BRITISH DUO VICTORIOUS ON FIRST DAY OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AT ROYAL WINDSOR
Thursday 10 May 2018
The opening Showjumping class of day two, the Land Rover Grades B & C Jumping Competition, went to British Olympic team gold medalist, Ben Maher, riding Eracantos, a 9 year-old gelding recently acquired from The Netherlands for which Ben has high hopes for the future. With twelve double clears in the thirty-six horse class, Ben's second-half draw proved advantageous as he shaved 0.05 seconds off runner-up, Georgia Thame’s round. Tracy Priest, who set the pace from an early draw finished in third with her grey mare Diamants Aurora.
The first CSI2* Class of the Show, the St George Two Phase, went to Joe Davison (pictured), riding Vilenco, a homebred Je T’Aime Flamenco mare owned by his father, Dressage supremo Richard Davison. Joe’s double clear in a time of 31.20 seconds was 0.14 seconds faster than South African Charles Luyckx in second, with 17 year-old Scarlett Charles, daughter of London 2012 Team Gold medal winning Showjumper Peter Charles, in third.
Charles Luyckx secured his second runner-up placing of the day in the following class, the CSI2* Thames Speed Stakes sponsored by Suregrow Fertiliser Ltd, which was won by Britain’s Tracy Priest on Caristo VDL. The twisty course allowed riders to take a few risks with tight turns throughout, but it was Tracey who negotiated the quickest route to take the victory.
Later in the day, the focus shifted to the young horses of the future, with the Jumping Competition for Six-Year-Old horses. forty-nine combinations started the 1.20m single phase competition, which proved challenging, with only eight combinations jumping a double clear. William Rekert’s exceptionally speedy round with Hot Bluebird took the spoils, over two seconds faster than Megan James on Marjorie Glasgow's Mendocino in second, with Alfie Bradstock a further second behind in third.
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