The
equiworld.net magazine - News of the Week
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9th August 2003
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Samsung
Super League News : Plus Ca Change!
Despite
all the predictions that the home side would come
out on top, it was the longtime Samsung Super League
leaders from France who reigned supreme to claim the
Aga Khan trophy for the second year running at Dublin
Horse Show today.
Irish
Chef d’Equipe, Tommy Wade, was not happy with
the performance of his team which finished equal third
with Holland behind Britain in runner-up spot and
was brutal in his criticism afterwards – "the
horses were good enough but the riders weren’t,
they threw it away" he said.
Wade
is a difficult man to please even when things are
going well, but yesterday that "luck" which
he says always plays such a big role in the end result
just did not go Ireland’s way. The French however
did not need any luck at all. They were, once more,
just too good for the rest of them.
They
already held the lead at the halfway stage after clear
rounds from Florian Angot (First de Launay), Christian
Hermon (Ephebe For Ever) and Michel Hecart (Quilano
de Kalvarie) but they were not alone as the Dutch,
at last beginning to show the kind of form usually
expected of them, matched their zero total.
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HorseWorld
Launches New Video Presented by Tony Head
HorseWorld's
Visitor Centre will launch its new video, presented by local
actor Tony Head, on Thursday 14th August 2003.
The
new video will be shown every 15 minutes in HorseWorld's
Audio Visual Theatre, and highlights the equine welfare
work of the charity. The Visitor Centre provides a great
day out for the whole family, but the video carries a serious
message about the cost and implications of owning horses.
Chris
Kemp, Visitor Centre Manager said, "We wanted to provide
a video for our visitors which showed the welfare work of
the charity. Horses are relatively inexpensive to buy, but
very expensive to look after - especially if they become
ill. We want visitors to really consider all the options
before they buy a horse. Hopefully our video will help to
raise awareness of equine welfare issues at the same time
as entertaining visitors. Tony Head is a great presenter,
and we're delighted that he agreed to help us". Please
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Apprentice
Masterclass
Stubbing
Court Training, the provider of equestrian training
throughout Derbyshire is celebrating the success of
its second Masterclass, supported by Derbyshire Learning
and Skills Council. The Masterclass took place over
two days in July, at Barleyfields Equestrian Centre,
Etwall. The trainer for the Masterclass was Ian Stark
OBE, Great Britain's four times Olympic silver medallist,
three times winner of the Badminton Horse Trials,
European champion, and selector for the British team.
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During
the Masterclass, participants improved their practical skills
and underpinning knowledge of world-class training techniques,
riding, lunging, jumping, specialist care of event horses
up to Olympic level, and yard management. Participants included
80 apprentices and employers involved in Stubbing Court
Training's Modern Apprenticeship programme.
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Gatcombe
and RDS success for Irish Sport Horses |
The
Gatcombe British Open Championship (August 1st-3rd) found
half of the top ten final placings taken by Irish Sport
Horses. Moon Man (ISH) and William Fox-Pitt (GBR) took second
place with Shear L’Eau (ISH) ridden by Leslie Law (GBR)
finishing fourth. The Wexford Lady (ISH) ridden by Sarah
Cutteridge (GBR) came in sixth, while Shear H2O (ISH), also
ridden by Leslie Law (GBR), finished eighth followed by
Captain Christy (ISH) ridden by Kristina Cook (GBR) in ninth.
In Showjumping, Dublin Horse Show week has started well
for Irish Sport Horses. The International Speed Stakes class
on Wednesday, August 6th, finished with first, second and
third going to Windgates Mystique (ISH) ridden by Conor
Swail (IRL), Gerry Maguire (ISH) ridden by Robert Smith
(GBR) and That’s Life (ISH) ridden by Michel Hecart
(FRA) respectively. In the Irish Sports Council Classic
class on Wednesday, Splendido (ISH) and Harry Marshall (IRL)
took fourth place and Chippison (ISH) ridden by Marie Burke
(IRL) finished seventh. Last weekend, the €10,000 Dun
Laoghaire Grand Prix was won by Laraghlease Western Desert
(ISH) ridden by Steven Smith (IRL).
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Mexico
City’s Armando Hassey and Kosmanta Win $10,000
Mini Prix At the Vermont Summer Festival
East
Dorset, VT—August 08, 2003––The Vermont
Summer Festival, concluding its fifth and final week
this Sunday, reached its culmination with the Vermont
Summer Celebration.
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The
Celebration’s $10,000 Mini Prix had 20 horse-and-rider
combinations competing over a Buddy Brown designed track.
Of those 20 horses, five turned in fault-free rides and
then returned for the timed jump-off. Three horses produced
double clear rounds and speed was the deciding factor. Armando
Hassey of Mexico City and Kosmanta finished on top after
their round was just 0.52 seconds faster than second placed
Makkelijk with Deb Shegog riding.
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Del
Mar International Horse Show begins 4th season, Sept 25
- 28
DEL
MAR Fairgrounds --- The Del Mar International Horse Show,
September 25 - 28, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds Arena, in
San Diego; will showcase the athletic prowess, skill, and
agility of some of the best Hunter/Jumper equestrians in
the nation.
This is the fourth year the world-class equestrian event
will be held in the Del Mar Arena, and will feature an F.E.I.
World Cup Qualifier event, the $35,000 Del Mar International
Grand Prix, on Saturday, Sept 27; beginning at 7 p.m.
Other major competitions during the Del Mar International
include the fun and popular $5,000 Mary's Tack and Feed
Double Slalom "Knock Out" competition on Friday,
Sept. 26; and the $5,000 Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic on
Sunday, September 28th.
The first major contest during the Del Mar International
is the $5,000 Mary's Tack and Feed Double Slalom "Knock
Out" competition on Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. This
event is unique to the International. Two riders will compete
at the same time over identical courses of not more than
eight obstacles. The winner of each pair will move forward
to succeeding rounds, until the competition is complete.
Each fault during the match is penalized :03 seconds. This
exciting and highly competitive event is free and open to
the public.
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Show
Jumping - Ireland Joint Third In Aga Khan Trophy
THE
SUN never really broke through the afternoon heat
mist in the main arena at the RDS Dublin today (Friday),
and Irish hopes of a victory in the Aga Khan Trophy
also failed to brighten when the first three riders
posted four faults apiece, Billy Twomey adding a time
fault to his penalties, and anchorman Kevin Babington
incurred an uncharacteristic eight faults.
Ireland
entered the sixth leg of the Samsung Super League
series as firm favourites, running just half a point
behind leaders France, but as each Irish rider clipped
a single fence in the first round, the sense of disappointment
from the capacity crowd became almost palpable.
