Articles: Horse News
Cook and Ulrich Lead the U.S. to a Second Place Finish in CSIOY Reims
Nations Cup
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June 1, 2012
By Helen Murray
Reims, France- Four members of the 2012 Show Jumping European Young Rider
Tour went to task in Nations Cup competition Friday afternoon at the CSIOYJ
Reims. The U.S. entered the two-round competition in an enviable position
having drawn fifth of six teams to contest the 1.45m track. The team of
Alise Oken, Annie Cook, Chloe Reid and Lydia Ulrich capitalized on their
strong draw to jump to second place honors.
2012 Show Jumping European Young and Junior Rider Tour Team (USEF Archive)
Leading the U.S. effort in France were Cook and Ulrich who both jumped
double-clears in the Nations Cup competition. Cook (Woodside, CA) guided
Signe Ostby's Banba to two fault-free efforts as the second U.S. rider in
each round. As the anchor rider, Ulrich (Rochester, NY) stared down the face
of pressure to also produce a double clear performance with Beth Congel and
Up The Creek Farm's Santos Utopia.
The U.S. team entered the second round of competition tied for third place
with the Dutch team on a score of eight faults. In the first round, Oken
(Charlotte, NC) and Hi Hopes Farm's Kaid Du Ry provided the drop score with
a twelve fault performance. However, they recovered to produce a clear in
the second round, allowing the U.S. to add no faults in that final
round. Riding in her first Nations Cup Reid (Washington, DC) displayed
composure and poise jumping two eight-fault rounds with Chloe D Reid LLC's
Toulon.
Chef d' Equipe Michele Grubb was very pleased with her team's effort in
France.
"We had two double clears, which was fantastic. I was thrilled with their
performances. All the girls rode really well under pressure." Grubb was also
very impressed with the caliber of competition at the CSIOY Reims Nations
Cup. "It was a tough class and nail-biting to the end. It was great down to
the very last riders."
Earlier in the day, Cook and Reid sped to fourth and fifth placings in
Conseil Chevaux Champagne/Ardenn competition. Riding Signe Ostby's Landkorn
5, Cook jumped a clear round stopping the timers in 57.55 seconds for fourth
place. While, Reid finished less than 2/10th of a second behind her teammate
in fifth place on Gevi International B.V.'s Eurocommerce Damascus.
Jennifer Goddard and Sydney Shulman have also been busy jumping in Reims as
part of the 2012 Show Jumping European Junior and Young Rider Tour. On
Thursday, Goddard (Fort Solanga, NY) piloted Stateside Farm's Unique to
ninth place in the Prix Fromagerie Rouzaire. Shulman (Greenwich, CT) is
competing in the CSIOJ junior classes this week. On Friday, she was twelfth
in the PX Haras Nationaux with Maria Werner's Zimza La Bim.
Oken, Cook, Reid, Ulrich and Goodard will finish their competition week in
Reims on Sunday jumping in the CSIOY Grand Prix, while Shulman will contest
the CSIOJ Grand Prix.
The 2012 Show Jumping European Junior and Young Rider Tour will next head to
CSIOJY Hagen in Germany, held July 13-17. Grubb believes that her team will
be up to the challenge, after having displayed such resiliency and gaining
valuable experience today in France .
"We were tied for third after the first round, so we really pulled ourselves
up in the second round. Unfortunately, we couldn't quite get there for the
win but we'll be ready in Hagen."
For competition information about the CSIOYJ Reims visit;
http://www.reims-shr.ffe.com/
The 2012 U.S. Show Jumping Young Rider Tour is made possible through funding
by the USET Foundation.
To learn more about the 2012 Show Jumping European Young and Junior Rider
Tour, and for competition dates, click here.
To learn more about the 2012 Show Jumping European Young and Junior Rider
Tour visit;
http://usef.org/_IFrames/breedsdisciplines/discipline/alljumping/sjEurope.aspx
To follow the 2012 U.S. Jumping Team visit;
http://www.usefnetwork.com/featured/2012Jumping/
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