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24th August
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The
Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse Trials and
Country Fair
Blair Atholl, Perthshire
Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th August 2002
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Bowmore
Blair Castle International Horse Trials
After
two days of dressage at the Bowmore Blair Castle International
Horse Trials, Terry Boon from England has taken the lead
in the two star class with a score of 43.4. He
leads Ruth Friend and Muschamp Impala by less than one penalty
point and is looking forward to today's speed and endurance
phase.
In
the busy one star section, overnight leader Ruth Friend
and Mister Barnabus now share the lead with Nini French
and Pick and Mix II on an equal score of 42.1.
Today
competitors take in the scenery round the Blair Castle Estate
as they complete about 14km of speed and endurance including
the spectacular cross-country phase which has over 20 solid
timber fences.
The climax of the event is tomorrow, when riders showjump
in reverse order of merit in the arena below the castle.
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24th August
2002
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Caring
For Horses
Lingfield Correspondence Courses |
To
celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the ILPH, Lingfield Correspondence
is offering a £30 discount to readers of the ILPH
magazine and of Equiworld. home study courses The horse
care course provider, Lingfield Correspondence has recently
updated their UK based web site at www.horse-care.co.uk
Course convenor, Paula Clements told equiworld.net that
the courses aim it to provide friendly informal advice for
people of all standards and all abilities.
The courses encompass The BHS Horse Owner's Certificates
syllabus. The BHS exams are offered to students in their
own home at the end of the course. All course material is
written in every day language rather than in text book style
and technical jargon is kept to the minimum. For this reason
the courses are one of the most popular on the market today.
The first course is very comprehensive. In fact, Lingfield
is prepared to offer a full refund to anyone can show them
an entry level, home study course which provides more information.
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24th August
2002
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United
States Equestrian Team Announces Changes To Squad
For CSIO Spruce Meadows
Gladstone,
NJ—August 23, 2002—The Untied States Equestrian
Team (USET) has announced that Schulyer Riley of Wellington,
FL, will replace Ray Texel of Beverly Hills, CA on
the team that will compete at CSIO Spruce Meadows,
September 4-8, in Calgary, Canada. Riley had originally
been named as first alternate to the team and she
replaces Texel who has withdrawn.
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24th August
2002
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USA
Equestrian Releases Documents On Equestrian Sports
Governance
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Documents
on recent equestrian sport governance activities are now
available on the USA Equestrian web site at
http://www.equestrian.org/EquestrianGovernance/index.asp.
The following documents are now accessible:
* Sport Governance Update, August 20, 2002, * Letter from
USA Equestrian Officers to the USOC Board of Directors Regarding
Governance of Equestrian Sport in the United States, August
14, 2002, * NGB Litigation Commenced by USET, July 25, 2002,
* USET Trustees Meeting Cancelled, July 17, 2002
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24th August
2002
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SOUTH
YORKSHIRE POLICE
2
stolen horses
Stolen 22/23rd August 2002 from field at Melton Brand,
Doncaster: -
LUCY, a piebald mare, 5 years old, 14.3-15hands high.
She has a full black face with a white mane and tail.
Lucy has one blue eye, the other being normal colouring.
FLIGHT, a Thoroughbred dark bay gelding, 11 years
old, 16hands high with a thin blaze on his head. Please
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24th August
2002
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Dressage
Result - Donaueschingen CDI*** Germany - 23rd August 2002
International Dressage Competition, Pries der Baden Wurttembergischen
Bank und der Firma Fischbach
Donaueschingen Dressurprufung Grand Prix - 23/8/2002
1. Nadine Capellman (Farbenfroh) GER, 2. Ann Kathrin Linsenhoff
(Renoir Unicof) GER, 3.
Martin Schaudt (Loesdau's Loriot) GER, 4. Ulla Salzgeber
(Wall Street) GER
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23rd August
2002
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The
Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse Trials and
Country Fair
Blair Atholl, Perthshire
Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th August 2002
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Three
Stars For Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse Trials
The
Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse Trials and Country
Fair is to become a CCI three star event in 2003.
This
accolade which was awarded by British Eventing just two
weeks ago puts Blair Castle alongside Bramham and Blenheim
in the three day event rankings, and means it is only the
third three-day event in the UK to be awarded this status.
Announcing
the new development at a press briefing on the first day
of this year's trials, Director, Sarah Phillips said she
was delighted to have had the application for three stars
accepted by British Eventing and the FEI. She said, "This
is a real step up the ladder for us. It is where every event
wants to be and it is just reward for the team at Blair
for all their hard work in putting together a professional,
well-organised event."Blair Castle was the first three
day event in Scotland, now it will be the first three star,
three day event."
