Frank_SchuttertLast week-end Frank Schuttert took the Individual title at the FEI European Jumping Championships for Young Riders 2013 at Vejer de la Frontera in Spain. Italy’s Emanuele Bianchi and Hungary’s Virag Weinhardt took the Individual titles in the Championships for the Juniors and the Children. Schuttert, Martin Fuchs and Great Britain’s Chloe Aston held the top three placings going into the Young Riders Individual Final and that was the way it remained at the end of the day. The Dutchman and his brother, Hendrik-Jan Schuttert, have been two great “finds” for senior team Chef d’Equipe, Rob Ehrens, this season. Fuchs followed last year’s gold with silver this time around, and Aston held on for the bronze to finish just over a point ahead of fourth-placed Stefanie van den Brink from Holland. Lisa Nooren, daughter of Henk Nooren who is currently training the Swedish national jumping team, went into a three-way ride-off for the Junior Individual title against Ireland’s Bertram Allen and Italy’s Emanuele Bianchi. And when all three jumped clear in the final barrage, it was Bianchi’s last-to-go fast time of 40.6 seconds that snatched victory from Allen, a member of the 2012 gold-medal-winning Junior team and a rider who has already competed at Senior level for his country. Allen took the silver ahead of Nooren in bronze with Zigo. The 17-year-old gold medallist, Bianchi, hails from Milan. Results: FEI European Young Riders Individual Jumping Championship 2013: GOLD - Winchester HS (Frank Schuttert) NED 5.56; SILVER - PSG Future (Martin Fuchs) SUI 7.22; BRONZE - Quiet Easy 4 (Chloe Aston) GBR 11.59. FEI European Junior Individual Jumping Championship 2013: GOLD - Cupido Z (Emanuele Bianchi) ITA 0/40.6; SILVER - Molly Malone (Bertram Allen) IRL 0/41.54; BRONZE - Zigo (Lisa Nooren) NED 0/42.36. © FEI/ horsesinternational