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Britain's Brash and Maher win top two at FEI jumping World Cup at Olympia

Xinhua, December 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Scott Brash became the 15th British rider to come out on top in the FEI World Cup jumping series when galloping to victory with Hello M'Lady in the Longines eighth round of the 2016/2017 Western European League here on Sunday.

The victory leaves the 31-year-old rider only a few points short of a qualifying spot for the Longines final in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States next March.

Brash clocked 38.73 seconds for the win. His London 2012 Olympic gold-medal-winning team-mate, 33-year-old Ben Maher, finished a close second with Diva in 38.85 while 23-year-old Belgian Nicola Philippaerts won the third place with H&M Harley vd Bisschop in 39.07.

Maher, also runner-up in the same event last year was disappointed afterwards.

"I wanted to win, but if I was going to be beaten by anyone I was hoping it would be Scott," he said.

Brash said, "It's very special to win in front of the home crowd, they were really behind us and it gives you that extra edge." Enditem