Phillip Dutton joins us for the first time to speak about the Professional Rider Organization’s support of the Plantation Field’s International Horse Trial in September and his plans for the fall. Plus, Kate Green checks in with a report on the success of the HSBC FEI World Cup Final in Poland. Listen in…
We appreciate Kate Green taking time to share her experiences at the HSBC FEI World Cup Final. Germany’s Michael Jung confirmed his status as a rising star in the sport of eventing when he rode superbly on La Biosthetique Sam to become the first German winner of the final, held for the first time in Eastern Europe at Strzegom Poland. Read more and see the results.
History repeated itself last weekend when Leslie Law and Fleeceworks Mystere Du Val jumped a double-clear show jumping round to successfully defend their position as CIC3* Champions at the Richland Park Horse Trials in Michigan. See the results.
Last year’s winner, William Fox-Pitt will be defending his title at the 2009 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (September 3-6). Eight Americans are crossing the pond to compete at Burghley including:
Organizers of four British Eventing (BE) fixtures have called time this season and other events are in doubt for 2010 due to the credit crunch and poor weather. Read more…
Windsor (GBR), 28 August 2009 – The Swiss claimed their fourth team jumping title at the Alltech FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships at Windsor, Great Britain, today where the Italians continued to amaze when taking silver ahead of Germany in bronze. Out in front after Wednesday night’s Speed and Handiness leg, the eventual winners lost their grip at the half-way stage, but they pulled themselves together again and came back out with all guns blazing in round two when foot-perfect runs from Daniel Etter (Peu a Peu) and anchorman Steve Guerdat (Jalisca Solier) sealed the result.
The individual performance of the day however came from Italy’s Natale Chiaudani who steered Snai Seldana di Compalto to the only double-clear of the entire competition, and who has now gone into the lead ahead of Sunday’s top-25 individual final.
Germany finished in bronze medal position, while the defending champions from The Netherlands had to settle for fourth ahead of the much-fancied French who didn’t quite live up to expectations. And hopes for a home side medal were dashed when, despite a gallant effort, the British slotted into sixth ahead of the Irish in seventh place. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=7808
Photo caption: On another record-breaking day of dressage, The Netherlands’ Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival claimed gold in the Grand Prix Special at the Alltech FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships at Windsor – Picture Dirk Caremans.
Windsor (GBR), 27 August 2009 – Adelinde Cornelissen produced 6.5 minutes of magic to win gold in the Grand Prix Special at the Alltech FEI European Jumping and Dressage Championships at Windsor, Great Britain today. On another extraordinary afternoon her Dutch team-mate, Edward Gal, set a new world record with Moorlands Totilas, but it was a short-lived moment in the spotlight as Cornelissen simply blew it away with a spectacular last-to-go test with the fabulous Parzival.
Ground Jury President Stephen Clarke from Great Britain put it in perspective afterwards when he said, “I’ve judged a few championships in my time but I’ve never seen sport like this. This was the greatest moment in dressage history – we’ve never seen riders performing at such a level before and now the sport is wide open – anyone can win. I want to applaud the courage of the riders who rode so brilliantly under pressure – this was an outstanding day,” he added. Read more>
Photo Credit: Todd Bergen won the 2008 High Roller Reining Classic Open Futurity aboard Electrical Flash and will compete again at this year’s competition. Photo By: John O’Hara.
Las Vegas, NV – August 27, 2009 – The High Roller Reining Classic is pleased to announce that the 2008 High Roller Reining Classic Open Futurity winner, Todd Bergen, will be showing at this year’s competition. The horse show will be held at the South Point Hotel and Casino, September 4 -12, 2009. Bergen is a $1 Million Elite Rider who claimed the Open Futurity victory during last year aboard Electrical Flash. The High Roller Reining Classic is the international “crown jewel” of western riding competition, and features over $200,000 in added money and prizes.
This year Bergen will compete again with Electrical Flash in the $50,000 4-Year-Old Derby event. “Last year’s win during the Open Futurity was really good,” noted Bergen. “I had high expectations for her and she performed well for me. I was more concerned about how she showed and looking towards the future, but it’s always nice to win. I’ll be showing her in the 4-Year-Old Derby this year and she’s been feeling very good.”
Bergen will also be showing three new horses for the first time in the $130,000 3-Year-Old Futurity. “I’m just trying to feel them out and see where I am at on them,” he explained. “I’ve been training on them and riding them as often as possible. Right now I’m just looking to get them as consistent as possible.” Read more>
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL052009
1100 AM EDT THU AUG 27 2009
…CENTER OF DANNY WOBBLES WESTWARD…
INTERESTS FROM THE CAROLINAS NORTHWARD TO NEW ENGLAND SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF DANNY. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THIS AREA LATER TODAY.
