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British team lead the field ahead of cross-country in the SAP-Cup at CHIO Aachen

Friday saw the dressage and show jumping in the SAP-Cup, the Nations’ Cup of the Eventers at the CHIO Aachen. Going into Saturday’s cross-country, the British team is heading the field.

Everything is still open in the SAP-Cup, both in the individual and team classifications. The British team were the overnight leaders in the Nations’ Cup, before Saturday’s cross-country test. Emily King with Valmy Biats, Laura Collett with Dacapo, Izzy Taylor with SBH Big Wall and Kirsty Chabert with Classic VI are currently on a score of 96.30 minus points.

The Australian team is close at their heels on a score of 100.10 minus points. Australia is represented by Kevin McNab with Miss Pepperpot, Christopher Burton with Clever Louis, Andrew Barnett with Go Tosca and Andrew Hoy with Cadet de Beliard.

The partner country, the USA, currently lies third (102.10). Hallie Coon with Cute Girl, Alyssa Phillips with Oskar, Elisabeth Halliday with Shanroe Cooley and James Alliston with Karma are waving the flag for the stars and stripes.

Individual classification
The gold medal winner from Tokyo, Julia Krajewski (GER), leads with her future hope Nickel with 23.90 minus points. Christoph Wahler (GER) and Carjatan S, who together with Jung and Krajewski were part of the team that became team world champions in Pratoni del Vivaro in 2022, have 28 minus points, currently the second-best result. Britain’s Emily King is in third place with Valmy Biats. After dressage and show jumping, three-time Olympic champion Michael Jung was actually leading the field with Chipmunk, but withdrew before cross-country.

The cross-country course at the Soers starts Saturday at 9.55 am.

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