Mike
Keiller, Chief Executive of Morrison Bowmore Distillers
said, "We are delighted as sponsors to support the
progression of the Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse
Trials to the next level of competition, to become Scotland's
only three star three day event.
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23rd August
2002
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The
Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse Trials
and Country Fair
Blair Atholl, Perthshire
Thursday 22nd - Sunday 25th August 2002
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Bowmore
Blair Castle International Horse Trials
The
Bowmore Blair Castle International Horse Trials got off
to the best possible start yesterday in glorious sunshine
with the first day of dressage.
In
the lead in the two star class was Erica Watson of Worcestershire
with Tango Romeo on a score of 48. She was leading from
Laurence Hunt of Surrey, while the best placed Scottish
rider was Peter Laidlaw from Dumfriesshire in sixth place.
Ruth
Friend from Cumbria has had success at Blair in the past
and she was leading the CCI* dressage after the first day
with Mister Barnabus, ahead of Heidi Simmons from Yorkshire
and The Biz.
There
is another day of dressage today (Friday) before the excitement
of the speed and endurance on Saturday and Sunday's final
showjumping phase.
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23rd August
2002
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Dressage
Result - Hickstead CCDI*** - England
International Dressage Competition, Hickstead CDI*** (Small
Tour),
Class 2 - The KPMG FEI Prix St Georges - 22/8/2002
1. Carl Hester (Escapado) GBR, 2. Carl Hester (Donner Rhapsody)
GBR, 3. Emile Faurie (Racit) GBR
4. Yvette Truesdale (Jaywalker) IRL
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23rd August
2002
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FEI
Announces World Pony Driving Championships
The
FEI has announced that the inaugural World Pony Driving
Championships (for singles, pairs, and teams) will
take place in Karlstetten, Austria, August 14-17,
2003. Selection criteria are now being developed.
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23rd August
2002
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News
and Updates from Diamond Mountain Stables
Macella O’Neill, Charles White, and Kelli Cox
Calistoga, California 707-942-0719
There’s
a lot going on at Diamond Mountain Stables in beautiful
Calistoga, at the north end of the Napa Valley. We have
been busy this year attending many “A” shows,
including the Indio and Tahoe circuits. Owner/trainer Macella
O’Neill has been enjoying great success with a new
string of Grand Prix horses, and plans to head to the World
Cup Qualifiers this fall with the fabulous new addition
to the barn, Erik the Grey. She has also been campaigning
Joe Montana’s incredible Irish Draught Horse stallion
King of Hearts, who started in the Grand Prix classes at
Tahoe with money winning finishes. She will be the jumping
demonstration rider with King of Hearts at Dressage in The
Wine Country, August 24 at the Santa Rosa Fairgrounds. Our
whole barn is planning on attending the performance and
we encourage you to be there as well!
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22nd August
2002
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Ultimate
Horse
Author
Elwyn Hartley Edwards Price £16.99
Publication Date: 29th August 2002
Elwyn Hartley Edwards' outstanding compendium of horse
breeds has been fully updated for a new generation
of horse enthusiasts This information rich, stylish
revised edition of the international best selling
Ultimate Horse will delight horse lovers of
all ages.
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Ultimate
Horse is a superb visual encyclopedia show casing over
99 different horses, including an additional 17 profiles,
bringing to life the splendour of breeds such as the Eriskay
Pony, the Kathiawan and the American Cream. With detailed,
double page biographies and annotated, full figure photographic
portraits, the essential characteristics, history and uses
of each breed are clearly explained.
Each
variety of horse has been organised into equestrian disciplines,
from dressage to mounted games to driving and long distance
riding, celebrating the vital and creative relationship
between horse and man. In addition there are chapters on
the origin of the equine species, the domestication of the
horse and key information on the horse's conformation.
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22nd August
2002
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International
Show Jumping Event To Launch In Sheffield
Steel
City Jumping Limited (SCJL) has today announced an investment
of £750,000 into the launch of a new international
show jumping event. The inaugural show, the first major
new indoor show jumping championships to be held in this
country for over thirty years, will be staged at Sheffield
Arena from Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th April 2003.
SCJL
is a subsidiary of Grandstand Group, which also owns Grandstand
Media, the team behind the resurgence of the Horse of The
Year Show.
"I
am delighted that a new world class equestrian show is to
be launched in this country, and it is another high profile
international event which Sheffield is proud to host. I
know the public will turn out in force to back the event
and prove one again that there is a big appetite for top
quality sport in Sheffield." Said the Honourable Richard
Caborn MP, Minister for sport and MP for Sheffield central.
The
Show will host a full programme of world class international
show jumping and, with a substantial six figure prize fund
is sure to attract the top riders world wide.