At
the halfway mark Ireland were lying joint Fifth with
Sweden, while France and the Netherlands shared pole
position on zero faults apiece.
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Three
United States Dressage Riders in Top Ten at 2003 Pan
American Games
Santo
Domingo, DR- August 8, 2003- Three U.S. Dressage riders
are in the top ten following the Intermediaire I at
the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic.
Two
U.S. riders are in medal contention going into Sunday’s
culminating Intermediaire I Freestyle. Jan Ebeling
of Moorpark, CA riding Feleciano, owned by New Horizons
Dressage LLC is and Pierre St. Jacques of Boscawen,
NH on Lucky Tiger owned by St. Jacques and Lisa Belcastro.
Ebeling
is the highest U.S. rider and the best shot for a
medal in fifth place overall with a combined score
of 137.800. Ebeling dropped from third when he received
of 67.750% in the Intermediaire I, placing him in
sixth place for the day. Teammate St. Jacques is just
behind Ebeling in sixth overall with 137.800, but
St.Jacques seems to be improving ending up fifth for
the day with a score of 68.450%. Carol Lavell of Loxahatchee,
FL, riding her Much Ado is in tenth place with 131.750
and Kristina Harrison-Naness of Burbank, CA and Kantor
finished with 128.800 in 13th place.
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Dublin
Horse Show - McMahon Shares Six-Bar Victory, Mullins
Takes One and Two
SIX
BAR, International Jumping Competition
=1) EQUITOP DE MOYON; Philippe LE JEUNE (BEL), =1)
GELVIN CLOVER; Clement MCMAHON (IRL), 3) CIM CHRISTO;
Andreas RIPKE (GER), 4) GERRY MAGUIRE; Robert SMITH
(GBR)
THE EQUESTRIAN WORLD OF MAYNOOTH, 128 cm National
Championship
1)
CHOMBA WOMBA (Owner Vincent McIntyre); Daniel MULLINS
(IRL), 2) BALLINACOLA (Owner Vincent McIntyre); Daniel
MULLINS (IRL), 3) SPRINTERS MAGIC (Owner Annette Brennan);
Jennie BRENNAN (IRL) Please
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August 2003
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FEI
Eventing World Cup News
The
coming weekend will be a busy one for Eventing as
two qualifiers of the FEI Eventing World Cup will
be held in Strzegom (POL) and Moscow (RUS) from
8 through 10 August.
The
13th leg of the FEI Eventing World Cup will be held
in the Polish town of Strzegom (Lower Silesia, South-Western
Poland). The event has EUR 25,000 as prize money.
Twenty-five riders and 34 horses representing Belgium,
the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands,
Poland, South Africa, Switzerland and Sweden are
expected to take part in it.
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The
14th leg of the FEI Eventing World Cup will be held in at
the Planernya Equestrian Club in the Russian capital. The
event is organised by the Russian Equestrian Federation
in cooperation with the State Sports Committee and the Moscow
Area Governor's Office. It is sponsored by the Moscow Trade
Union Federation. The total prize money is USD 10,000 with
USD 3,000 going to the winner.
Ten
riders and 14 horses representing Russia, Belarus and Ukraine
will take part in it. All of them will be making their World
Cup, except for the Russian Larisa Borisova who competed
at Bonn-Rodderberg last May but did not earn any points.
The presence of the 20-year old Aliaksandr Faminou of Belarus,
who recently won the CCI* Minsk, should be noted.
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Coveted
British Horse Society Horsemastership Trophy goes to
French groom
Raphael
Chateaulan, groom to top International showjumping rider
Michel Robert of France, won this year's British Horse
Society Horsemastership Trophy at the Royal International
Horse Show, held at Hickstead (23-27 July). The coveted
award, highly prized among the showjumping grooms at
the show, is presented to the groom who, in the judges'
opinion, has done most to ensure the highest welfare
and turnout standards for their charges. |
The
BHS Horsemastership Trophy has been part of the Royal International
Horse Show since it became the Society's flagship event
over 50 years ago. Spot checks take place throughout the
show taking into account the general fitness and condition
of the horses, turnout, which includes grooming, saddlery
and equipment, and the turnout and general manner of the
groom. Horses are seen in their stables and when they are
competing to give an overall view. Attention to detail can
win or lose the trophy and this year, with the typical English
summer weather conditions turning the showground into a
sea of mud, this aspect was more important than ever.
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Olympia
Show Jumping Entry Changes
Changes
to the FEI’s World Cup Jumping Rules mean that the
National Show Jumping entries for this year’s Olympia
International Show Jumping Championships (18th-22nd December)
will be through the Ranking List only for the top 10 riders.
In
the past the organisers have been able to take, in addition
to the top 10 on the BSJA rankings list, the three highest
placed British riders at a special October fixture known
as The Olympia Qualifier and latterly run at Addington.
Qualifiers from this show, who would not otherwise have
been seen at the main event at Olympia in recent years,
have included the likes of Liz Edgar, Keith Shore, Ellen
Whitaker and Nick Skelton.
Olympia
Director, Simon Brooks-Ward said: “At Olympia we can
play host to a total of 38 riders due to space for the stables,
lorries and time for the classes. The new rules have upped
the number of foreign competitors we have to have from 21
to 28 leaving us with 10 British riders to host.”
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British
Horse Society appoints new training and examinations
manager
The
British Horse Society is delighted to announce the appointment
of Margaret Linington-Payne as its new Senior Manager
responsible for Examinations, Training and Approvals.
51-year-old Mrs Linington-Payne is an experienced equestrian
instructor and competitor and comes to the BHS following
three years as academic manager at Hartpury College. |
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post covers a wide remit with the main purpose to manage
and co-ordinate the activities of the examinations, training
and approvals departments in order to meet the demands of
the Society's growing membership, as well as maintaining
the high standards of the world renowned professional BHS
qualifications.
Mrs Linington-Payne is highly qualified to fulfil the role
with an MA in education, a BA Honours Degree, a Cert.Ed.
and is a BHS Instructor. She has worked for nearly ten years
in the Middle East in the academic profession having a variety
of posts in management and teaching.
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Dr
Ian Dunbar - Seminars 2003 timetable |
One
day Seminars will be taking place as follows:-
Evening
Lectures - 7pm-10pm "Dog Behaviour & Training Problems"
Day
Seminars - 9am-5pm "Off Leash Training"
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Dublin
Horse Show - Swail Wins Again
CONFIRMING
that he is a force to be reckoned with, Conor Swail
from Co. Down took another class at the Dublin Horse
Show today (Thursday) following his win in the opening
day's Speed Stakes.
