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Sixty-Four
People Go Steeple Chasing In The Centre Of Dublin
Hunt Chase 10 & 11 August 2002
Sixteen
teams from registered hunt clubs around Ireland will
compete in the Hunt Chase on the afternoons of Saturday
10 and Sunday 11 August during the 2002 Kerrygold
Horse Show.
The
Hunt Chase is the fastest, most exciting and crowd
pleasing event on the Main Arena at the Show. Divots
fly, hooves thunder, and adrenaline pumps in this
high-speed relay knock-out event.
All the riders are amateur riders and no current competition
riders are able to take part. Each team consists of
four members of the registered hunt club. Rules require
one rider to be a female and another to be a male
of fourteen stone or heavier.
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Two
identical courses are built on the Main Arena, one course
mirroring the other. Fences are built solid like obstacles
the rider and horse would encounter in the country i.e.
logs, brush fences, gorse hedges and bank and water. At
the signal, two teams jump head-to-head, each rider passing
a riding crop to the next rider in the team before they
can start the course. The winning team is the last rider
who crosses the finish line first. The winners progress
to the next round. No jumping penalties are incurred, however
the rider must successfully negotiate each obstacle.
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EQUITANA
Brisbane
16-24
November 2002
August News Update
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EQUITANA
Brisbane tickets are selling fast and we would like to say
a big THANK YOU to all of you for your support and enthusiasm
towards the event. We are very excited about coming to Brisbane
in November and hope that all of you have the chance to
experience for yourself the magic of EQUITANA!
EXHIBITION - OVER 75% SOLD
The response from Australian and international equine companies
for exhibition space in Brisbane has been sensational. Over
140 companies have already reserved their exhibition booth
at what promises to be a massive equine event.
Equine companies perceive EQUITANA Brisbane as the perfect
opportunity to tap into the lucrative Australian equine
market. This combined with evidence that visitors travel
from far and wide to immerse themselves in EQUITANA, guarantees
for a successful national event.
ULLA SALZGEBER - Dressage World Number One
EQUITANA Brisbane is proud to present World number one dressage
rider, Ulla Salzgeber, in an exclusive, one-off clinic.
Don't miss this once in a lifetime experience Born in Oberhausen,
Germany on the 5 August 1958, Ulla Salzgeber has become
one of the most recognised names within the Dressage circle.
Today, Ulla has an impressive list of credentials, including
team gold and individual bronze in Dressage at the Sydney
Olympics, and gold in the 2001 European Masters. She is
the reigning World Cup title holder and current World number
one.
THE ULTIMATE DRESSAGE LOVERS PACKAGE
Thursday 21 & Friday 22 November
EQUITANA SCHOOLS PROGRAM
EQUITANA has devised a special program for schools to be
held on Thursday 21 November at the Brisbane Convention
& Exhibition Centre. The full day packages are designed
for student's aged between 12 - 18 years, and consist of
a two hour lecture series featuring Australian and international
guest speakers and a guided, behind-the-scenes tour of EQUITANA
Brisbane.
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3rd August
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An
Additional €25,000 For The "Jumping Double"
Kerrygold Horse Show 7-11 August 2002
An additional €25,000 will be awarded to the
show jumper who wins both the Kerrygold Classic at
the Kerrygold Horse Show and the Sallynoggin/Pavilion
Grand Prix at the Dun Laoghaire Horse Show which is
a qualifier in the Kerrygold National Grand Prix League.
This is the first time ever this bonus prize is being
offered. The horse and rider combination that pulls
off this fantastic feat will take home an impressive
€40,000. Possible double winners could include:
Dermot Lennon - 'Ginger Watt' and 'Liscalgot'; Cian
O'Connor - 'Irish Independent Casper'; Shane Breen
- 'Luandra' and 'Godsend'; Stephen Smith - 'Desert
Prince'; and Conor Swail - 'Windgates Cruise West'.
These riders are entered in the Kerrygold Horse Show
and are competing in the Dun Laoghaire Grand Prix.
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3rd August
2002
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Massage While You Groom
Massage
While You Groom, a new book by Certified Equine Sports Massage
Therapist Sue Davis, is now available exclusively on the
Internet at www.donblazer.com Twenty-six full color photos
show you exactly how Davis goes about a full body massage
while grooming a horse. Clear, concise text explains how
to use the curry, soft brush and cloth to increase circulation,
relax muscles and bring the natural hair oils to the surface
for a perfect shine.
"This is the quick and easy way to keep your horse
in top form whether you are just a weekend trail rider or
a national competitor," says Davis.
"Now you can massage your horse yourself, getting started
within minutes after reading this little book."
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3rd August
2002
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Celbridge
Show Cancelled Saturday - But Runs Sunday
The
South County Dublin Horse and Pony Show scheduled to run
on Saturday August 3 and Sunday August 4 at Celbridge will
now run only on Sunday August 4. All Saturday's classes
have been cancelled for both horses and ponies.
