Sam Overton and Oaks Cassanova bow out with heads held high

The FEI World Cup Final campaign of Australian pair, Sam Overton and Oaks Cassanova has come to an end this morning as they failed to make the top 30 competitors who will be invited back to compete in Sunday morning’s (Australian Time) Final.

After a great performance yesterday in Round 1 (click HERE for the full story), where they picked up 12 points after finishing in 29th place, the pair found the going much tougher in today’s second competition.

Over a track that saw obstacles up to 1.60m, no combination had managed a clear performance before the Australians entered the arena, 12th on the draw. While they started the Round well, clearing the first with ease, they soon encountered problems. Firstly, it was knocking down the front rail at the second jump oxer, which impacted their approach to the third, resulting in a refusal. In a very tightly packed arena, a good line to the third jump proved hard to find and`Ed’ was having none of that, resulting in a second refusal and mandatory elimination.

Please click here to read the rest of the article as it appears on the Australian Jumping website.