Samantha Albert prepares for the World Championships
Published:Tuesday | August 12, 2008 | 8:14 PM
Jamaica’s Samantha Albert had a disappointing last day in the equestrian eventing competition in Hong Kong yesterday.
Albert who was ranked a creditable 42 going into the third and final phase of the event, was let down by her horse which refused to jump at two obstacles.
The Jamaican was eliminated from the competition and lost her ranking.
The 14-year-old bay mare BEFORE I DO IT first had a refusal at 5B, that’s the combination fence, and her second was at fence nine.
Albert was one of nine eliminated riders. Four more were withdrawn.
Albert ended the opening phase of the individual eventing competition ranked 52 in dressage.
She improved her ranking by ten places to 42 following a magnificent round of jumping in the cross country where she picked up penalty points for time but had a clean slate for jumping.
Germany’s Henrich Romeike won the gold medal, silver went to American Gina Miles while Great Britain’s Kristina Cook pocketed bronze.
With her Olympics completed Albert will now set her sights on the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, United States in 2010. A younger horse will replace the ageing BEFORE I DO IT.