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2010 WEG Photo Gallery – PARA-EQUESTRIANPhoto gallery of riders/winners in the Para-Dressage/Equestrian competition of the World Equestrian Games. Click on an image to use the PicLens for larger image with the details. Click the image to exit the gallery. (Slideshow doesn’t function yet – technical issue – pending fix.) Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 Day 16 Para Dressage Championships WELLS’ VICTORY TAKES BRITAIN TO TOP OF THE MEDAL TABLE by Louise Parkes Lexington, 10 October – Para Dressage rider Sophie Wells claimed Grade 4 Freestyle gold to put Great Britain at the top of the medal table as the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games came to a close at the Horse Park in Kentucky, USA today having attracted a massive attendance of over 500,000 spectators to the 16-day extravaganza. The British Para squad have been in fantastic form, scooping six individuals gold medals along with the team title. And Wells steered her 13 year old gelding Pinocchio to victory today despite a glitch in her test. Belgium’s Michele George took silver with FBW Rainman ahead of The Netherlands’ Frank Hosmar and Tiesto in bronze. Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 Day 15 Para Dressage Championships PEARSON TAKES FREESTYLE GRADE 1B GOLD YET AGAIN, TRABERT CLAIMS GRADE 2 FREESTYLE TITLE by Louise Parkes Lexington, 9 October – Great Britain’s Lee Pearson took the Para Dressage Grade 1b Freestyle Championship by storm at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, USA today. And in Grade 2 it was Germany’s Angelika Trabert who swept to victory with a great ride on her bay mare Ariva-Avanti. Pearson’s World Championship record is legendary. He was a double gold medallist in Denmark in 1999, took Team and Individual gold in Moorsele, Belgium in 2003 and team and two individual titles on his home turf in Hartpury, Great Britain in 2007. This week he has excelled once again with a hat-trick of gold medals, but another new star has also been born. Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 Day 14 Para Dressage Championships SHEER GRIT EARNS GOLD FOR SHEARDOWN, BRENNER MAKES IT A DOUBLE by Louise Parkes Lexington, 8 October – British Para-Dressage star Anne Dunham said on Thursday night, “don’t say I can’t – say I can. It may be slow and it may be hard, but it’s always worth it in the end.” Those words rang true this afternoon when, against all the odds, her team-mate Emma Sheardown overcame a nasty accident the previous evening to come out and produce the best performance of her life and clinch the Individual Grade 1a Freestyle title at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, USA. Once again the British had it all their own way in Grade 1a, but the placings were re-jigged. Yesterday’s Individual champion Sophie Christiansen had to settle for silver this time around while Dunham took bronze. See blog category for Para-Equestrian at http://horsesinthesouth.com/blog/index.php/page/2/?cat=269 |