Riding
Barry O'Connor's <Double Diamond>, the Crossgar
man took the Grade A competition in the late afternoon
sunlight, fractions of a second ahead of Marion Hughes,
riding Miguel Bravo's <Oh Jessie>.
Earlier
in the day he had come second to Cian O'Connor in
the hotly-contested international Speed Derby, riding
Edward Cawley's <Windgate's Mystique>, but made
sure of victory in the last class of the day, riding
a foot-perfect double clear.
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U.S.
Wins Dressage Gold Medal at 2003 Pan American Games
Santo
Domingo, DR- August 6, 2003– The United States
successfully defended its Championship title from
1999 by winning the Team Gold Medal in dressage by
the slimmest of margins with a score of 206.550 at
the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic. Canada won the Silver scoring 206.300 and
Mexico came in third for the Bronze with a score of
195.350 just slightly ahead of the home team of the
Dominican Republic with a score of 194.850.
The
U.S. bested eight other nations, the largest equestrian
contingent in the history of the Pan Ams, for top
honors.
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Dublin
Horse Show - Irish Dominate Speed Classes
TEMPERATURES
rose even higher at a sunbaked RDS today (Thursday)
but the heat did not seem to affect the speed of Irish
riders, who ran riot in the two big classes at Dublin.
In
front of near-capacity crowds, tomorrow's Aga Khan
team-mates Billy Twomey and Cian O'Connor produced
two classic rounds to take the No. I spots in the
Power and Speed and Speed Derby competitions, respectively.
But
the Power and Speed also saw Irish riders take Second,
Third, Fourth and Fifth slots, while in the Speed
Derby only France's Michel Hecart and Italy's Roberto
Arioldi managed to elbow their way into the top six
places.
Co.
Armagh's Harry Marshall led the Power and Speed class
on <Splendido> from early in the day, but Cork's
Billy Twomey, riding <Anastasia> and sixth last
to jump, delivered a poised, textbook, round that
shaved just under a second off Marshall's time, to
clinch the class.
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Kildare's
Cian O'Connor had his position as show jumping's current
golden boy confirmed by shrieks from the crowd as he entered
the arena for the Speed Derby, and then earned a standing
ovation as he took the nine year-old bay mare <ABC Landliebe>
around the Derby course at a pace so fast that no-one came
even close to closing the gap. Please
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Massaro
Tops The Field In Pony Medal Championship
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Megan
Massaro, 14, of Summerfield, FL, riding the large pony Wait
A Minute, was named Grand Champion of the 2003 Pony Medal
Championship, held August 6, at The Andrews School in Willoughby,
OH. The championship was held as part of the State Line
Tack/USAE Pony Finals held August 5 – 8. The winner
of the Pony Medal Championship received the Easter Sunday
Memorial Trophy donated by Ms. Catherine A. Kaiser and Ms.
Jennifer T. Pesko, a tack trunk donated by Oakcroft, and
a Triple Crown Custom Cooler. The trainer of the 2003 Pony
Medal Champion is Bibby Farmer.
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Attache’
and Shachine Belle Win 2 Classes and First Year Green
Working Hunter Championship At Vermont Summer Festival
East
Dorset, VT – August 07, 2003–The Vermont
Summer Celebration, continuing through Sunday, is
the culminating horse show of the 5-week series, the
Vermont Summer Festival.
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Courtney
McKay of Ocala, Florida won the Vermont Summer Festival
Circuit Award for the BET/USET Show Jumping Talent Search
Class with 32 points that she earned over the 5 weeks of
competition. Ruth Drumm of Lennoxdale, MA won the USA Equestrian
Pessoa Medal Class.
J.T
Farm’s Attache’ with Shachine Belle won both over
fence competitions for First Year Green Hunters and was
crowned Champion of the First Year Green Working Hunter
division. Luxor with Mary Lisa Leffler was Reserve Champion
for owners Jimmy Torano and Anna Tilestone.
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U.S.
Wins Dressage Gold Medal At 2003 Pan American Games
The
United States successfully defended its Championship
title from 1999 by winning the Team Gold Medal in
dressage by the slimmest of margins with a score of
206.550 at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic. Canada won the Silver scoring
206.300 and Mexico came in third for the Bronze with
a score of 195.350 just slightly ahead of the home
team of the Dominican Republic with a score of 194.850.
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The
U.S. bested eight other nations, the largest equestrian
contingent in the history of the Pan Ams, for top honors.
The U.S. squad consisted of Jan Ebeling of Moorpark, CA
riding Feleciano (Westphalian; Florestan I – Barette),
owned by New Horizons Dressage, LLC; Pierre St. Jacques
of Boscawen, NH on Lucky Tiger (KWPN; Lucky Light –
Teike) owned by St. Jacques and Lisa Belcastro; Carol Lavell
of Loxahatchee, FL, riding her Much Ado (KWPN; Quattro –
Varla) and Kristina Harrison-Naness of Burbank, CA on her
Kantor (KWPN; Olympic Ferro).
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United
States in Second Place Halfway Through Team Dressage
at Pan American Games
Santo
Domingo, DR—August 6, 2003—At the conclusion
of the first day of the Prix St. George Dressage Team
competition on Wednesday, it looks like a North American
battle for Gold between the United States and Canada
at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic.
The
United States Equestrian Team received a credible
score of 131.600, but the combined results of Kristina
Harrison-Naness of Burbank, CA, riding Kantor and
Carol Lavell on Much Ado, were not good enough for
the top spot. Canada’s Ashley Holzer with Gambol,
and Evi Strasser aboard Quantum Tyme, gave their team
the leading score of 134.150. Mexico currently stands
third with a combined score of 122.350.
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Individually,
the U.S. also needs to make up some ground in order to capture
the Gold Medal. Lavell, of Loxahatchee, FL, stands in second
place with a score of 66.800%. Holzer leads with a score
of 67.650% and Strasser is third with a score of 66.500%.
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Feature
Film Using Montana Talent In Development
Montana
Production Company, in collaboration with a Montana Publisher,
plan to begin production of Montana Made film in Spring,
2004
Miranda
and Starlight is the working title for a full-length feature
film by Robert Kollar and Top Herrmann Entertainment as
production gets under way. This first film of a planned
trilogy is based on the first two of Montana author, Janet
Muirhead Hill's Starlight books, Miranda and Starlight and
Starlight's Courage. The second film of the trilogy will
feature Hill's sequels Starlight, Star Bright and Starlight's
Shooting Star. The forthcoming titles, Starlight Shines
for Miranda and Starlight Comes Home, which are slated for
release in 2004 by Raven Publishing of Montana will provide
material for the final film of the trilogy.
