France Takes Lead in Hickstead Nations Cup Series Finale After CDIO3* Grand Prix Special
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HICKSTEAD, England, July 28, 2018–France took the lead in the Nations Cup series finale after the CDIO3* Grand Prix Special Saturday with the standings of the four teams to be decided Sunday by the Freestyle.
In the hard-to-follow format that is decided by adding up placings in the three Grand Prix level competitions with the lowest total winning, the top three placings in the Grand Prix and the top three from a combined Special and Freeatyle count.
France, Portugal and Sweden each had two combinations counting in the Special that officially placed them first on 26 points, second on 29 and third on 32, respectively.
Great Britain that was down to one pair, Louise Anne Bell on Into the Blue, when Fiona Bigwood and Kjaerholms Abutsiaq withdrew, was ranked in fourth place with 20 points.
The four teams each have two combinations in Sunday’s freestyle.
However, the trans-Atlantic series of seven Nations Cups was decided after five competition when Sweden took an unassailable lead to become champions for the second year in a row.
The current scoring format was implemented under pressure from the Netherlands after the 2017 series when the United States beat Holland in Rotterdam. However, the traditional format of the total of the top three scores in the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special was maintained instead of the new system for the CDIO5* Nations Cup in Aachen, Germany last week.
Results:
CDIO3* Nations Cup Grand Prix Special
Judges-E: JAQUES VAN DAELE H: LARS ANDERSON C: EDDY van WOLFF van WESTERRODE M: CLIVE HALSALL B: TINA KARKKOLAINEN
| Pl. | Rider | Horse | E | H | C | M | B | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VASCO MIRA GODINHO PORFEI ID 10148726 | BARILOCHE FEI ID 103KX01 |  | 71.064% (1) | 72.021% (1) | 70.957% (2) | 70.532% (1) | 72.979% (1) | 71.511% | |
| \ | 2 | ANNE SOPHIE SERRE FRAFEI ID 10065495 | VISTOSO DE MASSA FEI ID 104EW20 |  | 69.043% (3) | 70.957% (2) | 71.170% (1) | 70.000% (2) | 71.170% (2) | 70.468% |
| 3 | LOUISE ANNE BELL GBRFEI ID 10109580 | INTO THE BLUE AESFEI ID 104QG61 |  | 70.106% (2) | 69.468% (3) | 69.787% (3) | 68.723% (3) | 70.000% (4) | 69.617% | |
| 4 | PER SANDGAARD SWEFEI ID 10011492 | CHARMEUR KWPNFEI ID 104WB84 |  | 66.277% (5) | 67.447% (4) | 67.340% (7) | 66.702% (5) | 70.426% (3) | 67.638% | |
| 5 | SOFIA MOLLER SWEFEI ID 10112481 | ROYALIST FEI ID 1040129 | | 66.596% (4) | 67.021% (5) | 67.979% (4) | 67.128% (4) | 66.702% (5) | 67.085% | |
| 6 | MANUEL VEIGA PORFEI ID 10034105 | BEN HUR DA BROA FEI ID 103GG84 | | 64.468% (6) | 64.681% (6) | 67.979% (4) | 63.830% (7) | 65.638% (7) | 65.319% | |
| 7 | ALEXANDRE AYACHE FRAFEI ID 10074174 | ZO WHAT FEI ID 105JS41 | | 63.617% (7) | 64.149% (7) | 67.553% (6) | 65.106% (6) | 65.745% (6) | 65.234% | |
| FIONA BIGWOOD GBRFEI ID 10003202 | KJAERHOLMS ABUTSIAQ DWSFEI ID 105YX23 | | W/D | |||||||
