A Great Result for Chris Chugg and Vivant
Chris Chugg and Vivant finished 4th in the Grand Prix at Spangenberg CSI 3* (GER) on Sunday 20 July 2008.
Chris and Vivant have been in Europe since late April campaigning for Olympic selection. After the two nomination shows at Aach and Pforzheim Chris and Vivant were nominated as the reserves for the Jumping Team. Olympic Team member Laurie Lever and Ashleigh Drossal Dan also competed finishing the GP in 32nd place.
Spangenberg was a truly international show with riders from all over the world competing in preparation for the Olympic Games. The prize money for 2008 Grand Prix was a total of 77.000,00 euros.
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- Chris Cugg and Vivant finished 4th in the Grand Prix at Spangenberg CSI 3*
- Results 1st - 15th
- Results 16th to 32nd
AUSTRALIAN SHOWJUMPING TEAM ANNOUNCED 2008 OLYMPICS
2008 OLYMPIC SHOWJUMPING TEAM TO BE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED ON 11TH JULY 2008
Congratulations to all the Riders.
Edwina Alexander and Isovlas Itot du Chateau *(Isovlas Socrates) *(Isovlas Pialotta)
Laurie Lever and Ashleigh Drossel Dan
Peter McMahon and Kolora Stud Genoa
Matthew Williams and Leconte 6
Reserve: Chris Chugg and Vivant

Edwina Alexander and Isovlas Itot du Chateau

Laurie Lever and Ashleigh Drossel Dan

Peter McMahon and Kolora Stud Genoa

Matt Williams and Laconte 6

Reserve Chris Chugg and Vivant
Chris Chugg and Vivant 4th in Germany at the Springprüfung -Stechen- CSI 3* Grosser Preis
The duo managed a very credible 4th place on Sunday 15th June 2008 in the Springprüfung -Stechen- CSI 3* Grosser Preis



The next best place Aussie was Peter McMahon on KS Genoa in 16th place with 4 faults followed by
Matt Williams on Laconte in 20th place and 4 faults
Laurie Lever Ashleigh Drossel Dan in 30th place with 8 faults
Tim Armitrano and Mr Innocent in 48th place and 17 faults
Congratulations to all the Australian riders.
Go to the address below for all the results for the 3 day weekend of Jumping.
http://www.tennisweb.info/aachcsi08/zeitcsi08.html
So according to my calculations, taking into account results for the weekend Friday 13th and Sunday 15th June 2008 My prediction for the Australian Olympic Show Jumping Team is,
1. Guaranteed Edwina Alexander.
2. 16 faults Matt Williams.
3. 16 faults Peter McMahon.
4. 16 faults Laurie Lever.
5. 21 faults Chris Chugg as reserve





