A special win for event rider Emily Baldwin

By Imogen Johnson

General news

23 August 2010 11:33

British rider Emily Baldwin wins her first ever HSBC FEI World Cup event, at the inaugural Haras du Pin (FRA) CIC3*-W - the penultimate competition in the 2010 series.

Emily and her 14-year-old Dutch-bred Drivetime, are an experienced combination and are renowned for producing elegant, expressive dressage tests, so their success in the early phase of competition was no surprise.

Then despite slipping to fourth place due to a few of cross-country time penalties, they regained the top spot with a clear jumping round to finish just 2.2 penalties ahead of Belgium’s Karin Donckers on Lamicell Charizard.

Emily and Drivetime are now heading for the Pau CCI4* in November, the last of the five 2010 HSBC Classics.

“I’m absolutely thrilled,” she said.
“It’s my biggest win to date. I’ve won a CIC3* before, but not an HSBC FEI World Cup event. My horse is quite a character in the stable yard anyway, and now he will be very pleased with himself!”

An impressively large field of 59 started the competition, and the dressage was of such a high standard that double-figure time penalties or show jumping rails down proved expensive.

Paul Tapner and Kilfinnie slipped from sixth to 13th with three rails down, and Lucinda Fredericks who was fourth after the dressage on Prada, finished 20th with 11.2 time penalties and two rails down.

Results
1 Emily Baldwin/Drivetime (GBR)40.0 + 5.6 + 0 = 45.6
2 Karin Donckers/Lamicell Charizard (BEL) 40.8 + 4 + 3 = 47.8
3 Nicolas Touzaint/Tatchou (FRA) 41.6 + 0 + 8 = 49.6
4 Donatien Schauly/Seculaire (FRA) 49.4 + 0 + 4 = 53.4
5 Regis Prud Hon/Debiut (FRA) 49.0 + 0.4 + 4 = 53.4
6 Ruth Edge/Carnaval Prince (GBR) 50.8 + 2.8 + 0 = 53.6
7 Eddy Sans/Kramique (FRA) 46.2 + 0 + 8 = 54.2
8 Pascal Leroy/Glenburny de Leou (FRA) 49.6 + 0.8 + 4 = 54.6
9 Arnaud Boiteau/Expo du Moulin (FRA) 52.2 + 2.4 + 0 = 54.6
10 John-Paul Sheffield/Crown Farm Consort (GBR) 53.8 + 4.4 + 0 = 58.2

Full results on www.legrandcomplet.com

Caption: Emily Baldwin and Drivetime in action en route to victory
(Photo: Jehan de Monléon/FEI)