Horse & Hound – 22 August 2019

32 Horse& Hound22 August 2019

Pictures by Peter Nixon, Jon Stroud Media and sarahfarnsworth.co.uk

PREVIEW: EVENTING EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

IRELAND

CATHALDANIELS, 22

HORSE:RioghanRua, 12

BREEDING:JackOfDiamondsx FlagmountKing

OWNER:FrankandMargaretKinsella

BESTRESULTS:seventhLuhmühlenCCI5*

2018;26thandteamsilverWEG2018;first

Bramhamunder-25CCI4*-L2019.

FORM:a pairwithplentyofmileagedespite

theirtenderyears.Themare’sdressageis

becomingmorereliable,thoughit willneverbe

herbestphase,butsheshouldexcelfromthere

onwards.Readytodelivera creditable mark if

flashier dressage horses falter.

TONYKENNEDY, 25

HORSE:WesteriaLane, 14

BREEDING:RantisDiamondx unlisted

OWNER:rider’sfatherCon

BESTRESULTS:youngriderteambronze2015;

13thLuhmühlenCCI5*2019.

FORM:thispairmaketheirseniorchampionship

debut,althoughtheyhavecontestedthree

youngriderEuropeanstogether.Won’tlook

totroubletheleaders,buttheyhavea solid

cross-countryrecordandshouldgainvaluable

experiencehere.WesteriaLaneonlyhasone eye

after losing the other as a five-year-old.

SARAHENNIS, 44

HORSE:WoodcourtGarrison, 10

BREEDING:GarrisonRoyalx Furisto

OWNER:BredaKennedy

BESTRESULTS:21stBoekeloCCI4*-L2018;

fourthBallindeniskCCI4*-S2019;third

ChatsworthCCI4*-S2019.

FORM:a younghorsewhohada blipinan

otherwisegoodcross-countryrecordwith 20

penaltiesatBramhamthisspring.Won’tbeup

withtheleadersafterdressage,butheis a good

showjumper and this will be useful experience

for him.

SAMWATSON, 33

HORSE:ImperialSky,13/TullabegFlamenco, 10

BREEDING:Puissancex Horos/Tullabeg

Fusionx unlisted

OWNER:CathyByrneandrider’swifeHannah/

VaheBogossian

BESTRESULTS:firstBallindeniskandCamphire

CCI4*-Ss2019/12thLuhmühlenCCI5*2019.

FORM:ImperialSkyis theflashierofSam’s

horsesontheflat,buthelacksthestrongfive-

starresultthatTullabegFlamencobringstothe

table.Samis a focusedcompetitorandshould

be a helpful team contributor on either horse.

CIARANGLYNN, 36

HORSE:NovemberNight, 13

BREEDING:BonniePrincex FlagmountKing

OWNER:SusannaFranckeandPeterCole

BESTRESULTS:25thBadmintonCCI5*2018;

14thBurghleyCCI5*2018;14thBadminton

CCI5*2019.

FORM:CiaranreturnstotheIrishsquadafter

10 yearsaway,ridingNovemberNight,whohas

steadilyimproved.Theirdressagetooka dipat

Badminton,sotheywillwanttorebottletheir

Burghley 2018 performanceinthatphase,but

they are capable of finishing on that score.

lTeamsconsistofthreeorfourpairs,

withthebestthreescorestocount.All

ridersareeligibleforindividualmedals.

Thelowestscorewins.

lOnThursday, 29 August,andFriday,

30 August,ridersperform 2015 four-star

testB.Theirpercentageisconverted

intopenalties(70%= 30 penalties).

lOnSaturday, 31 August,riderstackle

MikeEtherington-Smith’scross-country

course,with38-40jumpingeffortsand

anoptimumtimeofaround 10 minutes.

lOnSunday, 1 September,afterafinal

horseinspection,competitorsshowjump

inreverseorderofmerit.

lH&Hissendingtwojournalists

andaphotographer—followat

horseandhound.co.ukandreadthe

reportinthe 5 Septemberissue.

lTheBBCwillshowthecross-country

andshowjumpingliveontheredbutton

andtherewillbeahighlightsprogramme

onBBC2onSundayfrom4.15-6pm.You

canalsowatchallphases as a paid-for

service on feitv.org

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