{"id":2419,"date":"2014-06-09T07:30:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T12:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chesterweber.com\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2016-10-18T07:32:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T12:32:18","slug":"chester-weber-sweeps-saumur-caio4-for-second-year-leads-team-usa-to-bronze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/chester-weber-sweeps-saumur-caio4-for-second-year-leads-team-usa-to-bronze\/","title":{"rendered":"Chester Weber Sweeps Saumur CAIO4* for Second Year, Leads Team USA to Bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chester Weber and his team on course at the CAIO4* Saumur. (Photo courtesy of PixelVisuel.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Saumur, France (June 9, 2014)<\/em> \u2013 <\/em>Combined driver Chester Weber proved the USA\u2019s mettle in the sport, leading the pack from start to finish in the CAIO4* Saumur for the second year in a row; with both the CHIO Aachen and the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy fast approaching, all eyes in driving sport are sure to be on Weber.\u00a0 This year\u2019s CAIO Saumur, which was a Nations Cup competition, also saw the United States win Team Bronze, with Weber\u2019s untouchable score lead teammates Allison Stroud and Misdee Wrigley-Miller to success just behind the Dutch team with Gold and the French team with Silver.<\/p>\n

Weber, a native of Ocala, Florida, dominated the event from the beginning, scoring a 32.91 in the dressage phase on Friday.\u00a0 He finished out the weekend with a total of 129.25, giving him a wide lead over second place finisher Theo Timmerman of the Netherlands with a 147.06.\u00a0 Weber\u2019s horses, a group of KWPN geldings co-owned by him and Jane Forbes Clark, have been racking up win after win and plan to continue their streak of victories on the road to Normandy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe horses remain in top form,\u201d said Weber about the team\u2019s performance in Saumur, \u201cand continue to prove that we are contenders.\u00a0 I was incredibly pleased with my team\u2019s overall synergy, from the horses themselves to my staff.\u00a0 They are like a well oiled machine and we will continue to perfect our technique next month at Aachen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weber showed plenty of technique last month in the United Kingdom, where he secured the win at the prestigious Windsor Royal Horse Show.\u00a0 His team has so far gone undefeated this year, as well as taking the win at the CAI-A4* Caen, a test event for the 2014 World Equestrian Games, in 2013.<\/p>\n

With past precedent the best judge of future actions, Weber\u2019s history in France will hopefully be an accurate representation of the USA\u2019s World Equestrian Games success in Normandy.\u00a0 Earlier in 2014 Weber added an eleventh National Four-in-Hand Championship to his name by winning the 2014 CAI Live Oak International, and continues to redefine the world\u2019s perception of American combined driving.\u00a0 He and his team will now head to Germany for the CHIO Aachen and the CAI Riesenbeck before setting his sights on the ultimate prize in combined driving, the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Normandy.<\/p>\n

For more information on Chester Weber, his team, and their trek to Normandy, visit his website at www.chesterweber.com<\/a> and follow him on Facebook at https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Chester-Weber<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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