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Nick Skelton Wins The British Open At Sheffield


Nick Skelton from Shrewley, Warwickshire stormed to victory in Sundays British Open held at the Sheffield Hallam FM arena. Nick, riding John and Lisa Hales' Oldenberg stallion Arko III carried away the £25,000 prize money to become the British Open Champion. Based on a points system over three competitions, Nick finished with the least points to beat fellow countryman Robert Smith and Harry Smolders of the Netherlands into second and third place respectively.
Full results are as follows:

Rider Horse Round A Round B Total Time
1st Nick Skelton GBR Arko III 1.50 4.00 5.50 50.45
2nd Robert Smith GBR Mr Springfield 8.00 0.00 8.00 47.92
3rd Harry Smolders NED Omar 9.50 0.00 9.50 44.90
4th Hauke Luther GER Index 10.50 0.00 10.50 47.40
5th Steve Guerdat SUI Campus 19.00 0.00 19.00 50.86
6th Geir Gulliksen NOR Frisky 20.00 0.00 20.00 44.40
7th Scott Smith GBR Cabri D'Elle 20.00 0.00 20.00 48.92
8th Billy Twomey IRL Anastasia III 18.00 4.00 22.00 48.46
9th John Whitaker GBR Lord Z 21.00 21.00 71.13
10th Robert Whitaker GBR Nicolette II 22.50 22.50 68.59
11th Roelof Bril NED Nintento 24.50 24.50 68.66
12th Lesley McNaught SUI Granie 5 25.00 25.00 68.39
13th Michael Whitaker GBR Sandy 26.00 26.00 72.15
14th Paul Barker GBR Blue Chip Quinton 26.50 26.50 67.69
15th Richard Davenport GBR Laguina 27.00 27.00 68.59
16th John Renwick GBR Coeur 30.50 30.50 72.94
17th Henk Van De Pol NED Jalandria 31.00 31.00 72.46
18th Pius Schwizer SUI Coolman V 32.50 32.50 66.74
19th Tim Stockdale GBR Fresh Direct Jerome 34.00 34.00 67.16

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