McLain Ward and Sapphire lead the USA team with a double clear round to a second place finish at the LaBaule Super League on Friday. Ward was one of only 3 double clear performances. The others belonging to Frances Michel Robert and Galet D’Auzay and Great Bitains Tim Gredley on Omelli. Marcus Ehning was clear in the first Round for Germany and opted not to go in Round B, since Germany had already clinched the win.
Interesting to note that French Chef d’Equipe J. M. Bonneau, only yesterday afternoon substituted Michel Robert to ride in place of Eugénie Angot whose Cigale du Taillis had trouble handling the big fences on Thursday. “Cigale needs a little more sparkling. Eugénie agrees with me on this point”, declared Jean-Maurice at the end of the class. “She is a bit unreliable for tomorrow’s Super League competition.” It certainly looks like Jean-Maurice made the right call as France with Michel’s efforts finished in third place overall.
The German performance was again brilliant. Two clear rounds by Marco Kutscher aboard Montender and Marcus Ehning on Noltes Kuchengirl along with just single time faults from Ludger Beerbaum on L’Espoir and Otto Becker on Doble’s Cento gave the Grermans a commanding lead after Round 1.
When asked about the dominance of the Germans today, Ludger Beerbaum commented, “We are very lucky in Germany because we have great strength in our pool of riders. We could replace all four of the riders who are here today and still be seriously competitive”
With just a single fault, the next closest competitor was Switzerland and France with 9 faults, each more than two rails off of the pace. The US Team stood in 4th place with 12 faults. Jefferey Welles and Armani and Margie Engle aboard Hidden Creek’s Wapino had two rails for 8 faults. While Lauren Hough and Casadora had but a rail and McLain and Sapphire were clear.
In Round B, Welles got the team off to a great start when he went clear aboard Armani. Lauren Hough had two rails and then Margie improved on her first round score having just 4 faults in round B. That left it up to Ward who for the second time, mastered the course with another clear ride well within the time allowed. That gave the team a 4 point score in round B and elevated them to second place overall.
A good start to the new season. Aachen is next on the schedule.
Standings after LaBaule
Germany 10 points
USA 7 points
France 5 points
Netherlands 3.5 points
Switzerland 3.5 points
Great Britain 2 point
Ireland 1 point
Sweden .5 points
CSIO *****
SAMSUNG SUPER LEAGUE DE FRANCE – FEI
EP 6 - SAMSUNG SUPER LEAGUE de France - FEI
Overall Team Performance
1. Germany 1 12 13
2. United States 12 4 16
3. France 9 12 21
4. Netherlands 23 2 25
4. Switzerland 9 16 25
6. Great Britain 14 14 28
7. Ireland 22 13 35
8. Sweden 23 25 48
Round A
1 GER - Germany (Team Manager: K. GRAVEMEIER) 1
42 L’ESPOIR 7 BEERBAUM Ludger 1
161 MONTENDER KUTSCHER Marco 0
5 DOBEL’S CENTO BECKER Otto (1)
131 NOLTES KÛCHENGIRL EHNING Marcus 0
2 SUI - Switzerland (Team Manager: R. GRASS) 9
56 LA TOYA III FUCHS Markus (12)
89 CORTAFLEX GAZELLE BEAUVAL OBERSON Grégoire 8
144 CANTUS SCHURTENBERGER Niklaus 1
