. | :40:34. | |
:40:34. | :40:48. | ||
hard for the five strides. Lost bit of time. There is a huge amount | :40:48. | :40:53. | |
of money at stake in this class. You're absolutely right, 110,000 | :40:53. | :40:58. | |
euros is the price pop. 33,000 euros going to the winner. Not a | :40:58. | :41:07. | |
bad pay-day. It is not, but it is going to take a lot of winning. | :41:07. | :41:17. | |
:41:17. | :41:30. | ||
You can see with the shot of talent. Look at the Nasal strips on the | :41:30. | :41:34. | |
course' nos, to help the breathing. That's right, horses cannot breathe | :41:34. | :41:40. | |
through the mouth. By having that strip, it actually brisk -- bridges | :41:40. | :41:44. | |
that open and keeps those nostrils open, to allow more oxygen through | :41:45. | :41:51. | |
into the lungs. It is to allow the not straw to flare and get more | :41:51. | :42:01. | |
:42:01. | :42:05. | ||
oxygen into his lungs and hopefully Scandinavia, and it is Geir | :42:05. | :42:11. | |
Gulliksen, the very popular visitor here, riding L'Espoir, the horse he | :42:11. | :42:15. | |
finished third on in the puissance on Friday night. He was originally | :42:15. | :42:21. | |
just going to take it for what we are going to see right now, but | :42:21. | :42:27. | |
decided the money looked good and finished equal third. He loves this | :42:27. | :42:34. | |
arena, he can often pick out a personal best. He is a funny old | :42:34. | :42:38. | |
horse to watch. His canter is all over the place. There is no bit in | :42:38. | :42:45. | |
his mouth, riding with a bit less bridle. He lollops along with his | :42:45. | :42:51. | |
head in the air, but he is a talented horse. He has been around | :42:51. | :43:01. | |
:43:01. | :43:37. | ||
the corner. OK, still clear, he has for you out of the corner. He has | :43:37. | :43:42. | |
given him a lot of success, and he is frustrated. I think there are a | :43:42. | :43:47. | |
few mutterings under his breath, and that was an unlucky fence. That | :43:47. | :43:51. | |
vertical comes very quickly. Just caught the top of it. He is still | :43:51. | :44:00. | |
shaking his head. L'Espoir really tried hard all the way around. | :44:00. | :44:08. | |
Ellis with Bernardo, there. In comes Gerco Schroder. One of three | :44:08. | :44:15. | |
very talented brothers who ride for benevolence. The Netherlands have | :44:15. | :44:25. | |
:44:25. | :44:35. | ||
might remember, there were the ones that lost an individual bronze | :44:35. | :44:43. | |
medal late on in the individual Madrid European's. Gave Nick | :44:43. | :44:49. | |
Skelton the opportunity to win his bronze medal. This man, so unlucky. | :44:49. | :44:55. | |
Went very well down in Rio de Janeiro on this course. Very | :44:55. | :45:02. | |
capable. It is a typical German- bred horse, bred in the north of | :45:02. | :45:07. | |
Germany. So many of them seem to be these lovely grey types, with huge | :45:07. | :45:14. | |
amounts of power. That didn't stay. Almost made up too much ground, | :45:14. | :45:21. | |
with such a big stride. Clipped the front row. -- rail. He is riding | :45:22. | :45:27. | |
his luck there as well. That very nearly came down. Front legs coming | :45:27. | :45:37. | |
:45:37. | :45:39. | ||
down on the back rail of that oxer now they are really scarce. As you | :45:39. | :45:44. | |
say we had four clear rounds in the first six, we haven't had one since | :45:44. | :45:48. | |
A very strange pattern to see that number of clears, but you can see | :45:48. | :45:53. | |
how difficult this course is. don't often see this horse | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
struggling at an oxer like that. Eight faults. That is quite a | :45:58. | :46:07. | |
:46:08. | :46:13. | ||
surprise. The last Dutch winner in this class was two years ago. It is | :46:13. | :46:18. | |
quite a surprise there. Looking at that replay. This horse has so much | :46:18. | :46:28. | |
:46:28. | :46:29. | ||
power, he got too close down those five strides. Such a huge horse. | :46:29. | :46:35. | |
Well, now, the turn of Michael Whitaker. Remember Robert already | :46:35. | :46:40. | |
through but brother John not. Michael won it with Everest Two | :46:40. | :46:49. | |
Step in 1993. He is now riding the horse called Viking. An 11-year-old. | :46:49. | :46:58. | |
And this horse was sent over by Helena wineberg. A very good young | :46:58. | :47:06. | |
rider. Went to Germany after getting married. Michael has some | :47:06. | :47:12. | |
good form on it. He was flying in Stuttgart on it recently. He has | :47:12. | :47:22. | |
:47:22. | :47:27. | ||
been in several of the World Cup watch this horse go. She herself | :47:27. | :47:37. | |
:47:37. | :47:47. | ||
walking the course. He was mutting and shaking his head about what to | :47:47. | :47:52. | |
do about that distance. He has put the extra stride in, got away wit | :47:52. | :47:56. | |
but unfortunately that vertical, that is the one he was worried | :47:57. | :48:00. | |
about. Viking can sometimes jump a bit forward. As he goes round, as | :48:01. | :48:06. | |
he goes round the course, he gets hotter. He starts fighting for his | :48:06. | :48:13. | |
head. When he does that, he doesn't quite get the height. That was ar | :48:13. | :48:23. | |
:48:23. | :48:30. | ||
time. Michael will be disappointed but it is one down, four faults for | :48:30. | :48:38. | |
Michael Whitaker and Viking. CLARE BALDING: The mistakes are coming | :48:38. | :48:46. | |
all over the course. We have key riders coming up shortly. We will | :48:46. | :48:53. | |
look admit mitt's mistake. Almost catching the reign with the under | :48:53. | :48:57. | |
catching the reign with the under girth of the horse. What it is | :48:57. | :49:01. | |
showing is it coming all round the course. It is a lot more difficult. | :49:01. | :49:07. | |
We have three real big names. Laura Kraut, and Nick Skelton will be | :49:08. | :49:12. | |
coming up in three riders' time on Big Star, the horse he is excited | :49:12. | :49:16. | |
about and could end up being his about and could end up being his | :49:16. | :49:23. | |
Olympic ride. Now the horse that did give Laura her Olympic team | :49:23. | :49:27. | |
gold medal. Fantastic performance for the Americans to win that gold | :49:27. | :49:35. | |
in Hong Kong Beijing, in 2008. Laura has won the Grand Prix here. | :49:35. | :49:41. | |
But now she would love to win this qualifier. Been in very good form. | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
Been on the American circuit. Washington and also the new big | :49:46. | :49:54. | |
show at Kentucky. Very capable combination. This little horse, he | :49:54. | :49:59. | |
has springed in his heels. He is smaller than most of the horses. | :49:59. | :50:07. | |
Only round 15 two or three. She put an extra stride in down tho that | :50:07. | :50:17. | |
:50:17. | :50:36. | ||
big oxer, that is the way for him last fence. What a round. One of | :50:36. | :50:41. | |
the best lady riders there is in the world. Ranked 24 at the moment, | :50:41. | :50:48. | |
and it is clear round number five for United States. Great | :50:48. | :50:52. | |
combination. Let us have a look here at Cedric. He has springs in | :50:52. | :50:56. | |
his heels. He is only a short necked horse, amazing power over | :50:56. | :51:01. | |
the biggest oxer. And then really careful over the big vertical to | :51:01. | :51:05. | |
finish. Laura is delighted with him. She looked up at the end to make | :51:05. | :51:13. | |
sure he was inside the time. She gives him a big pat. Well, now the | :51:13. | :51:23. | |
:51:23. | :51:27. | ||
man who is leading rider of the show so far. Marcus, he last came | :51:27. | :51:33. | |
when he was world number one. He has won the World Cup on a number | :51:33. | :51:37. | |
of occasions. Geneva and wob it again back in 2006, one of the | :51:37. | :51:43. | |
world's top jockeys without a shadow of a doubt. Sabrina he rides, | :51:43. | :51:53. | |
:51:53. | :52:07. | ||
a 12-year-old mare. That was a forward on the five strides, and | :52:07. | :52:13. | |
suddenly, completely changed his mind. You wouldn't see others do | :52:13. | :52:17. | |
that. Well, he has had two scary moments. The second fence and down | :52:17. | :52:27. | |
:52:27. | :52:38. | ||
little rattle there. Well, if this is clear there will be a lot of | :52:38. | :52:46. | |
