Kellnerová made a mistake, but the Prague Lions in Prague advanced to six – ČT sport – Czech Television
Although Kellner scored thirteen penalty points in Silverstone’s saddle and was wrong on three obstacles, her two colleagues drove flawlessly and that was enough to advance to six of the last eighth place out of twelve participants. The Dutchman Jur Vrieling started with one penalty point for exceeding the time and the Belgian Niels Bruynseels closed the home team’s performance with a clean run.
The Prague Lions went to the quarterfinals as the sixth team after the basic part, so they were only two places away from participating directly in Friday’s semifinals and were the favorite to advance. The situation was complicated by Kellner and Silverstone, who broke the crossbar into an obstacle in the design of Charles Bridge and dropped two other obstacles. They got one penalty point in time.
At a critical moment at Charles Bridge, Silverstone was startled by the rebound and bounced back a little with his hind legs. “I already knew it wasn’t exactly what we wanted it to be. So I knew that the rest of the course had to leave Silie under more pressure than I wanted. Then came the two mistakes because I didn’t give him one. But I had to. “encourage him to complete the course,” she said.
Bruynseels drove clean under pressure at a crucial moment and gradually defended the position of the home team with a five-point lead over Cannes Star. The best in the quarterfinals were St. Tropez Pirates, whose three riders together made only one mistake for four penalty points and were three hundredths faster than Madrid in Motion.
In Friday’s semifinals, the Prague Lions will start as the first of twelve teams to use the last six places. The Lions also went to the finals two years ago, when they did not advance to the finals due to a slow time. Kellner is going to use the mare Catch Me If You Can, which she decided on before today’s race. She let her taste the atmosphere in the hall during part of today’s accompanying next competition, which she planned after several obstacles.
Cautious won a five-star competition
Olympian Aleš Opatrný and his horse Forewer won the five-star individual competition at the Prague Playoffs. The cautious had the fastest time of 57.52 seconds out of twenty-eight flawless riders. He left the second Swiss, Bryan Balsiger, a second and a half behind. The cautious drove at thirty-five and took the lead in two and a half seconds. However, he was followed by more than two dozen riders who could overcome his time.
“He was relatively decent, then they pulled him a second, there was only a second and a half. But a second and a half in the hall is quite enough. You can drive more in the outdoor arena than here in the hall. I was definitely afraid until the last rider. and I’m glad it worked out that way, “said the 40-year-old Czech national team member.
The registration was the national anthem. “Even when I entered the arena in front of the park, the atmosphere was great. Even better after the last jump and now the decoration was great,” he praised himself.
On the obstacles up to 150 centimeters high, the sixth Kamil Papoušek with the Great Feeling and the eighth Vladimír Tretera in the saddle of the Gangster vh Noddevelt got into the top ten from the Czech national team.
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