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22nd August
2002
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Cover backs the best way with PolyPads®
PI
Associates/PolyPads® Exercise Duo is an ingenious NEW
all-in-one exercise blanket and PolyPad®. It provides
all the benefits of PolyPadsÒ renowned Classic protection
under the saddle, combined with a warm, absorbent blanket
over the rump.
Originally
designed and tested by the Newmarket racing industry, PolyPadsÒ
Exercise Duo has the advantage of significantly speeding
tacking up for daily exercise. PolyPadsÒ
Exercise Duo is suitable for any horse needing warmth during
exercise, ideal for all clipped horses, perfect for general
riding on cold days, and especially useful for hunters and
eventers on winter fittening work.
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22nd August
2002
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Brookwick
Ward Relocate To North Yorkshire & Appoint New Manager
Supplier
of veterinary equipment and equine products Brookwick Ward
has relocated to new headquarters in Masham, North Yorkshire
and has a new contact number 0870 1118610.
The
move will ensure an ever more efficient level of service
to its veterinary, agricultural and equine markets. It will
especially enhance the supply, service, sharpening and repair
of Brookwick Ward's extensive range of clippers, blades
and scissors.
Formed
in 1047 and based in London, Brookwick Ward moved to its
Scottish base in 1989. Oster, Hauptner and Aesculap are
just a few of the prestigious brand names in its extensive
range.
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22nd August
2002
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Team
Liberty Brings Home The Gold In Junior Dressage Team
Championship
The
USA Junior Dressage Team Championship presented by
Cosequin ®, held August 15 - 18, 2002 at Dressage
at DevonWood in Sherwood, Oregon, showcased some of
the most talented young dressage riders in the country.
This event, in its sixth year, continues to thrive
with the help of generous sponsorship by Cosequin®
and is recognized by the United States Olympic Committee
(USOC) as a USA Junior Olympic - equestrian event.
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22nd August
2002
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F.A.C.E.Wins
Top Honors At Vaulting Championship
Free
Artists Creative Equestrians (F.A.C.E.) landed the
top prize in the 2002 USA/AVA National Vaulting Championships
held August 14-17, 2002 at the Robertson Park Equestrian
Center in Livermore, California. Thirty-three of the
nation's best vaulting teams met to vie for a number
of awards. Results are as follows - Please
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22nd August
2002
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Red
Tape Threat To Traditional Rural Events Removed - NFU
The
organisers of rural events like village fêtes and
farmers' markets are breathing a sigh of relief today, thanks
to the NFU.
It had been feared that the Government would in future insist
that organisers of occasional events like gymkhanas or food
fairs would have to get planning permission following a
consultation on the issue by the DTLR*. Today, however,
the Deputy Prime Minster's Office issued a statement saying
that there will be NO change to the temporary use provision
in current planning legislation.
In
it, Planning Minister Jeff Rooker said that the ability
to hold infrequent recreational and fund-raising events
was of "significant value to rural communities and
in particular to farmers".
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21st August
2002
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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
20 August 2002
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Samsung
Nations Cup Final Donaueschingen (GER), 24 August 2002.
The following eight teams will compete for the 2002 title:
Belgium ; Germany ; France ; Italy ; Netherlands ; Sweden
; Switzerland ; USA Further to the withdrawal of the Irish
Team, Switzerland will participate in the Final.
FEI Delegation to Aachen A delegation of the FEI
composed of Wayne Roycroft (AUS), Mike Etherington-Smith,
respectively Chairman and member of the Eventing Committee
and Michael Stone, FEI Sports Director will pay a visit
to Aachen on 21 August 2002. The purpose of the meeting
is the assessment of Aachen's proposed facilities for Eventing
included in their bid to host the 2006 World Equestrian
Games.
FEI Gandini Top Ten Final The 30 November edition
of the FEI/Gandini World Riders Rankings will decide on
the participation field of the Final of the Top Ten to be
held in Geneva on 14 December. The International Jumping
Riders Club is currently working on the formula of the Final,
which will be published after the World Equestrian Games.
Meeting of the Central European National Federations
In Bratislava The annual meeting of the Central European
NFs was held early August 2002 in Bratislava. The Central
European NFs decided to hold a yearly meeting as of 1989,
mainly to discuss World Cup matters. In addition to the
discussion on the newly created Central European Driving
Challenge, the meeting mainly concentrated on the World
Cup Jumping.
Central European Driving Challenge A pilot project
to promote International Driving competitions outside of
Western Europe will start in 2003: the Central European
Driving Challenge. In view of the considerable costs of
transporting horses and carriages to international events
it was felt to be more beneficial to concentrate on supporting
increased regional activities. In Central Europe, the countries
interested in Driving are invited to organise international
events and to send their drivers to events outside of their
country. The FEI's development department will contribute
to the travel costs and possibly also give some support
to Organising Committees.