luck involved. And Germany join the clear rounds. Very good clear round. | :52:46. | :52:56. | |
:52:56. | :52:59. | ||
He had won the Grand Prix here, he did that on Sandro Boy. Here is the | :52:59. | :53:05. | |
second fence. Didn't get a clean take off. And bounced out of the | :53:05. | :53:10. | |
cuts. With these modern cups you don't see that. Have a look here. | :53:10. | :53:16. | |
Went to go five, then went six. Lost his canter rhythm. Gave a big | :53:16. | :53:24. | |
kick. Goodness me, that was a hair- raising moment! It is turning into | :53:24. | :53:28. | |
a wonderfully class looking jump- off at the moment. Remember, it is | :53:28. | :53:33. | |
one for Spain, one for Belgium, one for Ireland, one for Great Britain, | :53:33. | :53:39. | |
one for the United States and now one for Germany. Now what about two | :53:39. | :53:46. | |
for Britain? Nick Skelton with the eight-year-old Big Star. Nick has | :53:46. | :53:56. | |
:53:56. | :54:07. | ||
kept him as his second horse but he so much jumping. He is not a spooky | :54:07. | :54:11. | |
horse. Not going to be too worried about being in this arena. Oh, and | :54:11. | :54:17. | |
it has gone. He made up the ground so easily. One of the things about | :54:17. | :54:27. | |
:54:27. | :54:35. | ||
does find it so easy. Well, this is the thing. This horse has so much | :54:35. | :54:38. | |
power. Whether Nick thought he was going to find that long. He has | :54:38. | :54:46. | |
gone all wrong there! Almost went to go for an extra stride. Now will | :54:46. | :54:50. | |
he retire. He has had so little jumping recently, this horse. | :54:50. | :54:55. | |
Nick has been commuting, from North America back home, and this is the | :54:55. | :55:00. | |
horse he has left here, the rest of the horses are in America ready for | :55:00. | :55:05. | |
the Florida circuit. I think he is going to finish. It looks as if he | :55:05. | :55:11. | |
will pop the last few fences. was a very bold move for Nick to | :55:11. | :55:17. | |
save him, but it looked a bit rusty there. Total 16 for Nick Skelton, | :55:17. | :55:27. | |
:55:27. | :55:31. | ||
is Laura Kraut who is based as I Nick's yard. He is eight-year-old, | :55:31. | :55:34. | |
and he is such an unbelievably and he is such an unbelievably | :55:34. | :55:39. | |
intelligence animal. I think Nick thought he jumped well on Thursday, | :55:39. | :55:46. | |
I think he got a bit green. He might have spooked away from that | :55:46. | :55:52. | |
triple bar. I'm not sure. He will be fine. What about your old boy | :55:52. | :55:56. | |
Cedric going clear? He has been back on form for a month. We had a | :55:56. | :56:01. | |
down side this summer but he feels good. He was a horse on which Laura | :56:01. | :56:04. | |
won the team gold medal for the United States in Beijing. We will | :56:04. | :56:13. | |
see her again in the jump-off. Top From one leading lady star of | :56:13. | :56:23. | |
:56:23. | :56:23. | ||
America to a leading lady star of Sweden. It is Malin Baynard- | :56:23. | :56:31. | |
Johnsson. She has won an Olympic silver in Athens. A world sl Silver | :56:31. | :56:37. | |
Medal, with her wonderful horse Butterfly Flip. This is a capable | :56:37. | :56:43. | |
horse, H&M Tornesch 1042. He has horse, H&M Tornesch 1042. He has | :56:43. | :56:46. | |
been placed in Helsinki and Lyon. I wouldn't be surprised if this gives | :56:46. | :56:54. | |
Sweden one round to go forward to the jump-off. He is different to | :56:54. | :57:01. | |
Butterfly Flip. He is a strong stallion by looks, bred in Holland. | :57:01. | :57:04. | |
Just clipped that back rail coming out of that combination. That is | :57:04. | :57:10. | |
just a bit unlucky. Because she is riding with a normal fluent forward | :57:10. | :57:20. | |
:57:20. | :57:34. | ||
style. She always believes in her quick time. The one mistake then | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
for Malin Baynard-Johnsson. Still those six clear rounds through to | :57:38. | :57:44. | |
the jump-off in this, the Rolex FEI World CUp Jumping Qualifier at | :57:44. | :57:50. | |
Olympia and we have now jumped 23 of the 34 in the first round. | :57:50. | :57:55. | |
unlucky, a touch with the front leg, on the back rail of the middle part | :57:55. | :58:05. | |
:58:05. | :58:07. | ||
of that combination. Billy Twomey from Ireland now. Ireland clear, | :58:07. | :58:14. | |
with former World Champion Dermott Lennon. Now Toowoomba with Tinka's | :58:14. | :58:24. | |
:58:24. | :58:24. | ||
Serenade. Been in tremendous form this season. -- -- Billy Twomey. He | :58:24. | :58:32. | |
is lying 12 in the world. He has been higher. He won the Rolex top | :58:32. | :58:36. | |
ten Grand Prix in fantastic style with this horse. So, if form is | :58:36. | :58:46. | |
anything to go by, he could be one to join the clear rounds. Tinka's | :58:46. | :58:50. | |
Serenade really interesting horse to watch. She has her own style. | :58:50. | :58:54. | |
Little bit loose and dangly with the front legs at times but she | :58:54. | :59:04. | |
:59:04. | :59:33. | ||
knows where the poles are. She has for time, but that one came down | :59:33. | :59:38. | |
with the back legs. That wasn't, what you would expect from this | :59:38. | :59:43. | |
mare. She is normally so good over verticals. Dema is a bit of a | :59:43. | :59:53. | |
:59:53. | :00:01. | ||
surprise. She was jumping so well She just clipped it behind and that | :00:02. | :00:05. | |
vertical comes really quickly out of the corner. We have seen one or | :00:05. | :00:13. | |
two horses not concentrate at that jump. Six clear rounds so far, but | :00:13. | :00:23. | |
:00:23. | :00:47. | ||
riders. This World Cup round is far from done yet. Guy Williams on | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
Titus, the course that he put in such a brilliant round on, -- the | :00:53. | :00:59. | |
horse that he put in such a brilliant round. He has won four | :00:59. | :01:04. | |
competitions in the last 36 hours or so, about 20,000 euros, but this | :01:04. | :01:14. | |
:01:14. | :01:14. | ||
is the one he would really like to competition. We had those early | :01:15. | :01:24. | |
clear rounds, and then Cedric with Laura Kraut, the only one who has | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
gone clear. And Marcus Ehning. with his interesting round, shall | :01:29. | :01:35. | |
we say. Titus has plenty of power. We know he has the ability to jump | :01:35. | :01:39. | |
this type of course. Very different from jumping at the Europeans in | :01:39. | :01:46. | |
that great big arena. Titus has got such a big stride. He needs to get | :01:46. | :01:56. | |
:01:56. | :02:02. | ||
balance. This next vertical has shorten up there. Just the last one. | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
This man is riding better than he ever has in his life. This will be | :02:07. | :02:15. | |
one to remember, for sure. Can he really go one step higher, and win | :02:15. | :02:23. | |
it this London round of the Rolex World Cup? This is where Guy | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
Williams is so good. Titus has a massive stride. Pop the vertical, | :02:28. | :02:35. | |
kept it short. Used his scope and power. And he is riding better and | :02:35. | :02:43. | |
better. Now, or the combination of world show jumping at the moment. | :02:43. | :02:53. | |
:02:53. | :02:54. | ||
Of course, be very sad news out of Verona, where Eric Lomas sightly -- | :02:54. | :03:04. | |
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do they have amazing horsemanship, and technical skills, but I think | :03:26. | :03:36. | |
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it is the mental skills he has got. He is so cool under pressure. He | :03:36. | :03:43. | |
was very much the Ice man. Not the biggest horse, another small horse | :03:43. | :03:52. | |
with springs in his heels. Remember, he also won the individual silver, | :03:52. | :04:00. | |
behind Hickstead and Eric lames -- Eric Lamaze, in the Hong Kong -- in | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
the Beijing Olympics. These riders are under so much pressure, staying | :04:05. | :04:15. | |
cool, one more to jump. Poetry in motion yet again! From the man who | :04:15. | :04:24. | |
