In recent weeks you could read on Hippomundo how the World Championships of 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 went and what happened with the Champions. This week we dive into the archives and take a closer look at the 2014 World Championships.
Five-year-olds
There were 44 participants that managed to qualify for the final of the five-year-old horses in 2014. After a 13-man jump-off, the gold went to the Netherlands thanks to Maikel van Mierlo and his Harley VDL son Earley. It was the start of something exceptional, because a year later the duo would match this performance again in the final for 6-year-olds. In 2016, Earley was sold to HH Farm and became known as HH Earley. He was seen for a while under the saddle of Quentin Judge up to 1m45 level, but in 2017 and 2018 Marlon Modolo Zanotelli and Charlotte Bettendorf were also in the saddle of the brown gelding. After more than a year and a half, he appeared back on the international stage in Wellington in January 2020 with Joanna Wolffer.
The silver went to Ard Ginger Pop, a daughter of Luidam ridden by Marlon Zanotelli’s current wife Angelica Augustsson. Also later on, the chestnut mare stayed with the Zanotelli family. In 2015, she managed once again to reach the final. This time she finished 11th in the final for 6-year-old horses with Marlon. In 2016 she was sold and disappeared from the international radar for a while, until she competed in Miami about a year ago under the saddle of Alison Robitaille. They could already be seen at 1m60 level.