
Equine America Unick Du Francport
Birth year: 2008
John and Equine America Unick Du Francport were part of the winning Nations Cup Team at The Royal International Horse Show this afternoon.
You can read the full report from Hickstead here:
https://www.hickstead.co.uk/news/2023/great-britain-storms-to-nations-cup-victory/
John and Unick du Francport were part of the 3rd placed team in the Longines FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland.
Joined by Harry Charles, Jack Whitaker and Joe Stockdale, Great Britain were the only team to jump two clears in the first round, courtesy of John and Unick du Francport and Harry Charles riding Casquo Blue.
These clears were two of only 8 clear rounds in the first round across the 8 nations.
An unfortunate 2 fences from the team in round 2 left the British team on a final score of 12, just under 2.5 time penalties behind The Netherlands who finished in 2nd place, also with a final score of 12.
The competition was won by Switzerland who finished on 8 penalties.
- Photo credit @gcl_official Instagram -
John and Equine America Unick Du Francport were victorious at the Global Champions League Hamburg at the weekend.
John and Marcus Ehning paired up as part of the Valkesnwaard United Team to take the win with a combined double clear and final time of 141.76 seconds, finishing over 10 seconds ahead of second placed Madrid in Motion, represented by Jack Whitaker and Mark McAuley.