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.
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".
Copyright
2002 SportsQuest International
America
One Television is available via independent TV stations and cable
systems throughout the U.S., in the-clear to C-Band Dishes throughout
North America, and via both dial up and broadband connections to
the Internet from any country in the world. America One is one of
the few television networks which also webcasts its programming
24 hours a day. The network's Los Angeles affiliate (KVMD-TV 31)
is available to DirectTV and Dish Network subscribers in that important
marketplace.
The
Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials is traditionally among
the most well attended fixtures on the European sporting calendar,
consistently drawing crowds of 250,000 plus for the cross-country
phase.
Copyright
2002 SportsQuest International |
Copyright
2002 SportsQuest International |
Copyright
2002 SportsQuest International |
Production
of "Backstage at Badminton." is made possible in part
through the generous support of National Equestrian Communications
and by BCM Productions. An on-line preview is available at http://www.SportsQuestInternational.com/Badminton_Preview.htm
SportsQuest
International is a privately held multimedia production company
specializing in the development and promotion of sports related
programming that presents positive, informationally rich themes.
The company is based in Oakland, California (USA).
Copyright
2002 SportsQuest International
SportsQuest
International
605 Alcatraz Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609 USA
877-892-9645 Toll Free Telephone/Fax in the USA
510-547-6437 Telephone/Fax from outside the USA
Mitsubishi
Motors Badminton Horse Trials http://www.badminton-horse.co.uk/
HorseTV
http://www.horse-tv.com/
America
One Television http://www.americaone.com/
SportsQuest
International http://www.SportsQuestInternational.com/
National
Equestrian Communications http://www.necomms.com/
.
|