Film
producer Robert Kollar, who has long had a vision for making
a Montana based film, was so touched by Miranda and Starlight
when he read it, that he immediately knew he had found the
perfect story to fulfill this dream. The Starlight Film
Project, as it has been dubbed, will result in a wholesome
but gripping family movie with national and international
distribution.
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Carolina
Equine Society to benefit Tobacco Farmers
The
Board of Directors of the Carolina Equine Society,inc has
requested a partnership grant from the Golden Leaf Foundation
and the NC Tobacco Trust
Fund to import 40 well bred thoroughbred mares into the
State of North Carolina.
This pilot program will introduce to tobacco farmers a new
rotational crop and potentially a new industry into the
state .( Breeding and raising for sale TB horses is the
#1 agricultural industry in Kentucky and Maryland ,Florida
,California and New York all derive huge revenue from this
renewable crop.)
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7th August 2003
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Are
you interested in taking part in a Television Documentary
with your horse?
A
television production company are looking to do a
pilot video featuring the extraordinary talents of
Adam Shereston. If the pilot video is successful it
may lead to a full television documentary.
Adam
is looking for people, who have a horse that has a
health problem, whether physical or psychological
that may benefit.
Adam
will only charge a nominal £15 per consultation,
which will include assesment, advice and treatment
which could last up to 2 hours.
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Equitana
Asia Pacific - Melbourne
It’s non-stop here at EQUITANA!
This month we have exciting announcements, special offers
and a stack of facts about the event! |
EQUITANA
Tickets on Sale
9.00am Monday 1st September
Call the RACV TicketLine on 13 28 86 or visit your nearest
RACV Shop.You can also purchase tickets online at www.equitana.com.au
Make sure you DON’T MISS OUT on the Best Seats!
The
Mane Event presents ‘The Spirit of the Horse’
The Mane Event is back again this year with a whole new
production that will dazzle and excite.
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New
Event Launch Causes Unprecedented Demand For Space
During
the past few weeks, UK organisers Gateway Events have
released details on the launch of Equestriantype -
an exhibition focusing on Equestrian Transport, Yard
and Paddock Equipment.
Equestriantype,
which incorporates a specialist exhibition and equine
master classes from world-renowned experts, will take
place between the 2nd and 4th April 2004 at the National
Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire. Jonathan
Robinson of Gateway Events, who has been organising
exhibitions and other events across a wide range of
industries for ten years, and who is one of the UK's
most experienced event promoters, commented, 'We are
really excited about Equestriantype. In all the years
I have worked within the events industry I have never
experienced such a strong demand for exhibition space.
Several exhibitors have commented that they have been
waiting for an event like this for years. There are
plenty of events that are no more than glorified shopping
opportunities, selling tack and clothing, Equestriantype
is an event where people can find out about the essentials
of keeping horses safely in the paddock, yard and
during transit.' |
Equestriantype
will be taking over two halls at the National Agricultural
Centre for the event. Hall 1 will contain a huge variety
of exhibitors displaying products and services that are
absolutely essential to the horse owner, whether they are
professionals or leisure riders. An arena will be installed
in Hall 2, with tiered seating to accommodate the visitors
who will be able to view demonstrations, lessons and advisory
talks that will be led by industry experts.
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South
Essex Insurance Brokers/PSOA Trailblazers
Faruk's
Championship Win Proves He's Alive and Well!
More
than 1,400 riders fight for national titles
For
Tallulah Hall, the 2003 Trailblazers championships will
long be a day to remember. The day her horse came back from
the dead!
Last
year her 12-years-old Arabian, Faruk, developed strangles,
but after a six month battle, veterinary surgeons were admitting
defeat and suggesting the horse be put down. As a desperate
last measure, three hairs were taken from Faruk, sent off
to the operators of a radionics and crystal "black
box" and five weeks later the strangles was beaten.
Tallulah,
17, from Gillingham, Dorset, spent another six months getting
him fit again, and then celebrated at the Trailblazers final
by winning the dressage senior Elementary championship.
More
than 1,900 riders had qualified for the South Essex Insurance
Brokers Trailblazers final, which is organised and run by
the Permanent Show Organisers Association at 43 of its member
centres around the country. About 1,400 eventually made
the journey to the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh.
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Summary
of Achievements of Irish Sport Horses in 2003
August 2003 |
Irish
Sport Horses have seen another successful year on the competitive
circuit pass with their achievement of the following results
at major shows and events worldwide
EVENTING : It has been another winning year for Irish Sport
Horses with the following results proving that very few
can beat an Irish Sport Horse in the Eventing Stakes!
Supreme Rock (ISH) reigned supreme at the Badminton CCI****
2003. European Champion since 1999 at Luhmuhlen and Team
and Individual European Champion at Pau in 2001, aswell
as Team Olympic Silver Medallist at the Sydney Olympics
in 2000 and Team Bronze at WEG 2002, Supreme Rock (ISH)
this year won the premier Horse Trials event in the world
for the second year running. Irish bred horses were out
in force at Badminton this year with seventeen of them finishing
in the final forty four placings. Five Irish Sport Horses,
including winner Supreme Rock (ISH), took the following
positions in the final top twelve:
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Pony
Club Unveils First Plans For 75th Anniversary
The
Pony Club is delighted to announce that to mark its
75th anniversary in 2004, it has been appointed the
nominated charity for the Olympia International Show
Jumping Championships 2003 (18th-22nd December) and
the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 2004 (29th
April-2nd May).
Sian
Thomas, Chief Executive of The Pony Club, said: “We
are very grateful to two such prestigious events for
giving us the chance not only to raise funds for training
but also a very significant opportunity to reach our
existing and past Members - in addition to those who
may be new to the horse world and therefore not familiar
with the benefits of membership of The Pony Club
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Aromatherapy
4 Animals Course 13th/14th September |
Aromatherapy
for Animals Course information.
Introduction
to Essential Oils Therapy for Animals
Part
1 - Introduction : Learn
everything you need to know to start using essential oils
safely and effectively on your own animals including: the
properties and uses of approximately 22 essential oils,
how to blend them and offer them to animals, how to use
kinesiology to help select the oils.
Part
2 - Practice : More
oils, more Kinesiology, personal practice. Putting to practice
everything you learnt in day one with in depth study cases.
This
two day course covers all you need to know to use the oils
on your own animals. Places are limited so reserve your
place early.