is currently ranked second in the Rolex rankings. Of those clear | :04:24. | :04:34. | |
:04:34. | :04:38. | ||
Yes, hopefully it will continue. the map going to suit your horse? | :04:38. | :04:43. | |
Today we are going to try. Food write-down on the accelerated. | :04:43. | :04:53. | |
:04:53. | :05:07. | ||
are going to win so hopefully he is right to the top of the French | :05:07. | :05:15. | |
scene. He is 13 in the world. France won the 18th Silva, behind | :05:15. | :05:25. | |
:05:25. | :05:34. | ||
Germany in Madrid. -- won the team He has been one of the top riders | :05:34. | :05:44. | |
:05:44. | :05:52. | ||
in the Western European League so - course. Has got an enormous | :05:52. | :06:02. | |
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engine. -- powerful horse. Often, or the big powerful horses can make | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
the silly mistake, just when you want them to concentrate, they are | :06:06. | :06:16. | |
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going to get some jump off coming up, with some brilliant | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
combinations already through, and one or two exciting one still to | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
come. Definitely, this is far from over in the first round. He has got | :06:30. | :06:40. | |
:06:40. | :06:47. | ||
a time fault, haven't had too many Potentially, three, maybe four | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
clear rounds. Just having another look at that front row coming down, | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
the first part of the combination. -- front rail coming down. We have | :06:59. | :07:02. | |
seen the vertical come down a few times, it is a bit of a bogey fence | :07:02. | :07:12. | |
:07:12. | :07:20. | ||
Maikel van der Vleuten. Another family that has got another | :07:20. | :07:30. | |
:07:30. | :07:33. | ||
generation showing exciting skills. His father, Eric, won in 2009. He | :07:33. | :07:36. | |
rode for the Netherlands in the team in Madrid, he had a very nasty | :07:36. | :07:44. | |
fall. But now, he has actually already had a very good first half | :07:45. | :07:52. | |
to the League. He is not going to hear. He has already been placed in | :07:52. | :07:58. | |
Oslo and Helsinki today. frustrating for riders, when they | :07:58. | :08:03. | |
have a horse with this kind of talent, and he is not concentrating. | :08:03. | :08:07. | |
A couple of casual fences down. The one thing you need from your horse, | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
when you come into this type of Arena, with very tight turns and | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
:08:22. | :08:30. | ||
fences coming at you very quickly, he's doing now. Two early fences | :08:30. | :08:40. | |
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down. You see the amount of ability the fence, he does something quite | :08:44. | :08:49. | |
strange, he throws his arms out to the side, and his body shoots | :08:49. | :08:54. | |
forward. He has got his own style. It is a pretty successful one on | :08:54. | :08:59. | |
the continent, but not here in London this afternoon. Two down, | :08:59. | :09:06. | |
putting him on a total of eight. Let's have another look at him here. | :09:06. | :09:11. | |
Very casual at the second fence, took the front rail out. Tip came | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
halfway round the course before he started to think what he was doing. | :09:17. | :09:27. | |
A bad mistake, going into that double. So, no Dutch challenge for | :09:27. | :09:37. | |
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this round, and now, the great horses, to give her a chance of | :09:48. | :09:54. | |
getting back in the German team again. Very talented, American-born, | :09:54. | :10:04. | |
:10:04. | :10:08. | ||
married tooth Ludger Beerbaum's Only eight years old. The thing | :10:08. | :10:17. | |
about this horse, unbelievably powerful, beak and Scobie. Normally | :10:17. | :10:27. | |
:10:27. | :10:30. | ||
of running Ford and trusting the horse to jump. There won't be many | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
courses to give you a better feel over those fences. You see how | :10:35. | :10:45. | |
:10:45. | :10:51. | ||
of the jump, really trusting the horse to be careful. And this is | :10:51. | :10:56. | |
looking really good at the moment. Here is the difficult vertical. So | :10:56. | :11:06. | |
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careful. Had a bit of luck, just want to jump. Well, with Laura | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
Kraut and now Halt Motors in this jump-off, the ladies are in with a | :11:11. | :11:17. | |
real chance -- and now Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum in this jump-off. | :11:17. | :11:24. | |
She is looking to try to qualify and win it a 4th time. Lovely to | :11:24. | :11:28. | |
see a horse jumping with... His pricked, running forward, no | :11:28. | :11:38. | |
:11:38. | :11:38. | ||
pressure. -- ears pricked. That was poetry in motion. She is really | :11:38. | :11:48. | |
:11:48. | :11:51. | ||
has jumped at the forefront of German show jumping, Hans-Dieter | :11:51. | :11:57. | |
Dreher. We have seen him at Hickstead in the Nations Cup on | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
more than one occasion. He was part of the German team in the Royal | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
International, then went to Dublin. Hans-Dieter Dreher has been in very | :12:08. | :12:16. | |
good form in recent weeks. He had wins in Hanover, a very good win in | :12:16. | :12:23. | |
the global tour. He is now very much part of the top end of the | :12:24. | :12:33. | |
:12:34. | :12:38. | ||
with his head. If you watch him around the corners, he is checking | :12:38. | :12:44. | |
his head about, it makes it difficult to control him. Just | :12:44. | :12:49. | |
there, where he was fighting for his head, he got too far forward | :12:49. | :12:59. | |
:12:59. | :12:59. | ||
everything in their locker. They need to have the ability, but you | :12:59. | :13:09. | |
:13:09. | :13:27. | ||
must be able to ride and control Dieter Dreher ands Romeo. -- and | :13:27. | :13:37. | |
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horse with a lot of ability. Not the ride ability that you need in | :13:47. | :13:56. | |
such a tight arena. The world number four, it is Pius Schwizer. | :13:56. | :14:01. | |
We have seen exactly why he is the world number For here this week. He | :14:01. | :14:11. | |
:14:11. | :14:21. | ||
has gone very, very well indeed -- to the final. The top 18 from the | :14:21. | :14:24. | |
Western European League go to the final, which will be in the | :14:24. | :14:34. | |
Netherlands this year in April. This is a horse that has been in | :14:34. | :14:40. | |
very good form indeed. Successful in the Stuttgart Masters recently. | :14:40. | :14:48. | |
It is the 9-year-old, Verdi, a lovely horse. As a very light touch. | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
He is a joy to watch. A complete horseman with a lot of feel, always | :14:54. | :15:03. | |
rides in a nice rhythm. And doesn't smile very often! It takes a lot to | :15:03. | :15:07. | |
make him smile, we saw that in the puissance, but he did eventually | :15:07. | :15:17. | |
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When he comes out of the kompers,, normally comes out really balanced | :15:23. | :15:33. | |
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and very adjustable in his stride. Shortened up for the four strides | :15:47. | :15:55. | |
and didn't quite make the stretch. That is a shame. So it is one fence | :15:55. | :16:01. | |
down, it is four faults, and that is perhaps one of the surprises | :16:01. | :16:06. | |
again for Pius Schwizer. CLARE BALDING: The ninth Claire round | :16:06. | :16:10. | |
came from Meredith Michaels- came from Meredith Michaels- | :16:10. | :16:12. | |
Beerbaum and it was a joy to watch. She is wonderful. She is only eight, | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
that is very young for in sport. This is her third World Cup this | :16:16. | :16:20. | |
