New Zealand, winners of the FEI Nations Cup™ Eventing at Houghton Hall in 2014, were third after Dressage, but slipped to fifth behind Britain with two Jumping fences down for Mark Todd and too many Cross Country time penalties between them. Tim Price finished best of the quartet on Bango, a good result after their fall so close to home at Kentucky last month.
The Cross Country track at Houghton had been verti drained in the dry weather and rode well with few faults incurred. The most influential fences were a double of corners at fence 10, where Britain’s Izzy Taylor had a run-out on Call Me Maggie May, and the four-element water complex at 12.
Results
1 Germany 137.1 penalties
Josephine Schnauffer/Sambuuca 10, 44.0; Peter Thomsen/Horseware’s Barney, 44.7; Bettina Hoy/Seigneur Medicott, 48.4 (Josefa Sommer/Hamilton 24, 60.6)
2 Australia 137.5
Andrew Hoy/Rutherglen, 42.7; Sam Griffiths/Beaurepaire Nemo, 46.6; Tim Boland/GV Billy Elliot, 48.2 (Kevin McNab/Wonham Wot Next, 88.0)
3 France 146.4
Matthieu Van Landeghem/Trouble Fete ENE HN, 40.4; Didier Dhennin/Troubadour Camphoux, 52.1; Geoffroy Soullez/Madiran du Liot, 53.9 (Denis Mesples/Oregon de la Vigne, 78.6)
4 Great Britain 152.3
Sarah Bullimore/Valentino V, 44.1; Laura Collett/Mr Bass, 47.4; Coral Keen/Wellshead Fare Opposition, 60.8; (Izzy Taylor/Call Me Maggie May, 76.7)
5 New Zealand 160.8
Tim Price/Bango, 47.7; Caroline Powell/Onwards and Upwards, 53.6; Mark Todd/Obos Columbus, 59.5 (Jesse Campbell/Cleveland, 62.1)
6 Netherlands 209.8
Renske Kroeze/Jane Z, 67.4; Althea Bleekman/Ziomf, 78.4; Wilken Jordy/Chapeau Spirit, 64.0 (Eef Hamers/Capri Van’t Gestelhof, EL XC)
7 USA 1,163.0
Katherine Coleman/Longwood, 61.7; Tiana Coudray/Sambuca F, 101.3 (Elisabeth Halliday-Sharp/Fernhill By Night, EL XC)
Standings (after 3 out of 9 events)*
1 France 250
2 Great Britain 225
3 Germany 200
4 Ireland 170 points
5 Australia 160
6 Netherlands 100
7= Sweden 60
7= New Zealand 60
9= Italy 50
9= USA 50
11 Belgium 40
