Riding the oldest horse in today’s competition, Marcus Ehning and his amazing 17-year-old stallion Plot Blue, maintains his lead in the Western European League for World Cup competition after finishing second in Gothenburg today. The top 18 riders from the Western European League qualify for the Final.
Today’s second-place finish returned Ehning to the top of the Western European League leader board, while today’s win has rocketed Nicola Philippaerts from 31st place, all the way up to 14th and well within the qualified group of riders. Nicola will certainly be excited to attend the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final will take place at Lyon, France in seven weeks’ time – from 17-21 April.
Longines FEI World Cup Jumping 2013/2014 Western European League – Standings after Round 10 at Gothenburg (SWE):
1. Marcus Ehning GER – 81
2. Scott Brash GBR – 69
3. Pius Schwizer SUI – 63
4. Patrice Delaveau FRA – 61
5. Maikel van der Vleuten NED – 55
6. Edwina Tops-Alexander AUS – 53
7. Steve Guerdat SUI – 51
8. Kevin Staut FRA – 48
9. Roger Yves Bost FRA – 45
10. Billy Twomey IRL – 40
11. Luciana Diniz POR – 40
12. Joe Clee GBR – 39
13. Lars Nieberg GER – 39
14. Nicola Philippaerts BEL – 38
15. Tim Gredley GBR – 36
16. Lucy Davis USA – 36
17. Christian Ahlmann GER – 35
18. Francois Mathy Jr. BEL – 34
19. Michael Whitaker GBR – 32
20. Hans-Dieter Dreher GER – 31
21. Malin Baryard-Johnsson SWE – 28
22. Simon Delestre FRA – 28