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The crowd are on their feet in the grandstand. Good footwork again. | :00:24. | :00:30. | |
Rebecca Adlington is bringing it home for Great Britain. Denise | :00:30. | :00:40. | |
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Great Britain get the gold medal! Yes! Yes! Kelly Holmes for Great | :00:50. | :00:57. | |
Britain. What a performance. are absolutely brilliant. Great | :00:57. | :01:06. | |
When it comes to European Championships, no-one is in better | :01:06. | :01:11. | |
shape than Great Britain. Gold for our dressage last weekend. This | :01:11. | :01:16. | |
weekend, can our eventers make it 19 golds in a row in Germany? Held | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
every two years, these are the 30th HSBC FEI European Eventing | :01:21. | :01:26. | |
Championships. Not only is there a team gold on offer, but an | :01:26. | :01:32. | |
individual title, too. # Will you recognise me? # | :01:32. | :01:42. | |
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What a fantastic performance! The European Champion for Great | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
Britain. Sheila Willcox and High and Mighty, | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
champion of Europe. She is the European Champion. British riders | :02:00. | :02:10. | |
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have won this 18 times. It is going really well. The Germans | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
entertained us with beer when we arrived at the end of the cotsz- | :02:15. | :02:25. | |
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country walk. -- cross-country walk. I remember it so vividly. You know | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
nothing has changed even though ten million euros have been spent on it | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
to make all the surface all-weather. The whole place has still got the | :02:35. | :02:42. | |
same feel, the same heart, the same soul. It is wonderful. But for the | :02:42. | :02:47. | |
14 nations competing, it will be a very different Luhmuhlen. The | :02:47. | :02:52. | |
Showground here has undergone a nine million euro makeover. This | :02:52. | :02:56. | |
cross-country course has been designed by Captain Mark Phillips. | :02:56. | :02:59. | |
It is very different to the compact Olympic course at Greenwich. | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
Nevertheless, what happens over the next few days will have a huge | :03:03. | :03:07. | |
bearing on selection for 2012. Now, though, it is time to have a closer | :03:07. | :03:14. | |
look at the British team. Nicola Wilson was part of the gold | :03:14. | :03:19. | |
medal-winning team two years ago. The 34-year-old will be performing | :03:19. | :03:22. | |
the role of Pathfinder. It is lovely to be part of the team and | :03:22. | :03:28. | |
to go out first on a horse I have ridden for so many years. It is | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
very exciting. Anything can happen. We keep fingers crossed that we | :03:33. | :03:41. | |
come home clear and inside or as near as possible. Piggy French won | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
individual silver at the last European Championships. Will make | :03:44. | :03:48. | |
her first appearance as part of the team this time around. It is what | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
we all work for. I get such a thrill out of riding for my country | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
and trying to do as well as possible. We usually are a very | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
strong nation at it. To be with people competing in the same team | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
as the likes of William Fox-Pitt and Mary King, that sort of calibre, | :04:05. | :04:10. | |
is very thrilling. Mary King's teenage daughter has been selected | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
for the Junior British Eventing Team and the 50-year-old will be | :04:16. | :04:22. | |
out to set the perfect example by winning her fifth title. I am old. | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
We are very much a team. We are all in it together. There's great team | :04:26. | :04:33. | |
spirit. We are looking forward to a good week. Mr Eventing, William | :04:33. | :04:39. | |
Fox-Pitt, is targeting a seventh European team title aboard Cool | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
Mountain. The Germans, in Luhmuhlen, which is one of their biggest | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
events, they run here regularly, the horses are produced here. The | :04:50. | :04:56. | |
terrain they are very comfortable with. There was bad news for Polly | :04:56. | :05:00. | |
Stockton who was forced to withdraw moments before the start of her | :05:00. | :05:05. | |
dressage test leaving the 37-year- old disappointed. You know your | :05:05. | :05:09. | |
horse inside out and I knew he wasn't 100%. The vet has had a look. | :05:09. | :05:13. | |
We are not sure what is wrong. We decided in the best interests of | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
the horse to go out there on the cross-country, it is too big an ask, | :05:17. | :05:23. | |
if they are not feeling 110%. I'm gutted. The final member of the | :05:23. | :05:29. | |
line-up taking part in the individual competition only is 21- | :05:29. | :05:33. | |
year-old Laura Collett who becomes the youngest rider to grace the | :05:33. | :05:37. | |
squad in over two decades. I'm delighted to welcome the reigning | :05:37. | :05:47. | |
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European Champion Tina Cook to the show. After withdrawing him from | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
Badminton, he had to have a course of antibiotics and was very, very | :05:53. | :05:58. | |
ill and had to have blood transfusions. He nearly died. He's | :05:58. | :06:03. | |
alive and putting on weight very well at home. I think I'm not going | :06:03. | :06:07. | |
to be able to get him fit enough to get him out this season. People | :06:07. | :06:10. | |
will be worried about you qualifying for the Olympics next | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
year. What is the situation there? As bizarre as it may seem, we are | :06:15. | :06:18. | |
the reigning bronze medallists. We are not qualified as we speak. I | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
will be working on him over the winter to come out next season to | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
get him qualified in the spring. And get my form back. The British | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
team is so strong, I need to get back into the reckoning and get | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
selected for London. Speaking of the British team, the record in the | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
European Championships is quite outstanding 21 team golds out of 29. | :06:39. | :06:43. | |
It looks as if it is there for the taking. Is it that simple? | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
Championship can throw up all sorts of surprises. There is a strong | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
opposition out there. The Germans have 12 riders here. They will be | :06:50. | :06:55. | |
picking four of their very best. Four of their very best are World | :06:55. | :06:58. | |
Champions, they are reigning Olympic Champions. Nothing is | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
predicted at all. You need a bit of luck on your side. Well those are | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
Tina's thoughts. Let's take a closer look at the newest member of | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
the squad, riding as an individual. Here is the young lady they are all | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
talking about, Laura Collett, the youngest rider competing at this | :07:17. | :07:26. | |
year's Badminton. She's looked after him all the way round. I read | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
a headline that said "Laura Collett takes Badminton by storm." Would | :07:30. | :07:36. | |
that be fair? On the first day, I was very early to go, I was like | :07:36. | :07:42. | |
fifth in on the first day of dressage and I ended up after two | :07:42. | :07:47. | |
days in third place. For me, it was unbelievable. Here is the young | :07:48. | :07:52. | |
lady that has put her name very much in contention for the title, | :07:52. | :08:00. | |
Laura Collett. I first went on a horse when I was two. I went | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
through showing until I was 13. That is when I decided I wanted to | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
do something more challenging and I dropped very lucky with the first | :08:08. | :08:13. | |
pony I bought, who took me to my first pony championship. I went | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
from there. When you got bitten by the bug, you were lucky to get on | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
the World Class Programme? I did at the beginning of 2005, so before I | :08:23. | :08:29. | |
went to the Pony Europeans, that has been a massive boost. They help | :08:29. | :08:37. | |
with everything. He is unbelievable, the way he has helped me. Even | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
through the decisions of selling the pony and setting me up for life, | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
really. I sold Spring and I never wanted to, but he said it is the | :08:46. | :08:55. | |
right thing to do for my career. So I sold him and bought a horse and | :08:55. | :09:03. | |
he was right when he said, you know... Yeah. I went with the pony | :09:03. | :09:08. | |
team way back, probably in 2005, with the European Championship and | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
Laura was on that team. I think what really hit you was her | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
coolness under pressure. Cool. Well, at the moment, I feel quite cool | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
and calm. It has not kicked off yet. I am sure I won't be very cool and | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
calm during the week. Just really excited to have got here and it's | :09:27. | :09:30. | |
been the worst five or six weeks ever. You think something is going | :09:30. | :09:34. | |
to go wrong. Once you get selected, you want to go the next day. With | :09:34. | :09:38. | |
horses, anything can happen. Does it matter to you at all if someone | :09:38. | :09:43. | |
trots out the stat that you are the youngest member of the British | :09:43. | :09:50. | |
eventing team since 1989? Yeah, that is quite scary. Yeah, I feel | :09:50. | :09:54. | |
confident in a way because I know him inside out. It is not like | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
having a new horse and coming here. I have to keep remembering that. It | :09:58. | :10:04. | |
is another competition even though it is probably the biggest one of | :10:04. | :10:10. | |
my life. Laura was in third place after the dressage. Let's see how | :10:10. | :10:15. | |
after the dressage. Let's see how they have fared here. Laura could | :10:15. | :10:20. | |
hard I will have hoped for a better dressage test. Her score was the | :10:20. | :10:23. | |
best of the British contingent and a great start to her senior | :10:23. | :10:29. | |
international career. As for the British team members, Mary King is | :10:29. | :10:39. | |
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the highest placed. Mary is in tenth place. Piggy French and | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
Jakata are one place behind. It was not one of William Fox-Pitt's | :10:50. | :10:55. | |
better days. Cool Mountain made a few errors and finished on 42.7. | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
That left him in 17th place. Not a day to remember either for Nicola | :11:00. | :11:08. | |
Wilson. 52.7 was the best she could do for 39th place. | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
Great Britain are well in contention and currently lie in | :11:11. | :11:15. | |
second place behind Germany with Italy in third. | :11:15. | :11:22. | |
The host nation are dominating the top of the individual standings, | :11:22. | :11:30. | |
with Ingrid Klimke at the top. Now it is time for the cross-country | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
phase. Tina has been out on the course. | :11:33. | :11:39. | |
are at fence 13, 14 and 15. The horses have got their feet wet at | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
fence five. Here, at the second water complex, we have a | :11:44. | :11:51. | |
combination offences over a big log, a big drop into the water. The | :11:51. | :11:55. | |
water is not that deep. The main problem that I feel for the horses | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
here is that you need to get a clean jump up this not very defined | :12:00. | :12:05. | |
bank because they need to jump up here to jump this narrow fence. If | :12:05. | :12:08. | |
they don't get their striding right and they land at the edge of the | :12:08. | :12:12. | |
bank, there is not enough room to put a stride in. So it could cause | :12:12. | :12:17. | |
a problem. There is an option of jumping two further fences around | :12:17. | :12:23. | |
there, over a smaller jump, across the water, up a relatively small | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
step, one stride, over the same question. It is a bit longer, but I | :12:27. | :12:33. | |
feel it is a lot safer than taking the chance of this area here that | :12:33. | :12:36. | |
might cause a problem. We have had a long fast gallop around the edge | :12:36. | :12:43. | |
