Karin Donckers (BEL) and Fletcha van ‚t Verahof took 4th Place. I’d like to think the cross country will suit my horse – he doesn’t look big because I’m so lanky, but he’s got a long stride.Finishing on my dressage score is the aim!“ We have trained so hard and I’ve wanted to get under 40 for so long. The last Irish rider to win Badminton was Eddie Boylan (Durlas Eile) in 1965 and the last top-three finisher was Jessica Harrington, who was third with Amoy in 1983. Irishman Jonty Evans, back at Badminton for the first time in 10 years, broke down in tears on hearing his mark of 37.2, which puts him in third place, and pointed emphatically to Cooley Rorkes Drift, the horse that took him to ninth place at the Rio Olympics last year. I’m so happy.“ Ingrid Klimke (GER) and Horseware Hale Bob OLD. I deliberately didn’t push him too much at the start of the week – I didn’t even get on the horse until Wednesday afternoon – as I have been known to overdo it on him before, but he worked in better and better and to come out of the arena with a 32.9 is fantastic. The only riders to have bettered Burton’s score in Badminton’s 68-year history are fellow Aussie Andrew Hoy with Darien Powers in 2000 and Britain’s Pippa Funnell on Supreme Rock in 2002. ![]() Ingrid Klimke (GER) and Horseware Hale Bob close second ahead of Jonty Evans (IRL) and Cooley Rorkes Drift in third. I’m looking forward to the cross-country – it’s a mix of big bold fences and accuracy tests and you have to concentrate, but I have ridden some difficult courses in my time and I feel my horse is in good shape.“ „There was so much atmosphere but as soon as we went into the arena, he felt safe. ‘Burto’, winner of Burghley and an Olympic team bronze medallist last year, leads the 2015 runners-up Ingrid Klimke (GER) on Horseware Hale Bob by 3.5 penalties. Australia’s Christopher Burton and Graf Liberty produce a stunning test to take the lead after dressage at Badminton, fourth leg of the FEI Classics™, in a day of top 4* Eventing action that saw a complete change at the top of the leaderboard. “It’s one of my favorite places and I always have fun out there.Press Release FEI – Australia’s Christopher Burton produced a typically elegant display to lead the dressage phase at the 4* Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, fourth leg of the FEI Classics™, with the outstanding mark of 32.9 on the 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse Graf Liberty. “I like playing here,” said Fernandez, boosted by the fans and a large American flag in the stands. She has dropped only 17 games in her five matches this year and has won 11 of 12 matches here over the past two years. “From the fifth game on I dictated the play much more and kept on doing it,” Fernandez said. She broke for the match on her first opportunity, drilling an overhead into the fifth-seeded Bulgarian’s forehand corner. Relying on groundstrokes with occasional ventures to the net, Fernandez won seven consecutive games from 2-3 in the first set to 3-0 in the second. I used to play the ball the same way, move my opponent side to side, but it’s easy to play someone like that. I just have to keep taking the ball early and play close to the baseline to open the angles. “It’s not so much muscling the ball or banging it over. “I think it’s a matter of movement, moving up on the ball and not waiting for the ball to come to you,” she said. 4 in the world, said she is stronger and more aggressive than she was last year. Novotna won at love when Graf weakly hit a backhand return into the net.Īfter her victory over Maleeva, Fernandez, ranked No. This time, Novotna didn’t yield, and Graf had nothing left. Novotna blew her first chance at victory when she double-faulted at break point in the next game, but broke back on her fifth break point against Graf in the 13th game. But Novotna took her to ad-out with a cross-court backhand passing shot in the 11th game, and put it away with a backhand approach that Graf hit wide. Graf avoided digging herself in a hole in the third set as both players held service to 5-5. 8 Zina Garrison in the fourth round, Graf looked a step slower and mistake-prone, hitting easy groundstrokes into the net while falling behind. ![]() ![]() Open during a year of personal problems and injuries in 1990.īut against the aggressive net attack of Novotna, who beat No. She had spoken of her desire to reassert herself here after failing to win the French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Graf had changed into a bathing suit and gone to the beach after racing through her last match, and had dropped only 11 games in her first four matches.
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