09/07/2010

From the 48 riders of the last competition of the journey, only 11 got a clear round. During the jump-off, the American sportsman got a spectacular time mark of 42,06 seconds, only three hundredthsover the second classified.

The last competition of the opening journeyof the Show-Jumping in A Coruña was absolutely thrilling. The first day finished after the NH Hotels Trophy, where 48 riders participated in a course of 1, 45 metres high obstacles. The complexity of the Trophy lay in the fact that those riders who finished the course in a clear round would pass to the jump-off. From the 48 ensembles, only 11 had access to the final stage. The winner turned to be the Anerican Peter Wylde, who riding Lipton de L’othan obtained a marvellous time mark: 42, 06 seconds.
Nevertheless, the jump-off was especially tight. As a matter of fact, the second classified, the Brazilian Pedro Veniss finished the course in 42,09 seconds. Venis used for this competition his mare Amaryliis. The German Daniel Deusser –the favourite one according to the bets- finished the jump-off with a clear round in 42,79 seconds. Deusser, who was riding Vonka A. decided not to be risky in the last part of the final course. Another specialist in fast competitions, the Belgian Dirk Demeersman was fourth after riding Cicero Z Van Paemel in 49,58 seconds. The fifth classified was another Belgian, Marc van Dijck who finished the course in a clear round in 49,60 seconds with his mare Valencia.

“THIS HORSE LOOKS LIKE A FERRARI”
The winner of the NH Hotels Trophy, Peter Wylde declared that he had won thanks to his horse’s great speed, Lipton De L’Othan. “He is an exceptional horse, a superwinner”, said Wylde who continued saying: “He is so fast that, sometimes, I have to stop him in the middle of the competition as his willingness may make us have a fault”. The rider commented that he has had Lipton for five years, and in this period of time he has become “one of the stars” of his stable. Appart from that, Wylde wanted to highlight the excellent state of the sports facilities of Casas Novas. “This is a great Show-Jumping which is well organized, so it’s a pleasure to participate in a CSI like this”, said the American who is looking forward to being successful in the next two journeys of the Show-Jumping.

BETS
Like in all the summer editions of the CSI of A Coruña, supporters can bet for their favourite horses and riders. The responsible for the bets stands said that although traditionally, there are few people who bet on Friday, it gets more exciting at the weekend. Julio explained that the bet system “is similar to the one used in most of the Show-Jumping events, as well as in other European countries”. Thus, there are two kinds of bets: one for the winner and another one where you have to guess the first and second classified riders.

CHANGE OF TIMETABLES
After the initial competition, the CSI Casas Novas continues with some news. There is going to be a shift of hours of the third different competitions on Sunday. Thus, the summer edition Show-Jumping will have finished at about 19:00. The three different competitions of that day will be held at 11:00, at 13:30 and finally at 16:30 when La Coruña Grand Prix will take place.