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2nd August
2002
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Pre-Purchase
Tickets Sales Strong For The 2002 Kerrygold Horse
Show
7-11 August 2002
Tickets for the Main Arena Stands at the 2002 Kerrygold
Horse Show are selling strongly, with Friday 9 August
2002, the day of the Kerrygold Nations' Cup almost
completely sold out.
Daily
general admission to the Show costs €11.00 for
adults and €7.00 for students, senior citizens
and children. A family ticket is great value costing
only €28.00 for two adults and up to four children
under 16 years. On Sunday 11 August, the last day
of the Show, the family ticket is even better value
at €24.00
General admission tickets give access to the entire
RDS grounds and there are plenty of places around
the Main Arena from which to watch the show jumping.
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2nd August
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New
Internet Equestrian Auction
COEUR
D'ALENE, Idaho, July 24, 2002. Here's a new online auction
with a twist. First of all, it's all horse related. But
that's been tried before - usually with dismal results.
The new Equestrian Horse Network teams up with selected
Equestrian Web sites to create an auction community with
far more items and participants than any single horse enthusiast
web site could generate.
"Manure
Happens" ( www.ManureHappens.com ) has been chosen
as a lead web site to introduce the new auction which has
been online since late June.
You
have your choice of Two Auction Formats, Standard and Reverse.
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HorseTV.August
News and Program Schedule
A
printable calendar version of the new schedule is
now available on the HorseTV Website at <http//www.horse-tv.cm/schedules.html">.
While you’re visiting the website, be sure to
fill out our viewer survey!
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Some
of the August highlights include the "US Pony Club
Prince Philip Cup 2002," the top national competition
for the Pony Club Mounted Games held during the Rolex Three
Day Event in Kentucky during April . . . .
. . the "Denver $75,000 Show Jumping Grand Prix"
. . .and "Back Stage at Badminton Eventing's Supreme
Challenge," filmed during the 2002 Badminton competition
during April of this year.
Also
joining HorseTV is Frank Bell and his "Dancing With
Horses," a new series featuring his unique relationship
training series.
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2nd August
2002
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Sandy
Van Dyke Wins $2,500 Open Jumper Class At Vermont Summer
Festival Horse Show
East
Dorset, VT—July 31, 2002— Sandy Van Dyke bested
the field to win Wednesday’s $2,500 Open Jumper Class
at the Manchester and the Mountains Horse Show, part of
the 2002 Vermont Summer Festival held at Harold Beebe Farm
in East Dorset, VT.
Three
riders mastered the course set by American course designer,
Buddy Brown, to advance to the jump-off. Riding Roulette
Rouge, owned by Perrin Berkey, Van Dyke of Lake Worth, FL,
was the only rider to post a second fault-free performance
to win the competition.
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2nd August
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Memorial
For Cappy Smith To Be Held In October
A
celebration of the life of Morton "Cappy"
Smith will take place at The Oaks Farm in Middleburg,
Virginia, on October 19, 2002. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in his name to the Reeve-Irvine
Research Center at the University of California Irvine,
an organization dedicated to the study of spinal cord
injuries and diseases.
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>Show
Jumping Hall of Fame Jumper Classic Series Leader
Board Continues to Unfold Through the Month of July<
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Tampa,
FL – July 31, 2002 –The 2002 Show Jumping Hall
of Fame Jumper Classic Series saw 14 exciting member events
in July with nine in the East Conference and five in the
West Conference. The series kicked off in February and runs
through November, culminating in the Series’ first-ever
Year-End Championship to be held at the National Horse Show.
Charlie
Jayne and Melbourne remain the leaders of the junior division
in the East Conference, and Marilyn Little and Corrado still
have a secure hold on to the first place in the amateur-owner
division. In the West Conference, Andrew Ramsay and Lisa
lead the junior division, while Catherine Boettcher and
Cordella B sit on top of the amateur-owner division standings.
For the first time this year, the Show Jumping Hall of Fame
is offering separate series for amateur-owner riders and
for junior riders.
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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
31 July 2002
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Samsung
Nations Cup Preview: CSIOs*** Vilhelmsborg (DEN) and Budapest
(HUN)
The
23rd and 24th qualifiers of the Samsung Nations Cup Series,
CSIO*** Vilhelmsborg (DEN) and CSIO*** Budapest (HUN) respectively,
will take place on Friday, 2 August. After 22 competitions,
Germany is the leader with 61 points, followed by Italy
with 49 points and Belgium with 48. Thirty-eight nations
have competed to date and 30 have received points.
Cian O'Connor (IRL) is currently the leading rider with
a total of 13 points. He is followed by Jozsef Turi (HUN)
and Helena Persson (SWE) with 11 and 8 points respectively.
So far, 399 riders have competed with 185 receiving points.
The leading horse is Waterford Crystal ridden by Cian O'Connor
with 11 points, followed by Helena Persson's Classic H (SWE)
and Holger Hetzel's Waitaki 31 (GER) with 8 and 7 points
respectively.
The 2001/2002 Samsung Nations Cup Series Final will take
place in Donaueschingen (GER) on Saturday 24 August.
