Articles: Horse News
US Returns to Winning in Meydan FEI Nations Cup at CSIO Rotterdam
Candice King and Skara Glen's Davos
(Erin Cowgill Photo)
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June 18, 2010
By Joanie Morris
Lexington, KY - The US Show Jumpers bounced back from two disappointments in
the Meydan FEI Nations Cup to storm to the win at CSIO Rotterdam. The second
tour of riders for the US, jumping in their first Meydan Nations Cup of the
year, they delivered with phenomenal jumping and stopped the French sweep
finishing on a score of zero. Their win was convincing over the British who
finished on 7 faults.
Lauren Hough proved a dominant pathfinder for the US with Laura and Meredith
Mateo's lovely bay Quick Study. He jumped clear in both rounds to finish on
zero. Skara Glen's Davos out-jumped his experience on his first European
excursion. The flashy grey matched Quick Study's score and looked confident
in the big arena at the Rotterdam venue for his rider Candice King.
Candice King and Skara Glen's Davos
Nicole Simpson and Tristan (owned by Ilan Ferder) rebounded from a single
rail in the first round with a great second round - they were just over the
time allowed of 75 seconds to add only one time fault, but it was good
enough to secure the win meaning the Laura Kraut and Happy Hill Farm's
Cedric didn't even have to return to the ring to try to repeat their
dazzling first round clear. Kraut decided to jump again to qualify for the
Grand Prix on Sunday and duplicated her first round effort with tiny Cedric.
"They were fabulous. Both the horses and the riders were fabulous," said
Chef d'Equipe George Morris. "I was hopeful of this group, they are really
good riders, seasoned riders. We had some fresh faces for the horses - Davos
and Tristan I haven't seen on the international scene. I hadn't seen them in
this situation but they are quality horse so I was hopefully optimistic."
"It was a great Nations Cup course," Morris continued. "He got the time
exactly right and it was technical with delicate fences and some scope- it
was big enough. It was a
great test for the Nations Cup."
Morris commandeered another dynamic performance out of the US Squad - and
they now sit third in the Meydan FEI Nations Cup Standings behind France and
Great Britain. They head to CSIO Falsterbo July 8-11. All four of these
women and their horses are on the USEF Long List for the 2010 Alltech FEI
World Equestrian Games.
ENDS
Live webcast of the Nations Cup is available on FEI TV. Please click on
www.feitv.org for more information.
For more information about the competition, results and rider bios, please
on
http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/breedsDisciplines/discipline/competitions/MeydanNationsCup.aspx
These are four of the 15 horse/rider combinations named to the USEF Show
Jumping Long List for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. That list
is available here
http://www.usef.org/_IFrames/newsdisplay/viewPR.aspx?id=5438&star=true
The USEF wishes all of its long listed riders the best of luck on the summer
European tour: http://clubequestrian.com/videos/watch/1688.aspx
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pursuit
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