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Art & PhotographyGenn Family Dominates Jumper Rings at Gulf Coast Winter Classics Week IV Theo Genn & Paradox. All photos ©Flashpoint Photography. GULFPORT, MS – MAR. 8, 2010 – Lebanon, OH based Wilhelm Genn commented earlier in the season that a perfect event would have three big triumphs, one for each of his sons and one of his own. Week four of the Gulf Coast Winter Series found Genn’s fondest wish coming true. In Thursday afternoon’s $5000 Lucky Sevens Open Jumper Welcome Stake it was Theo Genn riding the Thomas Bruinsma owned Paradox, a 10-year-old Zweibruecker German Warmblood gelding, who bested both the field of 23 competitors and the technical layout of course designer Allen Rheinheimer. “I feel like I got lucky. He’s [Paradox] still young and just moving into this level so there were several who could have beaten us. He’s still developing speed,” a very modest Theo said after a victory gallop. Rheinheimer had an 82 second allowance in which riders were expected to weave their way successfully from one end of the vast grass field to the other while clearing 12 obstacles [15 jumping efforts] that included a double vertical combo and a triple combo of oxer into two verticals out. “It was a snaky ride, but pretty straight forward,” Theo said of their clean 79.284 first round. Eight more horses would join Paradox in the jump off, among them Theo’s dad Wilhelm with the up and coming mount Loredo, owned by Micaela Kennedy. The abbreviated 8 fence/46 second layout had a beat the clock theme as its design was one for a quick pace and quick thinking. While speed was not an issue for most, being delicate over the plank vertical was. In total, only 3 riders had a second clear run. “You had to be careful and fast. Paradox was great!” a happy Theo said of their winning clear time of 39.332. FEI World Cup Dressage – Round 9 at Goteborg The Netherlands' Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival scored a clear victory in the last qualifying leg of the FEI World Cup Dressage series at Goteborg, Sweden tonight. Photo: Kit Houghton. COOL CORNELISSEN AND PLACID PARZIVAL TOP LAST QUALIFIER AT GOTHENBURG Goteborg (SWE), 27 February 2010 – Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival kept their cool under intense pressure to win the last qualifying leg of the 2009/2010 FEI World Cup Dressage series in Gothenburg, Sweden tonight. Sweden’s Patrik Kittel produced the ride of his life with Watermill Scandic to slot into second place, but the real battle was played out between the Dutch who were vying for the two remaining places on offer to home side contenders at the Final in ’s-Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands in four weeks time. League leader Edward Gal was clearly always going to make the cut but Cornelissen, Imke Schellekens-Bartels and Anky Van Grunsven knew that tonight would decide which of them would join him. And in this battle of the giants it was winner Cornelissen and third-placed Schellekens-Bartels who earned their stripes while nine-time World Cup champion Van Grunsven just missed out when finishing fourth. Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2009/2010 – Round 12 at Gothenburg Ireland's Jessica Kuerten and Castle Forbes Libertina. Photo: Kit Houghton. JESSICA AND LIBERTINA TAKE GOTHENBURG BY STORM Gothenburg (Swe), 28 February 2010 – Ireland’s Jessica Kuerten nearly brought the roof down at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden today with a rip-roaring ride from Castle Forbes Libertina that scooped their second victory of the 2009/2010 Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping season. It’s getting down to the wire now with only one qualifying leg remaining and every precious point counting towards a place at the series final in Geneva, but Kuerten has cruised into a qualifying spot with the greatest of ease and today’s victory suggests she will be one of the favourites when the final kicks off at the Swiss venue next month. Germany’s Marco Kutscher galloped into second place with the deceptively fast Cash while former World Champion Dermott Lennon slotted into third with the gelding Hallmark Elite which he says “has the makings of another Libertina.” If he is right about that then Irish show jumping is in very good shape indeed.  Ireland's Jessica Kuerten and Castle Forbes Libertina with Magali Dubois-Vaucher of Rolex after their victory in the twelfth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping series in Gothenburg, Sweden today. Photo: Kit Houghton. THE KEY The bogey fence on the track was the triple combination at fence five which penalised 14 horse and rider combinations, while the plank on top of the first element of the double of verticals at fence seven also proved influential. And amongst the nine four-faulters were reigning European Champion Kevin Staut, German star Marcus Ehning with his exciting bay mare Sabrina, Great Britain’s Ben Maher with Robin Hood and Vigo winner Australia’s Edwina Alexander this time riding Cevo Itot du Chateau. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10387 ![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=884b53fa-cd88-44c5-b9bc-92a625866ecb) Mustang Mania and the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Bring Standout Events to Georgetown Equine Expo
In addition to the equine exhibitors offering products and services and numerous equine related seminars, the expo will now include Mustang Mania and the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show. Mustang Mania will feature juried artists from the Bluegrass Region who will create eleven, one of a kind, life size fiberglass horses. Once completed these gorgeous collector Mustangs will be displayed around Georgetown, Kentucky throughout the summer of 2010. One of the mustangs will be a “Mystery Mustang” to be painted by a “Mystery Artist of World Wide Notoriety”. Then on September 15, 2010 the Mustangs will be gathered up and put at the Georgetown Equine Expo to be auctioned off to the highest bidder at the Auction and Gala Friday evening October 9, 2010. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of the auction will benefit the Scott County Council of the Arts, which supports 11 different art groups. Sponsorships are now open. Sponsorships include the horse, base and artist honorarium. Artists wishing to be considered should visit our website at www.KIEExpo.com/mustangmania2010. The Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show is an event geared to the entire family. Full of costumed performers from around the country, the show brings the days of the Wild West to the arena. This show which was started by William Cody (Buffalo Bill) in 1882 has been thrilling audiences around the world for over a hundred years. The show will be held nightly starting at 7:00pm. To find out more about the Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, please visit www.KIEExpo.com/wildwestshow.com. The event is open to the public. The Admission fee is $10.00. Reserved seating $15.00. Children under 48″ $8.00. For additional information on the Georgetown Equine Expo, please visit www.KIEExpo.com or call Founder and Director, Summer Frost at (859) 433-2628. Todd Minikus and Pavarotti Catch the Win in $75,000 Nespresso Grand Prix CSI 2* at 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival Todd Minikus and Pavarotti won the $75,000 Nespresso Grand Prix, CSI 2* during the third week of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. © 2010 Rob Bowman. Wellington, FL – February 1, 2010 – Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, FL, and Pavarotti proved to be the best in the $75,000 Nespresso Grand Prix held on Sunday, January 31, at the 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival. Minikus and the handy chestnut Pavarotti sped through a jump-off course to beat Nick Skelton (GBR) and Carlo 273, owned by Beverly Widdowson, and Lauren Hough on Highlife Farm’s Prezioso S. The third week of the FTI WEF is sponsored by Nespresso and concluded on Sunday, January 31. The 2010 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival has 12 weeks of competition that conclude on April 4, 2010, and they will be awarding almost $6 million in prize money through the circuit. Germany’s Olaf Petersen Jr. designed the course with 13 numbered obstacles in the first round, including a triple combination and an orange oxer at the end of the course that seemed to get the best of most of the competitors. The time allowed in the first round was 76 seconds. A total of 41 horse and rider pairs from 11 different countries came out today to dominate the first course, but only seven managed to advance to the short course without faults. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=10061 |
