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Belgians win through in 3-round thriller at Hickstead

Aug 2, 2015

In a competition with all the ingredients of drama and surprise that combine to make the sport of team Jumping such a crowd-pleaser, Belgium came out on top in the penultimate leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2015 Europe Division 1 League at Hickstead this afternoon. It took a three-way jump-off to decide the result, and hero of the day at the iconic British venue was Pieter Devos who, last to go against the clock, showed exactly why Belgian Chef d’Equipe, Dirk Demeersman, placed his faith in him.
Janika Sprunger claimed runner-up spot for Switzerland, while an uncharacteristic mistake from Beezie Madden and Cortes 'C' saw the USA having to settle for third. With five teams fighting for points towards the Furusiyya 2015 Final in Barcelona, Spain in September there was a lot hanging in the balance and today’s result has rocketed Belgium to the head of the leaderboard, demoting France to second ahead of the defending champions from The Netherlands in third. And when the Europe Division 1 League draws to a close in Dublin, Ireland next Friday it will be the host nation that will be feeling the heat along with Italy, as they are both languishing at the bottom of the table from which only seven of the 10 nations will make the cut to the Spanish finale.

1 DYLANO CENTO LANO BEL42222 A.E.S. Pieter DEVOS BEL 4/12/0/42.60 16.000 €
1 AS COLD AS ICE Z ARTOS Z BEL41738 Z Judy Ann MELCHIOR BEL 0/0 16.000 €
1 SEA COAST PEBLES Z PICASSO Z 103JJ44 Z Gudrun PATTEET BEL 0/4 16.000 €
1 H&M ARMSTRONG VAN DE KAPEL QUASIMODO Z 103BB37 KWPN Olivier PHILIPPAERTS BEL 0/0 16.000 €
2 CASTLEFIELD ECLIPSE OBOS QUALITY 004 IRL40616 ISH Paul ESTERMANN SUI 0/0 10.000 €
2 CLOONEY 51 CORNET OBOLENSKY 103YD87 Westf. Martin FUCHS SUI 0/4 10.000 €
2 BONNE CHANCE CW BALOUBET DU ROUET 103SM96 KWPN Janika SPRUNGER SUI 0/0/0/44.17 10.000 €
2 GIOVANNI VAN HET SCHEEFKASTEEL DARCO 103IH09 BWP Pius SCHWIZER SUI DNF/15 10.000 €
3 NOUVELLE SOLITAIR 103MK28 KWPN Laura KRAUT USA 4/0 8.000 €
3 CHILL R Z CHELLANO Z BEL42906 Z Charlie JAYNE USA 5/8 8.000 €
3 BABALOU 41 BALOU DU ROUET 104FP51 Old Todd MINIKUS USA 0/0 8.000 €
3 CORTES'C' RANDEL Z BEL42290 BWP Elizabeth MADDEN USA 0/0/8/55.32 8.000 €

6 CALCOURT FALKLUND OKLUND 103UV15 A.E.S. Michael WHITAKER GBR 5/0 2.750 €
6 DOUGIE DOUGLAS DOUGLAS 103XD46 ISH Holly GILLOTT GBR 13/9 2.750 €
6 TITUS LANCELOT BEL40413 KWPN Guy WILLIAMS GBR 1/5 2.750 €
6 DIVA II KANNAN 103YY08 A.E.S. Ben MAHER GBR 0/0 2.750 €

Source FEI