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Super
Fundraiser Rises to the Challenge
Super
fundraiser Heather Bowman, 32, of 36 Marketgate, Abroath,
Scotland has risen to a charity challenge yet again.
Heather
is well known for the horse show she organises each
year at Brechin Castle in aid of the ILPH (International
League for the Protection of Horses) which have, over
the years, raised many thousands of pounds.
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Dublin
Horse Show Kicks Off With Irish Win
IN
SOME OF THE hottest temperatures ever recorded on
the first day of a Dublin Horse Show, Ireland's Conor
Swail from Co. Down kicked off
proceedings with a win in the Speed Stakes on the
9 yr-old Cruising mare <Windgate's Mystique>,
coming home almost a second faster than Britain's
Robert Smith on <Gerry Maguire>. Swail,
one of Ireland's hottest new hopes, also showed France's
Michel Hecart a clean pair of heels, while Irish Aga
Khan team member Billy Twomey guided <Anastasia>
into Fourth.Ireland's
youngest Aga Khan team member Cian O'Connor (23) won
the International Pairs Relay competition with Emma
Smyth, while the Irish Sports Council Classic was
won by France's Laurent Goffinet, with current National
Grand Prix league leader Harry Marshall the highest
of the Irish, in Fourth with <Splendido>.
Large
crowds turned out in the sunshine for the opening
day, and even bigger attendance is expected tomorrow
(Thursday), which sees not only a plethora of national
classes, but also the Power and Speed and the Speed
Derby in the main arena.
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United
States Dressage Team Ready to Compete In 2003 Pan
American Games
Santo
Domingo, DR- August 5, 2003— All four horses
of the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Dressage
squad passed the veterinary inspection on Tuesday
in preparation for the first day of equestrian competition
of the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic.
Originally
scheduled as a one-day event, the Prix St. Georges
team competition was split and will now take place
over two days, August 6 and 7, in order to accommodate
the increased number of entries.
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The
first rider to compete for the United States will be Kristina
Harrison-Naness of Burbank, CA, going fifth in the starting
lineup on her Kantor. The 1992 Olympic Team Bronze Medalist
Carol Lavell of Loxahatchee, FL, who will be riding her
Much Ado, will ride later on Wednesday afternoon.
The
USET’s third entry, Pierre St. Jacques of Boscawen,
NH, will ride Thursday morning on Lucky Tiger, owned by
him and Lisa Belcastro. Jan Ebeling of Moorpark, CA, riding
anchor for the USET, will ride on Thursday afternoon on
Feleciano, owned by New Horizons Dressage, LLC.
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Arute
Wins Green Hunter Pony Championship
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Alexandria
Arute, 12, of Avon CT, rode Olympic Dreams, LLC. owned small
pony DreamBoy to win the 2003 Wild Horsefeathers/USAE National
Green Hunter Pony Championship held August 5. The championship
was held as part of the State Line Tack/USAE Pony Finals
being held August 5 – 8, at The Andrews School in Willoughby,
OH. As champion, Arute received a gift certificate for a
custom pair of Der Dau boots, the Brownland Perpetual Trophy,
donated by Mr. and Mrs. Mack Anderton, and a Triple Crown
Custom cooler. Arute trains at Heritage Farms.
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Kensington
and Juste Battle for the Regular Working Hunter Championship
At Vermont Summer Festival
East
Dorset, VT—August 06, 2003—The 2003 Vermont
Summer Festival began its last week, the Vermont Summer
Celebration, running through Sunday, August 10, the
final week of the five-week series of horse show competition
at the Harold Beebe Farm.
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Juste,
ridden by Brian Walker, won the first Regular Working Hunter
Class Over Fences while Kensington, ridden by Katie Milton,
won the second Regular Working Hunter Over Fences Class
with a score of 87 points. Juste won the Regular Working
Hunter Under Saddle Class and Kensington was second. Either
of these two competitors could win the Regular Working Hunter
Championship; Thursday’s Regular Working Hunter Classes
will decide.
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Kim
Severson Wins National Advanced Horse Trials Championship
for the Jack Le Goff Trophy To Culminate Successful Over
the Walls Horse Trials
Hardwick,
MA—August 6, 2003—United States Equestrian Team
(USET) veteran Kim Severson of Scottsville, VA won the National
Advanced Horse Trials Championship for the Jack Le Goff
Trophy, the featured competition at the 2003 Over the Walls
Horse Trials at Great Meadowbrook Farm in Hardwick, MA.
Severson,
a team Gold Medalist at the 2002 Eventing World Championships
held at last year’s World Equestrian Games in Jerez,
Spain, turned in a clean round in the final show jumping
phase to claim the title on Royal Venture, a 12-year-old
Thoroughbred gelding, owned by Plain Dealing Farm. She finished
the Championship with a three-phase score of 26.92 penalties
after scoring 22.92 in dressage and adding just four time
penalties over the cross country course designed by 1984
U.S. Olympic team Gold Medalist Torrance Watkins.
Placing
second in the Championship was Darren Chiacchia of Springville,
NY, winner of the Advanced Division 1 at Over the Walls
in 2001. Chiacchia also turned in a clean show jumping round
and finished with a score of 38.38 penalties on Windfall.
Heidi White rode clean with just one time penalty on Northern
Spy to jump from 5th to 3rd place with a final score of
42.53. She won the highest placed owner/rider award in the
Championship Section.
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Georgia
International Horse Trials Announces Partnership With Floyd
Medical Center
Georgia
International Horse Trials (GIHT) announced today that it
has formed a partnership with the Floyd Medical Center of
Rome, Georgia to provide medical services for this new CCI****
event in the USA to be held October, 2005.
Jack Pollard, GIHT Executive Director, said, “Safety
and medical support are vital aspects of event organization
for both competitors and visitors. We’re delighted
that Floyd Medical Center has agreed to become a partner
in providing these important services. It's wonderful that
the local community is so enthusiastic about this world-class
event that's still two years away. They realize it's not
too early to prepare and plan for an event of this scale.
The cooperation, support and enthusiasm are telling signs
of a quality competition in the making.”
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6th August 2003
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Pippa's
$250,000 Decision
Britain's
leading three day event rider Pippa Funnell is facing
one of the most difficult decisions of her very successful
career, which could result in a $250,000 payout and
a place in the history books.
Following
her victories at Kentucky and Badminton earlier this
year, she will pick up a bonus of $250,000 if she can
win the Burghley Masterfoods Horse Trials in September
and become the first rider ever to complete the Rolex
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Funnell
has to decide whether to run her most experienced horse
and dual Badminton winner Supreme Rock at Burghley to increase
her chance of collecting the bonus, or save him for the
European Championships at Punchestown two weeks later, where
she will be bidding to win her third consecutive European
title and help the British team to defend the gold medal
they won in Pau in 2001.