Launch of CIC World Cup
The inaugural qualifier of the newly created CIC World Cup
will be held at Gatcombe Park (GBR) over the weekend of
2 - 4 August 2002. It will take place in the framework of
the British Horse Trials Championships, a three star One
Day Event. Apart from the CIC World Cup competition, the
event will also include the National Novice Championship
as well as the Intermediate and Open Championship.
The number of competitors has significantly increased since
the event was fist held in 1983. This year, more than 300
entries have been registered including such eminent riders
as William Fox-Pitt, Blyth Tait and Pippa Funnell.
Upcoming Events
The 2001 FEI World Jumping and Dressage Challenge Finals
supported by Performance Sales International (PSI) will
take place at Hof Kasselmann in Hagen a.T.W. (GER) from
31 July through 4 August.
The 2002 North American Young Riders' Championships (NAYRC)
will be held at Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek, IL (USA)
from 6 to 11 August. They are the premier equestrian competition
in North America for riders aged 16-21.
A number of other important events will take place in the
coming days.
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Animal
Welfare Groups Join Forces To Improve Livery Yards
The
British Horse Society to administer voluntary scheme
Horse
vets and leading equine welfare groups have joined
forces to ask livery yards throughout the country
to join a voluntary approvals and registration scheme
designed to improve and standardise conditions for
horses and ponies.
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It
will be administered by The British Horse Society (BHS)
and supported by the British Equine Veterinary Association
(BEVA), the International League for the Protection of Horses
(ILPH), the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals (RSPCA), the Scottish Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) and the Home of Rest for Horses.
The scheme was launched at the Golden Jubilee Royal International
Horse Show on July 26.
The
British Horse Society Livery Yard Approval Scheme was devised
after veterinary surgeons became concerned about welfare
conditions in many of the yards they visited. "The
bulk of our concerns were not about outright cruelty but
in most cases centred on the way the animals were kept by
often inexperienced owners," said BEVA information
officer Lesley Barwise-Munro.
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1st August
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Ticket
and Travel Packages Available for Budweiser Show Jumping
World Cup Final
Las
Vegas, NV—July 31, 2002—A wide variety of ticket
packages is available for the 2003 Budweiser Show Jumping
World Cup Final.
The
25th annual FEI Show Jumping World Cup Final will take place
at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, April
16-20, 2003. This will be the fifth World Cup Final held
in the United States. Previous Finals were held in Baltimore
(1980), Tampa (1989), Del Mar (1992) and Las Vegas (2000).
In
2000, nearly 36,000 spectators got the chance to see the
brightest American stars face-off against their top rivals
from around the world in a setting known as “The Entertainment
Capital of the World.” Brazilian superstar Rodrigo
Pessoa thrilled the huge crowds with spectacular riding
performances on his way to winning his third consecutive
World Cup championship.
For
the avid spectator planning to attend the 2003 Final, All-Session
packages are the best choice. All Session packages include
tickets for the warm-up competition on Wednesday evening;
the first leg, the speed class, of the World Cup on Thursday
evening; the second leg, a time first jump-off, on Friday
evening; the Grand Prix of Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon;
and the third and exciting two-round leg of the World Cup
on Sunday afternoon, after which the new World Cup champion
will be crowned.
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1st August
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ILPH
Transportation Awareness Ride Launched
The
International League for the Protection of Horses
(ILPH) launched their Transportation Awareness Ride
(TAR) at the Border Union Agricultural Show at Kelso
last Saturday 27th July.
Helping with the launch in the main ring were event
rider Ian Stark who was riding Jaybee and Sylvia Loch,
the classical dressage supremo, riding Espada and
the ILPH's Transportation Consultant Jeremy James
riding Gonzo.
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1st August
2002
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The
16th World Mounted Games Team Championships
The
Welsh mounted games team won the 16th World Mounted Games
Team Championships at Fontwell Racecourse, West Sussex (July
26/28).
After the five qualifying sessions England and Wales were
the only teams to break through the 300 points barrier.
Joing them in the final were also Belguim, France, Scotland,
Ireland and Northern Ireland.
In the 12 race final Wales (Alex Jones, Christian Jones,
Daloni Lucas, Rachel Norton, Gareth Whitney) got off to
an impressive start winning the first five races putting
them 10 points in front of Ireland their nearest rivals.
The two fourth places that followed saw Wales maintain their
lead, stretching it to 11 points.
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1st August
2002
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Guenter
Seidel Named USET Athlete of the Month for July 2002
Gladstone,
NJ—July 31, 2002—Guenter Seidel was named
United States Equestrian Team (USET) Athlete of the
Month for July after he topped a world-class field
of international dressage competitors at CDI*** Norten-Hardenberg
in Germany, July 25-28.
Riding
Nikolaus 7, owned by Dick and Jane Brown, Seidel was
the top competitor, winning the Grand Prix and placing
third in the Grand Prix Freestyle. In the Grand Prix,
Seidel and Nikolaus 7 scored an impressive 71.06%
to edge a star-studded field of riders, many of whom
competed on their likely horses for this year’s
Dressage World Championships to be held at the World
Equestrian Games in September.