of this field to then be faced here with 19, 20 and 21, up this short, | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
steep slope they have to get the horses together to jump this narrow | :12:47. | :12:51. | |
fence at the top of the slow. This is what they are going to be | :12:51. | :12:57. | |
surprised with at point of take-off. As the horses land over this fence, | :12:57. | :13:01. | |
depending on how shocked they are, they could leave their hind legs on | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
it, prop the riders forward. They will have to sit up really quickly | :13:05. | :13:15. | |
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to go across this water and ride them really positively towards the | :13:17. | :13:24. | |
Bees Fence. They then have to cross the field to these two angled logs. | :13:24. | :13:28. | |
Without the water here, it would be easy. The deep water may cause the | :13:28. | :13:33. | |
horses to shorten their stride and not get the distance across there. | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
So positive riding is necessary here. We are here at fence 27. We | :13:37. | :13:40. | |
are getting towards the end of the course. It is the third last. The | :13:40. | :13:44. | |
horses might be getting tired. They will be confronted with this | :13:44. | :13:47. | |
massive ditch. It will take a huge amount of effort to get over this | :13:47. | :13:53. | |
fence. As the horses throw in a big fast jump over this fence, the main | :13:54. | :13:58. | |
problem with going the quick route is to gain your control and | :13:58. | :14:03. | |
accuracy to jump this narrow, wide corner on a related distance and | :14:03. | :14:08. | |
then have the accuracy to jump C which would be so easy to run out. | :14:08. | :14:12. | |
There is a slower alternative by jumping that fence there, round the | :14:12. | :14:18. | |
trees to jump a much easier corner, round the bend to jump the same | :14:18. | :14:22. | |
sort of question. I don't think the long route here is going to take | :14:22. | :14:25. | |
that much longer towards the end of the course. It depends on what sort | :14:25. | :14:35. | |
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of ride and how the horses are your course Walker. What do you | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
make of it so far? I think Mark Phillips has built a true | :14:45. | :14:49. | |
championship course. Whether it is as technically challenging as we | :14:49. | :14:54. | |
have seen in the past, it might lead riders into a false sense of | :14:54. | :14:56. | |
security and mistakes could be made when they are going for their time | :14:57. | :15:00. | |
at the end of the course. haven't got much time to get to the | :15:00. | :15:05. | |
commentary box, see you in a bit. Let's see what happens in the cross | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
country with Tina, when she arrives in the commentary box, and Mike | :15:08. | :15:17. | |
Tucker. A lot of galloping. 29 fences. Some big jumping fences. | :15:17. | :15:24. | |
The first water coming at fence four. Two corners, with an accuracy | :15:25. | :15:33. | |
test. A way over summer my senses in 14 and 15. Two Rhodes, the one | :15:33. | :15:41. | |
down the left is quite risky. Big imposing fences. A few little | :15:41. | :15:46. | |
pimples and then onto the next water. That is the two and gold | :15:46. | :15:56. | |
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locks, moving two strides. Then galloping away over the Rolex Turn. | :15:58. | :16:03. | |
The two last logs. Just make sure they don't gallop home too fast to | :16:03. | :16:13. | |
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morning, as you can see. A lot of heavy rain overnight. I think now | :16:33. | :16:38. | |
it's Stanislaus does a quiz. The French squad, in that the Europeans | :16:38. | :16:48. | |
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are a few years ago. -- Stanislaus They are jumping pretty easily. | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
They are jumping very well. The two corners asking similar, but | :17:13. | :17:22. | |
different questions. Very easy to run out. The first important rider | :17:22. | :17:27. | |
for Great Britain. It is Nicola Wilson on the fabulous Opposition | :17:27. | :17:37. | |
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Buzz. She really needs a good time Kyle. The first Iris rider. | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
looks like he changed his mind going through the corner. A nasty | :17:51. | :17:57. | |
trip. Luckily, he was well in the saddle and the horse picked up | :17:57. | :18:03. | |
speed up to sort him out. We are now watching pictures of the German | :18:03. | :18:13. | |
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first team rider. The very experienced Andreas Dibowski. He's | :18:16. | :18:23. | |
chosen to ride FRH Fantasia. He wasn't a team member when Germany | :18:23. | :18:28. | |
won gold in 2006. But he's a key member of the team. Germany, with a | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
very impressive 23 point lead over Britain. 18 score of 98 point seven. | :18:34. | :18:44. | |
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is very quick and he's on the good Hardly noticed that bit of bank. | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
They want the horses to jump on top of it. Very quick through that Park. | :19:03. | :19:07. | |
Now the galloping stretched through the wood. 14 years old, now. But | :19:07. | :19:13. | |
still, fingers crossed, as we now join Mark Kyle with his new horse, | :19:13. | :19:18. | |
Coolio. That nasty moment in the second quarter. He looks to have | :19:18. | :19:24. | |
recovered. Now looking very positive on this interesting loop. | :19:24. | :19:31. | |
The third and final water. Two inches deeper. Coming up to what we | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
thought was one of the most difficult fences on the course? | :19:35. | :19:42. | |
it has a very big kitchen front of it. -- a big ditch in front of it. | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
They are just getting a little bit tired towards the end of the course. | :19:46. | :19:53. | |
They don't give the corner a lot of height. 40 seconds to get home. | :19:53. | :19:57. | |
Mark is in the driving seat. He's looked at his watch. They know | :19:57. | :20:02. | |
where they need to be able stop that interesting, that is going to | :20:02. | :20:05. | |
be the first inside the time for Ireland. Nicola Wilson and | :20:05. | :20:15. | |
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didn't even notice it. He has complete trust in Nicola, and he | :20:25. | :20:35. | |
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wastes no time. This is Andreas Dibowski for Germany. Its ridden | :20:37. | :20:47. | |
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into the course. Nicola Wilson, 3D and gold locks. The horses looking | :20:58. | :21:08. | |
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as good as ever. -- through the and Probably the most experienced of | :21:13. | :21:22. | |
all the German riders. Confirmation that Mark Kyle is the first one | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
inside the time. He stays on his dressage. 60.4. We know that the | :21:27. | :21:35. | |
course is very durable within that time. 10.05 is the optimal time. | :21:35. | :21:41. | |
Nicola Wilson is virtually home. He's pulling and she's got a | :21:41. | :21:48. | |
difficult angle. Well recovered. Just needs to set him up for a very | :21:48. | :21:55. | |
narrow triple brush. She's going to stay on her dressage. Well, this is | :21:55. | :21:59. | |
a fabulous round. He absolutely flew through that. Luckily, that | :21:59. | :22:03. | |
corner is not that wide. She was able to pull him around. He | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
listened to her. He's looking a bit strong. She doesn't want to be | :22:08. | :22:14. | |
making silly mistakes, so close to the end. She knows she is well on | :22:14. | :22:22. | |
the time. A fabulous round. She will be a happy girl again. She's | :22:22. | :22:26. | |
done the job for the team. certainly has. A great round as an | :22:26. | :22:36. | |
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Now based in Germany. Her sister Linda is one of the great riders | :22:50. | :23:00. | |
for Sweden that has helped Sweden to those titles. She's riding Vira. | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
As you can say, a big crowd. They've had a damp run to get here | :23:04. | :23:10. | |
this morning. Thunder, lightning. We had it all last night. It | :23:10. | :23:13. | |
doesn't seem to have made any difference to be going. It's | :23:13. | :23:17. | |
amazing, I was down here a few years ago and it didn't stop | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
raining for about three days. We were wondering if the competition | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
was even going to be held. I think the ground will stay consistent for | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
most of the day. That is such a help for the later riders that are | :23:30. | :23:40. | |
coming. Andreas Dibowski, FRH Fantasia, needs to get Germany off | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
to a start if they are going to win what would be their third European | :23:44. | :23:51. | |
title. They won and 59 in North Yorkshire. Then in Kiev, in 1973. | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
They have been close on a number of occasions. But they are so | :23:56. | :24:01. | |
determined to give Britain a run for their money, after two | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
disappointing performances. First, the Europeans in 2009. Last year | :24:06. | :24:12. | |
they fell apart in the worlds in Kentucky. Goodness me. He just | :24:12. | :24:19. | |
caught that. Sliding on the ground, just caught his knee. Can pretty | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
unbalanced a horse. The speed caused him to crumple on landing. | :24:23. | :24:30. | |
They are both fine. Look at that! This man is about to have and | :24:30. | :24:36. | |
refusal in the Coffin, in the World Equestrian Games, when he was | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
fancied. Frustrating start for the Germans. It happened in the last | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
two a major championships. really couldn't expected to happen | :24:44. | :24:48. | |
again. Reasonably straightforward fence. At every fence has to be | :24:48. | :24:55. | |
jumped. You can't get away from that. How thrilling was that? | :24:55. | :25:01. | |
amazing. What a fabulous horse. He just set out meaning business, he | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
finished in the same rhythm. Just a pleasure. He looked spring-heeled, | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
enthusiastic, like he loved every minute of that. He loves his job. | :25:11. | :25:16. | |
He loves going across country. It's like his birthday and Christmas | :25:16. | :25:20. | |
coming at once. The team its instructions were to go wrong. Team | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
instructions were to be on the clock. -- don't belong there. We | :25:24. | :25:31. | |
are going to have to set out quickly, which was a small concern. | :25:31. | :25:34. | |
Sometimes he starts to buzz. But he was so switched-on and just | :25:34. | :25:44. | |
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quick and nimble through this part of the course. A horse way you can | :26:04. | :26:09. | |
just press the accelerator and move on. The ground is holding up well. | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
But the ground team is very aware that the ground does not want to | :26:13. | :26:23. | |
:26:23. | :26:24. | ||
impede any of the later riders. This is the last water, coming up | :26:24. | :26:32. | |
to fence 19. A brave stride, going in. Didn't give a also a lot of | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
chance to see what she was doing with her feet. Totally honest, | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
totally trusting in the rider. The balls would not have seen where she | :26:41. | :26:51. | |
:26:51. | :26:53. | ||
was landing when she took off. of the very experienced riders. In | :26:53. | :26:58. | |
Badminton, they finished 22nd. He's been in the sport for well over 20 | :26:58. | :27:08. | |
:27:08. | :27:10. | ||
years. Just getting angle between these two rocks. An easy stride. | :27:10. | :27:20. | |
:27:20. | :27:30. | ||
in her face. There is no point as working at an indoor school the | :27:30. | :27:40. | |
whole time. Now any arena, Fence 9 and 10. The end of the first hurdle. | :27:40. | :27:50. | |
:27:50. | :27:51. | ||
He's gone! Well, stood off too far. Wasn't counting the steps? They | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
took a stride out. I would be surprised if he has hit himself. | :27:56. | :28:01. | |
This is a big fence. But it should be four or five strides. He was a | :28:01. | :28:09. | |
long way off the corner. They just went plummeting into the ground. He | :28:09. | :28:18. | |
has got up. Just a bit of a face plant into the sand. He'll beat | :28:18. | :28:28. | |
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frustrated that his let his country route. She has been so quick. | :28:42. | :28:47. | |
could be the 4th inside the time. This could be the Swedish rider, | :28:47. | :28:55. | |
very much based in Germany. The last two fences on the course, they | :28:55. | :28:58. | |
are numbered independently. It doesn't make a lot of difference on | :28:58. | :29:05. | |
the bending loop to the line. Gets home. Nine seconds underneath. | :29:05. | :29:15. | |
