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Edwina and Itot Take Geneva by Storm

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Edwina Tops-Alexander and the brilliant little Cevo Itot du Chateau, pictured during the presentation with Arnaud Boetsch, Communication and Image Director, Rolex. Photo: FEI/Hippo Foto

Geneva (SUI), 9 December 2012 – One of the best-loved horses in the sport showed exactly why he is such a huge favourite with the public all around the globe when the diminutive 16 year old Cevo Itot du Chateau carried Australia’s Edwina Tops-Alexander to victory in the sixth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League series at Geneva, Switzerland today.

The big guns were out in force, with the start-list including 14 of the top 20 in the current Rolex World Rankings list and the reigning Olympic, World and European champions, but only eight made it through to the second round jump-off.  And the little chestnut gelding led them a merry dance with a superb run against the clock that left Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya and Carlo having to settle for runner-up spot ahead of Germany’s Hans-Dieter Dreher and Magnus Romeo in third while host nation representative, Janika Sprunger, slotted into fourth with Palloubet d’Halong.

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*Featured/Spotlights, Competitions, Contributors/Press, Events, Polo, Revolution Sports

Ellerstina Win the Argentine Open Final 2012

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Ellerstina team, winners of the Argentine Open Final in Argentina 8th December 2012. Photo courtesy of POLOLINE

Ellerstina defeated La Dolfina, 12-10 in the Final of 2012 Argentine Open in a dramatic match on Saturday 8 December.

Pablo MacDonough opened the scoring for the match for La Dolfina early in the first chukka.  Gonzalito Pieres scored to tie it up at 1-1.  Three minutes later, Nico Pieres put Ellerstina ahead, 2-1, to end the first chukka.  Facundo Pieres scored the first goal of the second chukka, giving Ellerstina a 3-1 advantage, but La Dolfina stormed back.  Ellerstina fouls allowed Adolfo Cambiaso to convert a pair of 30 yard penalty shots to tie it up at 3-3.  Gonzalito Pieres’s second goal of the game had Ellerstina back on top, 4-3.  A foul in the Ellerstina goal mouth gave Cambiaso a short penalty shot for a goal and the chukka ended 4-4.

Goals were hard to come by in the third chukka. Adolfo Cambiaso put La Dolfina up 5-4 on a 40-yard penalty conversion. Facundo Pieres followed up Nico Pieres and tied it up on a goal from the field. At the end of three periods of play it was all even at 5-5.

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*Featured/Spotlights, Competitions, Driving, Events, FEI, FEI

Boyd Exell Scores Fantastic Third Victory of FEI World Cup Driving Season

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Boyd Exell (AUS) won the FEI World Cup Driving qualifier in Geneva (SUI) ©Rinaldo de Craen/FEI.

Geneva (SUI), 8 December 2012 – Boyd Exell (AUS) won the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup Driving 2012/13 held in Geneva (SUI). Exell stayed far ahead of Tomas Eriksson (SWE) and home driver Werner Ulrich securing his third victory of the season. After five competitions the four-time FEI World Cup Driving champion is in second place on the series’ standings and is certain of a starting place in the FEI World Cup Driving Final in Bordeaux (FRA) next February.

German international course designer Falk Böhnisch had laid out a fast and technical course in the beautiful arena in Geneva, the biggest one on the FEI World Cup Driving circuit. The water splash added a wonderful dimension to the course, which was appreciated by both the competitors and the enthusiastic Swiss spectators who had come in large numbers to the Palexpo arena.

A little nervous
Boyd Exell faced different opponents in Geneva compared to those in Budapest last weekend, only Theo Timmerman (NED) having made the trips to both the Hungarian capital and the Swiss city.

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Christian Ahlmann Celebrates Winning the Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final 2012 by Lake Geneva

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Christian Ahlmann (GER) yesterday, Friday 7th December 2012, won the 12th Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final in Geneva, Switzerland.

Riding Taloubet Z, Ahlmann won the two-round event featuring the World’s Top 10 riders as based on the Rolex Rankings, ahead of 2nd place Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS) riding Cevo Itot Du Chateau and 3rd place Kevin Staut (FRA) riding Silvana HDC.

The results of the 12th Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final:

1. Christian Ahlmann (GER), riding Taloubet Z
2. Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS), riding Cevo Itot Chateau
3. Kevin Staut (FRA), riding Silvana HDC
4. Rolf-Goran Bengtsson (SWE), riding Quintero La Silla
5. Roger Yves-Bost (FRA), riding Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois
6. Pénélope Leprevost (FRA), riding Mylord Carthago*HN
7. Marco Kutscher (GER), riding Cash
8. Steve Guerdat (SUI), riding Nasa
9. Marcus Ehning (GER), riding Copin Van De Broy
10. Pius Schwizer (SUI), riding Verdi 111

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*Featured/Spotlights, Classic Company, Classic Company, Competitions, Events, Hunter/Equitation, Show Jumping

Gulf Coast – Pensacola Winter Circuit

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The Gulf Coast Classic Company Prepares for Pensacola Where the Shows Are FUN and the Footing Is Fabulous!

Claudia Styslinger from Fox Lake Farm piloting "Valentino" over an oxer

The snow has already made its debut in the northeast announcing that it is that time of year again when equestrians head south for some of the best showing in the country. And this year, many are starting their new year by heading to Gulf Coast Classic Company’s Pensacola shows.  Last year marked the debut of the inaugural Gulf Coast Classic at Pensacola, and word has it, it is the new favorite show destination that starts January 9 and runs through January 27.