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1st August
2002
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2002
Kerrygold Horse Show
Kerrygold Nations Cup Teams And Rider Update
7-11 August 2002
There has been a change of rider in the British team
and a change of horses in the French & Belgium
teams for the 2002 Kerrygold Nations' Cup which will
take place 3:00pm on Friday 9 August 2002.
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1st August
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Bruce
Chovnick LLC to Sponsor Vermont Summer Festival Grand Prix
East
Dorset, VT—July 31, 2002—The fourth of five $35,000
Grand Prix events of the Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show
to be held on Sunday, August 4th is being sponsored by Bruce
Chovnick LLC of Brookeville, MD. The company is involved
in the business of breeding, investing and selling horses.
"Bruce
Chovnick is an avid horse owner, rider and investor, and
we’re excited about his support of our new extended
format here in the Manchester area," stated Dotty Ammerman,
Executive Director of the Vermont Summer Festival. "His
sponsorship is greatly appreciated in view of the investment
that we’ve made to improve the Beebe Farm show grounds,"
she added.
Chovnick
rides with the Rolling Acres Farm which has traveled to
East Dorset for the final three weeks of the Vermont Summer
Festival. They’ve come with 48 horses and nearly 60
riders, trainers and support crew; a team that also includes
his twelve year old daughter, Sarah Chovnick, who has been
circuit champion for three years.
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31st July
2002
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Rescued
Mare has new Foal in Time for Open Day
A
new attraction has arrived in the nick of time at
the ILPH (International League for the Protection
of Horses) Glenda Spooner Farm, at Hoarwithy, Herefordshire.
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Janet Dale, Centre Manager, "We are delighted that
Delilah, one of our rescued heavy horses who came to us
already in foal, produced a beautiful filly early on Sunday
morning. She is already very inquisitive and cheeky and
we have named her Willow.
"It's our annual Open Day this Sunday and we have lots
of attractions to tempt people along including a demonstration
of Parelli Natural Horsemanship as well as Delilah and her
new foal, a homeopathic horse first aid talk and the Native
Pony Musical Ride as well as lots, lots more."
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31st July
2002
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Horse, Of Course
"What's your sign?" I heard Walter ask Katy.
Katy is the filly who now lives in the stall right
next to Walter.I knew I had to go to Walter's rescue.
I rushed into his stall, pushed him into the corner
farthest from Katy's wall and tried to warn him. "That's
one of the oldest and worst pickup lines ever used,"
I whispered to Walter.
"A thoroughly modern filly won't be impressed,"
I said. "You'll have to come up with something
better than that."
"A lot you know," he countered. "It
just so happens she is Aquarius."
"Well, then, she might be impressed," I
conceded. "Aquarius is an air sign and Aquarian
fillies are often airheads," I reported.
"Careful how you speak about the filly I may
just love."
"Love?" I questioned. "You don't even
know her. I grant you, she's cute. But if you think
an Aquarius is the filly for you, you definitely don't
know much about astrology or the personalities of
the signs."
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USET
Names Ashe, Wylde, Howard and Simpson to World Equestrian
Games Show Jumping Team
Gladstone, NJ—July 30, 2002—The United States
Equestrian Team (USET) has announced its team of four
horse-and-rider combinations for the 2002 Show Jumping
World Championships to be held as part of the World
Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain in September.
Named
to the team are: Molly Ashe of Wellington, FL on Kroon
Gravin, owned by Sandra O’Donnell; Peter Wylde
of Dover Plains, NY on Fein Cera, owned by The Fein
Cera Group; Leslie Howard of Westport, CT on Priobert
de Kalvarie, owned by Higher Ground Farms, Inc.; and
Nicole Shahinian-Simpson of Westlake Village, CA on
El Campeon’s Cirka Z, owned by El Campeon Farms.
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31st July
2002
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Equestrian
Of Honor Trophy Named For Norman K. Dunn
The
trophy for the USA Equestrian of Honor in the "In-Hand"
division has been named in honor of the late Norman
K. Dunn. The Equestrians of Honor are the finalists
for the Richard P. Strub Trophy as the USA Equestrian
of the Year.
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Dunn
served as the IAHA President and joined the faculty at Cal
Poly University in August of 1960, assuming the directorship
of the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on March 1, 1964.
The Colorado State University graduate served as Colorado
Agricultural Extension Agent in Gunnison, Colorado prior
to going to Kansas State and receiving his M.S. degree in
Animal Science.
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31st July
2002
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LSU
Equine Health Studies Program Holds Second Annual Stallion
Auction
BATON
ROUGE–The Equine Health Studies Program (EHSP) in the
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine will launch its second
annual Internet Stallion Service Auction in October to generate
funds for expansion of the Equine Intensive Care Unit.