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AT 1100 AM EDT…1500 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DANNY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.5 NORTH…LONGITUDE 73.1 WEST OR ABOUT 320 MILES…510 KM…NORTHEAST OF NASSAU AND ABOUT 550 MILES…
885 KM…SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
DANNY IS MOVING SOMEWHAT ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR
13 MPH…20 KM/HR. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY…WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED FORECAST ON FRIDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH…95 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES…335 KM FROM THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB…29.71 INCHES.
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LOCATION…27.5N 73.1W
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PRESENT MOVEMENT…NORTHWEST OR 310 DEGREES AT 13 MPH MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…1006 MB
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August 25, 2009 – CHICAGO, (EWA), WESTBANK, B.C. (CHDC) – Today, the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) and Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA) are asking the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to respond regarding a European Commission requirements letter dated 17 April, 2009 from Paola Testori Coggi, deputy director-general of the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Protection.
The letter notified affected “third” countries of requirements for equines (horses, donkeys and cross-breds) intended for food production, including the identification of horses intended for food production, a system of identity verification, a prohibition on the use of anabolic steroids and other prohibited drugs, and a minimum 6-month withdrawal period for veterinary medicinal products. The letter stipulates immediate steps required to implement a food safety program for countries supplying horse meat to the European Union. Read more>
One of the things I like most about horses is their emotional honesty. By emotional honesty, I mean a horse’s direct connection to its natural impulses. These can be impulses of physical desire or repulsion; impulses of mental curiosity or joy. They can also be expressions of affection, loss, fear and courage. What, exactly, is courage based upon? Certainly, its ingredients include bravery, self-respect, strength of conviction and a healthy measure of righteous indignation! Courage – standing up against all odds – is intangible, admirable and beyond reasonable logic, whatever the pieces of its puzzle. Let’s take a closer look at what makes courageous people and their horses tick.
Felicia Andrews primped her hair and painted the latest color on her lips. Touching a fingertip to her tongue, she smoothed an eyebrow, straightened her back and ran both hands through wavy brown hair with golden-sun highlights. Life was good, she thought to herself. Life couldn’t be better.
“What do you think?” she asked the horse in the picture framed in gold on her bureau in the bedroom with the canopy bed as she held up two dresses for the evening. “Cotton or silk?”
The horse in the picture, accustomed to such girlie attentions from her mistress, looked straight ahead.
“I knew you’d pick the silk,” Felicia said, leaning close and kissing the photo with the blue ribbon adorning the left upper corner of its frame as she pulled on a nylon stocking. “We’re so much alike!” Read more>
Windsor (GBR), 25 August 2009 – The firm favourites from The Netherlands got off to a flying start on the opening day of the Alltech FEI European Dressage and Jumping Championships at Windsor Castle, Great Britain, today when Adelinde Cornelissen steered Parzival into the lead in the FEI Dressage Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Imke Schellekens-Bartels and Hunter Douglas Sunrise. And Carl Hester’s score of 72.080%, which left him in third place after 28 of the 54 starters came into the ring, is a big boost for the host country which lies third behind Germany at the halfway stage of the team competition.
Cornelissen was more than delighted with her result as Parzival can be ring-shy and was not entirely impressed on his first visit to the arena for yesterday’s warm-up. But, as the 39 year old rider explained, when she gets his full attention, “then I have a good hope”. All her hopes were exceeded however when the powerful 12 year old chestnut earned a mark of 80.638% after a breath-taking performance that kept spectators gasping with delight all the way through. Read more>
The final day of FEI European & Open Para Equestrian Championship had Freestyle to music on the program. Some of the classes where ridden inside the indoor arena but all the other riders and spectators was blessed with nice weather at Epona Riding Centre, Kristiansand, Norway.
Great Britain had another great day capturing three gold medals, whilst Germany took the last two.
Making sure the right Brits are in the right place with the right horse at any time is performance manager for the British team, David Hunter. He explains the reasons for some of their success: “If you’re going to be successful as a team you’ve got to be knit together. We are lucky in England to have a system. Through The national lottery we have a funding towards the paralympic sports. We’ve had two new riders, Sophie Wells and Emma Sheardown; both two have come through a system of younger riders and being trained up. It’s really rewarding to see them go to the podium. Emma Sheardown has been working with this for 6 years and it’s her first major international show. We’ve had an extremely successful and great European Championship. We have never won as many medals at a major international championship before.” Read more>
August 24, 2009 – The Women’s Horse Industry Association has announced that they will now accept members from several new categories. These new categories include: Miniature Horses, Arabians, Ranches, Resorts, Horse Motels, Feed and Nutrition, Riding Instruction, Dressage and Hunter/Jumper. “We’ve had a lot of interest from those areas of the horse industry and want to make sure they are included in our group,” states VP, Debby Lening. Additional categories will be added as the need arises she adds.
The WHIA is the largest association in the world for women working in the horse industry with more than 500 members and chapters in five countries. The group will host a conference on “Marketing Your Horse Industry Business” in November in Louisville, Kentucky.
For additional information on the Women’s Horse Industry, please visit www.womenshorseindustry.com or call 615-730-7833.
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