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Jumping cleanly so far. She was course is the London Tower Bridge. | :29:45. | :29:51. | |
Here is Piggy French, very much in Germany trying to build on her | :29:52. | :29:56. | |
wonderful entry into the international stage. Silver | :29:56. | :30:06. | |
:30:06. | :30:18. | ||
phases. Jayne Doherty on The Only One. They didn't really have a | :30:18. | :30:23. | |
stride. That was frustrating. She needs to turn left. Yes, that's | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
fine. To come round to the other question that is coming up. The | :30:29. | :30:33. | |
horse didn't focus on it. That was such a silly run-out to have. When | :30:33. | :30:40. | |
they just started off looking so confidently. As easy as it may seem | :30:40. | :30:45. | |
for us here, she has to put it behind her to make sure no more | :30:45. | :30:52. | |
mistakes further round the course. Jakata is not that keen to go into | :30:52. | :30:56. | |
the box. Just for a moment, I wonder whether he was going to go | :30:56. | :31:02. | |
to the box. Away they go. 40.4, another very consistent performance | :31:02. | :31:12. | |
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in the dressage from Piggy and this the fore in 2010. It's gone from | :31:22. | :31:32. | |
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strength to strength. Can she put the water. Went a slightly longer | :31:45. | :31:55. | |
:31:55. | :32:04. | ||
positive to the first of this combination. Lovely stride to the | :32:04. | :32:14. | |
:32:14. | :32:17. | ||
might just have set her up properly for the corner. Yeah. Not entirely | :32:17. | :32:22. | |
the most confident of jumps there. A little slap down the shoulder | :32:22. | :32:28. | |
with the stick. She is on her way. That wasn't very comfortable for | :32:28. | :32:33. | |
her. Just the horse misjudged the spread and dropped his hind legs | :32:33. | :32:38. | |
but as these fences are filled in, they don't get tangled up and that | :32:38. | :32:45. | |
will be a wake-up call, I would say. Sandra Auffarth, 24 years old, | :32:45. | :32:52. | |
finished a very, very good second in Luhmuhlen. She won the HSB | :32:52. | :32:58. | |
Training Bursary Award for that performance and she is away on | :32:58. | :33:05. | |
Opgun Louvo. This is a real star in the making. She of course the | :33:05. | :33:09. | |
second team member for Germany who were the overnight leaders. This a | :33:09. | :33:17. | |
crucial round. She will be feeling the pressure as we have seen on | :33:17. | :33:22. | |
screen. Her fans are watching her as we are watching Piggy French and | :33:22. | :33:29. | |
Jakata going the slightly quicker route, wanting to keep Jakata on a | :33:29. | :33:32. | |
straight line and there just showing the ease in what he can | :33:32. | :33:38. | |
jump a big fence. Made that look very easy. The water is reasonably | :33:38. | :33:46. | |
shallow, down that long side, and she is a very quick rider, cross- | :33:46. | :33:52. | |
country. Jayne Doherty from Ireland, at what is the first crossing of | :33:52. | :34:00. | |
the last water complex, 19 and 20, then on this figure of eight. This | :34:00. | :34:06. | |
is Sandra Auffarth, the second team rider for Germany. She is riding | :34:06. | :34:14. | |
Opgun Louvo and they are coming to fence four. A big chestnut looking | :34:14. | :34:22. | |
real quality. He's got a lot of thoroughbred racing-type blood so | :34:22. | :34:25. | |
the courage and the distance shouldn't look a problem to him. | :34:25. | :34:34. | |
35.4 in the dressage. In fourth place. Jakata can get quite strong | :34:34. | :34:38. | |
for Piggy French. She's just having to steady him up a little bit | :34:38. | :34:47. | |
further away than she would ideally like to. He was very clean. Piggy | :34:47. | :34:52. | |
having to sit back over that first element. She slipped her reins. | :34:52. | :34:57. | |
Where she is so brilliant at cross- country, she was so quick to get | :34:57. | :35:02. | |
back into the flow again. difference, Tina, is that Piggy and | :35:02. | :35:07. | |
this horse look absolute class across the open country of Kentucky, | :35:07. | :35:11. | |
but is having to work for it here. We are back with Sandra Auffarth | :35:11. | :35:15. | |
for Germany and Opgun Louvo, the second team member, a crucial round, | :35:15. | :35:20. | |
remember. Andreas Dibowski fell, so they are down to three. They need | :35:20. | :35:25. | |
to get this girl round clear and fast. It is her first major | :35:26. | :35:30. | |
championship. A big question with this large German crowd, but she is | :35:30. | :35:40. | |
:35:40. | :35:40. | ||
answering all of the questions so far. Jakata, Piggy French, over the | :35:40. | :35:46. | |
fence that Andreas Dibowski fell at. As you say, this horse is pulling, | :35:46. | :35:51. | |
Tina, you can see how Piggy is trying to set up the narrow | :35:51. | :35:55. | |
question, now coming towards the end of the course, this is fence 23, | :35:55. | :36:03. | |
for this - that one is out of the way. 1:58 to get home. I think she | :36:03. | :36:10. | |
is going to get a few time faults. Sandra Auffarth for Germany. Safely | :36:10. | :36:17. | |
through the water complex now. That comes at fence 14 and 15. Looks to | :36:17. | :36:23. | |
have set out quite quickly. Incidentally, Jayne Doherty, for | :36:23. | :36:32. | |
Ireland, she did finish, finished in a minute over, 11:07. Has added | :36:32. | :36:37. | |
44.8 on cross-country so 94.8 for Ireland's Jayne Doherty. Jakata | :36:37. | :36:42. | |
going the wrong way here at the big open ditch close home. I thought | :36:42. | :36:47. | |
that Piggy would have to do that, even though she's down a little bit | :36:47. | :36:51. | |
on time. I think because Jakata is pulling so much, she didn't want to | :36:51. | :36:55. | |
risk a silly mistake there and I do believe that was certainly team | :36:55. | :37:00. | |
orders early on. She is not going to be far over the time. | :37:00. | :37:03. | |
interesting thing here, Tina, is with London at Greenwich on that | :37:03. | :37:07. | |
sort of terrain, which is going to be quite tight, it will be twisty | :37:08. | :37:11. | |
there, Jakata is definitely going to be quite difficult to ride from | :37:11. | :37:18. | |
what we have seen this afternoon. She is home, 14 seconds over. She | :37:18. | :37:27. | |
will be 16, 17, yeah, 17 it is. 47.2. Piggy into second place | :37:27. | :37:33. | |
currently. Pleased with that, Tina? I feel for Piggy. For her, to do a | :37:33. | :37:38. | |
cross-country time is so easy. She is so skilful at that part of her | :37:38. | :37:41. | |
cross-country riding. I think she will be frustrated to be getting | :37:41. | :37:49. | |
any time faults at all. Sandra Auffarth, a key second rider. | :37:49. | :37:53. | |
Remember, Germany down to three. They had that very good overnight | :37:53. | :37:59. | |
lead after dressage. This horse, when she asked it to go forward, he | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
really does open up in her hands. She was quite chancey. You would | :38:04. | :38:07. | |
probably like to see a little bit more control on the approach. She | :38:08. | :38:11. | |
rather stood off it. If you were there with the training of a horse, | :38:11. | :38:15. | |
you wouldn't want to be having that sort of stride. He just could | :38:15. | :38:20. | |
easily have caught a knee and mistake is made. He is a lovely | :38:20. | :38:25. | |
big-striding horse and hugely talented. Just maybe at those | :38:25. | :38:30. | |
technical fences, you would just want a little bit more control and | :38:30. | :38:40. | |
:38:40. | :38:41. | ||
really does kick and the horse just bursts away. He is a big, scopey | :38:41. | :38:46. | |
horse. Your first reaction after that? | :38:46. | :38:52. | |
Frustrated. That would be a polite way of putting it. He jumped really | :38:53. | :38:59. | |
well. I was like, "Gosh, not here, we don't need to do that here." He | :38:59. | :39:03. | |
jumped generally really well. He just gets strung out. The more | :39:03. | :39:13. | |
tired he gets, the lower he puts his head. I heard the watch beeping | :39:13. | :39:18. | |
further and further away from where I should be. Oh God. There was that | :39:18. | :39:21. | |
heart stopping moment in the arena. Take us through that one. I think | :39:21. | :39:26. | |
he went on and off it, which isn't the idea. I thought we have a | :39:26. | :39:29. | |
corner coming up, do I go the long route? There happened to be a | :39:29. | :39:34. | |
stride there still so I was lucky. He did a few. After the arena fence | :39:34. | :39:37. | |
he jumped on the tops and the bottom of the banks, so he was | :39:37. | :39:47. | |
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the second team rider. She might just have an odd time penalty. It | :39:54. | :39:59. | |
is a good first team performance on a horse that looks exciting as a | :39:59. | :40:03. | |
nine-year-old for the German sport. She is going direct. This could put | :40:03. | :40:09. | |
her back on target. Is she going to get it? Oh brilliantly done! | :40:09. | :40:14. | |
APPLAUSE That was really class. has put her back on top. Look at | :40:14. | :40:18. | |
that. Almost definitely. Whether that was what she had planned to do, | :40:18. | :40:21. | |
but she obviously felt that the horse is going to make the distance | :40:21. | :40:28. | |
easier and it is going to be quicker for her. It is looking like | :40:28. | :40:33. | |
she has made the right decision so far. She's got two or three seconds | :40:33. | :40:37. | |
to stay, to go into the lead. I think she is going to go second. | :40:37. | :40:46. | |
Yeah, she's in the end got 0.4 which puts her on 37 and Sara | :40:46. | :40:50. | |
Algotsson-Ostholt is on 36 for Sweden. Still early days in the | :40:50. | :40:55. | |
leaderboard. That is a very good performance for 24-year-old Sandra | :40:55. | :41:05. | |
:41:05. | :41:14. | ||
Artus. Again, that fence is generally riding very well for | :41:14. | :41:22. | |
these horses. He's a sharp, nimble little horse. You seem to fly | :41:22. | :41:26. | |
around that course today? Yes, my horse was brilliant. He is very | :41:26. | :41:32. | |
good jumper. Yeah, he was flying all the time. You also took the | :41:32. | :41:38. | |
short route at 27. What was the thinking there? To the beginning, I | :41:38. | :41:43. | |
had only that way in my head and I had not the time to go the longer | :41:43. | :41:47. | |
way, so he was brilliant, it was no problem for us. | :41:47. | :41:54. | |
Here is Frank Osthol, his wife, Sara Algotsson-Ostholt, leading at | :41:54. | :42:03. | |
for Sweden. Sara will have been telling her husband all about the | :42:03. | :42:08. | |
course. Amazingly, he is riding as an individual for Germany. He has | :42:08. | :42:15. | |
been part of the gold medal success, both in the Worlds in 2006 and then | :42:15. | :42:25. | |
:42:25. | :42:40. | ||
of course the Olympic gold in Hong be wanting to make sure the horse | :42:40. | :42:43. | |
keeps straight on his line. The selectors have felt there is a | :42:43. | :42:48. | |
reason why that they have been left out of the team. I would have | :42:48. | :42:52. | |
thought Frank would be fairly disappointed with that decision. So | :42:52. | :42:59. | |
it is going to be vitally important for him now to show them that they | :42:59. | :43:04. | |
may have chosen the wrong ones and to prove to them. On this horse, it | :43:04. | :43:10. | |
is not like he is a young horse - he is 13 years old - but there has | :43:10. | :43:14. | |
to be some questions as to why they were left out of the German team | :43:14. | :43:20. | |
this year. Here is a lady who will be part of the British team in | :43:20. | :43:25. | |
years to come - Laura Collett. A very cool, young lady, this one. | :43:25. | :43:29. | |
She has won more medals in the juniors than anyone else. She has | :43:29. | :43:37. | |
been a European young rider champion. What can she do here at | :43:37. | :43:47. | |
:43:47. | :43:51. | ||
her first senior performance? Dirk Schrade, so helped by Betina Hoy. | :43:51. | :43:56. | |
Taking that long route, only three have gone direct there. Sandra | :43:56. | :44:00. | |
Auffarth under pressure rode it probably the best of all, actually. | :44:00. | :44:05. | |
So, mixed messages cominging back from the German squad -- coming | :44:05. | :44:09. | |
back from the German squad at the moment? This competition is full of | :44:10. | :44:13. | |
surprises. To be honest, it is what you expect when cou come here and | :44:13. | :44:17. | |
it adds -- you come here and it adds to the excitement. We are | :44:17. | :44:22. | |
getting half-way through the day now. Just wanting to respect the | :44:22. | :44:29. | |
last - got a little bit close to that. 15 seconds over the time. | :44:29. | :44:36. | |
time faults to add. So Dirk Schrade, 42.7. Dirk Schrade, very good | :44:36. | :44:46. | |
:44:46. | :44:55. | ||
dressage, eighth overnight. Goes The British individual. Having to | :44:55. | :45:01. | |
work quite hard through that water. It does come up quite early. There | :45:01. | :45:07. | |
has been a big build up for her coming here. She is young, but she | :45:07. | :45:11. | |
has had the experience. People have been expecting great things from | :45:11. | :45:16. | |
her. Look at that. Isn't that a great sight? I wonder whether they | :45:16. | :45:26. | |
:45:26. | :45:34. | ||
will be here. But back with Laura. the favoured option. A nice, level | :45:34. | :45:43. | |
distance. Oh! She's had a run-out. Really, that was very frustrating. | :45:43. | :45:47. | |
Most riders were thinking of going for the five across there. You'd | :45:47. | :45:54. | |
have to say, on initial thoughts, it was a little bit four and a half. | :45:54. | :45:59. | |
Just not working together. She lost concentration and she will be | :45:59. | :46:05. | |
