While a state of emergency prevails in Catalonia, the German equestrian team is preparing for the Nations Cup final in Barcelona. Heavy rainfall has paralyzed large parts of the region. However, for the German team there is currently no warning of danger. \u201eWe haven\u2019t received any news yet. All the horses passed the vet check and have already been trained. However, rain is forecast for the next hour; we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201c reported German coach Otto Becker on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the storm in Catalonia continues to cause significant restrictions, the focus is already turning to the coming days. \u201eFurther rain is forecast for the weekend,\u201c says Becker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Grand Prix of Barcelona is already scheduled for Friday evening at 8 p.m. However, the German riders will mostly compete there with horses other than those in the Nations Cup final. \u201eBecause on Sunday the horses need to be in top condition,\u201c explains Becker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the gold medal winners at the World Championships in Aachen, only Marcus Ehning and Coolio are starting in Barcelona. Sophie Hinners and Richard Vogel, however, travelled to Spain without their top horses Singclair and United Touch S, which they were still using in international competitions in Canada in mid-September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eAachen, Calgary and Barcelona would have been simply too much for the horses. In football, that would be called load management,\u201c explains Becker. \u201eFor us, the well-being of the horses comes first. But our riders also have very good second horses.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, Sophie Hinners will compete with Iron Dames My Prins in the Nations Cup final, Richard Vogel with Cloudio. The German team is completed by J\u00f6rne Sprehe with Toys. As a reserve pair, Kendra Claricia Brinkop and Replay van\u2019t Paradijs traveled to Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goal is clear: \u201eWe want to win in Barcelona on Sunday,\u201c says Becker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Nations Final begins on Sunday at 12:00 and will be broadcast live on ZDF from 11:45. However, the format does not make things easy for the Nations. In the first round all four riders will start, with one result being discarded. In the second round only three pairs per nation will be eligible to start. Which three riders continue must be decided by the German national coach during the break between the rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eThen every possible throw and every result counts,\u201c says Becker. \u201eThat can quickly go in one or the other direction.\u201c For Germany, however, it should only go forward \u2013 and hopefully in dry weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Horse Sports Germany\/fels<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" W\u00e4hrend in Katalonien der Ausnahmezustand herrscht, bereitet sich das deutsche Springteam auf das Nationenpreisfinale in Barcelona vor. Heftige Regenf\u00e4lle haben gro\u00dfe Teile der Region lahmgelegt. F\u00fcr das deutsche Team gibt es bislang jedoch Entwarnung. \u201eWir haben noch nichts abbekommen. Alle Pferde haben den Vetcheck bestanden und waren auch schon springen. … Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103393,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103392\/revisions\/103393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spring-reiter.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103392"}],"curies":[{"name":"well played","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}