season so she has moved up. She has done brilliantly and I am so | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
excited about her. In terms of how you approach the jump-off, what do | :16:25. | :16:31. | |
you intend to do? Speed is not her forte so I am going to do the best | :16:31. | :16:34. | |
I can and hopefully I can end up somewhere at the top. We wish you | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
somewhere at the top. We wish you good luck. Ben Maher now. With the | :16:40. | :16:50. | |
:16:50. | :16:55. | ||
horse that he helped bring win that bronze medal in Madrid. This a | :16:55. | :17:02. | |
horse that Ben bred, Tripple X is a nine-year-old, growing into an | :17:02. | :17:06. | |
exciting international prospect. He has looked very sharp of what we | :17:06. | :17:10. | |
have seen so far this week. talk about breeding, this is | :17:10. | :17:13. | |
registered with the Anglo European stud book, which is great for them | :17:13. | :17:17. | |
to have a British bred horse jumping at this level. This horse | :17:17. | :17:27. | |
:17:27. | :17:29. | ||
does look like the real deal. Well, that was not a great moment for Ben. | :17:29. | :17:32. | |
He really had quite a strong feel on the front of that oxer. Can't | :17:32. | :17:42. | |
:17:42. | :17:52. | ||
afford to hit too many like that. very balanced on his horse. Always | :17:52. | :18:02. | |
:18:02. | :18:13. | ||
was able to get balance easily. And he is through. What a lovely round. | :18:13. | :18:19. | |
He really is looking the complete - - complete deal these days, very | :18:19. | :18:25. | |
cool under pressure, and excellent technique. So it is ten clear round. | :18:25. | :18:28. | |
Britain at the moment have got three of them. And we have got two | :18:28. | :18:37. | |
left to jump. Tripple X got all the power. The right ability, the | :18:37. | :18:42. | |
quality. We are going to see Ben and Guy and Rob going for it in the | :18:42. | :18:51. | |
jump-off. Laura Renwick now, lady who won the Masterings last year | :18:51. | :19:01. | |
:19:01. | :19:11. | ||
here and she is riding a horse joining that Olympic party next | :19:11. | :19:21. | |
:19:21. | :19:29. | ||
help her cause. This little horse really caught the eye 12 months ago, | :19:29. | :19:33. | |
winning the masters' here. And he is not the biggest. He is a little | :19:33. | :19:43. | |
:19:43. | :19:43. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :19:43. | :20:27. | |
move up a gear to get those five heart. He tried really hard over | :20:27. | :20:32. | |
the oxer. Here he is to the last. Well ridden. Congratulations Laura | :20:32. | :20:38. | |
Renwick. She will be happy to be in this jump-off. It's a world class | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
jump-off. One thing we know about Laura, when she is in a jump-off | :20:43. | :20:52. | |
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she will be going for it. She is Really tried for her She moved up | :20:56. | :21:06. | |
:21:06. | :21:10. | ||
quickly to push forward for the Britain with four of those 11, and | :21:11. | :21:18. | |
here is the last to go. A man who finished third in this class last | :21:18. | :21:25. | |
year, on this very horse, and of course he won the European | :21:25. | :21:30. | |
Championship on the Windsor Europeans in 2009, class horse man, | :21:30. | :21:35. | |
being ranked number one for a long time but has drone dropped down | :21:35. | :21:41. | |
nine now. By his standards not had the greatest of seasons, but this | :21:41. | :21:51. | |
:21:51. | :21:58. | ||
the very experienced Le Prestige St and mot motored from the word go. | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
He certainly had to push down that distance, and he is keeping up a | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
strong canter. Just paid the penalty flattened over that | :22:07. | :22:13. | |
vertical. Looks as though he is struggling a bit for power off the | :22:13. | :22:23. | |
:22:23. | :22:42. | ||
not having the best of times. One fence down. Fast time. Yes. The | :22:42. | :22:48. | |
fastest time of all of them. But there we are, he is not threw but | :22:48. | :22:54. | |
there are 11 and four of them are top British riders. CLARE BALDING: | :22:54. | :22:59. | |
And that fact brings a smile to the face of Britain's team performance | :22:59. | :23:02. | |
face of Britain's team performance manager. How happy are you with | :23:02. | :23:08. | |
with the depth of talent in British showjumping. It is growing. We have | :23:08. | :23:12. | |
12 combinations we can choose from. We have four nice horses in this, | :23:12. | :23:17. | |
two more experienced, they were both at the Europeans and two up- | :23:17. | :23:19. | |
and-coming horses and there were some nice eight-year-olds there as | :23:20. | :23:23. | |
well. What are you asking from the riersd you might want to select, | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
what do you want to see from them? We have a plan for each individual | :23:27. | :23:31. | |
rider. Some will go to Florida and some will go to Spain and Italy, so | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
they will have their individual plans to work on. And in your head, | :23:35. | :23:39. | |
you haven't written a name down yet, have you? I have written a lot but | :23:39. | :23:44. | |
I am not going to tell you which ones. In terms of this competition | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
who of the four do you think has the best chance of winning it? | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
is close to winning a big one. He jumped fantastic in Paris he is | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
very close to winning a big one. Guy is competitive against the | :23:57. | :24:02. | |
clock, as is Laura, so those three are in with a big chance. Rob's | :24:02. | :24:08. | |
horse is less ex%ed but he has done a good round and Cedric jumped a | :24:08. | :24:13. | |
good round for America. I will let you offer advice because a lot of | :24:13. | :24:16. | |
riders are seeking him out and saying what do you think I should | :24:16. | :24:22. | |
be doing. Tim is with me. There are big galloping stretchs on this | :24:22. | :24:28. | |
course, you have to be brave as a rider. You have, these are big | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
jumpss, you want to be balanced and cautious but you can't. What is | :24:32. | :24:37. | |
strange is there are a couple of big run, then a couple of sharp | :24:37. | :24:42. | |
turnss, so so if you start to get too much forward momentum you lose | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
control at the end. In terms of the best chance of winning, you have | :24:46. | :24:50. | |
been racket so far you said between ten and 12, there are 11, two of | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
the three riders you picked out are in the jump-off. So who is going to | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
win? My feeling is I think Ben will win today. I really do I thought | :24:59. | :25:04. | |
his horse was beautiful. It suits him because he has such a big step | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
and he has control. But again lawyer's horse is very fast, and | :25:09. | :25:14. | |
she really gets everything working for her she ,could come out to win. | :25:14. | :25:18. | |
It will be thrilling to watch. Let us look at the course with Mike and | :25:18. | :25:23. | |
us look at the course with Mike and Andy. Let us look at this course. | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
The first jump is the last fence backwards. Then run down, this is | :25:27. | :25:32. | |
the run Tim was talking about to the wide triple bar. Keep galloping | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
to that vertical. And now we gallop again to what was the middle of the | :25:37. | :25:42. | |
combination. That will be a big oxer. These are the turns we were | :25:42. | :25:49. | |
talking about. Crucial turn, back to this double. Gallop up the arena | :25:49. | :25:53. | |
to that vertical and here is another turn. Look at this for a | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
tight one. Back on yourself, galloping all the way down to the | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