totally gutted about that. Here is a man that could do it today, | :46:05. | :46:10. | |
change the leaderboard. He's chasing to do the top of the | :46:10. | :46:13. | |
leaderboard at the moment. Some of the dressage leaders to come later, | :46:14. | :46:23. | |
:46:24. | :46:24. | ||
no more so than Ingrid Klimke. His wife, Sarah, is leading on 36. But | :46:24. | :46:34. | |
:46:34. | :46:35. | ||
then it is Germany's second and third. Dirk Schrade is third. | :46:35. | :46:39. | |
was lucky, he went the right side of it so it will not be any penalty. | :46:39. | :46:44. | |
A good decision. Now he's going to be over, but it's only going to be | :46:44. | :46:53. | |
a whisker. Very expensive on this part of the scoreboard. Mum it's | :46:53. | :47:03. | |
:47:03. | :47:04. | ||
of help from Frank. He's really driving down the finish. He is | :47:04. | :47:14. | |
:47:14. | :47:14. | ||
pleased. 15 seconds over the time. Six time faults to land for Frank | :47:14. | :47:24. | |
:47:24. | :47:31. | ||
Osthol. He goes to 40. He moves That is her second refusal, three | :47:31. | :47:35. | |
on the course and I'm afraid she would have to walk home. Now, where | :47:35. | :47:40. | |
is she going? I imagine she will be going over to the other side. Up | :47:40. | :47:47. | |
the steps. Things are not going her way now. She's just going to have | :47:47. | :47:56. | |
to sit down and get on with it. Really give him a kick. Susanna | :47:56. | :48:04. | |
Bordone, for Italy, an important round with Carrera, a very | :48:04. | :48:09. | |
experienced horse. She was here in June. She had a huge chunk taken | :48:09. | :48:14. | |
out of her face by a horse that literally bit her. She had an | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
operation, but she's determined to ride here. She's a two or three | :48:19. | :48:29. | |
:48:29. | :48:49. | ||
riders with the elimination of the cross country by Andreas Dibowski. | :48:49. | :48:55. | |
We've just heard that Laura Collett had a third refusal, so she is | :48:55. | :49:04. | |
eliminated from the competition. Little Carrera, pulling pretty hard. | :49:04. | :49:11. | |
She's run out! Not for the first time. Just glanced off. She will be | :49:11. | :49:15. | |
disappointed with that. That is going to give the Italians that | :49:15. | :49:19. | |
little bit more penalty, a little bit more difficult to qualify. She | :49:19. | :49:28. | |
If you don't mind what telling us, what happened? He was switched off | :49:28. | :49:32. | |
from the start. He's normally a good cross country course. His mind | :49:32. | :49:36. | |
was elsewhere. The first problem came at the corner, in the arena. | :49:36. | :49:41. | |
He never locked on. He was the same the whole way round. It made it | :49:41. | :49:46. | |
quite difficult. Can you find a reason why? Not right now. We are | :49:46. | :49:51. | |
taking home and test his blood and stuff, see how he is. But he seems | :49:51. | :49:55. | |
all righted himself. Whether his mind was on the crowd or what, but | :49:55. | :50:00. | |
he did Badminton and he was fine. It could be the ground, it could be | :50:00. | :50:10. | |
:50:10. | :50:16. | ||
a number of things. We'll wait and France. Tomatina surely, riding | :50:16. | :50:26. | |
:50:26. | :50:44. | ||
Ocarina de Chanois is. -- Tomatina the Coffin. Right at the end. They | :50:45. | :50:54. | |
:50:55. | :50:55. | ||
jump at the very well. Carrera had that refusal. France are now trying | :50:55. | :51:02. | |
to qualify for London. Their last Olympics was disaster. They only | :51:02. | :51:06. | |
ran two, in the end, in the country. It will be interesting how strong | :51:06. | :51:11. | |
it gets as it goes around the course. A big, powerful jumbo. He's | :51:11. | :51:21. | |
:51:21. | :51:24. | ||
a very stylish jockey. Looks very slowing out in front of the fence, | :51:24. | :51:30. | |
just to prepare the horse. Great Britain's third team rider, waiting | :51:30. | :51:35. | |
in the wings. It is Mary King on Imperial Cavalier. The horse which | :51:35. | :51:41. | |
has been so much part of her great success in recent times. Third at | :51:41. | :51:45. | |
Badminton the last time, they went on to win one and two in Kentucky | :51:45. | :51:55. | |
:51:55. | :52:03. | ||
as well. Back with the Frenchman, soft did, round feel on top of the | :52:03. | :52:07. | |
loch. The horses can just slither over it. He's certainly got his | :52:07. | :52:14. | |
foot down, going for the time. Did get quite close, not that Sharpe | :52:14. | :52:22. | |
getting his front legs out of the way. He's looking secure. Making it | :52:22. | :52:32. | |
:52:32. | :52:32. | ||
very clear where the horse has got to go. Mary King, what a record | :52:32. | :52:38. | |
she's got. Four-time Olympian. Clean round, she doesn't get a good | :52:38. | :52:48. | |
:52:48. | :52:57. | ||
got to do, such a confident horse. He can move and gallop, he's got a | :52:57. | :53:07. | |
:53:07. | :53:22. | ||
fantastic job. Confident over the round to the big Rolex Turn. The | :53:22. | :53:30. | |
big ditch towards the drop. Only three have gone the direct route. I | :53:30. | :53:35. | |
think he's got plenty of time to get home. He could bring joy to | :53:35. | :53:42. | |
France, has effectively their second team member, with Pascal | :53:42. | :53:48. | |
Leroy going out after a fall. course to hold together, which he | :53:48. | :53:58. | |
:53:58. | :54:02. | ||
did. Got to sit up quickly. -- a more time than you need to. I think | :54:02. | :54:12. | |
:54:12. | :54:22. | ||
he'll do it. Mary King, Imperial positive through the first part. | :54:22. | :54:29. | |
All she's having to do is ride him through it. Really driving to the | :54:29. | :54:39. | |
:54:39. | :54:39. | ||
finish. So, he stays on his score. Donatien Schauly for France. So, he | :54:39. | :54:44. | |
moves ahead of Piggy French. He moved into 5th, Piggy French was | :54:44. | :54:54. | |
:54:54. | :54:56. | ||
goatee here a lot more about for France, Donatien Schauly. -- we had | :54:56. | :55:06. | |
:55:06. | :55:12. | ||
right, but she kept at hand on. This shortens him and gets his | :55:12. | :55:21. | |
attention. Another experienced piece of riding. Mary King, 50 last | :55:21. | :55:25. | |
year. As keen and hungry as ever. She's got a very talented young | :55:25. | :55:30. | |
daughter, already on her way internationally. Safely over fence | :55:30. | :55:36. | |
11. Back into the country. Ingrid Klimke for Germany. The third team | :55:36. | :55:45. | |
member. Here is a crucial run-out. A FRH Butts Abraxxas, the lead | :55:45. | :55:53. | |
after dressage. Germany are down to three team members. A clean round, | :55:53. | :55:56. | |
crucial for Germany if they are going to maintain their lead and | :55:56. | :56:01. | |
win the European team title here. This horse has such an amazing | :56:01. | :56:06. | |
temperament. Stood perfectly still in the start box. Most horses would | :56:06. | :56:12. | |
be jumping up and down. Ingrid, giving him a pat over the first | :56:12. | :56:16. | |
fence, getting the confidence. It showed in the dressage, the | :56:16. | :56:21. | |
beautiful control and has moved the test was. What a fabulous brain | :56:21. | :56:31. | |
:56:31. | :56:31. | ||
this horse has got. The rain has eased off. Here comes Mary King, | :56:31. | :56:37. | |
Imperial Cavalier. She's come down the left route... The horse just | :56:37. | :56:44. | |
tripped up on the step. Mary King has gone, Britain are down to three. | :56:44. | :56:49. | |
Didn't dredge the bank at all. Didn't really have a stride. Nasty | :56:49. | :56:59. | |
:56:59. | :57:01. | ||
fall. Nearly getting her foot caught. The airbag has blown up, it | :57:01. | :57:06. | |
can get very tight. I'm sure she's OK. She's being held to get her | :57:06. | :57:09. | |
back protector off. It's there to protect you if you have a fall like | :57:09. | :57:17. | |
that. The 30th running of the championships, full of drama. Now | :57:18. | :57:22. | |
we are back, waiting for Ingrid Klimke to come through to fence | :57:22. | :57:29. | |
four. Here she comes with Butts Abraxxas. Ingrid Klimke, you might | :57:29. | :57:34. | |
remember that she had a fall and made herself a bit of a leg injury. | :57:34. | :57:40. | |
But she's come back. Quickly through four and five. This is the | :57:40. | :57:46. | |
way she rides cross country, she rides right on the limit. Good to | :57:46. | :57:56. | |
:57:56. | :58:01. | ||
say, Mary King getting at. -- big crowd and she's really going | :58:01. | :58:10. | |
for it. She's absolutely making the horse's mind up. Ridden very well. | :58:10. | :58:15. | |
Just keeping a real flow. Took a stride out there. The crowd are | :58:15. | :58:21. | |
really behind her. Clapping and cheering from everybody, really | :58:21. | :58:26. | |
thrilled to see her going so well. She's in the lead. There's always | :58:26. | :58:36. | |
:58:36. | :58:38. | ||
pressure on the leader. But anybody situation. Well, Ingrid Klimke | :58:38. | :58:48. | |
:58:48. | :58:59. | ||
getting so close. -- team the behind them after the dressage. | :58:59. | :59:05. | |
Andreas Dibowski fell out. Piggy French, Nicola Wilson, they went | :59:05. | :59:10. | |
clear and fast for Britain. That looked to put the advantage back | :59:10. | :59:15. | |
for Britain. You have to say, with Ingrid Klimke on the course, it is | :59:15. | :59:22. | |
going back Germany's wave. But this lady has to stay clear. The crowd | :59:22. | :59:27. | |
have really come out on the course now. That is the crowd towards the | :59:28. | :59:34. | |
end, over that big Rolex Turn at fence 27. Ingrid goes to the big | :59:34. | :59:44. | |
:59:44. | :59:49. | ||
silver birch. The silver birch Oxer, coming at 13. It is the fence that | :59:49. | :59:57. | |
has caused problems a little bit. Ingrid rode that really well. It's | :59:57. | :00:01. | |
easy to come around the corner, thinking about the clock and not | :00:01. | :00:04. | |
presenting to that relatively straightforward, but clearly big | :00:04. | :00:09. | |
fence. I should think that she has probably seen some of the falls | :00:09. | :00:15. | |
earlier on. She's learning, seeing from those mistakes. A good looks | :00:15. | :00:20. | |
like she is chattering away to herself. -- ING grip. Making sure | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
she's keeping up to the instructions she wants to give to | :00:23. | :00:33. | |
:00:33. | :00:36. | ||
Everything is going her way so far. Ingrid, who was in the team when it | :00:36. | :00:41. | |
all went so horribly wrong for the Germans - in fact she didn't | :00:41. | :00:49. | |
compete on this horse, FRH Butts Abraxxas. But on her home ground | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
she has set her heart on putting the record straight. Still leading | :00:54. | :01:00. | |
at the moment, individually, Sara Algotsson-Ostholt, on a score of 36. | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
This lady could change all of that and put Germany perhaps in the box | :01:03. | :01:13. | |
:01:13. | :01:17. | ||
Ingrid Klimke just has to respect that bend - there is a big log pile, | :01:17. | :01:22. | |
table, as you come round the corner. You could easily make a mistake | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
there. Back into the darkness of the wood. Getting cut-up on the | :01:27. | :01:34. | |
approach. Very smooth. She's driving away. She would be OK on | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
the time now. It will be interesting to see what team orders | :01:38. | :01:48. | |
:01:48. | :01:52. | ||
Surely she will go round. We will see. Here she comes. This is the | :01:52. | :02:02. | |
Rolex Turn at 27. She is going straight. Oh! Easy! Is this the | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
European Champion in waiting? at Ingrid's face, she is so pleased | :02:06. | :02:10. | |
with that performance. That was - she knew that was a massive risk | :02:10. | :02:16. | |
and it has paid off for her. Shh could just be her Championship. | :02:16. | :02:21. | |
Going straight there does put her straight back in line for going | :02:21. | :02:27. | |
inside the time. Her dressage score was a brilliant performance. She is | :02:27. | :02:35. | |
going to do it, she is going to be three seconds inside the time. She | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
goes a little more than a fence ahead of Sara Algotsson-Ostholt. | :02:40. | :02:45. | |
Germany's Ingrid Klimke, brilliant round, followed up from the | :02:45. | :02:50. | |
dressage yesterday, takes the lead individually and now will be the | :02:50. | :02:55. | |
overnight leader. There is her husband and daughter alongside. | :02:55. | :03:05. | |
:03:05. | :03:26. | ||
They will be thrilled. Here is that place looks very good for Germany. | :03:26. | :03:36. | |
:03:36. | :03:37. | ||
This the last of the team rounds now for Sweden, it is Malin | :03:37. | :03:47. | |
:03:47. | :04:04. | ||
finished 14th in Kentucky after going very well in the dressage. | :04:04. | :04:10. | |
Got a bit tired towards the end. But went very impressively and | :04:10. | :04:17. | |
hadn't done much since Stefano's wife has been quite ill. Luckily, | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
she is much, much better and he has been able to put the work into this | :04:24. | :04:28. | |
horse. He is setting out very positively. | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
Fantastic stuff. Take us through beginning felt him really going and | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
the ground is quite deep, it takes the horse to keep cantering. He is | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
a small horse. I felt he was like a little racehorse. Especially in the | :04:45. | :04:49. | |
beginning on the trees. Then he saw the boat and was a bit spooky. I | :04:49. | :04:54. | |
thought we have to be encouraged. Then the rest went fluently, fun | :04:54. | :05:00. | |