Calendar Changes 2003 World Pairs Driving Championship
At the request of the French Equestrian Federation, the
FEI authorised the change of date and location of the 2003
World Pairs Driving Championship, due to take place in Versailles
(FRA) in June. The Championship will take place in Jardy
(FRA) from 18 to 21 September. 2003 World Combined Pony
Driving Championships Further to the withdrawal of Saumur
(FRA), the World Combined Pony Driving Championship will
take place in Karlstetten (AUT) from 14 to 17 August 2003.
2002 WEG nominated entries on FEI website Nominated
Entries are published on the FEI website
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21st August
2002
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Are
You Warming Up To The Chill Buster Riding Boots?
The
Equitector Chill range is taking off. Riders are already
purchasing these boots in spite of the hot spell and
sales are beyond all expectation. Our
promotional campaign with adverts and editorials is
about commence.
Now
is the time to prepare for the autumn and to avoid
disappointment, do not leave the ordering too late.
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your feet at body temperature whatever the weather,
but in summer it keeps out the heat.
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We
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21st August
2002
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Hacienda
dos Olivos
Established
since 1995, Hacienda dos Olivos offers a very unique
charm. Situated on a thirteen hectare working organic
olive estate in the provence of sevilla, visitors
are welcomed to experience traditional Andalusian
life.
The Hacienda opens its gates to visitors world-wide
to feel the magic of Spanish culture. The Spanish,
English, German and French speaking household, is
very much intergrated with the local community.
Steeped in history with olive cultivation, classical
equitation and the Spanish Purebred horses, an atmosphere
is maintained so that guests can discover Andalucia
and all its fine qualities.
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The
jewel of the estate reflects the special interest of its
owner. Johanna Beattie Batista, a renowned classical dressage
trainer and rider, shares her love of the Spanish Purebred
with great enthusiasim. Johanna has been dedicated to the
equestrian world from an early age. She has supervised numerous
riding establishments, mainly in Morocco and Spain, as well
as competing at National level in show-jumping. Her knowledge
of Classical riding stems from wide sources colaborated
over the past two decades. Including the Royal School of
Equstrian Art in Jerez (Spain), Nuno Oliveira in Portugal,
The Cadre Noir (Saumur) and Michel Henriquet in France.
Johanna's understanding of classical methods is renowned
Internationally and guests have the opportunity to learn
an insight into these pure historical methods of training.
Equestrian activities offered at the Hacienda include: Instructional
Holidays (with board and lodgings included), Working student
courses, training of Spanish horses and exportation of good
quality Spanish bloodstock
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21st August
2002
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Horses
Resist Infection With Actimune
A
new product has been launched in the UK to help horses
cope with stressful situations, such as training,
traveling or weaning, and give them added protection
against viral and bacterial infection when they are
most vulnerable.
Actimune is a unique feed supplement that has been
developed to maintain a healthy immune system. Modern
stabling, feeding and training methods, as well as
traveling, competing, weaning and similar stressful
situations, often leave horses susceptible to any
illness going. Coughs and colds are, at least, debilitating,
and at worst can result in damage to the lungs that
will end the career of a performance or competition
horse.
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When
dealing with young stock, many breeders are now starting
with a regime that includes Actimune to ensure maximum resistance
to viruses at an early stage. The Cheveley Park Stud, Newmarket,
is an advocate of starting young. A spokesman said "We
have fed Actimune to a selected number of our foals and
yearlings over the past 12 months and early indications
are that Actimune does boost their immune system, giving
these individuals a noticeably better defense against virus
attack". The stresses and strains of training and traveling
can be detrimental to the immune system of performance horses
throughout their careers. Dr Chris Gilbert, a top equine
vet in the USA, was the first to put Actimune to the test
and continues to recommend it for horses of all ages. He
says "Quite honestly, I've found very few horses that
don't respond to Actimune. My clients are extremely happy
with the consistent performance they see, and there's a
marked reduction in the amount of illness we see in these
horses".
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21st August
2002
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NDS
Alfred's Tower Ride FEI
Emirates Endurance Worldwide Rankings Ride - August
24th 2002
Stourhead House, Wiltshire - Great Britain
A Preview report by Susie Cain
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Wiltshire
landowners have come together to support Endurance riding
for the NDS Alfred's Tower Rider this Bank Holiday weekend
(24--25 August 2002).
Over
430 riders from all over the country will have the unique
opportunity to hoof it over the grounds of the glorious
Wiltshire countryside starting and finishing at the National
Trust's Stourhead House, passing King Alfred's Tower, and
across land owned by the Duke of Somerset Estate and Longleat
Estate, as well as Mere Down, Charnage Down and the Golden
Valley.
