Kevin Staut steered Kraque Boom to take the individual jumping gold medal on the final day of the Alltech FEI European Jumping championships at Windsor Castle, Great Britain, today. Germany's Carsten-Otto Nagel and Corradina also produced a superb double-clear performance to take silver, but the heart-break of the day was Albert Zoer's second-round first-fence error which cost the popular Dutchman and his much-loved gelding the individual title. Typically stoic, Zoer accepted the disappointment with good humour.

Course designer, Bob Ellis, admitted that he was surprised when their were 12 clears in the first round. "The course was very big" he said, but it was his second-round track that proved the real test. A much tighter time limit and even taller fences produced only two faultless performances this time out, and those two riders would top the medal podium.

Philippe Lejeune and Vigo d'Arsouilles were clear in the first round and had only 1 penalty time fault in the 2nd round. 3 combinations finished with a clear round over both rounds, so Vigo was 4th in the class and 8th in the final standing.

Resul Final class - Table A 2 rounds not against the clock - height 1.60m
1.Ninja La Silla Rolf-Göran Bengtsson SWE 0
1ex. Corradina Carsten-Otto Nagel GER 0
1.Kraque Boom*Bois Margot Kevin Staut FRA 0
4ex. Vigo d'Arsouilles Philippe Le Jeune BEL 1
4ex. Asti Spumante Thomas Mühlbauer GER 1
4ex. S.I.E.C. Livello Cameron Hanley IRL 1
7.Oki Doki Albert Zoer NED 4
8ex.Rancorrado Cian O'Connor IRL 5
8ex. Peu a Peu Daniel Etter SUI 5
8ex. Checkmate Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum GER 5
11. Isaac du Jonquet Mikael Forsten FIN 6
12. Kanebo Piergiorgio Bucci ITA 8
13ex. 11th And Bleeker Gerfried Puck AUT 9
13ex. Camiro Tony André Hansen NOR 9
15ex. Lamm de Fetan Timothée Anciaume FRA 12
15ex. Blauwendraad's O'Brien Angelique Hoorn NED 12
15ex.Night Train Darragh Kerins IRL 12
18ex. Lord de Theize Olivier Guillon FRA 13
18ex. Snai Seldana di campalto Natale Chiaudani ITA 13
20. West Side v. Meerputhoeve Clarissa Crotta SUI 15
21. Jalisca Solier Steve Guerdat SUI 16
22. Robin Hood W Ben Maher GBR 17

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONCHIPS - FINAL STANDING
1. Kraque Boom*Bois Margot Kevin Staut FRA 9.42
2. Corradina Carsten-Otto Nagel GER 9.64
3. Oki Doki Albert Zoer NED 11.18
4. S.I.E.C. Livello Cameron Hanley IRL 11.83
5. Asti Spumante Thomas Mühlbauer GER 15.43
6. Peu a Peu Daniel Etter SUI 15.54
7. Ninja La Silla Rolf-Göran Bengtsson SWE 15.66
8. Vigo d'Arsouilles Philippe Le Jeune BEL 16.88
9. Checkmate Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum GER 17.31
10. Snai Seldana di campalto Natale Chiaudani ITA 17.47
11. Isaac du Jonquet Mikael Forsten FIN 18.98
12. Night Train Darragh Kerins IRL 20.85
13. Rancorrado Cian O'Connor IRL 21.18
14. Kanebo Piergiorgio Bucci ITA 22.28
15. Robin Hood W Ben Maher GBR 23.30
16. Jalisca Solier Steve Guerdat SUI 24.05
17. Blauwendraad's O'Brien Angelique Hoorn NED 24.54
18. Lord de Theize Olivier Guillon FRA 25.69
19. Camiro Tony André Hansen NOR 25.94
20. 11th And Bleeker Gerfried Puck AUT 26.29
21. Lamm de Fetan Timothée Anciaume FRA 28.31
22. West Side v. Meerputhoeve Clarissa Crotta SUI 30.61

Photo : Philippe Lejeune & Vigo d'Arsouilles