The team added nothing to yesterday’s total of 3.96 to stay in the lead, ahead of the Germans on 4.19 and Belgium on 4.61. All three of the top teams counted three clears today.
“We’ve had all the drama, haven’t we, all in the second day, but I couldn’t be more proud of the whole squad,” said British Equestrian showjumping performance manager Di Lampard.
“It was really unfortunate for Matt,” Di said. “The horse was going so well, and whether he just trod on himself on take-off, and took the momentum away, and then just lost a bit of confidence at that moment. But the lads will get behind Matt tonight, and we’ll see if the horse is ok, and give him a jump tomorrow morning. And if he’s happy enough, we’ll go and have another go.”
“We’re looking forward to [the team final tomorrow], but I think we have to just let everybody settle and gather their thoughts – it’s been quite an entertaining afternoon here in A Coruńa!” Di said.
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Ireland had a fantastic day, jumping three clears to climb to fourth place on 8.39 faults.
In the individual competition, Germany’s Richard Vogel and United Touch S jumped clear today to maintain their position on top of the leaderboard on 0.01 penalties, after overnight leaders Daniel Coyle and Legacy withdrew. Donald and Colette are second on 0.67 and Scott and Folie fourth on 1.08; Julien Apaillard of France and Donatello D’Auge also jumped clear today to stay third with 0.89.
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