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Last Updated: Aug 19th, 2008 - 22:50:28 |
OLYMPIC GAMES 2008 BEIJING
DRESSAGE: Olympic Gold Hat Trick For Anky
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| Individual Dressage Medalists: silver for Isabell (GER); gold for Anky (NED) and bronze for Heike (GER) (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Anky Van Grunsven claimed her third consecutive individual gold medal at the equestrian stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Tuesday). Lying second, but only 0.24% behind Germany's Isabell Werth after Saturday's Grand Prix Special, the Dutch star came into her own in the Freestyle to Music (Kur) which in recent years she has made all her own. And as Salinero danced his way to victory, Werth had to settle for silver with Satchmo while fellow team gold medallist, Heike Kemmer, claimed third with Bonaparte.
Aug 19, 2008, 16:21
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JUMPING: Appeal Committee Makes Decision - Britian's John Whitaker Ouf of Games
(Hong Kong, China) - Following a meeting of the Appeal Committee – Jumping held at Sha Tin at 4pm on 18 August 2008, the Appeal Committee has upheld the objections of seven national teams as to the eligibility of John Whitaker to jump in the second round of the Team Competition – Jumping. The Chef de Mission of the Great Britain Team has been informed that John Whitaker is not eligible to compete in the second round, and also therefore in the final.
Aug 18, 2008, 21:57
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JUMPING: US Team Crowned Olympic Champions
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| Gold for Team USA (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong) - The USA pipped Canada for Team Jumping gold in a thrilling third-round jump-off at Sha Tin Stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Monday). And Norway climbed all the way up from overnight joint-sixth place to take the bronze thanks to a spirited team performance.
Aug 18, 2008, 21:46
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DRESSAGE: Isabell Leads Individual Competition But Anky Hot On Her Heels
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| Germany's Isabell Werth and Satchmo are in the lead....just (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Germany's Isabell Werth took another step closer to claiming the individual Olympic dressage gold medal when winning the Grand Prix Special at the equestrian stadium at Sha Tin in Hong Kong tonight (Saturday). But a moment of sheer drama during her test with Satchmo ensured that she holds only a slender lead over her great rival, The Netherlands' Anky Van Grunsven, going into Tuesday night's medal-decider, the Kur, which now promises to be a thriller.
Aug 16, 2008, 14:23
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EVENTING: FEI Addresses Changes Made To Cross Country Course
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| FEI President HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - A press conference with the FEI President, FEI First and Second Vice Presidents, FEI Secretary General, the Chairman of the FEI Eventing Committee Wayne Roycroft and Olympic Technical Delegate for Eventing Giuseppe della Chiesa was held today at the Olympic core equestrian venue in Hong Kong. The main topics were the shortened distance for the Cross Country course – 4560m instead of 5700 as expected – and the slight modification to a fence on the Cross Country course brought on shortly before the beginning of the competition upon the request of the President on the basis of concerns over safety expressed by several team members. These topics had raised considerable interest and were subjects of discussion among the teams, officials and media.
Aug 15, 2008, 19:30
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JUMPING: US Show Jumpers Take Prime Position After First Qualifier
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| Beezie Madden and Authentic help put the US team into first place (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) – The Jumping discipline of the 2008 Olympic Games kicked off at Sha Tin stadium in Hong Kong tonight with a one-round competition which decided the starting order for Sunday's first round of the team event. 73 horses went to task over a beautiful course designed by Leopoldo Palacios and Steve Stephens.
Aug 15, 2008, 17:06
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Hong Kong Gives The Olympic Shetland Ponies New Chinese Names
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| “Remarkable” and “Precious” enjoy their celebrity status and their beautiful new home in Hong Kong. (Photo courtesy Angela Kong of the Hong Kong Equestrian Federation) |
(Hong Kong, China) - The Hong Kong Equestrian Federation (HKEF) in conjunction with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, hosted a Name the Ponies Contest for the two Shetland Ponies the American Shetland Pony Club (ASPC) donated to HKEF in recognition of Hong Kong’s outstanding effort to host the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian games.