Funnell
has the choice of three other horses for Burghley and Punchestown
but running Supreme Rock at Burghley rather than the European
Championships would deny him the chance to become the first
horse to win three consecutive European titles
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Federation
Equestre Internationale News
5 August 2003
-
Pan American Games Preview
- FEI Gandini World Riders Rankings
- FEI BCM World Dressage Riders Rankings
- Samsung Super League, Preview Dublin
- Samsung Nations Cup, 11th leg in Bratislava
- Samsung Super League Final event website
- 2nd International Horse Transport Conference
- In Memoriam: Rommel
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The
2003 National American Indian Horse Show
The 2003 National American Indian Horse Show will be held
on September 20 &21 at the Navarro County Exposition
Center in Corsicana TX (south of Dallas/Ft Worth).
The
show features Native American and Frontier Period costume
classes, pleasure and trail events, halter classes for the
5 classifications of Indian Horses and speed events based
on Native American games.
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Tellington
Touch as seen on ITV Talking to Animals |
Using
the Tellington TTouch method I address issues and behaviours
with problematic and distressed dogs. Typical issues addressed
are: fear of loud noises, pulling on the lead, chewing,
barking, temperament, relief of tension & stress, socialisation,
arthritis, helping concentration, seizures, timidity, shock,
introducing pets to the home, fearfulness & aggression
- to name but a few.
The
Tellington TTouch or TTouch is an holistic teaching method
for any animal, offering positive solutions to common behavioural
and health related problems. Unlike more traditional training
methods that enforce and dominate, I use communication and
kindness to bring about new responses, which is why it literally
works with ANY animal. If you love your dog why would you
want to enforce anything upon them? Don’t you both
deserve a method that respects the individual, be it the
human or the animal, working to reinforce and bond the relationship
more?
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The
Inaugural SCOPE Auction
The star of Ireland's inaugural SCOPE auction of showjumping,
dressage, and eventing prospects was the last lot of
the day, Ulysses M2S.
After
a round of spirited bidding that included two-time Olympic
gold-medal-winner Gillian Rolton accepting telephone
bids from the United States, the final bid of euro67,000
was placed ringside by the famous Irish horse marketer
Paul Larkin of Larkin Brothers International Ltd. The
bid was not sufficient for the breeder/owner to part
with this magnificent prospect for sport and breeding,
and Ulysses M2S left the ring unsold. |
Soon
after, Morningside Stud's Thomas Reed, the breeder and owner
of Ulysses M2S, accepted an offer of euro67,500 from Irish
rider Denis Flannelly, bidding on behalf of his American
client, with the understanding that Ulysses M2S will be
campaigned in sport for Ireland and be presented for stallion
approval this fall on the continent.
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Gold
Medal Winning Team To Compete At Stafford
Britain's
Gold medal winning Pony European Show Jumping Team will
be competing at the this years Scope Festival, at Staffordshire
County Showground. The team, which consists of Natasha Sewell,
Nicole Pavitt, Hannah Paul and Sophie Broome, competed in
Necarne Castle, Ireland and emerged triumphant for the seventh
consecutive year.
The
Scope Festival 2003 runs from 26th - 31st August. Leading
British show jumpers will be competing for around £88,000
prize money over the six day duration of the show. Entry
and car parking is free and spectators can enjoy six full
days of show jumping, classes start at 9am every morning
and continue until 10.30pm Tuesday - Saturday and 6pm Sunday.
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Over
500 riders head for British Riding Clubs' National Horse
Trials Championships
Sponsored by South Essex Insurance Brokers Ltd
8 - 10 August |
Over
500 riders, from around 80 clubs across the country, will
be heading for Offchurch Bury Estate, near Royal Leamington
Spa, which plays host to the British Riding Clubs' National
Horse Trials Championships. The event, sponsored by South
Essex Insurance Brokers (SEIB) for the fourth year running
is scheduled to start on Friday 8 August, running through
to Sunday 10 August. All competitors have taken part in
hotly contested qualifiers so the three days promise to
be action packed, kicking off with the Junior Horse Trials
Championships, a one day event, on the first day. Friday
also sees the start of the Open Horse Trials Three Day Event.
Saturday will see the start of the Novice Two Day Event
with the latter two competitions culminating in the grand
finale on Sunday.
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National
Foal Auction Prinsjesdag, the power of performance!
On
the third Tuesday in September, the sixteenth, for the eleventh
time the National Foal Auction Prinsjesdag will take place.
The sixty-five foals selected for their pedigree, movement
and conformation, were recorded on video and photographed
for the presentation DVD and catalogue last weekend. The
auction, known for the high quality of its foals, this year
offers possibly an even more interesting selection of bloodlines.
In
the last decades, sport and breeding have become more and
more entwined. What is more, breeding without information
from the sport is unthinkable. For this reason the selection
committee has chosen foals for their proven 'performance'
lineage; not by making concessions in movement and conformation
but by deliberately seeking out the best European 'performance'
blood. Former NVP foal and Pavo Cup winner Hilltop Rousseau,
this year the 'face' of the auction, typifies the way forward.
The motto of the National Foal Auction Prinsjesdag , 'The
power of performance!', under- lines the background of the
selected foals. As mentioned above, the auction takes place
on Tuesday 16 September. Last year, the organisation moved
from Middenbeemster to the Federation centre in Ermelo where
the auction will take place this year too. The presentation
of the foals is at 11.30 and at 14.00 the first foal will
come under the hammer of auctioneer Hans Sinnige.
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Purina
Mills Named Official Feed Partner of the New Marshall
& Sterling League National Indoor Finals |
SAUGERTIES,
NY (August 5, 2003)—The New Marshall & Sterling
League announced today that Purina Mills, LLC, America's
leader in animal nutrition, will become the Official Feed
Partner for the New Marshall & Sterling League National
Indoor Finals, to be held September 17-21, at Worcester's
Centrum Centre, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
"Purina
Mills is a company that strives for excellence in the area
of animal nutrition," said Tom Struzzieri, President
and Owner of Horse Shows In The Sun. "The equestrians
who compete for a place at our National Indoor Finals also
share that same passion for excellence. We welcome Purina
Mills as our Official Feed Partner and look forward to a
long-lasting relationship that will benefit our equestrians
and their horses, as well as our sport."