and I felt him brilliantly jumping and bold and I knew that I was | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
having quite a good time. I wanted to risk, I wanted to ride the last | :05:06. | :05:11. | |
complex direct. So I was lucky to try it and it went so much fun, so | :05:11. | :05:19. | |
well. So this now is Malin Petersen - | :05:19. | :05:23. | |
this combination went well two years ago, finished 12th | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
individually. They are based in Germany, they do a lot of their | :05:26. | :05:34. | |
work there. So to get their last rider home clear and fast, | :05:34. | :05:41. | |
certainly does put them in touch of a London qualification for next | :05:41. | :05:50. | |
year's Olympics. Back with the key round for Italy - really positive | :05:50. | :06:00. | |
:06:00. | :06:05. | ||
here, too positive? Oh! Stefano him. APPLAUSE So clever over that | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
fence. Just for a moment, I was wondering whether he had just | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
locked on to the corner. Hopefully, now they have got out of the arena, | :06:14. | :06:19. | |
they can settle into more of a rhythm. It looked a little fast and | :06:19. | :06:23. | |
furious earlier on. Malin Petersen is at the Rolex Turn, going the | :06:23. | :06:33. | |
:06:33. | :06:35. | ||
wrong way. Interesting to see this horse's time. Piccadilly Z - he is | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
from one of the world's top studs. She is going to be over the time. | :06:38. | :06:44. | |
This is a good team performance. Malin, very much focused for the | :06:44. | :06:53. | |
last two jumping efforts - 40 jumping efforts on the course. | :06:53. | :06:58. | |
10:05 the time allowed. She is over that. Stands off that last. It will | :06:58. | :07:03. | |
be so disappointing to fall at these last two logs - she is over | :07:03. | :07:13. | |
:07:13. | :07:13. | ||
both of them. APPLAUSE There will be 26 or 27 seconds over - 27 it is. | :07:13. | :07:23. | |
63:1 it is for Sweden's Malin Petersen. Karin Donckers waits at | :07:23. | :07:28. | |
the start for Belgium. A lady who has got probably more fourth | :07:28. | :07:36. | |
finishes just out of medals than probably anyone else in the world. | :07:36. | :07:41. | |
the 11-year-old stallion nearly parted company with Karin at the | :07:41. | :07:48. | |
firs. Well! That was a massive -- the first? Well! That was a massive | :07:48. | :07:53. | |
wake-up call. There is lazy and having a refusal at the first fence. | :07:53. | :07:58. | |
That will definitely get her blood up to really wake up and get on | :07:58. | :08:08. | |
:08:08. | :08:13. | ||
14, now 15. Trying to be careful not to pop up the step and not trip | :08:13. | :08:21. | |
up that. That's such a safer route going down that line. When you have | :08:21. | :08:27. | |
got a horse like this, he will be able to gallop and make up those | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
few seconds that it takes to go down that line. He is sitting back, | :08:31. | :08:37. | |
hasn't got time to shorten his rein,. The horse is sharp. Really | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
neat there. That is what you want from an event horse, to be able to | :08:41. | :08:45. | |
get his knees out of the way. is a very different picture to what | :08:46. | :08:51. | |
was seen in Kentucky, that is for sure. Definitely got his | :08:51. | :09:01. | |
:09:01. | :09:14. | ||
would seem to have got the alarm bells over and done with. APPLAUSE | :09:14. | :09:18. | |
Stefano Brecciaroli - this horse looks so much neater and lighter on | :09:18. | :09:25. | |
his feet. The stallion isn't really built for galloping. He does the | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
jumping job, but this horse is so quick and athletic. Everything | :09:29. | :09:39. | |
about him is what you are looking for. That won't be going through | :09:39. | :09:42. | |
his mind at the moment, he will be concentrating and putting that | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
horse in the right position to do his job. That means just taking a | :09:46. | :09:55. | |
bit of pace away, get his line and then be positive. He was there! No | :09:55. | :10:00. | |
question - two strides. Now, he can press the accelerator to go round | :10:00. | :10:10. | |
:10:10. | :10:17. | ||
she had to take a pull. The horse was very genuine to her there. | :10:17. | :10:21. | |
Shortened up and jumped it perfectly well in the end. That is | :10:21. | :10:24. | |
where genuine horses are so important. If they are not, they | :10:24. | :10:28. | |
can stop when she makes an adjustment like that. Very, very | :10:28. | :10:38. | |
:10:38. | :10:38. | ||
experienced. They know each other Apollo van de Wendi Kurt Hoeve is | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
coming to the Rolex Turn. An important round for Italy. They | :10:44. | :10:50. | |
remember won silver two years ago. I don't think he is riding the | :10:50. | :10:54. | |
tidiest finish that you might see at Cheltenham. A pat down the neck. | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
This has been a performance that has been half expected because he's | :10:58. | :11:04. | |
a horse that is very, very much thought of. Coming to the last two | :11:04. | :11:14. | |
:11:14. | :11:15. | ||
fences. He's got time penalties. He was in sixth place. He's got 23 | :11:15. | :11:25. | |
:11:25. | :11:25. | ||
time penalties, 0.4 for every one of those, so 9:02 time penalties, | :11:25. | :11:34. | |
he goes just ahead of Donatien Schauly for France. Here is Nicolas | :11:34. | :11:39. | |
Touzaint on the course. This is a crucial round for France. Twice | :11:39. | :11:44. | |
European Champions away. Neptune de Sartene, he is a young horse that | :11:44. | :11:50. | |
he has produced very carefully. His old horses are certainly past their | :11:50. | :11:55. | |
best. This is the horse that he's putting his life on for the future. | :11:55. | :12:05. | |
:12:05. | :12:07. | ||
31 years old, the Frenchman, Nicolas Touzaint. Oh! That looks | :12:07. | :12:15. | |
like Karin Donckers. Yes, it is. It is Karin Donckers. Oh! Lamicell | :12:16. | :12:21. | |
Charizard. Just had a horrible fall into the water. Thank goodness they | :12:21. | :12:27. | |
are both up. He has water down his ears - poor boy. May see what | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
happened there. That was a real shame. At least they are walking | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
out all in one piece. The poor horse will hate having that water | :12:36. | :12:46. | |
:12:46. | :12:53. | ||
Sartene from France. APPLAUSE France trying to push Britain right | :12:53. | :13:00. | |
to the line now. Germany, France, Britain - France have been second | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
in a European Championships seven times. They have never won the | :13:03. | :13:13. | |
:13:13. | :13:13. | ||
title. At the moment, it's looking very much Germany's way. Now, for | :13:13. | :13:19. | |
Ireland, three left to go - it is Sam Watson away. Sam Watson and his | :13:19. | :13:29. | |
:13:29. | :13:39. | ||
very good horse - Horseware Bushman. He likes to wave his elbows around | :13:39. | :13:44. | |
a bit, pushes his horse through. He is usually very quick across the | :13:44. | :13:49. | |
country. He doesn't waste any time at all. This horse looks like he | :13:49. | :13:56. | |
gallops very easily within himself. Horseware Bushman - Sam Watson | :13:56. | :14:02. | |
making him get on and get across that water, which he does. APPLAUSE | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
Following in the footsteps of his father John Watson who won a silver | :14:07. | :14:12. | |
medal in the Worlds in 1978. This is his son who could well equal if | :14:13. | :14:22. | |
:14:23. | :14:33. | ||
This is a round that could put France very much in contention for | :14:33. | :14:41. | |
medals in the team. It looks like it's between France, Germany and | :14:41. | :14:50. | |
Britain. Britain have the advantage in the gold medal position. Sam | :14:50. | :14:57. | |
Watson, worth Horseware Bushman, in the ring. A good flow around there. | :14:57. | :15:05. | |
The horse is locked on, focused. Decided to go for the five strides. | :15:05. | :15:11. | |
Looking at the safe options. He's looking revved up, he's looking | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
like he's going to have a real crack at the time. He's had a | :15:15. | :15:25. | |
:15:25. | :15:34. | ||
mind up. No doubt in his mind about putting that extra stride in that | :15:34. | :15:38. | |
long distance across the water. William Fox-Pitt, the last for | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
Britain. There he is. Some anxious moments for the British team. Mary | :15:42. | :15:48. | |
King, you may remember, fell at fence 14 and 15, into the water. | :15:48. | :15:52. | |
This manner, it all depends on him what colour the metal is going to | :15:52. | :16:02. | |
:16:02. | :16:15. | ||
title in Kentucky, the last man at his best. A run-out... In fact, | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
it's a refusal for Sam Watson. he was being quite punchy with a | :16:20. | :16:28. | |
horse. He felt it really backing off. Then a lovely clean jumper. He | :16:28. | :16:35. | |
will be so disappointed. What caused that? It's not a course that | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
normally stops and cross-country. He did have penalties when he | :16:40. | :16:50. | |
:16:50. | :17:03. | ||
represented Ireland. Here is could go forth on the edge of the | :17:03. | :17:13. | |
:17:13. | :17:20. | ||
medals. Ingrid Klimke is leading. 30 years her score. Sandra Auffarth | :17:20. | :17:26. | |
for Germany is third. He could change this, he can get in touching | :17:26. | :17:36. | |
:17:36. | :17:38. | ||
all going to be counted. So tight at the top. Each penalty is so | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
expensive, for Sinn -- pushing you further away from the individual | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
medals. Ingrid will be thrilled because it gives her a little bit | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
more transfer when it comes to the show jumping on the final day. The | :17:51. | :17:56. | |
clock is ticking already. He has four penalties, one fence for | :17:56. | :18:06. | |
:18:06. | :18:17. | ||
has 9.2 time penalties given. 47.1. He is 0.1 ahead of Piggy French. | :18:17. | :18:27. | |
:18:27. | :18:27. | ||
Just gone ahead. That puts Nicholas in eight. Piggy is down to 9th. Not | :18:27. | :18:37. | |
:18:37. | :18:39. | ||
looking good for Britain. What can used to this sort of pressure in | :18:39. | :18:44. | |
the past. It's not a pressure that he would have chosen, obviously. | :18:44. | :18:48. | |
The fall of Mary King, that has changed the whole team outlook. | :18:48. | :18:55. | |
William has got to go out and be positive. Cool Mountain has proved, | :18:55. | :19:01. | |
and William has as well, that they are world class. Back in the ring | :19:01. | :19:08. | |
for this last drama, over nine. Now 10. He cannot afford any time | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
faults, either. William is so smooth and cross-country. He | :19:12. | :19:19. | |
doesn't waste any time. Went for the stride, good decision. There is | :19:19. | :19:26. | |
the man that beat him in Kentucky. Michael Jung. The reigning world | :19:26. | :19:33. | |
champion. Can he win a world and European title? 33.3 as his score. | :19:33. | :19:37. | |
He was second after dressage, behind Ingrid Klimke. He cannot | :19:37. | :19:42. | |
lead, but he could be a fence behind. Ingrid is not known for her | :19:42. | :19:50. | |
skills in show jumping. Michael Jung, away. Set up, William! Oh, my | :19:50. | :19:59. | |
goodness, Cool Mountain. He's going to have to grab hold of the reins. | :19:59. | :20:05. | |
Just hope that he forgets about the water in his ears and trust jumps | :20:05. | :20:10. | |
the fences ahead of him. So, they are penalty-free. I thought they | :20:11. | :20:14. | |
were going down the left-hand side? They were, whether he was thinking | :20:14. | :20:18. | |
of moving down the left-hand side, he was talking about adoption. I | :20:18. | :20:23. | |
mean, my goodness, William was sitting up. The horse was ploughing | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
its head through the water. An horrendous feeling. But he's got | :20:27. | :20:33. | |
his brains back. Luckily, he hasn't presented that option on the left- | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
hand side. Absolutely no way would you jump that from there. I'm not | :20:38. | :20:42. | |
sure what happened. I wouldn't be surprised if he hasn't lost a shoe. | :20:42. | :20:52. | |
:20:52. | :20:55. | ||
More than likely, or something. For Bushman. He's had 20 penalties, he | :20:55. | :21:05. | |
:21:05. | :21:07. | ||
considering this 20 penalties. would have hoped for a decent | :21:07. | :21:14. | |
position. 50.2. But here is the cool cookie from Germany. Michael | :21:14. | :21:24. | |
:21:24. | :21:36. | ||
to end. Now, William Fox-Pitt. What effect has that narrow escape at | :21:36. | :21:46. | |
:21:46. | :21:53. | ||
horse. And it does look like he's possibly lost a shoe. That will not | :21:53. | :22:03. | |
help going around the corners. Just looking... You've got to ride | :22:03. | :22:08. | |
positively. You've got to put it behind you. I'm not sure, but | :22:08. | :22:14. | |
certainly troubled the horse. The horse was quite tense in the | :22:14. | :22:17. | |
dressage. He didn't get the performance that he was hoping for | :22:17. | :22:27. | |
:22:27. | :22:29. | ||
man's skill, to get the confidence back into the course. Michael Jung, | :22:29. | :22:39. | |