The Pensacola shows are fun!  And, the footing is fabulous!  The footing at the Escambia Equestrian Center is customized by Classic Company with the equine athlete’s well-being in mind.  As a matter of fact, Classic Company travels to each of its shows and manages the footing prior to the start of the shows.  “We have a footing trailer, complete with tractors and an assortment of drags that we bring to all Classic Company and Gulf Coast Classic Shows,” commented Bob Bell, President of Classic Company.  “At times, we have even installed the footing, most recently in the new arena at the Charleston shows,” he added.

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Competitions, Dressage, JRPR

Roffman Still Riding High on Sagacious HF

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Caroline Roffman put in an impressive ride on Sagacious HF in the Young Rider Grand Prix at the Holiday and Horses show. (Photo courtesy of Al Guden)

Wellington, FL (December 6, 2012) – Caroline Roffman of Lionshare Dressage and Sagacious HF wowed the crowd and the judges during the Holiday and Horses show on December 1-2, 2012.  On Saturday the pair scored a 73% in the FEI Test of Choice class, in the Under 25 Grand Prix.  On Sunday they rode the same test for a score of 71.106%.  This performance was only their second competition together, and they are preparing for the upcoming 2013 Florida circuit.

“Sagacious and I are still getting to know each other, but I’m very pleased with our scores and with how his training has been progressing,” says Roffman.  “We have no set plans for the future but I’m enjoying the ride.”  Sagacious HF (Welt Hit II x Judith x Cocktail), a 1999 KWPN gelding owned by Al Guden, recently came to Roffman after the U.S. Olympic selection trials in June, and they are now working with her longtime trainer, Danish Olympian Lars Petersen.  Roffman plans to campaign the horse during the winter show circuit in Wellington, and the pair seem to have a good shot at competing in the Under 25 division at Aachen.

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More Than Good Horse Sense: IHSA Rider among Rhodes Scholars for 2nd Time in Two Years

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Rhodes Scholar Rachel Kolb aboard Ronny. Photos courtesy Stanford Univ/IHSA

Fairfield, CT – December 5, 2012 – Stride for stride, solid horse sense leads to scholarly achievement. For the second time in two years, the Rhodes Trust has awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association college equestrian athlete to pursue post-graduate study at Oxford University.

This year’s recipient is IHSA hunter seat rider Rachel Kolb of Los Ranchos, NM, who is in her second year as president of the Stanford Equestrian Team, and co-terminal year at Stanford (CA) University (i.e., she will graduate this year with a BA in English/minor in Human Biology and a Masters in English).

Kolb is Stanford’s 2012 IHSA Regional Champion in Intermediate Flat and Fences, and has twice helped bring the team to the national Top Ten: At the 2010 IHSA Nationals, in Team Intermediate Fences, where Stanford finished fourth, and again at the 2011 IHSA National Championships, in Team Intermediate Flat (Stanford placed sixth).

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Events, Hunter/Equitation, Show Jumping, Training/Clinics, USEF

Riders Announced for 2013 George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session

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Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation will ring in the New Year with the seventh annual George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session presented by USHJA and Adequan. The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL will once again host the prestigious clinic January 2-6, 2013.

The following 12 riders will participate in the five-day training session sponsored by Practical Horseman and Equestrian Sports Production:

Events, JRPR, Show Jumping, Training/Clinics

Todd Minikus Conducts Successful Show Jumping Clinics during Equine Affaire

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Photo courtesy of Vita Flex Nutrition

Springfield, MA (December 5, 2012) – International show jumping veteran Todd Minikus of Loxahatchee, Florida conducted four highly successful clinics over two days at the 46th Equine Affaire in Springfield, Massachusetts which ran November 8 to 12, 2012. Following his time in the ring on Friday and Saturday, Minikus headed up to the Vita Flex Booth for a “Meet & Greet” where he signed autographs for fans and chatted with attendees.

Minikus, who has won over 75 Grand Prix show jumping events to date, was part of the “Ride with the Best Program,” which offers clinics for various levels and disciplines throughout the popular equestrian event.  Known not only for his own riding talent but for his skill as an educator, Minikus employed a variety of proven theories, supplemental training techniques and show jumping exercises that benefited both the riders and the thousands of equestrian enthusiasts auditing from the stands.

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Driving, Training/Clinics, USEF

USEF Announces 2013 USEF Driver Training Long List

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Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation, Inc. (USEF) is pleased to release the 2013 USEF Driver Training Long List. The Driver Training Long List is drawn up by the USEF on the basis of a driver/horse/pony combination achieving a total of 175 penalties or less for Singles and Pairs, and a total of 200 penalties or less for Four-in-Hands in a national competition at the advanced level in the U.S., a European CAI, or a national European competition (for which the Driving High Performance Committee has given approval). This qualifying score must have been achieved in any of the previous two calendar years which indicates that those driver/horse/pony combinations are the strongest candidates for future teams. Long Listed driver/horse/pony combinations are eligible for USEF Training Programs and consideration to compete abroad.

The following drivers have been named to the 2013 USEF Driver Training Long List (Long List is sorted by discipline, alphabetically by last name):

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