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Qatar wins Longines Challenge Cup
Sep 28, 2015
Qatar won the aptly-named Longines Challenge Cup at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final 2015 at Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain tonight where, once again, the competition was a cliff-hanger to the very end. And, for the second day in a row, course designer, Spain’s Santiago Varela, set them a super-tough track that tested judgement, jumping ability and nerve in equal measure.
The winners finished on a nine-fault scoreline while Australia, Brazil and France shared second place when all three sides posted a total of 12 each. Once again the one-round format produced a class filled with unpredictability, the result eventually decided by the very last horse-and-rider combination into the arena.
The Furusiyya series is not just about crowning the best Nations Cup team of the year however, it is also about drawing new nations into the fold and encouraging their participation and development. So it was exciting to see Egypt, who at one stage look set to create a real sensation, sharing fifth place with the much more experienced Italian side when both finished on 13 faults at the end of day.
1 VIENNA OLYMPIC CASSINI I 102ZC80 Holst Sheikh Ali Bin Khalid AL THANI QAT 19 20.000 €
1 TAMIRA IV DAMIRO SUI40658 KWPN Khalid Mohammed A S AL EMADI QAT 4 20.000 €
1 GUNDER THUNDER VAN DE ZUUTHOEVE 103RV97 BWP Ali Yousef AL RUMAIHI QAT 5 20.000 €
1 EUROCOMMERCE CALIFORNIA CORLAND GER43689 Old-int Bassem Hassan MOHAMMED QAT 0 20.000 €
2 FLORA DE MARIPOSA FOR PLEASURE 103IR58 BWP Penelope LEPREVOST FRA 8 12.500 €
2 NUMBER ONE D'ISO UN PRINCE BALOUBET DU ROUET FRA43715 SF Nicolas DELMOTTE FRA 4 12.500 €
2 QOUD'COEUR DE LA LOGE IDEAL DE LA LOGE 102UI45 SF Roger Yves BOST FRA 8 12.500 €
2 REVEUR DE HURTEBISE HDC KASHMIR VAN'T SCHUTTERSHOF SWE40272 SBS Kevin STAUT FRA 0 12.500 €
2 QUITE CASSINI CASSINI I 103KN21 Holst Jamie KERMOND AUS 9 12.500 €
2 CASCO CASSINI I 103BI55 Holst Jessica BROWN AUS 4 12.500 €
2 FEDOR KASHMIR VAN'T SCHUTTERSHOF 104AB87 BWP Scott KEACH AUS 8 12.500 €
2 HEIDI DU RUISSEAU Z HEARTBREAKER 103AZ56 Z Edwina TOPS-ALEXANDER AUS 0 12.500 €
2 QUABRI DE L ISLE KANNAN 102XB32 SF Pedro VENISS BRA 0 12.500 €
2 PREMIERE CARTHOES B Z CARTHAGO 103JL17 Z Felipe AMARAL BRA 8 12.500 €
2 AD LIVING THE DREAM TOULON 103DA92 BWP Doda DE MIRANDA BRA 4 12.500 €
2 ROCK'N ROLL SEMILLY DIAMANT DE SEMILLY 103HX25 SF Marlon MODOLO ZANOTELLI BRA 12 12.500 €
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