:22:39. | :22:43. | ||
the dressage as well. Both of these two horses were not relaxed as they | :22:43. | :22:47. | |
could be. The German crowd, following him around the course. | :22:47. | :22:57. | |
:22:57. | :23:02. | ||
Perfect, there. Confident Pat down the neck of La Biosthetique-Sam. | :23:02. | :23:06. | |
William Fox-Pitt, Cool Mountain. Silver medallist behind Michael | :23:06. | :23:14. | |
Jung. A man who has won 17 gold, or two cell that the euros. If Britain | :23:14. | :23:22. | |
are going to win a team medal, he needs to stay fast and clear. | :23:22. | :23:27. | |
lovely shot. Now he's going to have to really kick through the woods. A | :23:27. | :23:30. | |
thoroughbred horse, he should be able to gallop on the straight | :23:30. | :23:39. | |
stretches. Clean and slip through the water fence. He manages to | :23:39. | :23:49. | |
:23:49. | :23:52. | ||
crouch right down onto the course's for the gold medal. He's gone down | :23:52. | :23:55. | |
the right-hand side. That has to be a sensible decision, I would have | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
thought. It has looked like that. When you are sat on a horse like | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
this, you just take away that risk factor. You have to say, William | :24:04. | :24:12. | |
was unlucky. Pecking in the water. The drop is so much less on this | :24:12. | :24:19. | |
side. This is a man that has jumped into prominence, right at the top | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
of the sport. He and his father do all of the planning and the worker. | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
They are a real team. They are certainly giving Germany the edge. | :24:28. | :24:31. | |
Remember, Germany were the overnight leaders after dressage. | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
It looks like they are going to do the business. France have finished | :24:35. | :24:44. | |
on a score of 151.1. Sweden are 173.2. William Fox-Pitt... And he's | :24:44. | :24:49. | |
going straight! That is going to cause him problems... Is it? What a | :24:49. | :24:56. | |
good horse! That was absolutely brilliant. He had no option but to | :24:56. | :25:01. | |
go there. He was down on the clock. The original team plan was to go | :25:01. | :25:05. | |
along, William changed his mind. To catch his knee on the corner, that | :25:05. | :25:11. | |
is what they were worried about. That put him back on schedule again. | :25:11. | :25:19. | |
So, he is going to finish on his dressage score of 42.7. He does. He | :25:19. | :25:29. | |
:25:29. | :25:33. | ||
goes ahead off Dirk Schrade. He goes into 5th place, behind Frank | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
Osthol. There will be some stories to tell, surely, from William Fox- | :25:37. | :25:44. | |
Pitt. Wow. He had his nine lives, didn't he? Actually, it doesn't | :25:44. | :25:48. | |
look like he's lost a shoe. It will be interesting to talk to him later. | :25:48. | :25:54. | |
Let's hope that the horse is in one piece. We get back to watching | :25:54. | :26:00. | |
Michael Jung. If he just produces horses so well. The ownership of | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
this horse looked under threat last winter. It looked as though Michael | :26:04. | :26:11. | |
Jung might lose the ride on the horse. Eventually, it was sealed, | :26:11. | :26:18. | |
with some German federation support. The ownership is now secure for | :26:18. | :26:28. | |
this man to ride. He is class. He really is class. World champion, | :26:28. | :26:37. | |
trying to add the Europeans to it. He took a chance, there. Didn't he? | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
I agree! That was quite a chance. He lengthened as he went through | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
the water. I was thinking, you're going to be getting a flyer. When | :26:46. | :26:49. | |
horses Llandow they drop fence at that speed, there is always the | :26:49. | :26:56. | |
risk of a peck. -- when horses land on a drop fence at that speed. You | :26:56. | :26:59. | |
always wonder if it's necessary to take that sort of chance. He looks | :26:59. | :27:09. | |
:27:09. | :27:14. | ||
Klimke cannot be beaten. She's out front, individually, or 30. Michael | :27:14. | :27:20. | |
Jung, if he goes inside the time, and he looks set for it, he would | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
go second. Sara Algotsson-Ostholt would be third for Sweden, | :27:25. | :27:31. | |
individually. Then it would be Sandra Auffarth. William Fox-Pitt | :27:31. | :27:36. | |
would be 6th. Dirk Schrade are would be second -- 7th. It looks | :27:36. | :27:42. | |
like the Germans would have the team gold medal. At the moment, | :27:42. | :27:50. | |
after cross country. Seems to be in the bag, with show jumping to come. | :27:50. | :27:54. | |
But they only have three riders and they have inspections and show | :27:54. | :27:58. | |
jumping to come. I was going to say, we've got quite a way to go yet. | :27:58. | :28:04. | |
They've got to get past these tricky few fences. Nothing is | :28:04. | :28:10. | |
guaranteed. You cannot assume anything. It's so exciting, this | :28:10. | :28:16. | |
cross country. Well, this really has been a tremendous day's sport. | :28:16. | :28:22. | |
Right at the very last. Germany have won it three times. They | :28:22. | :28:31. | |
haven't won it since. 1989, name that was when the Germans last won | :28:31. | :28:39. | |
it. England are not looking strong for it at the moment. He's going | :28:39. | :28:45. | |
straight. What a shot. Took a stride out. Goodness, he came in at | :28:45. | :28:50. | |
some speed. I was wandering, William's horse got a very close to | :28:50. | :28:57. | |
it. There is a brave man, he's looking cool and calm. He is. He's | :28:57. | :29:02. | |
ridden with a lot of accuracy. He's taken a chance or two. Sometimes it | :29:02. | :29:09. | |
pays off, sometimes it doesn't. Today it is definitely the Germans' | :29:09. | :29:12. | |
a day. Despite Donatien Schauly going out, the first team member, | :29:12. | :29:22. | |
:29:22. | :29:24. | ||
they finish on a high. Germany will finish on a score of 100.3. A so, | :29:24. | :29:34. | |
:29:34. | :29:41. | ||
that is definitely Germany to the two - Sara Algotsson-Ostholt is in | :29:41. | :29:51. | |
:29:51. | :30:12. | ||
in case you were bored, I thought I would brighten things up! That was | :30:12. | :30:17. | |
not my plan. What an amazing horse. He was so brave and genuine and it | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
wasn't his fault at all, the water is one of those things that does | :30:21. | :30:27. | |
happen. I saw Mark Kyle do it earlier on. I don't know how he | :30:27. | :30:34. | |
stood up. He had water in his ears. We were still on the clock, I | :30:34. | :30:38. | |
couldn't quite believe that. I kept going and he picked up. I think he | :30:38. | :30:42. | |
cleared all the water out of his lungs a bit and got a second wind | :30:42. | :30:48. | |
and we were flying. I said to Yogi, I prefer the direct route for him, | :30:48. | :30:53. | |
he is very genuine on line, was I allowed to do it? He said no, of | :30:54. | :30:58. | |
course you are, if that is what you believe. With Mary out, it was a | :30:58. | :31:05. | |
big risk. Again, I ran too deep into that corner after the hedge. | :31:05. | :31:09. | |
As I took off, I thought this isn't going to be good. Because he was a | :31:09. | :31:13. | |
bit tired, he clipped it. We were facing the C element and I was | :31:13. | :31:19. | |
thinking it is too late to pull off. I said, "You can do it" and he just | :31:19. | :31:25. | |
had another go. How amazing was he? Michael, how pleased are you with | :31:25. | :31:31. | |
that round? I'm very happy. It is a really good horse. A strong horse. | :31:31. | :31:35. | |
Very flexible. From the beginning, I had a very good feeling for my | :31:35. | :31:43. | |
horse. He jumps really well. Yeah, very fresh. I'm happy. Did you feel | :31:43. | :31:53. | |
:31:53. | :31:53. | ||
under any pressure after Andreas Dibowski's fall? The pressure is in | :31:53. | :31:59. | |
every competition. We do the best we can. Yeah, I hope that it is OK. | :31:59. | :32:05. | |
Here is the team position. Germany have got now - they have increased | :32:05. | :32:15. | |
:32:15. | :32:20. | ||
their lead over Great Britain. Tina has joined me to reflect on | :32:20. | :32:24. | |
yesterday. How is Mary? I have seen Mary this morning. She is fine. She | :32:24. | :32:30. | |
was taken to hospital to have some precautionary x-rays. No bones | :32:30. | :32:33. | |
broken, absolutely fine. Disappointed, though, with the fall. | :32:33. | :32:39. | |
She is looking forward to next week. What did you make of our team | :32:39. | :32:42. | |
performance yesterday? Obviously, Great Britain were disappointing. | :32:42. | :32:47. | |
They would like to be threatening for the gold. Things didn't go | :32:47. | :32:50. | |
quite our way yesterday. A few time faults here and there. Obviously, | :32:50. | :32:54. | |
Mary falling and being out of the team, so we were down to three. The | :32:54. | :32:58. | |
Germans were on fire. Everything went well for them. Lots of | :32:58. | :33:03. | |
pressure on William Fox-Pitt after Mary's fall? The Anchorman! It can | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
be the best position in the world and sometimes the worst. After | :33:07. | :33:11. | |
Mary's fall, he had to go clear and fast. A few little trips and | :33:11. | :33:15. | |
mistakes around the cross-country, but he was magnificent. He really | :33:15. | :33:18. | |
got Britain back in medal position. Although we are still in silver | :33:18. | :33:23. | |
position, are we too far behind the Germans to make up the ground in | :33:23. | :33:27. | |
the showjumping? Unfortunately, it does look like that. They are ten | :33:27. | :33:30. | |
fences ahead of us. It will need a miracle and a disaster from the | :33:30. | :33:36. | |
Germans for us to catch up. We have to put in good performances to | :33:36. | :33:40. | |
secure the silver. France are only two fences behind us. So we can't | :33:40. | :33:44. | |
relax. We have still got to keep our performances up. We have heard | :33:44. | :33:48. | |
that four horses won't be making the line-up. Two horses weren't | :33:49. | :33:53. | |
presented. Two others failed the inspection. Our horses are OK? | :33:54. | :33:58. | |
horses are fine. The ground was fantastic yesterday. The other | :33:58. | :34:01. | |
horses that weren't presented, they are minor injuries that the riders | :34:01. | :34:03. | |
don't feel they want to present their horses for the final phase, | :34:04. | :34:09. | |
but nothing serious. It is time to let Tina go. She will join Mike for | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
the climax of the event - the showjumping. | :34:13. | :34:21. | |
This is the French team member, it is Stanislas de Zuchowicz on | :34:21. | :34:27. | |
Quirinal de la Bastide. 58.4 his current score. He is lying at the | :34:27. | :34:37. | |
moment in 18th place. 2.8 time penalties yesterday. The French are | :34:37. | :34:42. | |
chasing us. They have three team members to come - Pascal Leroy fell | :34:42. | :34:47. | |
yesterday, France down to three team members, as is Britain, as is | :34:47. | :34:52. | |
Germany. All above us. But Stanislas de Zuchowicz on 58.4. | :34:52. | :35:02. | |
:35:02. | :35:05. | ||
This is the battle now for the our breath. Competition further | :35:05. | :35:13. | |
down is wide-open. This is quite a big horse to hold together. Just | :35:13. | :35:23. | |
:35:23. | :35:26. | ||
have to see how he's come out from the riders. Riders put enough | :35:26. | :35:30. | |
pressure on themselves anyway to put in a faultless performance. | :35:30. | :35:35. | |
When you know there is only three of you left, it's a lot more | :35:35. | :35:40. | |
pressure. He was one of the few riders from France who abgcomully | :35:40. | :35:47. | |
got round all three phases -- actually got round all three phases | :35:48. | :35:52. | |
two years ago. Germany have made huge use of that here, they have | :35:52. | :35:57. | |
impressed. This man very experienced. He's in the services. | :35:57. | :36:04. | |
He is showing it. He is giving this horse a fabulous ride. He is a big, | :36:04. | :36:08. | |
striding horse. He's giving the horse enough time to get his legs | :36:08. | :36:14. | |
out the way and leave the fences up. He was 26 individually in Kentucky. | :36:14. | :36:17. | |
Coming down to the last. That is a good round. APPLAUSE It is a good | :36:17. | :36:24. | |
round. It is inside the time. Pressure on for Britain. So he goes | :36:24. | :36:34. | |
:36:34. | :36:35. | ||
clear - 58.4. He was the lowest of the French team members in the | :36:35. | :36:39. | |
position of 18th. That is an important clear. There is the team | :36:39. | :36:44. | |
position as it stands. It is really close between Britain and France. | :36:44. | :36:52. | |
There's only two fences in it. Sweden look to be cementing their | :36:52. | :37:00. | |
place in fourth. Not sure they will catch France. Now, wherever you are, | :37:00. | :37:06. | |
sit tight, it's the first of the British three trying to get the | :37:06. | :37:13. | |
silver medal. It is Nicholas Wilson, another outstanding performance -- | :37:13. | :37:18. | |
Nicola Wilson, another outstanding performance on Opposition Buzz | :37:18. | :37:22. | |
yesterday. Lying 14th. It is a clear round for the team which is | :37:22. | :37:32. | |
:37:32. | :37:36. | ||
pressure before. Doesn't always necessarily mean it is any easier - | :37:36. | :37:43. | |
I think that vertical has gone. A little bit quick over the fence. | :37:43. | :37:46. | |
Opposition Buzz has his own style of getting over a fence and Nicola | :37:46. | :37:51. | |
does ride him so beautifully. He's not necessarily everyone's cup of | :37:51. | :37:56. | |