Aug 15, 2008, 15:53
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DRESSAGE: Brentina Given Clean Bill of Health after Uncharacteristic Performance at 2008 Olympic Games
(Hong Kong, China) – After receiving the lowest score of her career (63.00%), all of Brentina’s connections were concerned that despite training absolutely phenomenally every day leading up to the Games, there may have been something physically wrong with the gallant 17-year-old Hanoverian mare.
Aug 15, 2008, 08:17
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DRESSAGE: Gold For Team Germany In Team Competition While Isabel Werth Leads Individually
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| Gold For the German Team: (l-r) Nadine Capellmann, Heike Kemmer, Isabel Werth (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - As expected after yesterday's first session, it was the Germans who claimed Dressage team gold at the Sha Tin Olympic Stadium in Hong Kong tonight (Thursday), with victory sealed by an emphatic test from Isabell Werth and Satchmo in the closing stages.
Aug 14, 2008, 13:50
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DRESSAGE: Heike Kemmer Leads The Way After First Day of Grand Prix
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| Heike Kemmer and Bonaparte lead the way for Germany (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Germany's Heike Kemmer and Bonaparte threw down the gauntlet when producing a superb test to take the individual lead after the first session of the Dressage Team Grand Prix at Sha Tin on Wednesday night. And her dominant performance suggests that her nation's team record at Olympic Games - gold at every edition since 1964 except for Munich in 1972 – is unlikely to be broken in Hong Kong in 2008.
Aug 13, 2008, 14:40
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EVENTING: Double Olympic Gold For Germany; Hinrich Romeike New Olympic Champion
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| individual Eventing Olympic medallists: Hinrich Romeike (GER), gold; Gina Miles (USA), silver; and Tina Cook (GBR), bronze (photo: (c) Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - In the Team competition Germany has taken the Gold, while Australia takes the silver, and Great Britain takes bronze.
It was an amazing nail-biting finish in the individual competition...Hinrich Romeike and Marius made it double-gold for Germany, while American rider Gina Miles and McKinlaigh won the silver, and British rider Tina Cook and Miners Frolic won the bronze!
Aug 12, 2008, 11:59
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EVENTING: Germany Moves Into Top Spots In Team and Individual Competition; Hinrich Romeike and Marius Lead The Way
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| Hinrich Romeike and Marius take the lead for Germany (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - It was a great day for the Olympic sport of Eventing – both in front of and behind the scenes. Expert riding and years of planning greatly paid off, and a big helping hand from Mother Nature. 70 horses took on Mike Etherington-Smith’s cross country course, which was modified due to the heat, and 60 horses completed, but not one horse achieved the optimum time of eight minutes.
Aug 11, 2008, 09:33
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EVENTING: Team & Individual after Cross Country
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| Cross Country Course Designer - Mike Etherington-Smith with one of his creations (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
Team and Individual Results after Cross Country
Aug 11, 2008, 05:30
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DRESSAGE: Horses Presented For First Horse Inspection
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| Horse Inspection (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - The horses that will compete in the Dressage competition of the Olympic Games later this week took their turn to trot before the Ground Jury and veterinary officials today at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.
Aug 10, 2008, 23:09
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DRESSAGE: Beatriz Ferrer Salat and Faberge Out Of Games
Spain is out of team medal contention as Beatriz Ferrer-Salat has had to withdraw her black Hanoverian horse Faberge from the Olympic dressage competition due to a leg injury.
Aug 10, 2008, 14:22
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EVENTING: Australian's Maintain Gold Position With Lucinda Leading The Way
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| Ingrid Klimke and Abraxxas move into third for Germany (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Australia’s Lucinda Fredericks and Headley Britannia have maintained their lead and are heading into tomorrow’s cross country phase in the gold medal position. None of the riders participating in this morning’s early final dressage session could beat Lucinda’s score of 30.40, although Germany's Ingrid Klimke and Abraxxas came the closest of the day, earning 33.50 for their lovely test. Karin Donckers of Belgium, aboard Gazelle de la Brasserie have maintained their second place on 31.70.
Aug 10, 2008, 09:06
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EVENTING: Lucinda Fredericks Leads For Australia; More Disappointment for France
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| Belgium's Karen Donckers and Gazelle de la Brasserie (photo: Kit Houghton)/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - Australia’s Lucinda Fredericks took an early morning lead, which she held onto with Headley Britannia on a score of 30.40. The diminutive chestnut mare doesn’t have much trot to work with but Lucinda rode a masterful test and did not give a point away.