The
NDS Alfred's Tower Ride has attracted the largest team entry
ever from The Riding Club Championships. Teams of 3-4 riders
from Surrey, Cornwall, Herefordshire and Worcestershire
will compete for the NDS Equine Team Endurance Challenge,
a 34-km (20m) ride.
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21st August
2002
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U.S.
Riders Display Preparedness For World Equestrian Games
The
U.S. showed its increasing depth in the dressage discipline
by topping the leader board in various tests at CDI***
Lingen (GER) held August 16-18,
2002. Guenter Seidel finished 2nd in the Grand Prix
held on Friday, a qualifier for the Grand Prix Special,
with a 71.36% on Nikolaus 7 (Weinberg x Elise), a
13-year-old Westphalian gelding owned by Richard and
Jane Brown. Three of the top 4 places in Saturday's
Grand Prix, the qualifier for the Grand Prix Kür,
went to U.S. riders.
The
naming of the team for the World Equestrian Games
to be held in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, September
10 - 22, 2002 will be finalized in the near future.
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21st August
2002
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Champions
Crowned at the North American Young Riders’
Championships Presented by State Line Tack
Old
Mill Creek, IL—August 19, 2002—The North
American Young Riders' Championships (NAYRC) presented
by State Line Tack, returned to Tempel Farms, in
Old Mill Creek, IL August 6 – 11, 2002.
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Jacqueline
Paxton 21, of Cincinnati, OH, Cayce Harrison, 18, of Burridge,
IL and Brittany Kart, 18, of Atlanta, GA, won the individual
Gold Medals in dressage, show jumping and eventing respectively.
In
the team competitions, Gold Medals went to USA Region 2
in dressage, USA Zone 2 in show jumping and USA Area 2 in
eventing.
In
Dressage, Paxton, riding for USA Region 2, led throughout
the competition and received a 71.200%, her best score ever,
to win the culminating Freestyle Championship and clinch
the Gold Medal with a three-round score of 212.040.
“I
can’t believe I did it,” said Paxton of her high
score. “I am really happy with the way things went,
I am so excited.”
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20th August
2002
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British
Dressage Team Bid For Hickstead Nations Cup In WEG
Warm Up
The
British Dressage team will take part in their final
competition at Hickstead International CDIO (21st
- 25th August) this weekend before leaving for the
World Equestrian Games.
The
team consisting of Richard Davison (Ballaseyr Royale),
Emile Faurie (Insterburg), Laura Richardson (Millendium)
and Peter Storr (Gambrinus) will compete against
teams from Holland, France, Ireland and Germany
for the coveted Nations Cup title.
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World
Class Performance Director, Ian Williams, said Hickstead
CDIO will form an important part of the team preparations.
"It is ideal for us to have an event of this status
available locally to help us in our final preparations for
the WEG. We are always treated well at Hickstead and there
is a super atmosphere. Competing here will provide a warm
up for the horses and riders and will help the team focus
on the job in hand," he said.
The
team will be looking for a good result on their last outing
before the big one. Ian commented, "Whenever the British
Team compete they go out to do as well as they can. We are
not in the business of cruising. We will be looking for
solid performances ready for WEG. There is always a good
level of competition at Hickstead and we will be doing our
best to produce a winning result".
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20th August
2002
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Charity
Ride Enters Final Stages of its Journey to No 10
A
long distance ride aimed at raising awareness of the
conditions of tens of thousands of horses transported
across Europe for slaughter reaches Northamptonshire,
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire on its journey south
from the Scottish Borders to 10 Downing Street.
The ILPH (International League for the Protection
of Horses) staff and their horses will be starting
week 5 of their Ride from Scotland on Saturday 24th
August from Berry & Nicholson, Rectory Farm Lower
Benefield, Northants
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Tim
Stockdale, International Show Jumper who will now be joining
the ride on Monday 26th August comments, "My horses
and I are travelling throughout the year to competitions
both at home and abroad, so I know the stresses that they
can endure en route - and they travel first class compared
to the slaughter horses !
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20th August
2002
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Copyright
2002 SportsQuest International |
Badminton
Horse Trials Television Special available on vhs
Copies
of the television documentary "Backstage at Badminton:
Eventing's Supreme Challenge" are now available
for purchase online at www.SportsQuestInternational.com,
or by telephone on (800) 872-9462 (Catalog # 9382).
Currently
airing in the United States as a HorseTV presentation
on the America One Television network, the forty-one
minute program examines the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton
Horse Trials from the perspective of riders, coaches,
grooms, key members of the horse trials staff, volunteers
and regular visitors to the event.
Scripted
by noted equestrian journalist, Christine E. Stafford
and directed by SportsQuest's senior producer, Melvin
Cox, the program includes excerpts from interviews
with Badminton Horse Trials Director, Hugh Thomas;
Horse Trials Secretary, Jane Tuckwell; Badminton Stable
Manager and Chief Stud Groom, Brian Higham, and 2002
champion, Pippa Funnell.
