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Super Schwizer Seizes Third Round Victory for Switzerland

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Pius Schwizer and Verdi III on their way to victory in the third leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping. Photo: FEI/Kit Houghton.

Lyon (FRA), 4 November 2012 – Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer swept to victory with Verdi in the thrilling third leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League series at Lyon, France this afternoon.  The big guns were out in force today including a heavyweight line-up of home runners, but Frank Rothenberger’s course saw just seven of the 40 starters go through to the second-round jump-off.

France and Switzerland were each represented by two riders in the race against the clock, but it was the Swiss who came off best when the ever-more-impressive partnership of Paul Estermann and Castlefield Eclipse slotted into third behind Belgium’s Ludo Philippaerts and Challenge vd Begijnakker.

“I’m very happy”, said Schwizer who has had to ask the 10 year old gelding Verdi to step up to the plate since his top ride, the mare Carlina, was sold earlier this year.  “This was a tough class; Frank (Rothenberger) didn’t make it easy for us and the competition was top level so I’m very pleased about my win today,” he pointed out.

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Awards, Competitions, Events, Phelps Media Group, Show Jumping, Washington Int'l Horse Show

Charlotte Jacobs Wins 2012 Shalanno Style of Riding Award at Washington International Horse Show

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Charlotte Jacobs and Promised Land. Photo By: Kendall Bierer/PMG

East Aurora, NY – October 31, 2012 – The prestigious Washington International Horse Show proved very successful for young rider Charlotte Jacobs, who competed in the High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper division over the weekend. After winning the $5,000 High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper class on Friday, the judges presented her with the 2012 Shalanno Style of Riding Award for her impeccable American style of equitation and her sportsmanship.

“I think it is a huge honor to win the award,” said Jacobs, who also received the prestigious honor in 2010. “I never really think I’m the prettiest rider because I am always trying to sit down and find the distance or make something happen. Winning the Style of Riding Award is really special because it shows that you are riding well and your hard work is paying off.”

On Friday, the $5,000 High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper class welcomed the top junior and amateur riders for the fourth day of competition. Jacobs and Promised Land led the victory gallop after laying down a clear round in only 52.358 seconds. She had her first go at the course aboard Kachina, stopping the clock at 53.505 seconds, which was good enough for third place.

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Jumper Clinic with Grand Prix Rider Carlo Graziani

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Saturday November 10, 2012 at 9:00 AM EST
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Sunday November 11, 2012 at 5:00 PM EST

Mahan Farm
8150 Mahan Drive
Please use Miles Johnson entrance
GSP: Sarawood Lane, 32309
Tallahassee, FL 32309

Private Lessons- $70
Group Lessons- $60
Training Ride- $50
Grounds Fee- $10

Click here to register or email mahanfarm@gmail.com.

Questions? Call/text Lindsay @ 850-528-1267

Brett Barteld & Lindsay Barrack
www.MahanFarm.com
mahanfarm@gmail.com

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UK Lecture Series Presents Conversation with Olympian Reed Kessler

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Reed Kessler and her horse, Cylana, during the 2012 Olympics. Photo Courtesy of the Kessler family

Lexington, Ky. – Reed Kessler, the 18-year-old equestrian phenomenon who became the youngest competitor in the 2012 Summer Olympics equestrian field and the youngest U.S. Equestrian Team member in history to take part in the games, will speak at the University of Kentucky Ag Equine Programs’ Distinguished Industry Lecture Series Nov. 15. Sponsored by Hagyard Equine Medical Institute, the event will take place at 6:30 p.m. EST in the Ag Science Building’s Seay Auditorium on the UK campus. It is free and open to the public.

Kessler, who now calls Lexington home, helped her team secure a sixth place finish in show jumping in the London games. She is also the current U.S. Equestrian Federation National Show Jumping co-champion.

Team USA lists Kessler’s other career highlights as winning the Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior Jumper Championship at the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival and the bronze medal at the 2010 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships.