The
first multiple-breed stallion auction raised more than $37,000
for the new unit, and the EHSP hopes to continue that success
with an improved auction this year. "The
Stallion Service Auction offers mare owners the opportunity
to select top quality stallions for breeding with potentially
discounted fees," said Dr. Rustin Moore, director of
the EHSP.
Stallions
from across the United States, representing multiple breeds
and use, will be featured in the auction. Stallion owners
that donate stallion services will be recognized as participants
in the auction and their contributions are tax deductible.
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31st July
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Sponsors
Support 2002 North American Young Riders’ Championships
Presented by State Line Tack
Wadsworth,
Il—July 30, 2002—The North American Young
Riders’ Championships (NAYRC) Presented by
State Line Tack, has a strong foundation of sponsor
support for the 2002 competition, which will be
held at Tempel Farms in Old Mill Creek, Illinois,
August 6-11.
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In
addition to State Line Tack, Tempel Farms and Tempel Steel
Company are among the 2002 sponsors who make the NAYRC possible.
Gold Medal sponsors include: Brazilian Equestrian Federation,
the Broussard Family, E.B.R Foundation, Equine Hippique
Canada, Gurnee Mills Mall, HDO Productions, Mosaic Foundation,
Howard & Martha Simpson, Tempel Lipizzans, and USA Equestrian,
Inc.
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31st July
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2002
Hampton Classic Poster Captures Spirit of Horse Show
Artist/Designer
Nick Gamarello Continues 25-Year Tradition
BRIDGEHAMPTON, NY—July 30, 2002—Artist and designer
Nicholas Gamarello has created a classic, timeless look
for the poster for the 2002 Hampton Classic Horse Show.
The poster depicts an elegant woman holding two Thoroughbred
horses—it might have been painted a minute ago …
or a half-century ago.
Since
1977, the Hampton Classic’s art poster series has included
images of a diverse group of paintings and drawings of some
of the country’s leading equestrian artists. Avid collectors
have snapped up signed editions of the annual posters by
artists such as Paul Davis, Henry Koehler, Nina Duran, and
Mickey Paraskevas.Gamarello’s
2002 poster features a full-color painting of a woman in
hunting clothes holding two Thoroughbreds. The painting
is surrounded by a wide border decorated with a variety
of pencil sketches reflecting scenes at the show.
“I
was trying to capture a timeless image that expresses the
bond between horse and rider, people and animals,”
said Gamarello, Vice President and Design Director at John
B. Stetson, the hat and clothing manufacturer. “Even
when I try to paint a contemporary subject, it has the influence
of another time because I use the techniques of another
time.”
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31st July
2002
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Walter's
for sale!
But
Walter, a black Quarter Horse, honorary author of
Walter Spills The Oats, and a frequent subject of
writer Don Blazer's nationally syndicated column,
A Horse, Of Course, has no intention of leaving his
happy home with Blazer.
You see, what's on the market is a sculpted, perfectly-detailed
resin model of Walter.
Not only is the model of Walter available on the Internet,
but his resin likeness will be introduced at the 11th
annual West Coast Model Horse Collectors Jamboree
to be held August 16 to 18 at the Fairplex Building
5 in Pomona, California. The event will attract model
horse collectors from all over the country as well
as Europe and Asia. Walter will be there in person
to show how the model resembles the real live horse.
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30th July
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Anyone
for elephant polo?
Bangkok,
23rd July 2002 -- The ancient sport of Elephant Polo
is being revived once again this year when the second
King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament takes place in
Thailand's seaside resort of Hua Hin from 17th to
22nd September, thanks to an Englishman, a Scotsman
and a Swede.
Polo playing Englishman Jim Edwards and Scotsman James
Mann-Clark resurrected the idea of elephant polo in
1982, but it was Christopher Stafford, a Swedish polo
player and general manager of Hua Hin's Anantara Resort
and Spa, who brought the tournament to Thailand for
the first time last year.
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Played
according to World Elephant Polo Association (WEPA) rules,
the Hua Hin tournament, will feature teams from Nepal, Sri
Lanka, Australia, Singapore, Dubai, Thailand with top players
from Argentina, Germany, UK, US and the nation countries
taking part. The tournament is supported by the Tourism
Authority of Thailand and the Thai Elephant Conservation
Centre (Forest Industry Organisation).
Elephant Polo is played with two teams of three elephants
and two 'chukkas' of ten minutes playing time. Each elephant
carries a polo player and a mahout. While the mahout directs
the elephant using his voice, hands, feet and goads, the
game's umpire sits and oversees the play from a wooden howdah
on the back of the largest elephant.
The majority of the players are keen horse polo players.
However, "being adept at swinging a polo stick on a
40 mph galloping horse is scant preparation for sitting
atop a two and a half metre elephant moving at 15 mph whilst
trying to knock a regular sized polo ball with an elongated
polo stick", comments tournament organiser, Christopher
Stafford.
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Aberaeron
Festival Of Welsh Ponies & Cobs
Square Field, Aberaeron, Cerdigion, Wales.
