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By Amina Nazarli

The first Riders Cup 2014 CSI* and CSI** events were held in Denmark from July 31 to August 3.

Some 108 professional riders took part in the championship.

Azerbaijan was represented by Andrea Scholder with horses named "Kornus VA", "Carvin" and "Sir Poldi-3".

At first, Azerbaijan's rider competed with a horse named "Kornus VA" on obstacles with the height 115 cm. At the tournament where local sportsmen were very active, Andrea took the first place.

The winners of the second and the third places were Danish Emily Louise with horse named "Fortune" and Michael Ertmann Henriksen with the horse "Azalea", respectively.

Then, Azerbaijan's horseman competed to overcome obstacles with the height 135 cm. At the second competition where atmosphere was thrilling, Andrea with "Sir Poldi-3" took the first place.

The second place went to the rider Jorgen Larson from Switzerland with her mare "Johnny B". German rider Cassandra Orschel with "Herzblatt 25" took the third place.

Finally, the third competition of the day was overcoming obstacles of 140 cm height.
This time his mare "Sir Poldi-3" again did not disappoint him and the rider took the first place.

The second place went to Bruce Goodin with "Caltona" and the third place to Casandra Orschel with "Acantya.

The last day of the competition was held on August 3.

In the jump off of the final, the member of the national team Andrea Scholder competed with the horse named "Canvin". At the obstacles height - 140 cm, Scholder took the bronze medal.

The first medal went to German Casandra Orschel with "Acanthya" and the silver medal went again to Bruce Goodin, with his mare "Chagrannus."