Meydan FEI Nations Cup™, La Baule
In a fantastic fight to the finish, the Swiss team beat the feisty Swedes for the very first Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ honours at La Baule in France today.
After two gruelling rounds, the countries were tied on a score of eight faults each, so it came down to a thrilling jump-off between Swiss veteran Marcus Fuchs and Sweden's Svante Johansson. The Netherlands and Germany shared third place following a tremendous recovery by the latter who very nearly slipped out of contention at the end of round one, and France returned to top-level team jumping with a solid performance that put them into fifth ahead of Belgium in sixth, the USA in seventh and Italy in eighth place. It was a deeply disappointing start to the season for Great Britain and Ireland however when they were left sitting on the sidelines as only the top eight of the ten participating teams went into the second round. Next Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ is in Rome, Italy 29 May.