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5th August 2003
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Hilton
Herbs : The Best just got Better |
Hilary
Self - Director and co - founder of Hilton Herbs has spent
the last 4 years studying with the University of Wales and
the College of Phytotherapy in order to qualify as a Medical
Herbalist. Since she formulated her first commercial mix
15 years ago Hilary has been determined to support her extensive
practical experience with a science based degree involving
an indepth study of herbal medicine for humans.
Hilton
Herbs have long been regarded as the leading authority on
herbs for horses, and have always sought to educate their
customers as to the safe and effective application of complementary
therapies. This qualification can only add to this position
of strength and should give Hilton Herbs customers even
more confidence when consulting the Helpline or purchasing
Hilton products.
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Anne
Kursinski and Indeed Win $50,000 HITS Grand Prix
Ellenville,
NY (August 4, 2003)—Olympic veteran, Anne Kursinski
of Frenchtown, New Jersey, rode Indeed owned by The
Group Indeed to victory in Sunday's $50,000 HITS Grand
Prix at the New York Horse & Pony Show. Kursinski
bested a field of twenty-five horse/rider combinations,
and was the fastest of three double-clears in a six-horse
jump-off. Harold Chopping of Hampton Falls, New Hampshire,
rode Kathleen 16 owned by Silver Oak Stables to second
place. Third place went to Ainsley Vince of Milton,
Ontario, on Kafka, co-owned by Vince and 3E Syndicate.
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Grand
Prix course designer, Gerry Dougherty, set a challenging
13-obstacle course that included one double combination-fence
No. 4, and one triple combination-fence No. 10. The time
allowed was set at 96 seconds. The triple cost a number
of riders their clear round and served to narrow the field
to only six horses.
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Merveldt-Steffens
Replaces Fosbury For European Dressage Championships
Irish international dressage rider Anna Merveldt-Steffens
has withdrawn her top horse Fosbury from the the Irish team
due to compete at the European Dressage Championships in
Hickstead next week (Thursday 14th August to Sunday 17th
August 2003).
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United
States Equestrian Team Ready for Gold at Pan American
Games
Gladstone,
NJ—August 4, 2003— The United States Equestrian
Team (USET) is ready for what it expects to be Gold
Medal performances at the 2003 Pan American Games
in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, August 7 –
16 with powerful squads competing in both Dressage
and Show Jumping. The Dressage competition will be
held on August 7, 8, and 10 and Show Jumping competition
will be held on August 13, 14, and 16.
The Dressage squad of four riders plus one alternate
that emerged from the Cosequin USET Selection Trials
at the Bayer/USET Festival of Champions Presented
by State Line Tack at the U.S Olympic Training Center
in Gladstone, NJ, includes: Kristina Harrison-Naness
of Burbank, CA; 1992 Olympic Team Bronze Medalist
Carol Lavell of Loxahatchee, FL; Jan Ebeling of Moorpark,
CA; and Pierre St. Jacques of Boscawen, NH. Susan
Dutta of Wellington, FL is team alternate.
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In
Show Jumping, the squad was determined differently this
year with the USET and USA Equestrian approving two subjective
choices. Margie Goldstein Engle of Wellington, FL; Chris
Kappler of Pittstown, NJ; Lauren Hough, also of Wellington;
Laura Kraut of Oconomowoc, WI; plus Beezie Madden of Cazenovia,
NY, as alternate; make up the team
The
United States comes into the Pan Am Games as the defending
champs in Dressage and this year’s team includes some
new names with impressive credentials.
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Show
Jumping - Kerrygold Grand Prix League - Smith Takes
Dun Laoghaire
A
HUGE crowd turned out in brilliant Bank Holiday weather
to see Steven Smith take the 3,000 Euro top prize
at today's (Monday) Dun Laoghaire Horse Show Grand
Prix, riding Robert Hancock's <Laraghlease Western
Desert>.
But
it was the other places that gave keen watchers of
the Kerrygold League table something to talk about.
Harry
Marshall, whose No. 1 spot in the League could have
been usurped at Dun Laoghaire, substituted his proven
Grand Prix winner <Splendido> for <Romance>,
and only an unfortunate refusal in the second round
stopped him making a bid for victory, but his Fourth
earned sufficient Super League points to maintain
his league leadership by a comfortable margin.
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Kim
Severson Wins National Advanced Horse Trials Championship
for the Jack Le Goff Trophy at 2003 Over the Walls Horse
Trials
Hardwick,
MA—August 3, 2003—United States Equestrian Team
(USET) veteran Kim Severson of Scottsville, VA won the National
Advanced Horse Trials Championship for the Jack Le Goff
Trophy at the 2003 Over the Walls Horse Trials at Great
Meadowbrook Farm in Hardwick, MA.
Severson,
a team Gold Medalist at last year’s World Championships
in Jerez, Spain, turned in a clean round in the final show
jumping phase to claim the title on Royal Venture, a 12-year-old
Thoroughbred gelding, owned by Plain Dealing Farm. She finished
the Championship with a three-phase score of 26.92 penalties
after scoring 22.92 in dressage and adding just four time
penalties over the cross country course designed by 1984
U.S. Olympic team Gold Medalist Torrance Watkins.
Placing
second in the Championship was Darren Chiacchia of Springville,
NY, winner of the Advanced Division 1 at Over the Walls
in 2001. Chiacchia turned in a clean show jumping round
to finish with a score of 38.38 penalties on Windfall.
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Champion
Defends Title
Last year`s World Mounted Games Champion Melanie Scott
retained her title at the World Individual Mounted
games Championships, held at Newark and Notts Showground.
Riding Tessa, an eye-catching part-bred Arab mare,
Melanie got off to a good start scoring a maximum
in the first qualifying session. High scores in the
remaining two qualifiers gave her the pole position
going into the final. Here scores start from zero
giving all eight finalists an equal chance. Three
wins and four second places in the dramtic 10-race
final was enough to ensure the trophy and title returned
to Scotland.
Runner up just two points away was Bryony Sheldon
from Cheshire with Kira, and also Melanie`s riding
team mate in the Yorkshire team.
``Tessa went fantastic - she tried really hard to
win,`` said Melanie, who is supported by www.bluesaddle.co.uk
and Blue Chip Feed Balancer.
The
seven-day competition saw over 500 ponies and riders
from throughout the world compete.
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Lowry
Wins $35,000 Manchester & The Mountains Grand
Prix at Vermont Summer Festival
East
Dorset, VT—August 3, 2003 — Bill Lowry of
North Scituate, RI aboard King, owned by Windsor Farm
Sales Inc, won the $35,000 Manchester & The Mountains
Grand Prix at the Manchester & The Mountains Horse
Show, July 30-August 3, the fourth week of the Vermont
Summer Festival, July 9-August 10, held at the Harold
Beebe Farm in East Dorset, VT.