177 UNIQUE X CH SCHWIZER Pius 0
2 FRA - France (Team Manager: J. M. BONNEAU) 9
8 FIRST DE LAUNAY*HN ANGOT Florian 4
164 GALET D’AUZAY ROBERT Michel 0
126 EPHEBE FOR EVER*LA SILLA HERMON Christian (9)
95 OBÉLIX GODIGNON Hervé 5
4 USA - United States (Team Manager: G. MORRIS) 12
178 ARMANI WELLES Jeffery 8
64 CASADORA HOUGH Lauren 4
28 HIDDEN CREEK’S WAPINO ENGLE Margie (8)
152 SAPPHIRE WARD Mclain 0
5 GBR - Great Britain (Team Manager: D. RICKETTS) 14
158 RUSSEL SKELTON Nick 5
39 OMELLI GREDLEY Tim 0
3 THESAURA AMSTRONG Mark (13)
127 EXPLOIT DE ROULARD WHITAKER John 9
6 IRL - Ireland (Team Manager: R. SPLAINE) 22
10 WORLD CRUISE BREEN Shane 6
47 KILLOSSERY Capt CAREY Shane 8
80 EFFECTIVE DOYLE Edward 8
168 PONCHO SWAIL Conor (16)
7 NED - Netherlands (Team Manager: R. EHRENS) 23
13 VDL GROEP FLECHE ROUGE VAN ASTEN Leopold 10
83 BMC’S OCTAVIA STENFERT Jurgen (23)
171 OKI DOKI ZOER Albert 5
51 EUROCOMMERCE BERLIN SCHRÖDER Gerco 8
8 SWE - Sweden (Team Manager: E. NOOREN) 33
22 BUTTERFLY FLIP BARYARD-JOHNSSON Malin (EL)
92 NOSTRADAMUS 972 JOHANSSON Svante 12
147 ISAAC ZETTERMAN Royne 17
58 SPENDER S 1054 GRETZER Maria 4
Round B
1 GER - Germany (Team Manager: K. GRAVEMEIER) 1 12 13
42 L’ESPOIR 7 BEERBAUM Ludger 1 4 40000 €
161 MONTENDER KUTSCHER Marco 0 4
5 DOBEL’S CENTO BECKER Otto (1) 4
131 NOLTES KÛCHENGIRL EHNING Marcus 0 (NS)
2 USA - United States (Team Manager: G. MORRIS) 12 4 16
178 ARMANI WELLES Jeffery 8 0 30000 €
64 CASADORA HOUGH Lauren 4 (8)
28 HIDDEN CREEK’S WAPINO ENGLE Margie (8) 4
152 SAPPHIRE WARD Mclain 0 0
3 FRA - France (Team Manager: J. M. BONNEAU) 9 12 21
8 FIRST DE LAUNAY*HN ANGOT Florian 4 0 24000 €
164 GALET D’AUZAY ROBERT Michel 0 0
126 EPHEBE FOR EVER*LA SILLA HERMON Christian (9) (17)
95 OBÉLIX GODIGNON Hervé 5 12
4 NED - Netherlands (Team Manager: R. EHRENS) 23 2 25
13 VDL GROEP FLECHE ROUGE VAN ASTEN Leopold 10 0 15000 €
83 BMC’S OCTAVIA STENFERT Jurgen (23) 1
171 OKI DOKI ZOER Albert 5 (5)
51 EUROCOMMERCE BERLIN SCHRÖDER Gerco 8 1
4 SUI - Switzerland (Team Manager: R. GRASS) 9 16 25
56 LA TOYA III FUCHS Markus (12) 4 15000 €
89 CORTAFLEX GAZELLE BEAUVAL OBERSON Grégoire 8 (9)
144 CANTUS SCHURTENBERGER Niklaus 1 4
177 UNIQUE X CH SCHWIZER Pius 0 8
6 GBR - Great Britain (Team Manager: D. RICKETTS) 14 14 28
158 RUSSEL SKELTON Nick 5 1 8000 €
39 OMELLI GREDLEY Tim 0 0
3 THESAURA AMSTRONG Mark (13) 13
127 EXPLOIT DE ROULARD WHITAKER John 9 (17)
7 IRL - Ireland (Team Manager: R. SPLAINE) 22 13 35
10 WORLD CRUISE BREEN Shane 6 5 5000 €
47 KILLOSSERY Capt CAREY Shane 8 8
80 EFFECTIVE DOYLE Edward 8 0
168 PONCHO SWAIL Conor (16) (RET)
8 SWE - Sweden (Team Manager: E. NOOREN) 33 25 58
22 BUTTERFLY FLIP BARYARD-JOHNSSON Malin (EL) 8 3000 €
92 NOSTRADAMUS 972 JOHANSSON Svante 12 12
147 ISAAC ZETTERMAN Royne 17 5
58 SPENDER S 1054 GRETZER Maria 4 (NS)
congratulations to Mclain and a thank you to Mclain for purchasing Sapphire and Goldika the USA needs these horses as well as this rider.
toulouse - May 5th, 2006 at 1:17 pmits so nice to see something nice about McLain - I agree
anyone know why they didn’t choose Beezie for the team?
kchased - May 5th, 2006 at 6:07 pmYou must be logged in to post a comment.