Sunday 11th August 2002
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The
tiny West Wales town of Aberaeron, in the heart of Wales’s
Welsh Pony & Cob breeding country plays host to a Welsh
Breed spectacular in August of this year. Based
on Portugal’s Golega "horse spectacular",
where the Lusitano breed is the main attraction amongst
thousands of horses from many different countries, the Aberaeron
event will feature displays of Welsh Ponies & Cobs being
ridden, driven and shown in hand.Featuring animals from
the most famous Welsh Pony & Cobs studs in the World,
the whole of Aberaeron will be taken over for Sunday 11th
August.
In
addition, a display of horsemanship by one of Europe’s
leading stunt riders, Daniel Naprous, who has featured in
many films such as Braveheart, Merlin and Jayne Ayre, will
add colour and daring to the whole day.
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30th July
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David
Raposa and Master Man Score In $75,000 Avis Grand Prix
A
field of twenty-five horses contested the featured class
on Sunday in Ellenville, NY. This was the AVIS Grand
Prix, the fourth in the series presented by Horse Shows
In The Sun for the 2002 season. Course designer Jerry
Dougherty was responsible for building a fair and challenging
course that would meet the stringent requirements for
a $75,000 Grand Prix competition at the national level.
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The
third horse to perform was last week's Grand Prix winner,
Everest ridden by Mario Deslauriers. The pair toured the
course in 89 seconds, well within the time allowed of 97
seconds, and they had just one rail down at fence 4B. The
very next horse to compete was Altair, ridden by Beth Underhill.
They had no jumping faults and just one-quarter time fault
for exceeding the time allowed by less than one-half second.
Early in the going, and based on these two performances,
it looked as though the course would produce several clear
rounds within the time allowed.
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30th July
2002
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USTPA
National Finals to Offer $600,000 in Prize Package
Estimated
total purse of $500,000 cash available with $60,000-added
guaranteed
(Wichita
Falls, Texas) – The United States Team Penning Association
(USTPA) will host its annual National Finals in Amarillo,
Texas, November 4-8 and brings to the table more than $600,000
in cash and prizes, making it one of the richest competitions
in the horse industry.
Team
penning requires a team of three riders to select three
like-numbered cattle from a herd of 30 and move them to
a small pen at the opposite end of the arena within as little
as a sixty second time period. Cattle in the herd are numbered
0 to 9, with three cattle bearing each of those numbers.
A number glued to their backs indicates the selected cattle.
The USTPA, the largest not-for-profit team penning association
in North America, represents a membership of more than 6,000
team penning enthusiasts and manages, through USTPA Productions,
team pennings that offer more than $1.2 million in cash
and prizes annually.
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30th July
2002
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US
Riders Successful At "Coupe des Ameriques"
The
first-ever International Equestrian Federation (FEI)
"Coupe des Ameriques" or Championship of
the Americas was held from July 17-21 at Blainville
Equestrian Park, just north of Montreal. Expanded
from the North American Dressage Championship concept,
the prestigious FEI 'Coupe des Ameriques' was held
in conjunction with the fourth annual CDI-W Dressage
International de Blainville, presented by Swarovski
Canada, and featured $40,000 in prize money between
the two competitions.
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The
2002 FEI "Coupe des Ameriques" was an official
FEI Regional Championship. The ground-breaking undertaking
had competitors representing Argentina, Barbados, Canada,
Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and the United States
competing at the Grand Prix, Advanced, Young Rider and Junior
levels.
The
United States was proudly represented by a total of 18 riders
representing all four levels, and earning a total of 12
medals including two Team Golds, two Team Silvers, two Team
Bronzes, two Individual Golds, two Individual Silvers, and
two Individual Bronzes. Teams and individuals were selected
based on qualifying criteria developed by the USA Equestrian
Dressage Committee and approved by the USA Equestrian Executive
Committee
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30th July
2002
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Six
Countries Send Riders With Disabilities to First Inner
Vision Championships
HUNTINGTON,
NY – July 29, 2002 – Riding borrowed horses
they had schooled just five times, 24 inter-national
dressage riders with various physical disabilities
competed in the first Inner Vision Championships (IVC)
for riders with disabilities on July 12–13 at
Willow Tree Farm at Caumsett State Historic Park in
Huntington, NY.
The
Inner Vision Championships were organized by the National
Disability Sports Alliance (NDSA) and Pal-O-Mine Equestrian,
Inc.
“This
championship was a great first effort,” said
Denise I. Avolio, chairman of the IVC organizing committee.
“It was good for everyone to come to the United
States and see we have quality horses and quality
riders in our programs for disabled riders. I’ve
done competitions for disabled riders for 10 years,
and I am always thrilled by the skills and abilities
of these riders. They are outstanding.”
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Riders
from Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Japan, and
the United States competed in team and individual events
at the IVC, which is approved and recognized by the International
Paralympic Equestrian Committee (I.P.E.C.). Although the
dressage tests at the IVC are written specifically for riders
with disabilities, they include movements equal to USA Equestrian
fourth level tests for sighted, able-bodied riders.
