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World
Cup Show Jumping - Coyle 21st In Rankings For Final |
HE
MAY HAVE made it by the narrowest if margins, and he may only have
an outside chance of finishing anywhere near the top, but 44 yr
old Trevor Coyle from Armagh last night in Las Vegas managed to
rack up just five faults on his American-owned mare <Fleur>,
to leave him 21st of the 28 international riders who qualify for
Sunday's third and final leg of the FEI Show Jumping World Cup Final.
Unlike
some other competitions, qualifying riders in the final do not start
on a scratch score, but carry their faults with them, so Trevor
Coyle is entering the World Cup arena on Sunday carrying a substantial
18 penalties. Scoreboard leader, Swede Malin Baryard, by comparison,
has zero penalties so far, and joint second-place holders Rodrigo
Pessoa (BRA) and Marcus Ehning (GER) have just two penalties apiece.
In
practical terms, this means that an awful lot of riders will have
to make an awful lot of mistakes on Sunday if Trevor Coyle is to
see himself within even shouting distance of his 1999 Second Place
World Cup best in 1999, on the Irish-bred <Cruising>.
But
a week before the Final, Coyle had stated that people should not
expect too much from him, as he had had such a relatively short
time getting to know his new horse, which was formerly ridden by
American Ray Texel, and as a result, the extreme pressures of the
three-part World Cup Final could prove a little too much for the
combination.
SHOW
JUMPING RESULTS: CSI-W FINAL LAS VEGAS, USA, 16-20 APRIL 2003
Budweiser
World Cup Final II
International Jumping Competition
Table A 1m50/1m60 with one jump-off
FEI Art. 238.1.2, 658.2.3
Friday April 18, 2003
1)
CAMIREZ B; Markus MERSCHFORMANN (GER) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 31.60
2) H&M BUTTERFLY FLIP; Malin BARYARD (SWE) Faults 0.00/0.00
Time 33.25
3) ANKA 191; Marcus EHNING (GER) Faults 0.00/0.00 Time 34.04
21)
FLEUR 195; Trevor COYLE (IRL) Faults 5.00 Time 86.43
39
starters, 9 riders through to jump-off
BUDWEISER
WORLD CUP RANKINGS AFTER DAYS ONE AND TWO
1) Malin Baryard (SWE); H&M BUTTERFLY FLIP Penalties 0
=2) Marcus Ehning (GER) ANKA 191 Penalties 2
=2) Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA) BALOUBET DU ROUET Penalties 2
=4) Lars Nieberg (GER); FIGHTING ALPHA 3 Penalties 6
=4) Norman Dello Joio (USA); GLASGOW Penalties 6
21)
Trevor Coyle (IRL) FLEUR 195 Penalties 18 http://www.horsesport.ie
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