Valentina Isoardi takes bronze in Junior European Championships in Hoofddorp (Holland)

Valentina ISOARDI, Lumiere d’Aix, riding came away with a excellent bronze medal at the Junior European Championships.Starting the second round with 8 penalties the young girl from the Piedmont region closed out the difficult second run without a mistake and leapt up to third position.None of the other 5 riders ahead of her prior to the start of run 2 were able to match her quality with three of the five knocking off one barrier and joining Valentina on 8 penalties. Thus it came down to sort of playoff to decide the winner. Valentina was first to face the jump-off which she completed without penalties once more with a time of 37.30 It was precisely her time, though, that consigned her to third place. The Belgian rider Nicola Philippaerts finished the course in 33.61 earning her the silver medal while the British rider Carian Scudamore took gold with a time of 32.03