The
only concession to the riders with vision handicaps is the
use of "living letters," trained volunteers who
call out their assigned letter so that the riders are able
to visualize where they are in the dressage arena.
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30th July
2002
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Team
Penning is Horse Industry’s New Cash Cow
In
the game of team penning,, it could be the game of “Who
Wants to be a Millionaire?”
(Wichita
Falls, Texas) – Sounds simple. With two other partners,
go into a herd of 30 cattle, cut out three with the same
number on their backs and get them into a pen at the opposite
end of the arena in less than sixty seconds. So simple,
in fact, that when the United States Team Penning Association
(USTPA) began in 1993, the sport took off with rapidly growing
participation and interest. Before long, it was common place
to see team penners competing for purses of $50,000 or more
– practically unheard of in weekend horse competitions.
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30th July
2002
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Jeffery
Welles Wins the $35,000 Mount Equinox Grand Prix, Sponsored
by Nutraceutical, at the Vermont Summer Festival Horse Show
East Dorset, VT—July 28, 2002—Jeffery Wells
of Pound Ridge, NY, won the $35,000 Mount Equinox Grand
Prix on Sunday, sponsored by Nutraceutical, riding Penelope,
owned by M/M Douglas Durst in the Vermont Summer Festival
Horse Show at Harold Beebe Farm, East Dorset, VT.
Federico Sztyrle of Bridgehampton, NY, came in second, riding
Caya, owned by Sag Pond Farm and Michael Dorman of Jamison,
PA, aboard Enzo La Mulotiere, owned by Caroline Lloyd, came
in third. Presenting the award to the winners was Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Beebe, hosts of the Vermont Summer Festival.
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29th July
2002
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Chris
Kappler Wins $175,000 Cargill Grand Prix of the
United States, Presented by HBO To Close 2002 Oaks
Blenheim International CSI-A
San
Juan Capistrano, CA—July 28, 2002—Chris
Kappler of Flemington, NJ won the $175,000 Cargill
Grand Prix of the United States, Presented by HBO,
to close the 2002 Oaks Blenheim International CSI-A.
Kappler won in dramatic fashion, riding Royal Kaliber,
owned by Kappler and Kathy Kamine, to the only double-clear
score of the day, defeating the reigning World Champion,
Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, by one penalty.
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“I
knew all afternoon that I’d have to go clean in order
to win this thing,” said Kappler who as the last rider
saw Pessoa go clean in the afternoon after scoring one time
penalty on Gandini Lianos in the morning’s first round.
“There was just no doubt that Rodrigo would force the
issue with a clean round.” Pessoa
had nothing but praise for his horse and said, “Time
faults are always the fault of the rider. My horse was 100%
today, I can only blame myself for the time fault.”
The
two-round Grand Prix served as the final two United States
Equestrian Team (USET) selection trials to pick this country’s
squad for the 2002 Show Jumping World Championships to be
held as part of the World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain
in September. The CSI-A also hosted the fourth of the six
trials on Friday.
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Ireland
Fourth In European Pony Championships Team Event
IRELAND'S
TEAM came a creditable Fourth in the European Pony Championships
at Lanaken, Belgium today (Sunday).
Though
consistently in the top five places in the individual classes,
with Anthony¹s Condon's Bronze Medal on Friday and
a Fourth in the Grand Prix today, and Mark McAuley's Third
yesterday, the team had to be content with fourth place
out of 12 teams today.
Condon
and Andrew Ryan both posted a clear and a four-faulter in
the European team event, but the overall score was not good
enough to catch winners Gt. Britain, who delivered a fault-free
total, nor second place France (12 faults), nor third placed
Netherlands on 13. Ireland ended with a total of 16 faults.
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29th July
2002
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The
Face of the New USTPA
Nation’s
largest not-for-profit team penning association launches
new strategy for growth
(Wichita
Falls, Texas) – Team penning isn’t the rough and
tumble sport it once was but instead has grown into a sport
that requires good horsemanship, skill and an ability to
compete, a position the United States Team Penning Association
(USTPA) is taking in launching a new marketing strategy
to grow the sport. The USTPA, the largest not-for-profit
team penning association in North America, represents a
membership of more than 6,000 team penning enthusiasts and
manages, through USTPA Productions, team pennings that offer
more than $1.2 million in cash and prizes annually. And
the faces of USTPA competitors represent people from rural
to corporate environments.
Team
penning requires a team of three riders to select three
like-numbered cattle from a herd of 30 and move them to
a small pen at the opposite end of the arena within a as
little as a sixty second time period. Cattle in the herd
are numbered 0 to 9, with three cattle bearing each of those
numbers. A number glued to their backs indicates the selected
cattle.
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29th July
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Irish
Arabian cross looking good in Texas
He still growing and therefore there is no reason
to believe that Scotty owned by Debby Hall of Amarillo
Texas is going to be anything less than a fantastic
sport horse. At 15.3 hands, Scotty, by the Irish Draught
Stallion O'Leary's Irish Diamond, is proving the nay
sayers wrong.
