A clear-cut victory in Kristiansand, Norway today has rocketed Sweden to within two points of The Netherlands at the top of the FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage 2014 pilot series leaderboard.
There were four countries in action at this fourth leg of the series, and the hosts, lining out for the first time this season, finished second ahead of Denmark in third place and Finland in fourth.
Kristiansand is a major equestrian centre in Norway, staging international Jumping and Dressage events on a regular basis. It was the venue for the FEI Para-Equestrian Dressage Championships in 2009, and this week’s FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage took place alongside the 2014 Nordic Championships for Ponies, Juniors, Young Riders and Para-Equestrian athletes.
It has been a busy schedule all week, and today’s FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage competition was hotly-contested. The biggest score of the day was produced by the experienced Swedish anchor partnership of Charlotte Haid-Bondegaard and Triviant.
Result: 1. Sweden 208.420: Paridon Magi (Caroline Darcourt) 68.080, Triviant 2 (Charlotte Haid Bondergaard) 70.500, Bocelli (Rose Mathisen) 67.760, Miata (Emilie Nyrerod) 69.840. 2. Norway 204.320: Tobajo Pik Disney (Trude Hestengen0 67.900, Pro-Set (Lillann Jebsen) 67.480, Carte D'Or (Camilla Kalseth) 63.840, Fernandez (Cathrine Rasmussen) 68.940. 3. Denmark 202.080: Acapello Foldager (Malene Folmer Jensen) 65.700, Jojo AZ (Agnete Kirk Thingaard) 67.340, Volstrupgaards Cassiopeia (Allen Skov) 67.340, Goerklintsgaards Fanero (Lena Leschly Aamann) 67.580. 4. Finland 199.300; Wizard ll (Elisabet Ehrnrooth) 64.940, Soraya ll (Stella Hagelstam) 67.760, Adonna (Johanna Heikkila) 63.280, Solos Lacan (Eevamaria Porthan-Brodell) 66.600.