last fence. There is the finish. Well Michael Whitaker won the title | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
for Great Britain last year. Can they get back-to-back wins in the | :26:09. | :26:12. | |
Rolex FEI World CUp Jumping Qualifier. 19-year-old Manuel Anon | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
gets it off to a start. Don't discard him. Down there Robert | :26:18. | :26:28. | |
:26:28. | :26:28. | ||
Whitaker, Laura Kraut, then in the next five, Guy Williams, four wins | :26:28. | :26:33. | |
already, the European champion, you have to back him surely, Meredith, | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
perhaps not on a younger horse, Ben Maher, Laura Renwick, big finish. I | :26:38. | :26:47. | |
would think we have a really good chance here. CLARE BALDING: First | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
in will be this young Guy, Manuel Anon, the 19-year-old from Spain. | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
He won a class here on Friday afternoon, he has been putting the | :26:54. | :26:59. | |
final touches on this horse. Raids raise jumping high, very very big | :26:59. | :27:05. | |
up rights in the background, trying to keep away from the other riders. | :27:05. | :27:11. | |
Understanding what lies ahead, and Tim, for some horses their younger | :27:11. | :27:16. | |
horses, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum can't be asking hers for too much | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
because it is not old or experienced enough. Others are | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
thinking this is a chance to make my name. This young man is a brave | :27:24. | :27:29. | |
lad. I have seen him ride a few times on big courses, he his | :27:29. | :27:33. | |
experience level is low, he is plucky and he wants to win. And it | :27:33. | :27:36. | |
is so interesting, watching the way people are beforehand. You can | :27:36. | :27:40. | |
almost, you can tell the ones who are nervous. He didn't look nervous | :27:40. | :27:44. | |
for the first round but he does now. You can feel it. There is a lot of | :27:44. | :27:49. | |
money on the line. I think, he is in the big league. This is a World | :27:49. | :27:54. | |
Cup qualifier and the world will look at him. He doesn't want to | :27:54. | :27:58. | |
cock up. He is focusing but he is out of his comfort zone. This is a | :27:58. | :28:08. | |
very big show. He is only 19. It's a big ask. He is going in right now. | :28:08. | :28:15. | |
33 euros -- 33 euros to the winner. 110,000 euros at stake and the all- | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
important points to get them through to the Rolex World Cup | :28:19. | :28:22. | |
final in Holland. He looks an exciting star but this is a big it | :28:22. | :28:28. | |
is a fork this young man. As Tim says, he is going to be feeling | :28:28. | :28:35. | |
under intense pressure. Only a ten- year-old mare, Rackel Chavannaise | :28:35. | :28:43. | |
by Voltaire. Manuel Anon for Spain. We will have look round this course | :28:43. | :28:47. | |
with him. The first part, we will expect to see them gallop. They | :28:47. | :28:52. | |
will need to be very brave, try and take some strides out in straight | :28:52. | :28:56. | |
lines. Once you have done that it is very difficult to rebalance your | :28:56. | :28:59. | |
horse to make a tight turn into a big vertical. I have to say that is | :29:00. | :29:08. | |
what he did on Friday when he won that class in impressive style. | :29:08. | :29:13. | |
So here we go. This is the first fence he will jump is what was the | :29:14. | :29:18. | |
last fence backwards. That takes him on back up the arena. Towards | :29:18. | :29:28. | |
:29:28. | :29:42. | ||
Keeping a good rhythm up. A good start. He is motoring. This is the | :29:42. | :29:47. | |
one they can take a real flyer at. Here is the turn. Yeah, that is the | :29:47. | :29:56. | |
difficulty of that turn, having galloped your horse. Two fences | :29:56. | :29:59. | |
jumped, swinging back, another very difficult turn. The horses are not | :29:59. | :30:07. | |
sure where they are going. They get a built disorientated. Good try. | :30:07. | :30:12. | |
You have to say at 19-year-old he gave it his best shot. No doubt | :30:12. | :30:22. | |
:30:22. | :30:23. | ||
about that. So, that has set the standard. It is a big shock to the | :30:23. | :30:27. | |
horse, they are not expecting that jump. The first part of that double | :30:27. | :30:33. | |
is sitting right up in your face. Comes very quickly. Looks to me, | :30:33. | :30:39. | |
Andy, if Bob Ellis the course designer has set a fascinating | :30:39. | :30:49. | |
:30:49. | :31:04. | ||
Philippaerts, he won it in 1988. What a victory it would be if we | :31:04. | :31:12. | |
could win it again. A big, striding horse. Ludo, always quick against | :31:12. | :31:22. | |
:31:22. | :31:37. | ||
didn't get away with it. And the last as well. Having got his horse | :31:37. | :31:43. | |
galloping Ford, really untidy at the end. -- galloping forward. This | :31:43. | :31:48. | |
is a fascinating jump-off. Very hard to keep the shape of the jump | :31:48. | :31:56. | |
once they have started galloping. Absolutely. It is a real skilful | :31:56. | :32:01. | |
course. He was a long way off that, he was trying to keep motoring | :32:01. | :32:07. | |
around the corner. The interesting thing is there are some big guns | :32:07. | :32:13. | |
that are very fast near the end. They can't just sit back and expect | :32:13. | :32:18. | |
to jump clear and win it. It is too early to be tactical. Dermott | :32:18. | :32:28. | |
Lennon, Hallmark Elite, and he is not slogans o'clock, either. -- | :32:28. | :32:38. | |
:32:38. | :32:45. | ||
out here. But if you do... He has taken the long route. He perhaps | :32:45. | :32:52. | |
didn't really think that the tight turn would suit him. He is there at | :32:52. | :32:56. | |
26 seconds, having taken the long route again. He has taken a good | :32:56. | :33:00. | |
gallop around the corners, and sometimes that is just as quick. A | :33:00. | :33:05. | |
little bit wide here again. Now the last. The Clear round puts the | :33:05. | :33:13. | |
pressure on the rest, and Ireland take the lead. That is not dusty. | :33:13. | :33:19. | |
He can sniff those euros, Bernard Lennon. It is a great tactical | :33:19. | :33:28. | |
round. -- Dermott Lennon. Crucially, it is clear. Yes, it is. Dermott | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
Lennon was placed in the round in Toronto, and he is very happy with | :33:34. | :33:44. | |
:33:44. | :33:47. | ||
that, and he will have to sit and round to, this would be the biggest | :33:47. | :33:53. | |
win of Robert's Korea. He has promised so much on a number of | :33:53. | :34:01. | |
occasions, and he is already bucking USA Today. Robert will have | :34:01. | :34:04. | |
to keep riding him forward, and the faster he goes, the last time he | :34:04. | :34:14. | |
:34:14. | :34:16. | ||
that was a shame. Those little bunny hops, disrupting the counter. | :34:16. | :34:21. | |
That was so difficult for Rob to get a stride. As we get into the | :34:21. | :34:25. | |
jump-off, towards the middle part of it, the riders have to start | :34:25. | :34:29. | |
thinking, we have only got one clear, are they going to go | :34:29. | :34:33. | |
absolutely flat out? Yes, because it is pretty good money down the | :34:33. | :34:43. | |
:34:43. | :34:53. | ||
line. Oh, a bit of a crazy ride to Whitaker. Manuel Anon, still the | :34:53. | :35:00. | |
fastest time, with his one fence down. This was really difficult. | :35:00. | :35:04. | |
Ended up too close to that vertical. Couldn't quite get his front legs | :35:04. | :35:11. | |
out of the way. It took a stride out to the last. Normally they do | :35:11. | :35:21. | |
:35:21. | :35:24. | ||
that on six strides. It is possible A round that might seal it one way | :35:24. | :35:32. | |
or the other. I think we might see it go quickly and I anticipate | :35:32. | :35:42. | |
:35:42. | :35:50. | ||
there could be a clear, to set the Laura has got. -- forward style. | :35:50. | :35:55. | |
She has not taken a pull yet. She has kept moving. Look at him jump | :35:55. | :35:59. | |
but, so much power for a little pause. Unbelievably tight, she | :35:59. | :36:05. | |
