Italy win FEI European Championships Reining title in Aachen

Italy won the team Reining competition of the FEI European Championships in Aachen overcoming favourites Germany. The Italian team comprising of Giovanni Masi de Vargas with Dance Little Spook, Francesco Martinotti with Rambo Bo Sun, Edoardo Bernardelli with AT Andrewood and Pierluigi Fabbri with Broadway Jaba, were a length ahead.
They claimed gold with a total score of 658 points. Germany (Grischa Ludwig, Volker Schmitt, Elias Ernst and Stephan Rohde) followed closely behind to take silver after scoring just two points less. With a score of 644 points, bronze went to the Netherlands comprising of Olivier Van Den Berg with Footworks X Factor, Jurgen Pouls with Hollywood Gunman, Rieky Young-van Osch with Brady Chex and Anky Van Grunsven with Whizashinigwalla BB.
The Dutch team took its first reining medal at FEI European Championships with bronze.Great Britain (635) finished fourth in the team classification, followed closely by France (634.5). Switzerland came sixth on a score of 631.5, Denmark seventh with 625.5, ahead of Finland with 617 points and Sweden with 614.
It was a young Italian team and it was 22-year-old Giovanni Masi de Vargas, who had already claimed the FEI European Championships gold at Junior and Young Rider level several times, who was the last to ride for the team – with a very strong horse. With Dance Little Spook owned by Quarter Dream, and gained an impressive 221.5 score.
Results: http://results.aachen2015.de/show/7/event/36/competition/1/result/
Table: http://results.aachen2015.de/show/7/event/36/championship/reining/standi…
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