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Conversations
with former champions Bill Roycroft, Capt. Mark Phillips,
David O'Connor, and Mark Todd highlight the presentation.
Also included are the comments of Margaret Runcie, who witnessed
the first Badminton Horse Trials in 1949, and Lorna Clarke,
who completed the event a record 23 times. Katrina Barclay
hosts this special edition of "With Equestrian Tact:
The International Video Magazine of the Equestrian Sports".
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20th August
2002
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Made
by Kings for Kings
Passage * Horse Riding Tours * PORTUGAL
We
are a tourist entity in the area of the Portuguese
Rural Tourism.
We
are specialize in horse country rides and Classic
Dressage classes, with Lusitanos stallions, which
are given in an atmosphere of the most unique characteristics.
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We
are placed in a privileged area with a rich historical and
cultural heritage, called “
Tapada Nacional de Mafra”. Besides its a natural patrimony,
it disposes of a large variety of services and activities
to offer, like: conducted tours, country rides, guided walks,
hunting, carriage driving, the possibility of taking very
good photographs,that is, the
contact with real nature.
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20th August
2002
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U.S.
Gets Wild Card To Nations Cup
The
United States Jumping Team was granted a wild card
entry in the 2002 Samsung Nations Cup Final, to be
held August 24, 2002 in Donaueschingen, Germany. Frank
Chapot will serve as Chef d' Equipe for the team.
Entries are as follows: * Molly Ashe - Kroon Gravin
* Leslie Howard - Priobert de Kalvarie * Beezie Madden
- Judgement * Nicole Shahinian Simpson - El Campeon
Cirka Z * Peter Wylde - Fein Cera
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20th August
2002
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Costa
Smeralda - Sardinia ( Italy )
FEI
Emirates Endurance World Masters Ride - August 31st
2002
San Pantaleo - Sardinia
A Preview report by Luca Paparelli
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The
best of world endurance will make a leg in Costa Smeralda,
absolutely one among the most beautiful places in the world
and the coastline it is a sheer drop from the cliffs to
one of the most crystal sea of the Mediterranean.
Costa
Smeralda is located in the north side of Sardinia island,
the Italian island which is place where the horse is since
ever is integral part of men and where since centuries a
precious breeding of Arab and Anglo-Arab that lately are
giving good results also in endurance rides.
The
meeting will be for the 31st of August, at San Pantaleo,
where will take place a CEI** - 120 Km. ride, with the organization
of Umbria Endurance Equestrian Team. The ride will be valid
fro the FEI Emirates Endurance World Master and will be
the second of the Italian stages after the ride of Piana
di Castiglione del Lago of last 1st of June.
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20th August
2002
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Great
Prize of Visconde de Mauá ( Rio de Janeiro
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FEI Emirates Endurance Worldwide Rankings Ride - August
24th 2002
Village of Visconde de Mauá - Rio de Janeiro
A Ride report by Cidinha Franzão
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August 24th will be held the International Great Prize of
Visconde de Mauá, in the Village of Visconde de Mauá,
State of Rio de Janeiro. The ride of Mauá (forth
consecutive year) entered definitively in the calendar of
Brazilian endurance: for the beauty and tranquillity of
the region, for the charm of the inns or the climate, but
with certainty for the requirement technique of the track.
The
ride of Mauá will have the categories 2 ** 103,60
km Adults and Young Riders (27,60. 23,50. 23,50. 15 and
14 km), 1 * 80,10 km Adult and Young (27,60. 23,50. 15 and
14 km) and 1* 56,60 km National (27,60. 15 and 14 km).
The
ride will be valid for ranking of the states of Minas Gerais,
São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian and FEI.
The ride managers of the ride are Malu Frisoni (MetaBrasil
Events) and Júlio Villas Boas (Circuito Rio Events)
with the support of Rodolfo Luiz da Costa e Silva, known
like the master of ceremonies of Mauá). The track
will have small alterations to diminish the variation of
altitudes without running away the main characteristic from
Mauá: requirement of select technician and strategical
of riders.
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20th August
2002
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PHR
Class To Be Held At Dressage At Devon
There
will be a Performance Horse Registry Breeding Class
at Dressage at Devon in Devon, PA, Sept. 24 - 29,
2002. The inclusion of this class at this competition
helps recognize the rapidly growing division of dressage
sport horse breeding.
