Tag: FEI Eventing Nations Cup

Strzegom FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2024. Written by Eleanor Kelly If Strzegom proved one thing, it was that Eventing is rarely predictable. The leaderboard changed dramatically throughout but a young French team proved they could fight until the end, climbing from last to first in the fifth leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ in Poland today. Their score of 145.5 was just a whisker ahead of cross-country leaders Sweden, who wound up on 146.6. Whilst Poland delighted their home crowd by finishing in third on 168.3. All four riders…

Ireland Clinches Historic Victory at Millstreet in FEI Eventing Nations Cup Ireland achieved a significant milestone by winning the third leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ at Millstreet (IRL) this weekend. Despite a rough start after finishing last in the Dressage phase, the Irish team consisting of Ian Cassells, Patrick Whelan, Jennifer Kuehnle and Robbie Kearns made a spectacular recovery. They moved up to third place during the Jumping phase, where all riders delivered clear rounds, and ultimately excelled in the cross-country phase with four fast, clear rounds, finishing…

FEI Eventing Nations Cup™, opening leg. Written by Eleanore Kelly Slick, quick cross-country performances gave France the winning edge in the opening leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup. Taking place in the beautiful Italian setting of Montelibretti, five nations came forward but it was France who took a decisive victory over Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Australia. They finished on an overall team score of 122.70 ahead of home nation Italy on 144.50 whilst Team Switzerland wound up in close third on 145.30.  Benjamin Massie led his team to victory…

FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2023 Arville (BEL), written by Eleanore Kelly In a nail-biting cross-country finish, Germany claimed The FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ in Arville (BEL) by just 0.3 of a penalty over home side Belgium. Their victory was massively helped by a strong performance from Julia Krajewski, the individual gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics. The 34 year old was also the individual winner of the CCIO4* competition, after jumping a super double clear on her impressive nine-year-old Holsteiner stallion, Nickel 21. The Germans performed well as a team,…

FEI Eventing Nations Cup, Strzegom – by Eleanor Kelly A demanding cross-country test shook up the order at the fourth leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™, which took place at Strzegom (POL) this weekend. Strong performances in this phase meant that The Netherlands walked away as the worthy winners. Despite having one rider eliminated on the cross-country, the Dutch finished on a final score of 133.8 with their other three riders finishing inside the top ten riders. Team USA were runners-up on 142.8, whilst Belgium finished in third on…