USA’s Weber, Dutch Team Lead 2014 WEG Driving

Chester Weber (USA) and the Dutch team have made a convincing first step on their way to driving gold at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy.
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Chester Weber (USA) and the Dutch team have made a convincing first step on their way to driving gold at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy.

Weber won the dressage competition with a test scoring 32.21 penalties, 3.3 points ahead of reigning world champion Boyd Exell (AUS) who finished on 35.51. Reigning European champion Theo Timmerman (NED) was third on 37.28 penalties, followed by compatriots IJsbrand Chardon and Koos de Ronde, which puts the Orange team in the lead of the nations competition.

No less than 6,000 spectators enjoyed the dressage tests of the 46 competitors representing 17 nations, who performed at the La Prairie racecourse in downtown Caen on Thursday and Friday during the first phase of the combined driving competition.

Four-time individual world champion IJsbrand Chardon (NED) was the first starter on the first dressage day and, driving his team of KWPN-geldings, became the overnight leader after 23 combinations

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