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20th August
2002
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Excitement
Builds as Triple Crown Draws Near
Unionville,
PA—August 19, 2002—The excitement is building
among advanced single and pair competitors alike as the
first leg of The Triple Crown of Combined Driving draws
near. The Triple Crown consists of three events including
the Laurels Driving Event in West Grove, PA, September 6-8,
the Gladstone Driving Event in Gladstone, NJ, October 11-13,
and culminating in Fair Hill, MD at the Fair Hill International
Driving Event, October 24-27.
Drivers
who compete in all three events will automatically be entered
in the competition for the Triple Crown. Drivers must compete
in all three events to be eligible for the award but only
their top two scores will count in determining the winner.
The driver who obtains the lowest raw score will be crowned
the winner.
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20th August
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How
Show Jumping World Cup Points Are Earned
Gladstone,
NJ—August 19, 2002—There are two Show Jumping
World Cup leagues in the United States - East Coast
League and West Coast League. The record of the points
earned by individual riders (not horse-and-rider combinations)
at CSI-W competitions in these leagues is maintained
by the United States Equestrian Team (USET).
In
general, riders qualify for the Final in the league
in which they live. Points may be earned only during
the time period of a rider’s home league.
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20th August
2002
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"Sunday
Silence" Author Comments on News of Horse's Death.
LEXINGTON,
KY (Monday, August 19) -- Ray Paulick, author of the biography
"Sunday Silence," expressed his sadness regarding
the news report of the death of the legendary 1989 Kentucky
Derby and Preakness winner who passed away in Japan early
Monday at the age of sixteen. "Sunday Silence"
was published earlier this year by Eclipse Press as part
of the "Thoroughbred Legends" series of books.
Paulick,
a frequent visitor to Japan who had seen Sunday Silence
at Shadai Stallion Station on numerous occasions, reflected
on the horse, saying, "Sunday Silence was an international
superstar. American racing fans remember his exciting duels
with Easy Goer in the 1989 Triple Crown races and Breeders'
Cup when he always seemed to be the underdog. Japanese fans
never saw him race but recognize him as the most prolific
sire in their history.
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19th August
2002
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Equitector
Riding boots goes West.
For
the first time, the Equitector was showing their range
of riding boots at the King of Prussia show in the
USA.(Aug. 10-12)
The
show was a great success, says Nico Katan, the managing
director, but we need many stores for distribution
of our products into the US and Canada. We receive
so many emails from riders who wish to purchase our
boots within the America's and we do not know where
to place them.
Our unique range of riding boots resolves many problems
for rider and yard staff alike. The new Chill Buster
and Master with Climate control keep your feet cool
in summer but warm in winter and the Easy Rider Balance
System give you that unique and more secure feel whilst
in the saddle.
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19th August
2002
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19
Year-Old Walsh Wins Millstreet Derby
DUBLIN
RIDER DAN Walsh took a surprise win at the prestigious Millstreet
Derby, Co. Cork today (Sunday) with <Evening Herald Normandy>,
the horse
that helped launch the international career of Nations Cup
rider Cian O'Connor. The
19 yr-old Walsh, who is based in O'Connor's Copperalley
Yard in Maynooth, rode the French-bred gelding in a faultless
winning round, beating more seasoned campaigners from the
Kerrygold Grand Prix circuit.
Normandy
in the past has carried Cian O'Connor to three European
Young Rider Championships and won a Team Silver Medal at
Hartpury in July of 2000. The horse has also been a member
of four senior Nations Cup teams.Dan
Walsh was the winner of the 2001 RDS Young Riders Bursary,
and this year won the Holmestead 1.35m Young Riders' Final
at the Kerrygold Horse Show.
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19th August
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The
new online Equine Science Certificate wins award…
The
Council of Ontario Universities, Office for Partnership
for Advanced Skills (OPAS) recently awarded the OPAS Teaching
with Technology Award, Workplace Learning category, to the
Equine Science Certificate. This program is an educational
partnership between the Equine Research Centre and the Office
of Open Learning, University of Guelph.
The award recognizes this new Certificate program, offered
entirely online, for demonstrating effective pedagogy, for
its innovative use of technology to enhance learning, and
for addressing a real need in the equine industry for a
current and accessible training program for professional
development.
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19th August
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Result:
Dairygold Boomerang Finder Championship, Millstreet, Co.
Cork (€6000)
1)
OLD TOWN KATIE: Shane Breen, 2) MUSKOKA : Paul Duffy Jr.,
3) ALI G: Michael McGuinness
(This
class was inaugurated to find the next <Boomerang>,
the horse so successfully competed by Eddie Macken.)