tea. They do have such a partnership. He can be a bit quick | :37:56. | :38:01. | |
over his fences and there, she did an amazing job to shorten him up to | :38:01. | :38:11. | |
:38:11. | :38:13. | ||
ahead of the French and the French have had one clear round. It is | :38:13. | :38:19. | |
upping the pressure. Really can't afford to have another one. Just | :38:19. | :38:29. | |
:38:29. | :38:38. | ||
got to try and steady him up. Time a little nudge. But Nicola Wilson | :38:38. | :38:48. | |
:38:48. | :38:49. | ||
does the job yet again. This lovely 14-year-old, home bred, he's been | :38:49. | :38:55. | |
such a star. She joined the team to help Britain win team gold two | :38:55. | :39:02. | |
years ago and she has done little wrong since. She goes on to 56.7. | :39:02. | :39:06. | |
How pleased were you with that? was very pleased. Very disappointed | :39:06. | :39:11. | |
to have a fence. It is very unlike him. He jumped a beautiful round in | :39:11. | :39:15. | |
there. I'm thrilled to bits. I hope that one fence doesn't alter the | :39:15. | :39:19. | |
team position. What will you be telling Piggy and William? I don't | :39:19. | :39:22. | |
think I need to tell them anything, they are so experienced. I will be | :39:22. | :39:26. | |
there if they want to ask a question. They are superb riders. I | :39:26. | :39:31. | |
am sure they will do a fabulous job. Easy to put that first fence out of | :39:31. | :39:35. | |
your mind after you have made that mistake? You have to. I thought | :39:35. | :39:40. | |
through the treble, I thought oh gosh, come on, but no he was lovely. | :39:40. | :39:45. | |
Thrilled with him. He has been super. Piggy coming up now. We will | :39:46. | :39:53. | |
let you support her. Thank you. Now, Britain's Piggy French. Piggy | :39:53. | :40:03. | |
:40:03. | :40:04. | ||
French with Jakata. Good performance yesterday. 6.8 time | :40:04. | :40:10. | |
penalties. He pulled very hard. She was very frustrated and is 11th on | :40:10. | :40:16. | |
47.2. Now, of course, Britain in need of clear rounds here to keep | :40:16. | :40:26. | |
:40:26. | :40:36. | ||
phases. She admits she doesn't feel the nerves in this phase which I | :40:36. | :40:43. | |
always think is amazing. It's so important to leave the fences up. | :40:43. | :40:53. | |
:40:53. | :40:58. | ||
They are really getting a thinking, she has a real art with | :40:58. | :41:01. | |
these tricky types of horses. She was disappointed, she was very hard | :41:01. | :41:06. | |
on herself yesterday to get the time faults. Oh! Just tightened up | :41:07. | :41:15. | |
behind. Dragged his hind legs through. They are no more than one | :41:15. | :41:22. | |
penalty ahead of France. I can hardly breathe. He has to jump the | :41:22. | :41:31. | |
last. She does! APPLAUSE It's one to add, 51.2 for Piggy French and | :41:31. | :41:39. | |
Jakata. Remember, second behind the great Mark Todd at Badminton. She | :41:39. | :41:43. | |
is a real star that Britain needs to build on for London next year. | :41:43. | :41:51. | |
My word, Luhmuhlen has been a wake- up call for the British squad. | :41:51. | :41:56. | |
got tight in his back. Lazy behind. Piggy trying to sort him out to | :41:56. | :42:02. | |
make sure there was no more faults still to come. Good performance by | :42:02. | :42:06. | |
Piggy, really. One to come for Britain, of course. William Fox- | :42:06. | :42:10. | |
Pitt. Now for France, here is a crucial round. If France are going | :42:10. | :42:16. | |
to put the pressure on Britain for that silver - and France have | :42:16. | :42:19. | |
finished second on seven occasions - they have never won the title. I | :42:20. | :42:23. | |
don't think they will do today. They might get ahead of Britain. If | :42:23. | :42:27. | |
this man jumps a clear, the pressure is on for the final riders | :42:27. | :42:32. | |
for each of the two nations. The double European Champion, with his | :42:32. | :42:42. | |
:42:42. | :42:54. | ||
lovely young horse, Neptune de rounds under this sort of pressure. | :42:54. | :43:00. | |
This horse was very impressive and a good back-up horse because he's | :43:00. | :43:04. | |
had to sell some of his other team horses. A lot of the riders have to | :43:04. | :43:11. | |
sell to earn a bit of money to be able to continue to compete at this | :43:11. | :43:17. | |
level. He's been producing this horse to take over as his mainstay | :43:17. | :43:23. | |
in the team so he's used to the pressure. Just hoping that the | :43:23. | :43:33. | |
:43:33. | :43:41. | ||
dressage score across the country yesterday. It is a horse that looks | :43:41. | :43:45. | |
more in reserve. He has to jump the last for the clear and he does! | :43:45. | :43:50. | |
APPLAUSE It is game on for that silver medal. Britain have to | :43:50. | :43:55. | |
depend on William Fox-Pitt to hold his nerve. It's going to be | :43:55. | :44:00. | |
nailbiting time for you back at home. Nicolas Touzaint is back. | :44:00. | :44:04. | |
That double European Champion, he so nearly won gold individually in | :44:04. | :44:11. | |
Athens. This is a horse to put the man's talents back on top of the | :44:11. | :44:21. | |
:44:21. | :44:32. | ||
Obviously, he jumped OK. He was more sore than I thought yesterday. | :44:32. | :44:37. | |
It wasn't - he didn't jump like he could do. I found him quite | :44:37. | :44:45. | |
difficult. Having to ride him differently to how I would normally. | :44:45. | :44:48. | |
One pole down, it felt like it could be a few more. I don't know | :44:48. | :44:52. | |
how we are getting on. We didn't need that, I should think. It is | :44:52. | :44:56. | |
very close. The French are putting in some clear rounds. You said you | :44:56. | :45:00. | |
weren't quite sure, or you are not quite sure why he didn't jump at | :45:00. | :45:04. | |
his best today. Were you saying his muscles? A little bit. Some days, | :45:04. | :45:10. | |
it can take more out of them than others. This morning, he's needed a | :45:10. | :45:17. | |
bit of work to loosen him off. CHEERING Hopefully, that is not | :45:17. | :45:22. | |
another clear... Another clear round for the French! I was saying | :45:22. | :45:26. | |
hopefully it wasn't. It probably is. Oh well. All down to William again | :45:26. | :45:30. | |
now. Like yesterday! Pressure much on him again. Thank you for talking | :45:30. | :45:40. | |
:45:40. | :45:49. | ||
really impressed, Donatien Schauly. He's 26, riding Ocarina de Chanois | :45:50. | :45:59. | |
is. If he jumped clear, he's a team member. Wiliam has got to jump | :46:00. | :46:07. | |
clear to win the silver. If he has worn down, Britain have a little | :46:07. | :46:15. | |
bit of breathing space. I would like to emphasise a little bit more. | :46:15. | :46:21. | |
Cool Mountain has got to come out today and show what he can do. | :46:21. | :46:26. | |
Stumbles, wasn't the luckiest course yesterday, but William did | :46:26. | :46:36. | |
:46:36. | :46:43. | ||
the best job on him. -- pluckiest tan Air show jumping round so far. | :46:44. | :46:47. | |
We have seen some world-class riding through the whole of the | :46:47. | :46:54. | |
competition. France have won Olympic gold, world gold. But not | :46:54. | :47:03. | |
European. Just the last! He's done it! He's done it. Donatien Schauly, | :47:03. | :47:08. | |
the young French army officer, he is being French champion for the | :47:08. | :47:12. | |
last two years. He stays on his dressage score and that's a | :47:12. | :47:19. | |
tremendous achievement for this young man. He's a real man for the | :47:19. | :47:24. | |
future in world sports. No wonder they are pleased and punching the | :47:24. | :47:29. | |
air. The French have really, really held strong, putting masses of | :47:29. | :47:34. | |
pressure on the British team. Absolutely right, he should be | :47:34. | :47:44. | |
:47:44. | :47:52. | ||
pleased with that horse's Britain have got to jump clear to | :47:52. | :48:02. | |
:48:02. | :48:11. | ||
going to be a classic. It's certainly proving that way. In | :48:11. | :48:20. | |
comes Stefano Brecciaroli. It's a very talented horse. Produced back | :48:20. | :48:25. | |
at home in Belgium, but bought by Susanna Bordone's mother for the | :48:25. | :48:31. | |
Italians. This man rides it beautifully. He added 9.2 time | :48:31. | :48:35. | |
penalties. We thought he was travelling quicker than that. He | :48:35. | :48:44. | |
now lies 8th. They were silver medallists, but what a quality | :48:44. | :48:54. | |
:48:54. | :48:54. | ||
horse. This is a horse that has caught the eye last year. Even more | :48:54. | :49:03. | |
so so far this year. I absolutely love him. The quality, he's got the | :49:03. | :49:07. | |
movement, he looks to be class in all three phases. He's come out | :49:07. | :49:11. | |
today and he's really wanting to be careful, very quick off the floor. | :49:11. | :49:15. | |
You are looking for an event horse, and that is what you want them to | :49:15. | :49:20. | |
do, to come out on the last day and look athletic. It makes your job so | :49:20. | :49:28. | |
much easier. Yesterday, Stefano did look very quick. We couldn't | :49:28. | :49:33. | |
believe he'd got time faults. They didn't object to it, so they | :49:33. | :49:37. | |
clearly felt there was time lost in certain places. But it doesn't take | :49:37. | :49:47. | |
:49:47. | :49:47. | ||
away from the scores's performance. -- this horse's performance. | :49:47. | :49:53. | |
classic round again. He is a lovely, lovely horse. He stays on his 45. | :49:54. | :49:58. | |
Italy is not going to win a medal this time. But they are gathering a | :49:58. | :50:03. | |
team together for the future. Fantastic performance from Stefano. | :50:03. | :50:07. | |
He's had a few personal situations going on at the moment, so he | :50:07. | :50:11. | |
hasn't been able to spend as much time working on his horses. But | :50:11. | :50:14. | |
when you got a CALS like this to look forward to, my word, doesn't | :50:14. | :50:24. | |
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it make it a much better situation? Germany. We I in the top seven now. | :50:31. | :50:38. | |
As of those seven, Germany have five. That is the sort of strength | :50:38. | :50:47. | |
they have shown. Dirk Schrade, who has been a team member since he was | :50:47. | :50:55. | |
15 years old. The an individual in 2006. He has brought another very | :50:55. | :50:59. | |
good horse, hop and skip. There is Peter Thomsen on the right. One of | :50:59. | :51:05. | |
his colleagues. Dirk Schrade, just six time faults. A very good | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
dressage. That is where Germany really showed how strong they were. | :51:10. | :51:14. | |
Some very exciting dressage for them. Exciting news for the rest of | :51:14. | :51:18. | |
the world, they are really going to be hard to keep out of the top | :51:18. | :51:28. | |
:51:28. | :51:37. | ||
positions when they perform like age on his side. He's 15. It's | :51:37. | :51:44. | |
great to see these older horses staying and eventing into their | :51:44. | :51:50. | |
teenage years. They put so much work into producing them. If you | :51:50. | :51:55. | |
manage them well enough to keep them physically able and capable. | :51:55. | :52:01. | |
You can get a good few years at this level. He gave that plank a | :52:01. | :52:08. | |
good rub. They are sitting on flat caps, they hardly take any Robben. | :52:08. | :52:18. | |
:52:18. | :52:27. | ||
Goodness, he got very close. -- get a grip down the last line. A | :52:27. | :52:31. | |
debt and tidy in front. But luck is with him in this round. And he | :52:31. | :52:41. | |
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jumped the last. -- a little bit going right for you, defences will | :52:44. | :52:54. | |
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are flying. They are going to enjoy this day. Remember, Dirk Schrade is | :53:06. | :53:11. | |
riding as an individual. Pointing down to his Wolves, he knew he had | :53:11. | :53:16. | |
made a mistake. You appreciate it when a horse looks out for you, so | :53:16. | :53:26. | |
:53:26. | :53:28. | ||
occasions to pull it out for Britain. Now he's got it again. | :53:28. | :53:35. | |
William Fox-Pitt, with his lovely horse, Cool Mountain. It's got to | :53:36. | :53:45. | |
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After the World Championships in Kentucky, it really did look so | :53:59. | :54:04. | |
exciting. We knew that it was going to be a battle. There's certainly | :54:04. | :54:13. | |
going to have to be some thought and reviews after the event. | :54:13. | :54:17. | |
Britain, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. We had so much | :54:17. | :54:20. | |
success at the European Championships. We knew what was | :54:20. | :54:27. | |
going to be tough. All of the other nations are really getting their | :54:27. | :54:31. | |
hats -- act together. They are setting themselves up with some | :54:31. | :54:41. | |
:54:41. | :54:43. | ||
luck, that hasn't necessarily been with us this week. Let's hope we | :54:43. | :54:46. | |
don't necessarily have any more down. We are only talking about one | :54:46. | :54:51. | |
fence, but it can become crucial. And William jumped the last. Almost | :54:51. | :55:01. | |
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an unlucky one. But if they are moment of the team. France moves up | :55:13. | :55:18. | |
to the silver medal position. That is how it will remain, and last | :55:18. | :55:23. | |
Germany has some unusual disaster. -- unless. | :55:24. | :55:26. | |
Was there a feeling of disappointment after what happened | :55:26. | :55:34. | |
today? They can only be. You know, each of as have a lot of talent, it | :55:34. | :55:37. | |
is disappointing. They all great jumpers and it just wasn't | :55:37. | :55:41. | |
happening. If you look back over the last few days, we are all lucky | :55:41. | :55:44. | |
