{"id":2957,"date":"2018-08-14T08:26:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T13:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chesterweber.com\/?p=2957"},"modified":"2018-08-15T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:29:11","slug":"chester-weber-wins-beekbergen-cai3-to-round-out-successful-summer-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chesterweber.com\/chester-weber-wins-beekbergen-cai3-to-round-out-successful-summer-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Chester Weber Wins Beekbergen CAI3* to Round Out Successful Summer Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Four-in-Hand Combined Driving National Champion Led from Start to Finish<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

(BEEKBERGEN, the Netherlands) August 14, 2018\u2014Chester C. Weber, the 15-time U.S. Equestrian Federation Combined Driving Four-in-Hand National Champion, finished his summer competition tour in Europe with a wire-to-wire win in the Netherlands at Beekbergen CAI3* over the weekend of Aug. 10-12.<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/a>
Photo by: Wilco van Driessen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Weber drove Boris W, Asjemenou, First Edition and Splash to an impressive dressage score of 31.20.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Notable trainer and Weber\u2019s coach] Mieke van Tergouw and I have been working on further developing the fundamentals of this particular team since around the first of the year. I feel like they are now reaching their potential,\u201d Weber, a native of Ocala, Fla., said. \u201cThey are all fantastic movers and have come together in a harmonious way, as evidenced by scores in the low 30s.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the marathon, Weber replaced Splash for Reno, a gelding who has been in his program for about a year. Reno, whose breeding is half trotter and half Friesian, has become a strong addition to Weber\u2019s string, particularly exceling on marathon day.<\/p>\n

Finishing Saturday with a combined score of 131.60, Weber still led the competitive division of 16 four-in-hand teams from seven nations. Adding only 3 points in the cones phase, they solidified their spot at the top of the leaderboard to win on a total of 134.60.<\/p>\n

This event was the last of five competitions that made up Weber\u2019s European summer competition schedule. In June, the team placed second in France at Saumur CAIO4*, and in July won the CAI3* Riesenbeck International (Germany), and was sixth at the Aachen World Equestrian Festival CAIO4*. Each of these tournaments also served as qualifiers for the FEI Driving World Cup series, for which, after his recent victory in Beekbergen, Weber is now confirmed eligible.<\/p>\n

The Live Oak Combined Driving team was based during the summer at Riant Equestrian Centre (NL), where van Tergouw is a proprietor. They will now return to the United States to prepare for the FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Tryon, N.C., held the 11th<\/sup>-23rd<\/sup> of next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to refine the dressage as well as to build on the momentum from the marathon and cones,\u201d said Weber. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t have hoped for better as a last prep for WEG.\u201d<\/p>\n

Full results from CAI Beekbergen can be viewed at https:\/\/caibeekbergen.nl\/en\/results-2\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information on Chester Weber and Live Oak Combined Driving, visit http:\/\/chesterweber.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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