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19th August
2002
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Show
Jumping Results: CSI-A Great Leighs England 16-18 August
2002
Class
9 GREAT LEIGHS GRAND PRIX
1)
ANASTASIA III; BILLY TWOMEY (IRL), 2) KALUSHA; ROBERT SMITH
(GBR), 3) CARESINO; HAUKE LUTHER (GER)
Class 7 Ben Shaw's Anglia Small Grand Prix
1)
CORIAMA; PETER CHARLES (IRL), 2) BROOKEND FUEHRER; JOHN
RENWICK (GBR), 3) TOM BOY; KELLY BROWN (GBR)
Class 8 Brake Bros Small Grand Prix
1)
MR SPRINGFIELD; ROBERT SMITH (GBR), 2) AUDIS PRINCIPAL;
HENRIK ANKARCRONA (SWE), 3) ABALONE CRACKER; MARK KYLE (IRL)
Class 12 Young Horse Jump Off
1)
CASINO; KELLY BROWN (GBR), 2) PLATINUM; KELLY BROWN (GBR),
3) CLAYDONS ICE; CAMERON HANLEY (IRL)
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18th August
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Ambella
Connecting with others on a deep meaningful level
is a rarity in our hurried world. When it does happen,
it is truly a gift that needs to be recognized and
acted upon. Sometimes we aren't quite ready or even
aware of such connections and it's gone before we
realize what has been lost. In the late summer of
1988 I had such a connection with one of the most
beautiful young ladies I've ever known. I long to
reconnect with Ambella.
I took a job that summer at Indian Creek Ranch near
the one horse town of Cameron, Montana. The ranch
was owned by some very well-to-do polo people who
had homes throughout the world and hobnobbed with
the most famous polo player of all, Prince Charles.
In the polo world, the thoroughbreds have a career
that usually ends in their mid-teens when they lose
their speed or break down physically. From there they
often become brood mares as they did at Indian Creek
Ranch. With two famous stallions to service the mares,
a new crop of foals arrived every year to welcome
the warm springtime weather and green grass. As the
sun just started to light the sky on the morning of
the equinox, March 21st, a very special foal was taking
her first breaths on that cool beginning. She was
the color of aged hay, a buckskin with a prominent
dark stripe running down the middle of her back. With
a black mane and tail and dark lower legs, she wasn't
common like all the bays that dominate the polo scene.
She marched to the beat of her own drum, right from
day one.
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18th August
2002
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Build
Leadership Through Board Development
Consider this scenario: You're on the executive committee
of your local horse association (group a). You receive a
request in the mail to represent your group on their executive
council from another horse association (group b). You receive
it on December 30, and the application has a January 9 deadline.
The request asks you to name one representative and an alternate
to their executive council, both who must be members in
good standing of their association. This is the first time
your association has been contacted about this. There is
no other explanation of: who else sits on the executive
council; how often the executive council meets; the representatives
expected duties; and time commitment. Also missing from
this request is a phone number for a contact person from
group b. All you have is the return address for the person
to send the request back to. You're left with many questions,
and it will take a lot of time for you to track down a contact.
Many horse associations miss out on getting the leadership
on their board that they are after. The example above demonstrates
a poorly implemented board development plan. Other associations
struggle along wanting more involvement, but not knowing
what kind of additional assistance they need. If any of
this sounds like your horse association, you can greatly
improve your situation by putting together a Board Development
packet.
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18th August
2002
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Show
Jumping Result: CSI-A Great Leighs England 16-18 August
2002
Class
4 - The Chelmer Stakes
1) FIRST DE LAUNAY HN; FLORIAN ANGOT (FRA), 2) CORIAMA;
PETER CHARLES (IRL), 3) KALUSHA; ROBERT SMITH (GBR) -
Class 6 - The Gordon's Edge Challenge Accumulator
1) MR SPRINGFIELD; ROBERT SMITH (GBR), 2) GYPSY DE BACON;
CAMERON HANLEY (IRL), 3) CARACAS K; HAUKE LUTHER (GER)
Class 1 - Stansted Hilton Premier (two-phase)
1) GRENAT DE GREZ-HN; FLORIAN ANGOT (FRA), 2) EUROPA EINS;
HAUKE LUTHER (GER), 3) RODRIGO III; CAMERON HANLEY (IRL
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Class 2:The Great Leighs Gamble
1) ANASTASIA III; BILLY TWOMEY (IRL), 2) ARKO; NICK SKELTON
(GBR), 3) MARIUS CLAUDIUS; ROBERT SMITH (GBR)-
Class 3: The County Class 1.50m Jump-Off
1)FIRST
DE LAUNAY HN;FLORIAN ANGOT(FRA),2)MIDNIGHT CALL;EDWARD DOYLE(IRL),3)FRESH
DIRECT WISTON BRIDGET;TIM STOCKDALE (GBR)
Class 10: Young Horse Tour
1)
KUSTENFEE; HAUKE LUTHER (GER), 2) CLAYDONS ICE; CAMERON
HANLEY (IRL), 3) OLIVIER; DAVID MCPHERSON (GBR)
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