last updated on July 06, 2009 13:49

In the final team showing before European Championship selection, team GBR came third in the closely fought Grand Prix team competition at Aachen CDIO. Emma Hindle and Lancet achieved the best British score with 70.42%, placing eighth individually with Carl Hester and Liebling II not far off in eleventh with 69.27%.

Team Captain Richard Davison was pleased with the team’s success. “Third place in Aachen is another good result for us,” said Davison. “This consolidates the run we have been having. Out of the three Nations Cups so far, Great Britain achieved second in Saumur, second in Rotterdam and third in Aachen. All the results have been with slightly different team combinations. When you think that the Aachen result is without our top scoring horse, I have very good grounds to be confident of a medal at the European Championships.”

“There is still room for further marks from our team here today. Emma produced another solid performance, Carl has now really got the measure of Liebling and Fiona’s partnership is developing from show to show. Laura is understandably disappointed in her performance and will be looking to bring this back to the 70% level in the Grand Prix Special on Saturday,” said Davison.

All four British combinations: Laura Bechtolsheimer with Andretti H, Fiona Bigwood with Wie Atlantico, Carl Hester with Liebling II and Emma Hindle with Lancet will go forward to the Grand Prix Special competition on Saturday.

Team results:
1st The Netherlands 212.256
2nd Germany 210.213
3rd Great Britain 205.575
4th Denmark 204.809
5th Belgium 192.298

For full results visit www.chioaachen.de