could be in trouble... Yes, it was perhaps a bit too tight. Laura, | :36:05. | :36:15. | |
:36:15. | :36:20. | ||
going for the win. Let's look at last, it is the quickest time of | :36:20. | :36:28. | |
war. Still the one clear around, from Dermott Lennon -- quickest | :36:28. | :36:38. | |
:36:38. | :36:44. | ||
up slightly losing momentum going into the double. Cedric David | :36:44. | :36:48. | |
everything. She is patting him because she knows he gave | :36:48. | :36:51. | |
everything -- Cedric gave it everything. | :36:51. | :36:56. | |
He has been the world's number one on many different weeks of the | :36:56. | :37:00. | |
years. The last time he was here, he was the world number one. | :37:00. | :37:05. | |
Currently, Marcus is ranked 27 in the world. But riding as well as | :37:05. | :37:11. | |
ever. Perhaps a bit lucky in his first round, but I would think | :37:11. | :37:18. | |
there won't be much luck about this round, we will see. Sabrina is | :37:18. | :37:22. | |
quite a cheeky course. A bit of character and temperament, which | :37:22. | :37:31. | |
you really don't need when you're going flat out. Oh, this is quick. | :37:31. | :37:34. | |
We will look at the time when he comes out of the double. What a | :37:34. | :37:44. | |
:37:44. | :37:52. | ||
hasn't taken a pole. Five strides to the last, he is way up! Look at | :37:52. | :38:02. | |
:38:02. | :38:03. | ||
that. Taken the best part of three seconds out of the lead. Marcus | :38:03. | :38:07. | |
Ehning shows exactly why he is one of the greatest riders in world | :38:07. | :38:16. | |
show jumping. A fantastic. Let's have another look. There is the | :38:16. | :38:21. | |
last fence. I am not sure where they are going to take any time off | :38:21. | :38:29. | |
him. He knows he has really thrown down the gauntlet. He has never won | :38:29. | :38:34. | |
the World Cup round. He has won the Grand Prix. Now Guy Williams, you | :38:34. | :38:40. | |
may have heard what he said, he is going to win. He is in that sort of | :38:40. | :38:44. | |
confident mood. When confidence is high, sometimes it can get you all | :38:44. | :38:50. | |
of the way. Guy Williams, Titus, the 11-year-old. Trying to beat | :38:50. | :38:58. | |
Marcus Ehning, and that new time of 39.05. Tactics have been blown out | :38:58. | :39:03. | |
of the water, there is only one tactic, you have to go for it, and | :39:03. | :39:08. | |
he has got it all wrong. Titus, quite a strong horse, and he pulled | :39:08. | :39:14. | |
into that vertical. The riders, if they want to beat Marcus' time, are | :39:14. | :39:24. | |
:39:24. | :39:28. | ||
going to have to throw caution to wider term here. Trying to get home | :39:28. | :39:38. | |
:39:38. | :39:52. | ||
fastest of the four faults. He goes six. We have four left to go. | :39:52. | :39:56. | |
have another look. Titus got a bit strong, wasn't really looking where | :39:56. | :40:02. | |
he was going, and ran right into the bottom of that vertical. He | :40:02. | :40:10. | |
always gives it a go, it wasn't his day. Now, what about this | :40:10. | :40:17. | |
combination? They can jump big fences, he has won a lot of classes | :40:17. | :40:22. | |
against the clock. One of the interesting things that Rolf-Goran | :40:22. | :40:26. | |
has got on his mind is whether it will be this forced to take him to | :40:26. | :40:32. | |
the London Olympics. At the moment, it is this round of the World Cup | :40:32. | :40:42. | |
:40:42. | :40:46. | ||
so good at taking a smooth route, but he has overcooked it there. He | :40:46. | :40:51. | |
has gone wide as well, he is in big trouble. He has regained his | :40:51. | :40:55. | |
balance and composure, but that was a horrible moment. He took the wing | :40:55. | :40:59. | |
and everything with him. I am wondering if that course the fence | :40:59. | :41:04. | |
to go. Yeah, he probably tried to jump to the right to make the turn. | :41:04. | :41:14. | |
:41:14. | :41:25. | ||
still Marcus Ehning, the man they are trying to beat, for Germany. | :41:26. | :41:32. | |
can have another look. Yeah, jumped to the right, caught his leg on the | :41:32. | :41:37. | |
wing. It was a horrible moment. His hat went down, he lost his balance | :41:37. | :41:43. | |
and position. You can see the pressure that Marcus Ehning has put | :41:43. | :41:50. | |
a world-class rider like Rolf-Goran under. This is the best in the | :41:51. | :41:59. | |
world, really being put to the test. As you had Meredith say, perhaps | :41:59. | :42:05. | |
this is not an experienced horse. I would be suspect she would put this | :42:05. | :42:09. | |
horse under that much pressure. Let's see. It is a wonderful | :42:09. | :42:14. | |
opportunity for her to go into second, there is a big gap between | :42:14. | :42:18. | |
first and second at the moment. If she keeps on rolling... Oh! Just | :42:18. | :42:28. | |
:42:28. | :42:29. | ||
ran into that vertical, that was a Often, when you get a big field and | :42:29. | :42:32. | |
everyone feels they have to go for it, suddenly we are not getting | :42:33. | :42:41. | |
clears at all. The last few riders are going to have to start thinking, | :42:41. | :42:48. | |
if they want to get some good money, maybe they should go for second. | :42:48. | :42:58. | |
:42:58. | :43:00. | ||
Laura Kraut, currently third. Meredith goes forth. They are all | :43:00. | :43:07. | |
very close around there. It actually puts her into 7th place. | :43:07. | :43:12. | |
Just took the forward stride to the big vertical, always risky. The | :43:12. | :43:20. | |
young mare, not quite got her eye on the fence. Two left to go, two | :43:20. | :43:27. | |
for Great Britain. Germany, or leading. Now, what can Ben Maher | :43:27. | :43:37. | |
do? Triple X the third. He will certainly have a plan in his mind, | :43:37. | :43:47. | |
:43:47. | :44:05. | ||
and be aiming to get his nose in double in around 25 seconds. A | :44:05. | :44:15. | |
tight turn. He is there! Come on, Ben! That was a big leap! A bit | :44:15. | :44:25. | |
:44:25. | :44:34. | ||
is predicting this afternoon, isn't he? What a round, done in style, | :44:34. | :44:39. | |
done with wonderful skill. It makes you dream more and more of next | :44:39. | :44:45. | |
August. I cannot believe how smooth and comfortable he made that look. | :44:45. | :44:50. | |
He had at one moment back to the second last. He was a long way off | :44:50. | :44:58. | |
that vertical. But Triple X got stride and power, and here he is, | :44:58. | :45:02. | |
taking the stride out to the last. With so much under the bonnet, he | :45:02. | :45:07. | |
made that look really comfortable, that was an incredible ride. It is | :45:07. | :45:10. | |
moments like that when you really do start dreaming, and it is not | :45:10. | :45:15. | |
over yet. You can get your -- bet your bottom dollar this girl will | :45:15. | :45:20. | |
not let this competition go by without a fight. Laura Renwick, her | :45:20. | :45:28. | |
husband John is watching. She is riding the lovely 9-year-old, Oz de | :45:28. | :45:34. | |
Breve. Laura has never been one to settle for anything less than | :45:34. | :45:44. | |
:45:44. | :45:51. | ||
trying to win, is she going to She wants to beat beans time. | :45:51. | :45:58. | |
had to do it. She has to go from the start. There was no other | :45:58. | :46:01. | |
option. Unfortunately once you start galloping forward, so easy | :46:01. | :46:08. | |
for the fences to start rolling. This Oz de Breve is a lovely horse, | :46:08. | :46:14. | |
but when you think of the horses that we have seen this afternoon, | :46:14. | :46:18. | |
like Marcus Ehning's, like the Spanish horse of Manuel Anon like | :46:18. | :46:23. | |
Tripple X, they have the bigger, more powerful jump. If you haven't | :46:23. | :46:33. | |
got that it becomes all the more difficult. Yes. Well what a | :46:33. | :46:36. | |
wonderful competition. Showjumping at its very best, without a shadow | :46:36. | :46:39. | |
of doubt. It provides a fantastic win for Britain, with Ben Maher. | :46:39. | :46:44. | |
Let us look at this round again. There is that first fence. Under so | :46:44. | :46:54. | |
:46:54. | :46:56. | ||
much pressure. This next one, speed kills as they say. Well Ben Maher | :46:56. | :46:59. | |
kills as they say. Well Ben Maher is with Claire. That was class, | :46:59. | :47:05. | |
