![]() ![]() Steffi did not lose a set on her way to the final. Steffi came in as the number one seed while Evert came in as the number three seed. Let’s take a look at each of her four Australian Open titles! Also of note is the fact that Steffi would be absent from the Australian Open on five occasions between 19 due to injury. In addition to her four titles, Steffi would participate in the 1993 Australian Open final where she would lose to Monica Seles in three hard fought sets. No woman, or man in the Open era has accomplished this feat. Steffi Graf’s 1988 Australian Open is especially important given that it would be part of her 1988 Grand Slam, where she won all four Grand Slams in one calendar year. She holds four Australian Open titles, just like her husband, Andre Agassi! Between the two of them, they hold eight Australian Open titles. ![]() Quelle: Pressemitteilung FEI | Übersetzung von EQWO.This week’s Australian Open Legend is none other than Hall of Famer Steffi Graf. THE DUKE OF CAVAN – Yoshiaki Oiwa (JPN) 42.6 PAULANK BROCKAGH – Sam Griffiths (AUS) 42.5ġ1. PIAF DE B’NEVILLE – Astier Nicolas (FRA) 41.5ġ0. LA BIOSTHETIQUE SAM FBW – Michael Jung (GER) 40.0ĩ. QING DU BRIOT ENE HN – Thibaut Vallette (FRA) 38.7Ĩ. FLETCHA VAN ‚T VERAHOF – Karin Donckers (BEL) 37.3Ħ. COOLEY RORKES DRIFT – Jonty Evans (IRL) 37.2Ĥ. HORSEWARE HALE BOB OLD – Ingrid Klimke (GER) 36.4 90ģ. GRAF LIBERTY – Christopher Burton (AUS) 32.9Ģ. © Kit Houghton/Mitsubishi Motors Michael Jung (GER) and La Biosthetique Sam FBW. © FEI/Jon Stroudīettina Hoy (GER) and Designer 10. I think we’ll be looking at some different results tomorrow.” Thibaut Vallette (FRA) and Qing Du Briot ENE HN are in 7th Place after dressage. Britain’s Izzy Taylor sums it up: ‘Eric has handed the responsibility to the rider, which is the right direction. ![]() Riders are looking forward to tomorrow’s cross country course, variously described as ‘massive’, ‘imposing’ and ‘needing total concentration’ with a mix of excitement and trepidation. Defending champion Michael Jung (GER) is now ninth on La Biosthetique Sam but cannot be ruled out. © Kit Houghton/Mitsubishi Motorsīelgium’s Karin Donckers (Fletcha Van ‘T De Verahof, 37.3), the USA’s Lauren Kieffer (Veronica, 38.0) and New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson (Nereo, 38.0), who has completed Badminton more times than any other rider (35), have now overtaken first-day leader Thibaut Vallette (FRA) and are in fourth and equal fifth. Karin Donckers (BEL) and Fletcha van ‚t Verahof took 4th Place. I’d like to think the cross country will suit my horse – he doesn’t look big because I’m so lanky, but he’s got a long stride.Finishing on my dressage score is the aim!“ We have trained so hard and I’ve wanted to get under 40 for so long. The last Irish rider to win Badminton was Eddie Boylan (Durlas Eile) in 1965 and the last top-three finisher was Jessica Harrington, who was third with Amoy in 1983. Irishman Jonty Evans, back at Badminton for the first time in 10 years, broke down in tears on hearing his mark of 37.2, which puts him in third place, and pointed emphatically to Cooley Rorkes Drift, the horse that took him to ninth place at the Rio Olympics last year. I’m so happy.“ Ingrid Klimke (GER) and Horseware Hale Bob OLD. I deliberately didn’t push him too much at the start of the week – I didn’t even get on the horse until Wednesday afternoon – as I have been known to overdo it on him before, but he worked in better and better and to come out of the arena with a 32.9 is fantastic. The only riders to have bettered Burton’s score in Badminton’s 68-year history are fellow Aussie Andrew Hoy with Darien Powers in 2000 and Britain’s Pippa Funnell on Supreme Rock in 2002. Ingrid Klimke (GER) and Horseware Hale Bob close second ahead of Jonty Evans (IRL) and Cooley Rorkes Drift in third. I’m looking forward to the cross-country – it’s a mix of big bold fences and accuracy tests and you have to concentrate, but I have ridden some difficult courses in my time and I feel my horse is in good shape.“ „There was so much atmosphere but as soon as we went into the arena, he felt safe. ‘Burto’, winner of Burghley and an Olympic team bronze medallist last year, leads the 2015 runners-up Ingrid Klimke (GER) on Horseware Hale Bob by 3.5 penalties. Australia’s Christopher Burton and Graf Liberty produce a stunning test to take the lead after dressage at Badminton, fourth leg of the FEI Classics™, in a day of top 4* Eventing action that saw a complete change at the top of the leaderboard. Press Release FEI – Australia’s Christopher Burton produced a typically elegant display to lead the dressage phase at the 4* Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials, fourth leg of the FEI Classics™, with the outstanding mark of 32.9 on the 12-year-old Irish Sport Horse Graf Liberty. ![]()
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