Aug 9, 2008, 07:57
World News
World Games 2010 Foundation Selects Director of Hospitality Programs
(Lexington, KY, USA) - The World Games 2010 Foundation today announced that Mrs. Kim Bennett has been selected as Director of Hospitality Programs for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Aug 8, 2008, 20:59
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EVENTING: Two Horses Fail First Horse Inspection
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| First Eventers for China: Alex Hua-Tian and Chico pass the veterinary inspection (photo: Kit Houghton/FEI) |
(Hong Kong, China) - There was disappointment for Chile's Ricardo Stangher and Brazil's Fabricio Salgado when their horses – Literal and Butterfly – failed to pass the first veterinary inspection for Eventing horses at the Olympic core venue at Sha Tin in Hong Kong this afternoon.
Aug 8, 2008, 06:56
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EVENTING: Espoir de la Mare Is Withdrawn from French Eventing Squad
(Hong Kong, China) - The French Eenting squad suffered a heavy blow this afternoon with the news that Jean Teulere's star performer Espoir de la Mare has been withdrawn from the 2008 Olympic Games on veterinary advice.
Aug 7, 2008, 19:54
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EVENTING: Olympic Ground Jury for Eventing Approves Shortened Cross Country Course
(Hong Kong) - On 6 August 2008 , the Veterinary Commission, the Course Designer and the Technical Delegate presented to the Ground Jury, the Olympic Eventing Cross Country course at Beas River of a distance of 4,560 metres (with a optimum time of 8 minutes) with 39 jumping efforts.
Aug 7, 2008, 19:52
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OLYMPIC JUMPING PREVIEW
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| Canadian Ian Millar will become the only person to ride in nine Olympic Games (photo: (c) Cealy Tetley) |
Key Facts: 28 nations; 79 horses and riders + 14 reserve horses and riders; 16 teams
If the form-book has anything to do with it then the fate of the 2008 Olympic Jumping medals is already decided – and most of them are hanging around German necks. Riders from 28 nations will compete in the Olympic show jumping discipline and a total of 16 countries will battle it out for the team honours including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Great Britain, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, The Ukraine and the USA.
Aug 6, 2008, 10:10
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OLYMPIC DRESSAGE PREVIEW
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| (photo: (c) Dirk Caremans) |
Key Facts: 22 nations which is the highest number of nations ever. From 1984 to 2004, 18 nations were represented in the Dressage competition. The lowest number – four – was recorded in 1932 in Los Angeles where many nations were unable to travel because of the 1930s economic crisis; 50 riders and horses + 6 reserve riders and horses; 14 teams of three riders
The stage is set for another classic clash of the two super-stars of international Dressage. And a rule-change for the team event guarantees edge-of-the-seat excitement in this discipline from the outset.
Aug 6, 2008, 09:18
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OLYMPIC EVENTING PREVIEW
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| Nicolas Touzaint aboard Galan de Sauvagère, members of the French gold medal winning team in Athens in 2004 (photo: Kit Houghton) |
Key Facts: 24 nations; 11 nations with teams; 73 riders and horses
The battle for medals in Eventing at the 2008 Olympic Games promises to be a fascinating one. Riders from 25 nations will line out in challenging weather conditions and, further fuelling the excitement, the lead-in period has seen the return of one of the greatest exponents of the sport, disappointment for the confident British who might have expected to dominate, and the continuing rise of a prodigious French talent.
Aug 6, 2008, 09:05
Eventing News
Fox-Pitt on Target for HSBC FEI Classics Title
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| William Fox-Pitt at the press conference following his remarkable victory at Luhmuehlen (GER) in June (photo: FEI) |
Not only will he carry Great Britain’s gold medal hopes to Hong Kong as one of the five to make up the Eventing team but William Fox-Pitt is also currently leading the HSBC FEI Classics leaderboard. The HSBC FEI CLASSICS is a new FEI series linking the five 4-Star Eventing competitions currently on the international calendar.
