Netherlands takes the Gold in Team Showjumping, USA gets the Silver and Germany takes the Bronze - Beezie Madden retains her lead and McLain Ward is 5th after 2nd qualifying competition on Thursday
The 40,000 spectators in the crowded stadium all held their breath. Marcus Ehning entered the ring as the last German rider, after slipping back to fourth position in the interim result; gold was once again now possible. However, the ride came to an early finish when Ehning´s horse had difficulties at the wall. Suddenly all hopes of gold were shattered.
In the end Marcus Ehning, Ludger Beerbaum, Christian Ahlmann and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum won the bronze medal. The Dutch team won the Nations´ Cup ahead of the team from the USA.
The German rider with the best prospects in the individual classification is Ludger Beerbaum, who is currently lying in third place. “Küchengirl was obviously very stressed,” was how Ehning explained the faux pas, “but luckily my colleagues had completed good rounds up until then, so that we at least achieved our minimum target of bronze.” Together with the National Coach, Kurt Gravemeier, the riders were unanimous that the Dutch team had deserved to win. “They were simply better than us across the whole board,” stated Ludger Beerbaum. The winners were in fact rather surprised themselves: “We thought if everything ran extremely well, we could perhaps be up for silver,” explained an overjoyed Jeroen Dubbeldam. The winners were presented with their gold medals by the Chairman of DaimlerChrysler, Dieter Zetsche.
1 NETHERLANDS Total Score: 11.01 6.01 1 4
Chef d’ Equipe: Rob EHREN € 49.500,-
599 VAN SCHIJNDEL´S CURTIS - HOLST Piet Raymakers (4.05) (5) (18)
598 BMC UP AND DOWN - BWP Jeroen Dubbeldam 3.10 1 0
602 OKIDOKI - KWPN Albert Zoer 2.48 0 4
600 EUROCOMMERCE BERLIN - HOLST Gerco Schröder 0.43 0 0
2 UNITED STATES Total Score: 18.85 6.85 8 4
Chef d’ Equipe: George MORRIS € 33.000,-
632 HIDDEN CREEK´S QUERVO GOLD - BWP Margie Engle (12.07) 4 4
633 MISS INDEPENDENT - KWPN Laura Kraut 5.98 (4) (8)
635 SAPPHIRE - BWP McLain Ward 0.87 4 0
634 AUTHENTIC - KWPN Beezie Madden 0.00 0 0
3 GERMANY Total Score: 19.16 10.16 5 4
Chef d’ Equipe: Peter HOFMANN € 22.500,-
563 L´ESPOIR - ZANG Ludger Beerbaum 2.70 0 0
562 CÖSTER - HOLST Christian Ahlmann (4.00) (8) 4
566 SHUTTERFLY - HANN Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum 3.92 1 0
564 NOLTES KÜCHENGIRL - BAY Marcus Ehning 3.54 4 (EL)
4 UKRAINE Total Score: 19.17 11.17 2 6
Chef d’ Equipe: Philippe GUERDAT € 18.000,-
629 PILGRIM - WESTF Björn Nagel 7.03 1 5
628 OSTA RUGS TRESOR - BWP Jean Claude van Geenberghe 2.38 0 (8)
631 LORIOT - HOLST Gregory Wathelet 1.76 (8) 0
630 ATLANTA - OLDBG Katharina Offel (7.42) 1 1
Beezie Madden retains her lead and McLain Ward is 5th after 2nd qualifying competition on Thursday
1 634 AUTHENTIC - Beezie Madden (USA) 0.00 0 0 - - 0.00
2 600 EUROCOMMERCE BERLIN - HOLST Gerco Schröder (NED) 0.43 0 0 - - 0.43
3 563 L´ESPOIR - ZANG Ludger Beerbaum (GER) 2.70 0 0 - - 2.70
4 598 BMC UP AND DOWN - BWP Jeroen Dubbeldam (NED) 3.10 1 0 - - 4.10
5 635 SAPPHIRE - BWP McLain Ward (USA) 0.87 4 0 - - 4.87
6 566 SHUTTERFLY - HANN Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (GER) 3.92 1 0 - - 4.92
7 515 CAVALOR CUMANO - HOLST Jos Lansink (BEL) 5.01 0 0 - - 5.01
8 542 LE REVE DU NABAB - SF Sergio Alvarez Moya (ESP)1.24 4 0 - - 5.24
9 621 CANTUS - BAWUE Niklaus Schurtenberger (SUI) 3.64 1 1 - - 5.64
10 573 CHIPPISON - ISH Marie Burke (IRL) 1.71 4 0 - - 5.71
One Response to “Netherlands takes the Gold in Team Showjumping, USA gets the Silver and Germany takes the Bronze - Beezie Madden retains her lead and McLain Ward is 5th after 2nd qualifying competition on Thursday”
Congratulations to team usa and a special thanks to mclain ward for putting up his own money to buy his world class Saphire.
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