{"id":5899,"date":"2019-12-04T14:27:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/equestrianinfluence.com\/horsehappenings\/?p=5899"},"modified":"2020-01-14T12:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T17:23:15","slug":"5899-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equestrianinfluence.com\/horsehappenings\/5899-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Longines FEI Jumping World Cup<sup>&#x2122;<\/sup>\u00a02019\/2020 Western European League<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Extraordinary Ehning tops Madrid thriller with phenomenal Pret a Tout<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Madrid, Spain &#8211; Dec. 2, 2019 &#8211; by Louise Parkes.<\/em>  Pret a Tout more than lived up to his name when carrying German ace, Marcus Ehning, to victory in today\u2019s Longines FEI Jumping World Cup&#x2122; 2019\/2020 Western European League qualifier at Madrid in Spain.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fourth to go in a breathtaking nine-horse jump-off, the pair took the lead with a spectacular run that stopped the clock in 43.30 seconds and couldn\u2019t be caught. Ehning\u2019s compatriot and 2011 series champion. Christian Ahlmann. came a close second with his exciting nine-year-old stallion Dominator 2000 Z, while Belgium\u2019s Pieter Devos and Espoir finished third. The crowd packed into the IFEMA Arena in the Spanish capital city were treated to a fabulous afternoon of sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Course designer, Javier Trenor, set the stage with a 12-fence first-round track in which almost every fence was on a related distance. Absolute accuracy was required to successfully navigate the roll-backs, dog-legs and tight turns in the small arena, and the 66 seconds time-allowed also played its part. But when it came to the jump-off then it was speed and courage that would count, with two exceptionally long runs in the closing stages. And Ehning was at his very best &#8211; so fast that he could take a check before the last and still set an unbeatable target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He wasn\u2019t quite so convinced himself however. \u201cI thought maybe I had left a small gap, but as it turned out I didn\u2019t!\u201d he said afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italy\u2019s Emilio Bicocchi and Evita SG Z produced the first jump-off clear in 44.93 and then Devos and his big-striding gelding Espoir raised the bar with a flyer at the last to break the beam in 43.66. But Ehning and Pret a Tout shaved almost a quarter of a second off that when galloping through the finish in 43.30.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He then had to sit back and watch the five that followed him, only Ahlmann and his lovely nine-year-old Dominator seriously threatening when scorching home in 43.53. A little wobble on the gallop to the final oxer may have made all the difference &#8211; \u201cI had a chance to win today but my last line was not the best!\u201d admitted the man who lifted the coveted series trophy back in 2011. But he was still thrilled with runner-up spot on a stallion that is only nine years old and showing such immense promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ehning was delighted with Ruth Krech\u2019s 16-year-old gelding who clearly still loves his job. He\u2019s an extraordinary horse because he shows the same enthusiasm and ability in a massive arena like Aachen (GER) where he won the Grand Prix in 2018 as he does in a much smaller arena like today&#8217;s venue in Madrid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s a very fast and experienced horse, and I also have a bit of experience!\u201d said the double Olympian and three-time FEI Jumping World Cup&#x2122; champion who is one of the most admired horsemen in the sport.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longines FEI Jumping World Cup&trade;&nbsp;2019\/2020 Western European League Extraordinary Ehning tops Madrid thriller with phenomenal Pret a Tout Madrid, Spain &ndash; Dec. 2, 2019 &ndash; by Louise Parkes. Pret a Tout more than lived up to his name when carrying German ace, Marcus Ehning, to victory in today&rsquo;s Longines FEI Jumping World Cup&trade; 2019\/2020 Western European League qualifier at Madrid in Spain.&nbsp; Fourth to go in a breathtaking nine-horse jump-off, the pair took the lead with a spectacular run that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[97,52,2044],"tags":[2042,2041,2043],"class_list":["post-5899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-events-magazine","category-events-magazine","category-magazine","tag-longines-fei-jumping-world-cup-2019-2020","tag-marcus-ehning","tag-pret-a-tout"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>- Horse Happenings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/equestrianinfluence.com\/horsehappenings\/5899-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Horse Happenings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Longines FEI Jumping World Cup&trade;&nbsp;2019\/2020 Western European League Extraordinary Ehning tops Madrid thriller with phenomenal Pret a Tout Madrid, Spain &ndash; Dec. 2, 2019 &ndash; by Louise Parkes. 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