The moist climate yesterday and in a single day has pressured European Eventing Championships cross-country modifications, with each the timetable and the course itself being altered.
The beginning of the motion has been put again two hours “with the intention to put together the course and supply constant circumstances for all horses and riders”, in accordance with a assertion on the FEI Fb web page.
The primary horse will now be on target at 2pm native time (1pm British time) as an alternative of the unique begin time of midday native time (11am British time). Amended begin occasions have been printed.
Fences 12 to 16 have been faraway from Pierre Le Goupil’s monitor, so riders now go straight from the log pile at fence 11 (La stère Logicom) to the drop into the second water complicated at fence 17 (Le trong de l’étang du Conseil Departmental de L’Orne).
The drop into the second water at fence 17 on the 2023 European Championships cross-country course. Credit score: Gemma Redrup
Britain at present holds the group gold spot after the dressage, in addition to the person silver and bronze courtesy of Ros Canter and Lordships Graffalo and Tom McEwen with JL Dublin.
Britain’s six riders are all within the prime 9 after the primary section, with all to play for as a squad and individually in in the present day’s essential section, as soon as the motion will get going following these European Eventing Championships cross-country modifications.
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