just pure, pure class. Thank you, he's an unbelievable horse, and so | :47:06. | :47:09. | |
lucky to have him. He seems to be able to keep his long stride, | :47:09. | :47:14. | |
shorten if you need him to, turn in the air, do everything. He sun | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
believable. He snien and we had a rollercoaster year, he was done and | :47:18. | :47:24. | |
up and down, and I kept saying to myself, he is ready to win a big | :47:24. | :47:28. | |
one, he is, and had a difficult year, but couldn't have wished for | :47:28. | :47:33. | |
a better end. How big a class is this for you? It is the biggest win | :47:33. | :47:37. | |
so far, I needed it for myself at the moment. I bred the horse, so | :47:37. | :47:41. | |
really happy to have done that, and there is a lot of people here today. | :47:42. | :47:46. | |
I know Rob was watching with the Olympics in mind. Is this your | :47:46. | :47:51. | |
Olympic horse? He is a great horse. He needs experience. Robin Hood, my | :47:51. | :47:54. | |
other horse is more proven at the moment, but I think this horse is | :47:54. | :47:58. | |
the one I want to focus on if possible. How much does it matter | :47:58. | :48:03. | |
to you to beat a world class field in front of a home crowd, with all | :48:03. | :48:07. | |
those kids cheering for you, everyone cheering. It has been a | :48:07. | :48:11. | |
long year, so many people here and gives you the energy to keep | :48:11. | :48:14. | |
wanting to try and win every class. This is the only show in the world | :48:14. | :48:22. | |
that does that. Fabulous to watch you. Well done.. Thank you. | :48:22. | :48:27. | |
wonder how significant this round is in the build up to next year. | :48:27. | :48:31. | |
Magnificent, no other word can describe that win, ahead of Marcus | :48:31. | :48:36. | |
Ehning, my word he is riding as well as ever. Dermott Lennon keeps | :48:36. | :48:41. | |
bringing up these top results for Ireland. Laura Kraut, she looking | :48:41. | :48:45. | |
to get on the American team for London next year, the European | :48:45. | :48:51. | |
champion silver medallist in the last Olympics, just showing the | :48:51. | :48:55. | |
significance of Ben Maher's victory this afternoon, here in the grand | :48:55. | :49:00. | |
hall. I don't know about you at home, but I can't get enough of | :49:00. | :49:03. | |
watching Ben Maher ride. He is beautiful Tim, he looks like he is | :49:03. | :49:08. | |
doing nothing, but he is doing everything. Well, he is a classical | :49:08. | :49:13. | |
horse man, his whole body posture and balance with the horse, it is | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
exceptional. In those arenas and that the speed and jumps you see it | :49:17. | :49:23. | |
happening. He is a winner, look how far he is off that, but look at his | :49:23. | :49:28. | |
balance and he is going some, again, very positive, he is taking a | :49:28. | :49:32. | |
stride out here, he doesn't look it because he is again covering the | :49:32. | :49:37. | |
ground, balance all the way, he is a fabulous perfor -- performer. | :49:37. | :49:43. | |
horse has to trust him and he trusts Tripple X. They have been a | :49:43. | :49:48. | |
partnership for a long time. I saw him with him as a five-year-old. He | :49:48. | :49:52. | |
said it is a horse that jumps everything so easy, I hope he is | :49:52. | :49:56. | |
going to carry on, and he has done. As he said he bred him, so this is | :49:56. | :50:00. | |
a, you know this is a hugely valuable horse to him. That showed | :50:00. | :50:05. | |
it. They knew each other, this is not a bought partnership, they knew | :50:05. | :50:08. | |
each other, when there are instances when we have seen other | :50:08. | :50:12. | |
horses not pull out, that horse pulled out for Ben, he knew what he | :50:12. | :50:16. | |
wanted him to do. That is what our job is about, forging the | :50:17. | :50:20. | |
partnership and execute under pressure. He looked emotional there, | :50:20. | :50:23. | |
he said it has been a very difficult year this for him, for | :50:24. | :50:30. | |
lots of reasons. Up and down, this he really needed this, a big win to | :50:30. | :50:35. | |
finish. I you know, being a rider myself, in these big show, winning | :50:35. | :50:40. | |
the big things, that is, what it isn't. It is not the money, it is | :50:40. | :50:45. | |
putting your name on the trophies. He has had a few problems, that | :50:45. | :50:48. | |
maybe haven't gone right and therefore to do this at this stage, | :50:48. | :50:53. | |
with all the home crowd in front of him, it the best thing for him. | :50:53. | :50:57. | |
Fantastic for him and a bright future for British showjumping in | :50:57. | :51:01. | |
general. If you have just tuned in, Tim Stockdale wearing the neck | :51:01. | :51:05. | |
brace because he has broken three vertebrae in his neck, he is hope | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
torg riding again in February. The hottest equestrian sport at the | :51:10. | :51:15. | |
moment in terms of popularity and success is dress sadge, it has been | :51:15. | :51:19. | |
the most extraordinary year for the rider, in a moment or two we will | :51:19. | :51:22. | |
see the winning freestyle performance from the dressage here | :51:22. | :51:26. | |
on Wednesday but first, the new European champions reflect on the | :51:26. | :51:36. | |
:51:36. | :51:37. | ||
At the moment, we have three very special horse, this has never | :51:37. | :51:41. | |
happened before in one country. This yore has been surreal. I never | :51:41. | :51:46. | |
thought I would achieve everything like I wanted. In a year. Are Great | :51:46. | :51:50. | |
Britain the best dressage team in the world? Yes. At the moment we | :51:50. | :51:53. | |
are. We have an opportunity now, as a team to do something that has | :51:53. | :51:56. | |
never been done in this country before, I think we are all really | :51:56. | :52:03. | |
up for it. The thing I remember the most is looking at the board, in | :52:04. | :52:08. | |
the rider's tent that said Germany, Germany, Germany, each year the | :52:08. | :52:12. | |
European champion was Germany or Holland. What I remember, the first | :52:12. | :52:15. | |
thing I saw when I looked that the board I thought I would wish that | :52:15. | :52:20. | |
Great Britain could get on that board. The European Championships | :52:20. | :52:24. | |
were gret for me. I felt ready. I had a good run through the year. I | :52:24. | :52:29. | |
got to the Europeans and I was really like game on, I wanted to go | :52:29. | :52:34. | |
in that arena and perform, and to come out and get get that gold | :52:34. | :52:41. | |
medal, and well, it was just a dream, incredible. On the one hand | :52:41. | :52:46. | |
for the team it had been ground breaking, we got our first gold | :52:46. | :52:50. | |
medal in Rotterdam which was huge for us as a team and huge for the | :52:50. | :52:53. | |
sport in this country. And I think for the sport as a whole, because | :52:53. | :52:59. | |
bg, you know it has opened up a new playing field. There is more | :52:59. | :53:04. | |
competitors as nations going for the top spot. That makes it more | :53:04. | :53:08. | |
exciting. For me I didn't have my best performance at the European | :53:08. | :53:12. | |
Championships. It was a healthy kick up the backside before next | :53:12. | :53:16. | |
year to make sure I work on new things and get back to grips with | :53:16. | :53:23. | |
things. I am not going to stress about it. If I goat the Olympics it | :53:23. | :53:29. | |
will be an amazing achievement. But I won't ride any different. As far | :53:29. | :53:33. | |
as am going to prepare myself, it will be another competition to me. | :53:34. | :53:39. | |
I am not going to think oh my God it is the Olympics. We have never | :53:39. | :53:44. | |
won an Olympic medal in individual or team. But I think it is a big | :53:44. | :53:47. | |
possibility, and we are expecting it. It is not a question of other | :53:47. | :53:50. | |
people expecting it and we are not. We know we can do it. We have the | :53:51. | :53:54. | |
best horses and riders here in Great Britain and we expect to | :53:55. | :54:02. | |
bring home that gold medal. I have been at it a long time. For some | :54:03. | :54:06. | |
