Germany took both team and individual honours in the eventing at Aachen, the SAP cup, today (Saturday, 20 July).
Ingrid Klimke finished clear inside the time on SAP Hale Bob OLD to move up from third to first individually.
“I watched Michael Jung on his first horse [team ride Star Connection] and saw his short turns before the water and corner complex — I hadn’t been sure whether to do that, but that became my plan,” she said. “It was a tough course but so much fun.”
Michael landed second individually on his non-team horse, FischerChipmunk FRH, who was also fault-free today.
“The ground was unbelievable so it’s a great feeling to gallop here, then it’s a case of how fast to go and how much risk to take, because the time is always chasing you in Aachen,” he said.
Renowned speed king Chris Burton landed third on his dressage score with his individual ride Quality Purdey while Tim Price claimed fourth on Wesko and led the New Zealand team to second. His 4.8 time-faults cost him victory.
“He was great, I just need to go a bit faster,” said Tim. “I was perhaps under false illusions because he’s made the time numerous times.
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“I was thinking I was on point to be tidy and fast, but there was more intensity to the jumps than I’d anticipated and that perhaps took my eye off the time a bit. After the skinnies at fence 15 I was on the time, but I knew all my chances had gone to gain time and I haemorrhaged seconds coming home.”
Check back for more news from Aachen over the weekend, plus full reports in next week’s Horse & Hound (dated 25 July).
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Pippa is a true eventing geek and has been H&H’s eventing editor since 2005. She has first-hand experience of competing up to British Eventing intermediate and international CCI2*-L level, and has worked in the industry on a top event yard. Pippa enjoys nothing more than immersing herself in the sport at the highest level, reporting from the five-stars and international championships, including the Olympics.
