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13 September 2018

Julia Krajewski came out on top after day one of the Eventing competition at the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018.

Germany's Julia Krajewski, 29, aboard the 10-year-old Holsteiner gelding, Chipmunk FHR, came out with all guns blazing in this afternoon’s second session of Dressage to post a score of 19.9 penalties, holding off the challenge of USA’s Boyd Martin.

 

Despite a home ground advantage and a strong performance from the black gelding, Tsetserleg, Martin’s score of 27.1 puts him into a provisional second place behind the German national champion. 

 

After the strong performances of Dressage specialist Krajewski and her teammate Kai Rüder, current world champions, Germany, are emulating their 2014 WEG success by holding the top spot in both the Team and Individual competitions.

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Combined scores from today’s first and second riders determine the overnight leaderboard in the Team competition, while riders are also vying it out for Individual placings.

The afternoon session truly set the standard with the top five riders coming after the break.

 

Great Britain’s Piggy French gave a determined performance aboard her 11 year old Irish Sport Horse gelding Quarrycrest Echo, completing their test on 27.8 penalties, putting her into third place.

 

 

Australia’s Christopher Burton, who requested silence from the crowd as he rode into the arena aboard Cooley Lands finished just 0.8 penalties behind her.

 

Despite a tense entrance the pair put in a solid performance for fourth. Kristina Cook, riding as an individual, and her chestnut gelding Billy the Red took the fifth spot on a score of 29.1 penalties.

 

Despite Germany’s early Team and Individual leads, the competition is sure to heat up on day two of the Dressage phase.

The afternoon
session truly
set the standard

New Zealand’s Tim and Jonelle Price, hot off their four-star wins at Badminton and Burghley respectively, will make their WEG 2018 debuts on Friday.

Great Britain's Rosalind Canter will also be aiming to make her mark on the leaderboard, as well as the formidable combination of Germany’s Ingrid Klimke and Sap Hale Bob OLD.

 

 

With less than three penalties separating Australia, France, Great Britain and New Zealand in the top five of the team event, and a tightly bunched leaderboard in the Individual rankings, Friday’s second phase of Dressage will surely see the anchor riders aiming to narrow the gap and put the pressure on the world champions ahead of Saturday’s Cross Country phase.

 

Follow the second day of the Eventing competition on Friday from 8.50am EST (1:50pm BST / 2:50pm CET) live on FEI TV...

 

Text by Catherine Meenaghan

Images by Christophe Taniere / Liz Gregg

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