British Showjumping’s Team Cavalor finish 3rd in CSIO 3* Nations Cup - Douglas Duffin riding Quidam B Z.

Thursday 26 May 2016

Under the guidance of Chef d’Equipe Tony Newbury, the senior British Team who compete as Team Cavalor

finished 3rd in the CSIO 3* Furusiyya Nations Cup in Drammen.

The team of four riders finished behind Italy and Norway who took 1st and 2nd place respectively. The course
was a tough one which even saw the leaders finish on 12 penalties, just one fence ahead of Norway and three
fences ahead of GB.

First Round
Kerry Brennan from Chesterfield, Derby with Wellington M a 12 year-old bay gelding owned by Liane Smith took the role of pathfinder and opened the competition for us with just one fence down in the first round.

Douglas Duffin from Dollar, Clackmanshire with Quidam B Z an 11 year-old bay stallion whom he jointly owns with Richard Jenkinson mirrored their performance with just once fence down to accrue a 4 penalty finish as he crossed the line.

James Billington, who is based in The Netherlands with VDL Cartello 9 year-old grey stallion owned by the VDL Stud picked up 8 penalties as did Joe Whitaker from Barnsley, South
Yorkshire with Lola V an 11 year-old bay mare owned by Steven Whitaker and Dawn Makin.

Second Round
Going into the second round in joint 4th with Denmark, Italy sat in 1st place whilst Norway and Sweden sat in joint 2nd. GB and Denmark held joint 4th behind them with all for the taking as they came forward for the second round. Kerry’s round saw her pick up 8 penalties, whilst Douglas put in an extremely impressive
performance to give GB a brilliant clear and a zero penalty score. Both James and Joe saw their horses gain experience from their first rounds with them each picking up just 4 penalties on the course. This saw GB finish the second round with just a total of 8 penalties to add to the first round score leaving a finish score of 24 penalties and a 3rd place finish.

Final Placing
With Sweden picking up 24 penalties in the second round to give a total score of 40 they slipped down the line into 6th place. Denmark also incurred additional penalties which saw them drop a place behind Team Cavalor into 4th.

Italy were impressively strong from the outset. Two clears in the first round and just one fence down saw them the early leaders; a position they held on to until the end. Norway enjoyed three clears across their two rounds giving them a finish score of 16 penalties to take 2nd.

British Showjumping would like to thank Cavalor, who are the title sponsors of their Senior Nations Cup Teams. More information on Cavalor and their products dedicated to the nutritional needs of high performance horses can be found at www.cavalor.com/uk-en.

British Showjumping would also like to thank their consortium of Business Partners and Supporters who contribute to the Youth and Senior Nations Cup campaigns.

The British Jumping teams are also supported by the Equestrian World Class Programme.

The programme, which encompasses both Podium and Podium Potential squads, focuses on identifying talent, developing potential and maximising medal winning performances on the world stage. The Programme has been funded by the National Lottery via UK Sport since 1998 and is a portfolio within the British Equestrian Federation.

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