IHP - 2019 ERCHA NATIONS CUP - THE RECAP

Markus Schรถpfer & Peptos Lil Bingo Alessandro Coppari & Thaz A Boy

Ricky Bordignon & Player Cat

Samuele Poli Barberis & Highbrow Fletch

2019 Nations Cup Team Results

1971 points ITALY

By International Horse Press Photos by © Dead Or Alive Graphics Chiara Milani

“The first edition of the Nations Cup was held in 2016 and hosted in Mooslargue Horse Academy”, said Otto De Fazio, ERCHA Vice President “At the beginning of 2016, at the first board meeting, we decided to propose some new things to the members and to the discipline also. We wanted to gather different nations in one event, that’s where the idea of Nations Cup come from.

We always had 6/7 teams during all the editions with different nations coming. Being at Americana is great for everybody, it’s one of the most awaited fairs in Europe, there’s a lot of audience which is great for promoting the discipline and the riders love it!

We are having a great edition this year, with more than 30 horses in the Futurity classes, and also in the other classes the numbers have grown.”

2019 Nations Cup Individual Results

Highbrow Fletch Thaz a boy Peptos Lil Bingo Player Cat Rock Me Graygun GS Top On Whizard MR Chesmu Peppy Boon Chelsea Little Bar Our Smart Chexolena Mas Quiero Cattin Downtown Metamoorphosis Snapper Lil Bingo Spangled Speedy Bakers Premium Choice Wonder Whos Chexinic Bluster Rambolena

Samuele Poli Barberis Coppari Alessandro Markus Schopfer Ricky Bordignon Joschka Werdermann Marine Richard Martin Schemuth Radek Holub Sara Lindberg Patrick Sattler Hannes Winkler Jitka Radosova Philipp Haug Buttigliero Laurent Jacky Molliex-Donjon Urban Gullberg Xavier Bailly

1924.5 points SWITZERLAND

ITA ITA ITA ITA GER FRA GER CZE SWE GER AUT CZE GER FRA FRA SWE FRA

661 651 651 646 639 636.5 631.5 619.5 617 617 612 604.5 604.5 594 580 393.5 0

1899.5 points GERMANY

1877 points

CZECH REPUBLIC

1838.5 points AUSTRIA

1811 points FRANCE

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Once again Team Italy for the fourth year in a row topped the Nations Cup, closing with a total composite score of 1971 points.

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Italy earns the gold medal, Switzerland takes silver and Germany clinches bronze.

RIDER

Samuele Poli Barberis HORSE

Highbrow Fletch (Royal Fletch x Lil Sally Cat) NATION

ITALY

“It’s been a wonderful experience, shared with a wonderful team. We always supported each other, and it was really emotional for all of us.

My horse was super nice from the first day. We marked a 219 in the herd work and this morning we topped the rein work class with a 223 score.

For the third year in a row this horse has given me the opportunity to compete in this event and always with great results. In the 2018 ERCHA Nations Cup edition, hosted in Mooslargue, we won both the team and the individual gold medals, and in the 2017 edition of Americana we won the Open Bridle.

I’m sure he will be a great sire in the upcoming future!”

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Samuele Poli Barberis riding Highbrow Fletch also topped the 2019 ERCHA Nations Cup Individual standings

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RIDER

Alessandro Coppari HORSE

Thaz A Boy (Smartaz x Snap And Twist) NATION

ITALY

“This was definitely one of the most important shows of my life, and I’m really proud to have had the chance to be part of this team with such great riders. I’m really satisfied with this result!

I bought Thaz A Boy six years ago from Alba QH, from then to now he has given me only big satisfactions, he’s really a great horse and I hope we’ll do a lot more together in the future.

We’ll probably go to Verona in November, I like the program and since we also compete in reining classes I think we’ll try the Limited and Intermediate Open classes.”

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Alessandro Coppari & Thaz A Boy 2019 ERCHA Nations Cup Individual Co-Reserve Champions

RIDER

Markus Schopfer HORSE

Peptos Lil Bingo (Peptoboonsmal x Conchita Gay Bingo) NATION

ITALY

“There’s only one word with which I can describe our team: fantastic! We had fun togheter, we got ready and we prepared this team since the Pre Futurity show, and that was probably one of our strengths.

The boys were amazing and they all committed themselves to the maximum, it was really emotional and now… we’ll go toghter to the saloon to celebrate our winning!

No words needed to introduce my horse, he’s the perfect team mate, always solid, always smooth and ready to go!”

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Markus Schöpfer & Peptos Lil Bingo 2019 ERCHA Nations Cup Individual Co-Reserve Champions

RIDER

Ricky Bordignon HORSE

Player Cat - Owned by Ilaria Traverso (Smooth As A Cat x Dual Play Shorty) NATION

ITALY

“What just happened was really huge… each member of our team gave the best to reach this great result! Competing for your Nation is always a great experience, and it’s even better when at the end you have the chance to hear your national anthem!

The horse I rode [Player Cat], is owned by Ilaria Traverso, was bred and raised at Ongaresca, so it’s a 100% ‘made in Italy’ horse. He’s an incredible horse, he’s a cutter turned into a working cow horse; big heart, big talent. He’s still a little green in this discipline, but he gets better and better at every show we go, so I’m sure he’ll do great things.

Next year Ilaria will show him a little bit more (even if she still doesn’t know it). We need to work on some details, but he’s becoming a solid horse in all the maneuvers.”

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Ricky Bordignon & Player Cat 2019 ERCHA Nations Cup Individual 4th place

Team Italy (from left to right) Markus Schรถpfer, Ricky Bordignon, Samuele Poli Barberis, Alessandro Coppari.

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