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Archive for November 1st, 2009Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2009/2010 – Round 3 Lyon Switzerland's Beat Mandli and Louis, winners of the third leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping series at Lyon today pictured with Magali Dubois-Vaucher of Rolex. MANDLI MAKES IT THREE FOR SWITZERLAND Lyon (FRA), 1 November 2009 – In another afternoon of Swiss magic, Beat Mandli made it three-in-a-row for the European gold medal winning nation when galloping to victory in the third leg of the 2009/2010 Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping series at Lyon in France. Riding the relatively novice nine year old gelding Louis, who has been stepped up this season due to the absence of some of his other top rides, Mandli came into the 11-horse jump-off with all guns blazing and set them a blistering target that could not be bettered. The result moves him into fifth place on the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping leaderboard which continues to be headed by fellow-countryman Daniel Etter who won the first two legs at Oslo and Helsinki. The popular Dutch duo of Albert Zoer and Oki Doki slotted into second place today while Ben Maher and Wonderboy took third for Great Britain ahead of World No. 1 Marcus Ehning from Germany partnering his 2006 Rolex FEI World Cup ride, Sandro Boy, in fourth. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8736 126th National Horse Show Wrap-Up: October 28-November 1, 2009
When the 2009 ASPCA Maclay National Championships came to a close, it was 17-year-old Zazou Hoffman of Santa Monica, CA, who prevailed through three rounds to win this year’s coveted equitation final. In the first round of competition, 150 riders were tested on a course designed by the judges, Bill Moroney of Middleburg, VA, and Jack Towell of Camden, SC, in cooperation with course designer Richard Jeffery of Dorset, England. The riders who rode the first course smoothly, out-of-stride, and with style were the ones called back in the top 30 to test on the flat. Three groups of 10 were tested, and from there the judges called back the top 24 riders for a second round over fences. The top 24 returned with Samantha Harrison of La Canada, CA, called back on top. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=8733 |
