France win Fei Nations Cup event in St Gallen

The third round of the Nations Cup 2018 in St Gallen has taken place with France visiting in first place.Coach Philippe Guerdat selected a powerful  line up of Mathieu Billot, Alexandra Francart, Nicolas Delmotte and Olivier Robert and the quality of the team that won the Olympic Gold 2016 shone through.There were seven teams and home side Switzerland finished second who had Werner Muff ( 4 – 0 on Daimler), Beat Mandli (4 scart – 4 with Dsarie), Steve Guerdat (0 – 0 on Bianca) and Martin Fuchs (0 – retired on Chaplin).Third were Belgium: Yves Vanderhasselt (1 – 0 on Jeunesse), Mathy Francois Jr (0 – 8. on Uno de la Roque), Christophe Vanderhasselt (16 – 0 with Identity Vitseroel) and Wilm Vermeir (8 – 4 on IQ van het Steentje).Also taking part were Germany (4° with 16 penalties), Great Britain (5° with 17), Spain (5° with 20) and Brazil (7° on 21).In the standings, the Swiss are top with 270 points having picked up 90 at St Gallen followed by:
2 Germania 180 points
3 Spain 170 pts
4 Belgium 160 pts
5 France 150 pts
6 Ireland 145 pts
7 Holland 90 pts
8 Great Britain 60 pts
9 ITALY and Sweden 57.5 ptswww.longinestiming.comPhoto: Mathieu Billot, Shiva, Alexandra Francart, Volnay,Chef D’equipe Phillipe Guerdat, Nicolas Delmotte, Ilex Vp, Robert Olivier, Eros, France and John Roche Director Jumping FEI.Photo FEI/Gustavo Lorenzo