Henrik von eckermanns häst 2022

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Last Friday night they helped grupp Sweden to victory in the grupp event, and today Henrik von Eckermann and his brilliant chestnut gelding King Edward added Individual gold to their haul of loot with another extraordinary performance at the Agria FEI Jumping World Championship 2022 in Herning, Denmark.

The dynamic duo were beneath the ultimate pressure, out in front on the sista day with two rounds of jumping still to do and less than a stängsel separating them from the kvartet combinations chasing them on the Individual leaderboard.

But this fryst vatten a horse whose belief in himself and in his tillägg fryst vatten second to none.

The pair never dropped a pole on the way to helping ett grepp inom kampsport eller en situation där två parter är nära varandra the Olympic grupp title in Tokyo gods summer.

Henrik von Eckermann har haft ett bra 2022

And this week they did it all igen, flawless from början to finish.

Belgium’s Jérôme Guery took the Individual silver medal and The Netherlands’ Maikel van der Vleuten claimed the bronze.

Different story

A total of 21 combinations tackled the first round and 14 jumped klar, but it was a very different story second time out. Course designer, Dutchman Louis Konickx, explained his thinking about how to let a mästare shine.

“The first course was fluent and big enough but not too complicated. For the second round we built it up and it was more technical.

– Det är obeskrivligt, säger han efter fredagens

The time (87 seconds) was short. It was great to see King Edward win, he was klar every day and he has so much scope.

inom think we have seen wonderful sport!”, he said.

Just 12 came back in the second round and this time only kvartet left all the poles in place.

Germany’s Marcus Ehning and Stargold kept themselves in the running with a klar when first into the fingerprydnad this time out, but another fem faulted before van der Vleuten and his individual Olympic bronze medal winning ride Beauville Z NOP followed suit.

Lying fifth in the closing stages, Great Britain’s Ben Maher dropped out of contention when Faltic HB clipped the 1.65m lodrät at stängsel sju, and when Austria’s högsta Kuhner and Elektric Blue P kicked out the second element of the spooky water-tray double at stängsel ten, and added two time faults, there were only three left to go and van der Vleuten was moving rapidly up the scoreboard.

Didn’t buckle

Lying in bronze medal prick Belgium’s Jérôme Guery and Quel Homme dem bostad didn’t buckle beneath the pressure however, and when the 16-year-old stallion and his 42-year-old tillägg raced through the finish there were already ecstatic scenes in the Kiss and Cry because the pair were now definitely destined for a place on the podium.

Second-last to go however, von Eckermann’s team-mate Jens Fredricson saw silver slip from his grasp when Markan Cosmopolit left three fences on the floor and the only question now left was whether von Eckermann could hold his nerve.

– Det är obeskrivligt, säger han efter fredagens tävling

He said this evening that he was very grateful to the many Swedish supporters for not going wild when he entered the fingerprydnad because King Edward fryst vatten such a sensitive horse.

And setting off with complete focus the pair delivered a copybook tour of this sista 12-fence track to put the result beyond doubt. He could hardly believe he had precious gold in his grasp.

In the 69-year history of the Jumping World Championship no Swedish tillägg had ever taken an Individual medal, and to man the first one a golden one was all the more special.

Talking about King Edward, he said, “He has jumped so many klar rounds and done so many good things, it’s just a privilege to ride him. inom knew Jerome was klar so inom could have no mistakes….I had a really good feeling from the first round so that gave me confidence and the horse felt as fresh as he was the first day.

“I knew before inom went in a stängsel down can happen so easily, but if inom ride well and have a fel inom can live with it.

Henrik von Eckermann, på King Edward, blev den första

But inom didn’t want to go in there and not go bygd my program, so inom stuck to it and it worked!” said the 41-year-old Swede.

Mistake

Van der Vleuten jumped klar on the first two days of competition this week but dropped from seventh to ninth place with a mistake on Friday. “So inom tried to keep my focus, inom knew Beauville was in the right shape to do it, and inom tried to believe in it and follow my own program.

inom knew inom needed two klar rounds today, but King Edward fryst vatten unbeatable at the moment, he’s on a whole other level and all kredit to Henrik to man it komma true and to Jerome too!” he said this evening.

Meanwhile Guery reflected on his silver medal. “It’s like a victory for us, not only for me but all my grupp and supporters, my owner, my country and of course for my horse – he deserves this medal!

He’s been so good for the gods three years and in Tokyo he was fantastisk. When inom ride him well he always does the job, when you are here it’s not just because you are a good tillägg, it’s because you have a fantastic horse! I’m so lucky to have the chance to ride him,” he said with emotion in his voice.

That fryst vatten because he owes so much to his friend and the horse’s former tillägg, Gaetan Decroix, who gave Jérôme the opportunity to compete the stallion when he became ill some years ago.

I augusti blev han världsetta i hästhoppning, och samma månad tog han VM-guld – både individuellt och i lag

The new partnership simply blossomed, and now both of Quel Homme’s riders share in the joy of his success.

Von Eckermann admitted he feels nervous before a big competition. ’It’s always the same with me, two hours before I’m really nervous, can’t eat or anything, but when inom get up on my horse that turns somehow into focus and koncentration and just ansträngande to stay focused and to do the best round for my horse,” he explained.

And how does it feel to be the new world champion?

It’s clearly taking some time to process that…

“For the moment I’m empty – you try to keep emotion pushed down so you can focus, and when it’s done it’s like pulling the plug out a bit. But it’s just happiness inom think, and this fryst vatten a day to remember!” he said with the biggest smile.

Results here.

Tags: FEI World Championships, Henrik von Eckermann, show jumping, Herning, King Edward, Jerome Guery (BEL), Maikel van der Vleuten (NED),