people it never happen, so the fact it has happened to me at this stage | :54:06. | :54:12. | |
of my career is fantastic. I am as thrilled as if it happened when I | :54:12. | :54:15. | |
first started. Olympia is always so exciting. It is a home crowd, it is | :54:15. | :54:20. | |
packed out. It is a difficult arena, especially for a horse like mine. | :54:20. | :54:24. | |
Everything is so close, it is late at night and so much atmosphere, it | :54:24. | :54:28. | |
is different to any other show, so it is exciting and nerve-wracking | :54:28. | :54:35. | |
coming in to a place like this and trying to perform P Laura not | :54:35. | :54:39. | |
sounding particularly confident but she went out and came up with the | :54:39. | :54:49. | |
:54:49. | :55:12. | ||
winning freestyle round. Let us see extended walk. And it is working. | :55:12. | :55:17. | |
Look at that walk. Ground cover there is huge. Really stretching | :55:17. | :55:27. | |
:55:27. | :55:28. | ||
his neck out and following the contact. Into a walk pirouette or | :55:28. | :55:32. | |
quarter one. Nice to see that artistic flair involved there in | :55:32. | :55:42. | |
:55:42. | :55:42. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :55:42. | :56:32. | |
an Achilles heel for him. Now the lovely pirouette. The horse sitting | :56:33. | :56:42. | |
:56:43. | :57:05. | ||
well, turning that circle. Small short behind. But she managed to | :57:05. | :57:11. | |
get the others, that was good and then into a left pirouette. Watch | :57:11. | :57:21. | |
:57:21. | :57:31. | ||
his hind feet. You see how small he relaxed and easy harmonious | :57:31. | :57:36. | |
routines I have seen them do. Careful now Judy, careful. You are | :57:36. | :57:46. | |
:57:46. | :57:59. | ||
not judging! No, but I can get while, with GB number one spot, but | :57:59. | :58:03. | |
now she is having to fight for her place, I think she is rising to the | :58:03. | :58:09. | |
challenge shall we say. She will too. He is a great competitor. | :58:09. | :58:13. | |
she is a great competitor. Brilliant. And she knows it. She | :58:13. | :58:22. | |
knows it. That was the winning performance. I am joined by a new | :58:22. | :58:27. | |
Olympic sports presenter. Hello. Jennifer Saunders is here. Why you | :58:27. | :58:32. | |
here? I am here to take over your job Claire. Fantastic. I am pleased | :58:32. | :58:35. | |
job Claire. Fantastic. I am pleased about that. I am filming a | :58:35. | :58:37. | |
documentary leading up to the Olympics to get people more aware | :58:37. | :58:41. | |
of who the personalities and who the horses are in the horse event, | :58:41. | :58:45. | |
from show Jim jumping, eventing, dressage. Fabulous, horses are your | :58:45. | :58:48. | |
thing, if you could have had a parallel life you would have been | :58:49. | :58:52. | |
here competing. Yes, if I had the nerve, I mean walking that course | :58:52. | :58:56. | |
now, I mean that, it is an immense courage you have to have to get | :58:56. | :59:02. | |
over the jumps, and I nerve had it. And so are they going to give you | :59:02. | :59:07. | |
riding lessons? I am going to start where I left off which is not being | :59:07. | :59:12. | |
able to go over the first jump to professional lessons and jumping | :59:12. | :59:16. | |
and eventing. That is exciting. It is. I I can't believe I have agreed | :59:16. | :59:21. | |
to it. There is a class at badminton called grass roots. | :59:21. | :59:29. | |
is the aim. You know who will be jealous? Dawn French. She won't. | :59:29. | :59:35. | |
She will be beside herself unless she comes to groom. She did, I | :59:35. | :59:40. | |
don't know if that is that horsey. She is. She just likes the | :59:40. | :59:43. | |
hospitality. If she is listening you are in so much trouble! We will | :59:44. | :59:49. | |
see a bit of you over Christmas and the radio. Yes I have a radio show, | :59:49. | :59:53. | |
it goes out between 2 and 4 on Christmas Day. In the evening you | :59:54. | :00:01. | |
can match me, when we have a new Ab Fab coming out. I know the radio | :00:01. | :00:06. | |
show is funny because I have heard some of it. It is very funny Claire. | :00:06. | :00:16. | |
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You are in that first one? I am. Oh, she is. With your mum. My mother | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
didn't want to do it but you're very kind to her. She was very | :00:22. | :00:26. | |
lovely. I am going to let you watch the finale because it is brilliant | :00:26. | :00:33. | |
and it is my nephew's favourite bit, because it has knights in armour. | :00:33. | :00:37. | |
We are doing a documentary all about horses. If A Question Of | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
Sport is your thing. If you have enjoyed this coverage of Olympia, | :00:41. | :00:45. | |
we are on again on the red button tomorrow, where you can see the | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
whole show, including the finale, which is great. It is my nephew's | :00:50. | :00:53. | |
favourite thing, but lots of other favourite thing, but lots of other | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
people enjoy it. It includes the jousting. That is the dark night, | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
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and King Arthur making sure he hits agility, is on red button from | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
6:45pm on Monday evening. The main class is the Grand Prix. That is in | :01:16. | :01:20. | |
the full coverage but you can see highlights on Tuesday afternoon on | :01:20. | :01:25. | |
BBC Two at 1:00pm. We bring you the serious sport and the front side as | :01:25. | :01:35. | |
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well, and next Thursday, this. -- Thank you very much. It is an | :01:37. | :01:43. | |
honour. I have so many people to thank. BBC Sports Personality of | :01:43. | :01:53. | |
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Mark Cavendish has won the world title. Open champion, | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
congratulations. 200 in a Test match against Australia. What a | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
performance from Mo Farah. The new champion of the world. What a | :02:07. | :02:12. | |
champion. A landmark moment for British sport. They have won the | :02:12. | :02:22. | |
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If Ben Maher were to reproduce this sort of form at next year's | :02:25. | :02:29. | |
Olympics, who knows, he could be a contender for next year's Sports | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
Personality of the Year. He is our winner of the World Cup qualifier, | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
he gets a check of 33,000 years -- Euro-X, but he gets the confidence | :02:38. | :02:42. | |
and kudos of knowing he has beaten some of the best riders in the | :02:43. | :02:49. | |
world -- 33,000 euros. It was a great cost to watch. It has been a | :02:50. | :02:52. | |
fabulous afternoon's entertainment but top-class sport. It was a very | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
difficult course, there was a lot of challenge in the jump-off and | :02:56. | :03:04. | |
then met them bang on, it was Who is going to be thinking, next | :03:04. | :03:08. | |
year, I need to be doing stuff, making sure I am riding in | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
Greenwich? Having a World Cup in Great Britain, it is the pinnacle, | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
the top end. If you are having problems today, that is the thing | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
you have to work on for the Olympics, but it is not the end of | :03:19. | :03:24. | |
the world because there are horses for courses. Nick's horse is better | :03:24. | :03:27. | |
outdoors than indoors but Nick would have learnt something to do. | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
That is the key thing, horses have had experience, good and bad, prior | :03:32. | :03:36. | |
to an Olympic Games. Wonderful to have you with us, adding so much | :03:36. | :03:40. | |
wisdom to our coverage, and we wish you the best in your recovery. | :03:41. | :03:45. |