"Why wouldn't a cross that that has been used
for years with the continental Warmbloods in Europe
work in a cross with an Irish Draught," asked
Jim Leary, the owner of O'Leary's Irish Diamond.
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29th July
2002
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Show
Jumping Result: CSIO Hickstead Great Britain 24-28 July
2002
THE BRITISH GRAND PRIX
1) SHUTTERFLY; Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (GER), 2) TLALOC;
Reynald Angot (FRA), 3) COSTER; Christian Ahlmann (GER)
THE BRITISH SPEED GRAND PRIX
1) GINGER WATT; Dermott Lennon (IRL), 2) DIAMOND CLIFF;
Robert Splaine(IRL), 3) LIVINGSTON; Robert Whitaker (GBR)
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29th July
2002
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Kerrygold
Grand Prix League Show Jumping Result: Waterford
WATERFORD
GRAND PRIX
1)
SHANNONDALE; Lt. Shane Carey, 2) WINDGATES KING KOAL; Conor
Swail, 3) LUANDRA; Shane Breen, 4) MIDNIGHT CALL; Edward
Doyle
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29th July
2002
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Show
Jumping Result: CSI-1 Ascona Switzerland 26-28 July 2002
ASCONA
GRAND PRIX
1)
TINKA'S BOY; Markus FUCHS (SUI), 2) HBC JACOMAR; Marc HOUTZAGER
(NED), 3) WARREN; Santiago LAMBRE (MEX)
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28th July
2002
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The
Riding Tree: Balance
WAVERLY, WV When a student gets on a horse to take
that first riding lesson, their greatest concern is
staying there. Everyone is afraid of falling off,
particularly in the beginning. Whether you are the
student or whether you are the instructor, you need
to be aware of this fear and aware that it is very
normal.
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Fear
of falling creates both mental and physical tension. That’s
why relaxation is at the base of the riding tree, the set
of skills a rider needs to master in order to develop an
independent seat. In order to relax, you have to become
aware of every part of your body--every muscle, every joint--and
find any places where you are holding tension. When you
can let go of all of this involuntary tension, you can move
to the second level of the riding tree. When you can stay
relaxed over the horse’s center of gravity, you are
in balance. When you are in balance, you can stay on the
horse.
Essentially,
the horse’s center of gravity is right where you sit.
If you are gripping with your calves or gripping with your
thighs or hanging on the reins in order to stay there, you
are not balanced. Good balance requires both being relaxed
and being centered. You need both vertical balance and side-to-side
balance.
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28th July
2002
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World
Champion Rodrigo Pessoa Wins $35,000 Budweiser Speed
Derby At 2002 Oaks Blenheim International CSI-A
San
Juan Capistrano, CA—July 27, 2002—Show Jumping
World Champion Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil galloped to
victory in the $35,000 Budweiser Speed Derby Saturday
at the 2002 Oaks Blenheim International CSI-A.
Pessoa
topped a field of 27 entries in the one-round speed
class where faults were converted to penalty seconds.
He and Gandini Bianca D’Amoury, owned by Keri
Pessoa, completed the 17-jump course designed by Sydney
Olympic course designer Leopoldo Palacios of Venezuela
in 88.68 seconds.
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Kamal
Bahamdan of Saudi Arabia, the day’s third entry, took
an early lead in the class when he rode Casita, owned by
KB Farms, Ltd, to a time of 90.92 seconds. His lead held
up until the day’s 23rd entry, Beezie Madden of Cazenovia,
NY, beat his score on Authentic, owned by Elizabeth Busch
Burke and John Madden Sales. Madden blistered over the course,
finishing with a score of 90.60 seconds that included a
five-second penalty for a knockdown at fence 10B. “I
really attacked the first fence,” Madden said. “My
horse is naturally fast and he just kind of carried me the
rest of the way. The course was very long and I think he
thought he was done when he had that rail late in the course.
I might have ridden that fence a little too soft.”
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28th July
2002
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Show
Jumping Result: CSIO Hickstead Great Britain 24-28 July
2002
Class
163, THE OSBORNE REFRIGERATORS STAKES
1) Joint Venture; Peter Geerink (NED), 2) Carling King;
Kevin Babington (IRL), 3) Dileme de Cephe; Bruno Broucqsault
(FRA)
Class 196, THE BLUE CHIP FEED INTERNATIONAL STAKES
1)
LADY CARTHAGO; Angelique Hoorn (NED), 2) H&M TAMINA;
Malin Baryard (SWE), 3) BIS DE LA MARE; Samantha Detheux
(BEL)
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28th July
2002
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Kerrygold
Grand Prix League Show Jumping Result: New Ross, Co. Waterford
NEW
ROSS GRAND PRIX
1)
COILLE MOR HILL; Tom Slattery, 2) WINDGATES KING KOAL; Conor
Swail, 3) WOODEND TEB; Damien Doyle, 4) LAUGHTONS LASS;
Lt. Shane Carey
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