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French duo claim top two places in 1st competition of FEI World Cup jumping final

Xinhua, March 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

French riders Penelope Leprevost riding Vagabond de la Pomme and Simon Delestre with Qlassic Bois Margot claimed the top two places in the first competition of the Longines FEI World Cup jumping final in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Friday.

The final consists of three competitions, with the second leg taking place on Saturday and the deciding competition on Monday.

The 2012 champions Daniel Deusser of Germany, riding his Cornet d'Amour from Germany, finished third.

"Today's goal was to be in top five, six or seven horses because in the next two rounds anything can happen. I was very careful today because of the experience I had last year where one mistake was very costly and I finished in 15th place," said Deusser.

Defending champion, Switzerland's Steve Guerdat who won through in the thrilling final in Las Vegas last April, finished fourth with Corbinian.

Three-time FEI World Cup jumping champion, Germany's Marcus Ehning, finished in eighth place with Cornado NRW and is well poised to make a challenge for a record-breaking fourth title.

Leprevost described her horse's performance as "amazing", but she was already feeling fairly confident after a good start to the week. She brought Vagabond to the 2015 final in Las Vegas as a 10-year-old and he finished second, so this is clearly a horse that thrives indoors.

"He was very good in the warm-up two days ago and also I was lucky to go at the end of the competition today," she said. "He has improved a lot in the last year. He's always been good to ride, he has a super character and a lot of scope. Initially my problem with him was control, but we have done a lot of dressage now so I have no problem with control and we are really good together - I'm very happy!" Endi