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Gal leads Netherlands to third European team title

Aug 17, 2015

The Netherlands claimed team gold ahead of Great Britain in silver and Germany in bronze at the FEI European Championships 2015 in Aachen, Germany. It was a cliff-hanger of a competition, with the result decided by a superb performance from Edward Gal and Glock's Undercover NOP. However Great Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro produced the biggest score of the day, posting 83.229 to finish more than half a percentage point ahead of the Dutchman.

The result has also decided the last three European qualifying spots for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and it is Spain, Sweden and France, who lined up fourth, fifth and sixth respectively, that have made the cut.

The Spanish really pulled it out of the bag, Morgan Barbancon Mestre putting in a poignant performance with Painted Black on the final event of the 18-year-old stallion’s career, while Beatriz Ferrer-Salat, silver medallist at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, boosted their chances when slotting into individual fifth spot with Delgado.

1 VALEGRO NEGRO 102UB51 KWPN Charlotte DUJARDIN GBR 83.029 6.000 €
2 GLOCK'S UNDERCOVER N.O.P. FERRO 103MH20 KWPN Edward GAL NED 82.229 4.500 €
3 DESPERADOS DE NIRO GER45347 Hann Kristina BRÖRING-SPREHE GER 79.743 3.500 €
4 JOHNSON JAZZ NED41431 KWPN Hans Peter MINDERHOUD NED 77.586 2.000 €
5 DELGADO DE NIRO ESP40884 Westf. Beatriz FERRER - SALAT ESP 77.186 1.500 €
6 TOTILAS GRIBALDI NED08021 KWPN Matthias Alexander RATH GER 75.971 1.000 €
7 ARLANDO PADDOX 103LG06 KWPN Diederik VAN SILFHOUT NED 75.814 150 €
8 ATTERUPGAARDS ORTHILIA GRIBALDI 103XJ10 Old Fiona BIGWOOD GBR 75.800 150 €
9 NIP TUCK DON RUTO 102UB47 KWPN Carl HESTER GBR 75.400 150 €
10 BLIND DATE 25 BREITLING W GER43435 Hann Victoria MAX-THEURER AUT 75.200 150 €

1 Team Netherlands NED 235.629
2 Team Great Britain GBR 234.229
3 Team Germany GER 230.914

Source FEI