Aug 5, 2008, 09:11
General News
Medals Awarded at 2008 CN FEI North American Young Rider Championships at the Colorado Horse Park presented by Gotham North
(Parker, CO, USA) - The CN FEI North American Junior/Young Rider Championships at the Colorado Horse Park presented by Gotham North finished with a three-hour closing ceremonies at the Colorado Horse Park in Parker, Colorado today. The four-day championship competition wrapped up with the Junior and Young Rider Musical Freestyles in Dressage, Stadium Jumping in Eventing, the Individual Finals in Show Jumping, and the Individual Finals in Reining.
Aug 5, 2008, 07:17
General News
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Aug 4, 2008, 23:10
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VIP's - Very Important Passengers Head For Hong Kong
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| The flight stalls with the Olympic horses are being loaded into the aircraft (photo: (c) Peter Nixon) |
An FEI crew was given the rare opportunity to be present during the departure of 13 horses from Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam and 24 horses from Stansted Airport near London.
Aug 3, 2008, 14:32
Eventing News
USEF Updates Eventing Qualifications
(Lexington, KY, USA) - One of the most pressing issues raised at the USEF/USEA Safety Summit held in Lexington, KY on June 7-8, 2008 was the need to tighten qualifications for horse and riders to move up and remain at levels of recognized competition.
Aug 1, 2008, 16:09
General News
USEF Announces Approval of Kentucky Horse Park As Host of 2009-2011 National Pony Championships
(Lexington, KY, USA) – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is pleased to announce that the USEF Executive Committee recently approved the Kentucky Horse Park as the host of the 2009-2011 USEF National Pony Championships (Pony Finals). The Kentucky Horse Park has successfully hosted Pony Finals for the last three years. The tentative show dates are August 5-9, 2009; August 11-15, 2010; and August 10-14, 2011.
Jul 30, 2008, 07:59
General News
Specialty License Plate Planned For 2010 ALLTECH FEI World Equestrian Games
(KY, USA) - A specialty Kentucky license plate may soon be available in celebration of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. In order for these plates to be produced, at least 900 applications and deposits must be submitted to the World Games 2010 Foundation. If 900 applications are not received by September 30, 2008, all applications and fees will be returned.
Jul 29, 2008, 09:19
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White Withdraws Northern Spy; O’Connor and Mandiba Named to 2008 US Olympic Team in Eventing
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| Karen O'Connor (IENN photo) |
(Lexington, KY, USA) - Heidi White has withdrawn Northern Spy from the US Olympic Team in Eventing for veterinary reasons. Following the selection procedures, the USEF named replacement horse/rider combination Karen O’Connor/Mandiba to the US Olympic Team in Eventing. This will be O’Connor’s fourth Olympic Games.
Jul 29, 2008, 09:09
General News
Gatcombe Park Festival Attendees To Get Preview of Equestrian Living at Inaugural O’Connor Signature Facility
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| The Signature O’Connor equestrian facility at The Oaks of Lake City (photo courtesy of Equestrian Services, LLC) |
(Lake City, FL, USA) - To help the spread the word about The Oaks of Lake City, developer, Brad Dicks is heading to the celebrated Festival at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire, Britain this week. Gatcombe Park, the home of famed equestrian, Princess Anne, hosts an annual festival that draws attendees from all over the country.
Jul 29, 2008, 09:03
Show Jumping News
HITS Desert Circuit to Host Four World Cup Qualifiers in 2009
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| (image courtesy HITS) |
(Thermal, CA, USA) - The HITS Desert Circuit, which runs from January 20 to March 22, 2009, is the biggest horse show venue on the West Coast, and it is the place to be this winter to see top High Performance sport. The HITS Desert Circuit will have eight weeks of competition in 2009 and will host four World Cup Qualifiers in the covered arena.
Jul 29, 2008, 06:13
General News
Animal Planet’s "World Sporthorse Championships" Will Feature the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
(USA) - The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will be featured during Animal Planet’s "World Sporthorse Championships," a four-part series that began this past weekend. The 2010 Games will be featured in either Episode Three or Episode Four. Don’t miss this chance to watch top equestrian athletes in competition on Animal Planet!
Jul 28, 2008, 21:15
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