to be here. We are lucky to be in one piece this morning. There's a | :55:44. | :55:48. | |
lot to be taken from it, in a positive way. A bronze medal is | :55:48. | :55:52. | |
fantastic, given the week we have had. The individual next for | :55:52. | :56:02. | |
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Germany. It is Frank Osthol. When you leave out a man who has won a | :56:08. | :56:14. | |
medal, you know how it is. Little Paint, just six time faults | :56:14. | :56:18. | |
yesterday. His brother was an individual as well. His 5th in the | :56:18. | :56:22. | |
moment on 40. He is literally 10 marks behind the current individual | :56:22. | :56:32. | |
:56:32. | :56:43. | ||
pressing for an individual medal. He will, he is only one fence | :56:43. | :56:49. | |
behind bronze. As close as that. Four points between Sara Algotsson- | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
Ostholt, his wife, and him. Could be a bit of a family discussion. | :56:54. | :57:04. | |
:57:04. | :57:10. | ||
That will be an interesting meal as well, on home territory. He got | :57:10. | :57:20. | |
:57:20. | :57:28. | ||
a flier. The horse came up to him. carefully. The poles are so light. | :57:28. | :57:32. | |
Those Germans are really seeing their very best performance. He | :57:32. | :57:39. | |
stays on 40. We've now got a battle for the individual medals. The home | :57:39. | :57:48. | |
crowd love that. Very interesting, Tina, they stepped up to the | :57:48. | :57:51. | |
world's top as a vocation. Since they have done that, the Germans | :57:51. | :57:58. | |
have got stronger and stronger. Absolutely, to have this sort of | :57:58. | :58:02. | |
course, you can see that horse really wanting to try and jump that | :58:02. | :58:08. | |
last fence. Good old Frank, he is enjoying every minute. That is what | :58:08. | :58:14. | |
it is all about. Your horse has really put it in for you. He's just | :58:14. | :58:22. | |
going to wind it down now. Enjoy the team mates go for the gold | :58:22. | :58:27. | |
medal. Here is one of the young stars, and coming. Almost there, I | :58:27. | :58:37. | |
:58:37. | :58:45. | ||
would suggest. 24-year-old Sandra trying to hang on. She's trying to | :58:45. | :58:50. | |
secure and individual bronze medal, or even an individual medal, at her | :58:50. | :58:55. | |
first attempt. She was a show jumper, but this was such a good | :58:55. | :59:00. | |
looking round yesterday. Just 1.6 time, four seconds over in an | :59:00. | :59:10. | |
otherwise great cross country round. This combination really is the | :59:10. | :59:18. | |
talking horse of the championships. It really looks like a horse that | :59:19. | :59:26. | |
has got it all, in all three phases. A de CALS, gets his knees-up around | :59:26. | :59:36. | |
:59:36. | :59:43. | ||
stretch of the imagination, but it makes it so much easier when the | :59:43. | :59:47. | |
horse has the natural ability to hold his front legs. It helps when | :59:47. | :59:51. | |
you've got the clock ticking and the time in your mind as well. | :59:51. | :59:58. | |
a combination of the HSBC bursary and here. You can see why. Classic | :59:58. | :00:08. | |
Ground. She has put herself in with a chance of a medal. She goes clear | :00:08. | :00:18. | |
:00:18. | :00:22. | ||
air, she stays on 37. She is one seen so many class performances | :00:22. | :00:27. | |
here, I feel like I am repeating myself. There have been some world- | :00:27. | :00:32. | |
class horses here. The Olympics next year will be so exciting. | :00:32. | :00:37. | |
Aren't they just! Look at that crowd on the bank alongside us here. | :00:37. | :00:47. | |
:00:47. | :00:56. | ||
We were talking about the lovely Opgun Louvo. This is Sara | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
Algotsson-Ostholt and Wega. It's a lovely horse, Swedish bloodlines. | :01:03. | :01:07. | |
This was inside the time yesterday. They were seventh after dressage. | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
Then with a classic clear round yesterday, moved up to third, the | :01:11. | :01:15. | |
bronze medal position. Can they hold it or could they go even | :01:15. | :01:25. | |
:01:25. | :01:46. | ||
it looked like it was going to do the job today. It's so far doing | :01:46. | :01:56. | |
:01:56. | :02:03. | ||
real jumping machine, Tina. It is great - exactly - to have a matter, | :02:03. | :02:08. | |
yes she is here as a competition horse, but if you bred here, you | :02:08. | :02:15. | |
can breed from her again. Look at their future as well. What a | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
fabulous horse to have in your yard and so proud when you have produced | :02:20. | :02:30. | |
:02:30. | :02:36. | ||
Oh! Sweden and Sara Algotsson- Ostholt loses the individual bronze. | :02:36. | :02:39. | |
She gets four for the first fence down and four for the refusal. | :02:39. | :02:44. | |
There is likely to be time penalties as well. It means Sandra | :02:44. | :02:49. | |
Auffarth will definitely get bronze. Germany could get gold, silver, | :02:49. | :02:56. | |
bronze. Just missed her line going in and didn't make up the distance | :02:56. | :03:01. | |
through that double. Oh what a shame! APPLAUSE That was such a | :03:01. | :03:07. | |
disappointing end. It is 18 to add. Well! That's time faults, the | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
biggest problem there. It is one for one over that time allowed of | :03:13. | :03:23. | |
89 seconds. So she finishes on a score of 54. Poor Sara, Frank | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
Osthol will have to be consoling her tonight. So near but yet so far. | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
Just so unfortunate. She was just a little bit off that vertical. The | :03:32. | :03:38. | |
horse then felt that it needed to put another stride in. He could not | :03:38. | :03:43. | |
jump it. Because the pole came with her, didn't feel that she could | :03:43. | :03:47. | |
jump out over it. That is one of the worst nightmares when you are | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
dreaming of your showjumping round. APPLAUSE To lose a medal like that, | :03:52. | :03:57. | |
how disappointing for her. moves down to 11th at the moment. | :03:57. | :04:05. | |
This's two to go. Now, it is the World Champion, Michael Jung with | :04:05. | :04:15. | |
:04:15. | :04:20. | ||
convincing to win the individual world title in the World Equestrian | :04:20. | :04:28. | |
Games in Kentucky. He was pretty convincing yesterday. He was quite | :04:28. | :04:32. | |
unbelievable at the third last. Chose to go the quick route. Took a | :04:32. | :04:37. | |
stride out to that corner, it was quite breathtaking to watch. | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
Probably didn't plan to go through three strides but that was the | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
position he was in so he went with it. The important part here is that | :04:44. | :04:51. | |
if he jumps a clear round, he very much puts the pressure on the | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
current leader after cross-country, Ingrid Klimke, with FRH Butts | :04:56. | :05:01. | |
Abraxxas, who has not always been the easiest show jumper. Tends to | :05:01. | :05:07. | |
be the weakest phase. You have to jump clear if this man jumps clear | :05:08. | :05:17. | |
:05:18. | :05:25. | ||
to win. So there is a battle on this horse has jumped beautifully. | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
What a round! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE He never | :05:28. | :05:37. | |
looked like touching a pole. This man could end up World | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
Champion and European champion. What are the odds on London next | :05:42. | :05:50. | |
year? Oh! Michael Jung, 33.3, one round to go. Will it be Michael | :05:50. | :05:55. | |
Jung as European Champion, or will it be the last to go, Ingrid | :05:55. | :06:05. | |
:06:05. | :06:15. | ||
jump a clear to win the European this round as well. They are quite | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
a long way ahead. It would have to be a big error for that to change. | :06:21. | :06:31. | |
:06:31. | :06:33. | ||
But this girl is really gunning for to be in this position. Oh and | :06:33. | :06:42. | |
she's had the back rail at that Oxer. She didn't get very high over | :06:42. | :06:50. | |
that fence. This horse has dropped down in the past. Things are not | :06:50. | :06:56. | |
going well. It was such a lovely performance yesterday. Such a shame | :06:56. | :07:05. | |
to see this sort of thing happen. He looks a bit flat. I haven't seen | :07:05. | :07:15. | |
her ride in this bridle before. means Frank Osthol moves up to take | :07:15. | :07:25. | |
:07:25. | :07:36. | ||
European individual title gone and has that - it's 24. The time is all | :07:36. | :07:44. | |
right. APPLAUSE 24 to add. She goes on 54 and goes right down the | :07:44. | :07:54. | |
:07:54. | :07:58. | ||
leaderboard. The crowd giving her a very big hand. She is so popular. | :07:58. | :08:05. | |
APPLAUSE Such a pity. But it means that Michael Jung marches on and | :08:05. | :08:13. | |
Michael Jung now adds the European title to his world title in | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
Kentucky last year. It means the young Sandra Auffarth wins the | :08:18. | :08:24. | |
silver medal. There we are. And Frank Osthol wins the bronze. | :08:24. | :08:31. | |
Germany take the first four places. Italy's Stefano Brecciaroli with | :08:31. | :08:36. | |
Apollo van de Wendi Kurt Hoeve is fifth. The Frenchman is sixth. | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
William Fox-Pitt is seventh for Britain. There we go down. Then it | :08:40. | :08:47. | |
is Nicola Wilson in 16th. Piggy French of course finishing in the | :08:47. | :08:57. | |
top ten. Still a dramatic end. Here is the team standings for the 30th | :08:57. | :09:07. | |
:09:07. | :09:08. | ||
the fourth time. They won it last year. They win it again here in | :09:08. | :09:13. | |
Luhmuhlen. France taking silver. Remember that. That is the eighth | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
time they have won silver, never having won gold. Britain, well | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
disappointing one has to say, takes the bronze. Maybe it is a wake-up | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
the bronze. Maybe it is a wake-up call for Olympics 2012. | :09:26. | :09:29. | |
Here is the individual European Champion, Michael Jung. Adding to | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
your world title as well, what does this mean to you? Yeah, I'm - it is | :09:36. | :09:42. | |
unbelievable. I'm so happy. I'm happy about my horse. The horse is | :09:42. | :09:47. | |
really fantastic in all three disciplines. Does a really good | :09:47. | :09:51. | |
dressage. Was nervous in the beginning. But he concentrate the | :09:51. | :10:00. | |
rest from the dressage. Super round in the cross and the jumping was | :10:00. | :10:06. | |
brilliant. He jumps really good. Yeah, I say thank you to all the | :10:06. | :10:11. | |
people who helped that I can ride the horse for a long time. I hope | :10:11. | :10:16. | |
we have a long future. How special was it to win this title here in | :10:16. | :10:24. | |
Luhmuhlen in front of your own fans? Yeah, it is really special. | :10:24. | :10:31. | |
In my country, many friends, many people are coming and see and I'm | :10:31. | :10:36. | |
very happy that this was really good. Every right to be happy. Well | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
done. Thank you. So congratulations to Michael Jung, he is the | :10:41. | :10:47. | |
individual champion. That means he is currently the reigning World and | :10:47. | :10:55. | |
European champion. Of course, that's helped contribute to their | :10:55. | :11:04. | |
team gold medal, finishing in the first four places. France took the | :11:04. | :11:06. | |
silver and Britain the bronze. Is there a deflated feeling? Naturally, | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
the British are disappointed. We came here with a strong team. | :11:10. | :11:14. | |
Hoping to be vying for the gold medal. To lose it in the | :11:14. | :11:19. | |
showjumping, just by a simple fence down, to get the bronze, but let's | :11:19. | :11:22. | |
not get away from the fact, it is a European Championship. Luck was not | :11:23. | :11:26. | |
on our side this week. A bronze medal is still a bronze medal. | :11:26. | :11:30. | |
There is plenty to work for to get us back on track for next year. | :11:30. | :11:33. | |
People come here and they look at our record and they think we will | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
turn up here, the worst we would hope for is silver. No individual | :11:38. | :11:42. | |
medals either. I think a lot of our fans would be disappointed? | :11:42. | :11:46. | |
Naturally they are. The Germans have fielded a strong hand this | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
week. Home territory. 12 riders here. They have got some world- | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
class combinations and younger riders coming through. Britain have | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
the same situation. We have got some super young riders to look | :11:57. | :12:01. | |
forward to for the future. It has not gone our way this weekend. We | :12:01. | :12:09. | |
will be there gunning at London. The equestrian show rolls on on the | :12:09. | :12:19. | |
:12:19. | :12:41. | ||
So a tough few days in the office for the great British eventing team. | :12:41. | :12:45. | |
They came to Luhmuhlen defending a great record in the European | :12:45. | :12:49. | |
Championships. Ultimately, they weren't up to it. In the end | :12:50. | :12:52. | |
Germany win the European Championships for the first time on | :12:52. | :13:02. | |
:13:02. | :13:10. |