Lowry
was one of six horse-and-rider combinations to ride
clear over course designer Ken Krome’s first
round course to qualify to ride over the shortened
jump off course. Going second in the jump-off, Lowry
and King proved to be the fastest clear round in a
time of 40.385 seconds.
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Lowry
has been partnered with King, an eleven-year-old Dutch Warmblood,
gelding, who he bought off of a pig farm in Holland, for
seven years now. This rider gave his horse much of the credit
for their performance in the jump-off. “He was excellent.
He helped me out a lot,” Lowry said. “He’s
really, really smart-very very intelligent.”
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Show
Jumping - Kerrygold Grand Prix League - O'Brien Wins
South County Dublin Super League GP
THE
WEATHER held for the second of the Grands Prix at
the South County Dublin Show at Celbridge today (Sunday),
and although the monster prize money of 10,000 Euro
led to some fierce competition, it was the Army's
Lt. David O'Brien who produced the only double clear
of the class.
Riding
the Minister for Defence's 14 yr-old bay gelding <Carraig
Dubh>, O'Brien saw off the competition, and remarked
after his win: < It was fantastic competition on
a fantastic horse. What more can I say?>
Marion
Hughes confirmed that she was back in serious contention
for League position, following her win at Celbridge
yesterday with a Second today on Miguel Bravo's <LB
Gallileo>, and picking up 12 vital Super League
points in the process.
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Sands
Wins $1,500 NAL/WIHS Children’s Jumper Classic
East
Dorset, VT—August 2, 2003— In one of her
last shows as a junior rider, Caitlin Sands of Lebanon,
PA aboard her Rienne de Rouge won the $1,500 NAL/WIHS
Children’s Jumper Classic at the Manchester &
The Mountains Horse Show, July 30-August 3, the fourth
week of the Vermont Summer Festival, July 9-August
10, held at the Harold Beebe Farm in East Dorset,
VT.
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The
final pair to enter the ring of the 16 horse-and-rider combinations
who qualified for the jump-off, Sands and her seven-year-old,
chestnut mare were chasing class leader Nicole Lakin of
Reading, PA aboard Kick the Clouds, owned by Rolling Acres.
Going third in the jump-off, Lakin and her mount posted
a clear round in a time of 33.472 seconds, which held as
the fastest time until Sands entered the ring.
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3rd August 2003
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Hilton
Herbs Alred's Tower Endurance Horse Ride, 9 / 10 August
2003
Huge
Field For Showpiece Event |
SOME
300 competitors have entered this weekend's Hilton Herbs
Alfred's Tower endurance event tackling distances from 20-miles
to a phenomenal 86 miles in one day. The festival of endurance
which includes some 14 classes, is sponsored by Hilton Herbs
and will raise funds for the charity Spinal Research.
Two
prominent names from the horse racing world will be taking
part during the weekend. Jump jockey Jim Culloty, best known
for his partnership with Cheltenham Gold Cup winter Best
Mate, will be riding on behalf of the charity Spinal Research
in a team event for Riding Clubs from across the UK on Sunday.
Meanwhile, race horse owners and keen endurance supporters
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Sheikh Hamdan
bin Rashid Al Maktoum, have a number of horses entered in
the show piece 80-mile (140km) event on Saturday. Sheikh
Mohammed is well known throughout the racing world as an
owner of top racehorses - he is less well known as one of
the world's leading endurance riders and may well be lining
up to take on the 80-mile event himself. The first prize
in the Hilton Herbs Alfreds Tower ride will be automatic
entry to the $US 200,000 President's Cup in Abu Dhabi in
the United Arab Emirates in March 2004.
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Record
Exhibitors At Horse of the Year Show 2003
Horse
of the Year Show returns to the NEC Arena, Birmingham from
Wednesday 17th to Sunday 21st September 2003. Last year's
move to the NEC was an overwhelming success attracting record
crowds of over 55,000.
This
annual equestrian spectacular brings with it a Tradestand
Pavilion which this year will allow for a record 180 stands
selling a variety of wares. Each of these will benefit from
the public spend in the area which, following last year's
customer survey, is calculated to be well in excess of £1,500,000
for the 5 days.
Following
a review of the 2002 show, the organisers, Grandstand Media
Ltd, have reconfigured the Tradestand Pavilion to expand
aisle widths and allow for improved flow due to greater
public attendance, whilst also increasing stand availability
to meet demand from new and existing exhibitors.
"We
were delighted at the success of last year's show. When
we took on the event in 1997 we were playing to half empty
houses with only about 110 stands in the Pavilion. Now,
due to sell out performances and a huge year-on-year return
rate of existing exhibitors, we are struggling to meet demand
for both public admission tickets and tradestand space.
Having
entered a new era, this year's Horse of the Year Show (HOYS)
is certain to build on the triumph of 2002 and promises
to be bigger and better than ever before. The response to
our change in venue from all branches of the equestrian
industry has, without exception, been extremely positive"
stated Mark Wein, a Director of Grandstand Media Ltd.
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Severson
Continues to Dominate at 2003 Over the Walls Horse Trials
Hardwick,
MA—August 2, 2003—Kimberly Severson of Scottsville,
VA, continues to dominate the competition for the National
Advanced Horse Trials Championship following cross-country
on Saturday, August 2, at the Over the Walls Horse Trials
at Great Meadowbrook Farm in Hardwick, MA.
Posting
one of 18 clear jumping rounds over the cross-country course
designed by Olympic Gold Medalist Torrance Watkins, Severson
earned 4.0 time penalties aboard Royal Venture, a 12-year-old
Thoroughbred gelding, owned by Plain Dealing Farm, Inc.,
giving her a two-phase total of 26.92 penalty points.
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Irish
Participation In International Equestrian Events
CEI**
MOULINS ENGILBERT FRANCE 2 AUGUST 2003, CCI*/** HARTPURY
GREAT BRITAIN 6-10 AUGUST 2003, CDI** FRY’S GREAT
BRITAIN 7-10 AUGUST 2003, JUNIOR EUROPEAN EVENTING
CHAMPIONSHIPS PARDUBICE CZECH REPUBLIC 7-10 AUGUST
2003, SI**** LA CORUNA SPAIN 7-10 AUGUST 2003, CEI**/***/CEI-YR**
ALFRED’S TOWER GREAT BRITAIN 9 AUGUST 2003, WORLD
DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS (PONIES) KARLSTETTEN AUSTRIA
11-17 AUGUST 2003, CSI****
HICKSTEAD GREAT BRITAIN 14-17 AUGUST 2003
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