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Burnett and Husain Win National Titles at Dansko Fair Hill International

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Hannah Sue Burnett and Harbour Pilot (Shannon Brinkman)

Elkton, MD – The Dansko Fair Hill International CCI wrapped up Sunday as National Titles were awarded in both two- and three-star competition. Competitors tackled Sally Ike’s challenging show jumping courses under uncharacteristically sunny, beautiful skies. Hannah Sue Burnett held her nerve to win the CCI3* National Title with Harbour Pilot to win her third Fair Hill crown (the 26-year-old has two CCI3* victories and one win in the CCI2*). In the USEF National Two-Star Eventing Championship, Connor Husain jumped a beautiful clear round on Piece of Hope to rise from second and earn his first Fair Hill victory.

USEF National Three-Star Eventing Championship

Burnett (The Plains, VA) and Jacqueline Mars’ nine-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding entered the arena the picture of poise and determination. Harbour Pilot jumped effortlessly around Ike’s 12 obstacle track to produce an immaculate clear round and finish on his dressage score. The pair finished on a three-day total of 43, to secure Burnett’s second CCI3* title.

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Bost Celebrates His Birthday with Super Victory in Helsinki

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Roger Yves Bost celebrated his 47th birthday today with victory in the second leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2012/2013 Western European League. Photo: FEI/Tapio Mäenpää.

Helsinki (FIN), 21 October 2012 – Roger Yves Bost celebrated his 47th birthday in style when clinching maximum points in the second qualifying leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Western European League at Helsinki, Finland today.  Riding Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois, the enigmatic Frenchman whose jumping technique often seems to defy the laws of gravity, produced another one of his trademark heart-stopping rounds to pip Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya and Carlo in a nail-biting 14-horse jump-off.  Jeroen Dubbeldam and BMC Utascha, winners of the opening round at Oslo a week ago, had to settle for third place this time out. But the Dutchman now holds a strong lead at the top of the series table. With 35 points already to his credit, he only needs one more strong result to ensure his spot at the final in Gothenburg, Sweden next April.

The start-list was reduced from 40 to 39 due to the late withdrawal of Finland’s Mikael Forsten who broke his hand when landing awkwardly over a fence in an earlier class at his home fixture this morning.  This was very bad luck indeed, as he is not long recovered from a broken arm sustained while competing in the Grand Prix at Hagen, Germany last year.

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Vita Flex Victory Team Member Todd Minikus to Teach Show Jumping Clinics during Equine Affaire

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Todd Minikus will teach four clinics during the Massachusetts Equine Affaire. (Photo courtesy of Todd Minikus)

W. Springfield, MA (October 18, 2012) – Vita Flex Nutrition is proud to announce that Victory Team member Todd Minikus, a Grand Prix show jumper based in Loxahatchee, Florida, will teach four clinics during the 2012 Equine Affaire in Massachusetts.  Minikus’s clinics will take place on Friday and Saturday, November 9-10, and will address important exercises and theories in show jumping, from starting a young horse at the 3 foot level to strategies for riding in a jump off.

“We are very pleased to have Todd representing Vita Flex and the Victory Team at Equine Affaire,” said Alyssa Barngrover, Product Manager at Vita Flex Nutrition.  “His long career as a successful Grand Prix show jumper makes him an ideal clinician and auditors are sure to learn something from him.  They can also meet Todd at the Vita Flex booth at Equine Affaire, and we encourage everyone to visit us.”

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Zone 5, Scott, and O’Mara Win USEF Championships at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show

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Abigail McArdle of the Zone 5 Team on Cosma 20 (Al Cook)

Harrisburg, PA – Three National Championships were decided this past weekend at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show. Thirty-one competitors in the 2012 Randolph College/USEF National Junior Jumper Championships and more than 250 of the best hunter equitation riders in the Pessoa/US Hunter Seat Medal Finals presented by Randolph College vied for the top spot in their championships.

The Zone 5 Team Wins Gold in the Randolph College/USEF Prix de States Team Championship

The Zone 5 team captured the Gold medal in the Randolph College/USEF Prix de States Team Championship at the 67th Annual Pennsylvania National Horse Show on Friday evening. The team members were: Kalvin Dobbs of Carmel, IN riding Winde; Abigail McArdle of Barrington Hills, IL on Cosma 20; Lillie Ross of Wheaton, IL aboard Pako; and Catherine Tyree of Chicago, IL on Wetter.

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Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team Jumps Two Places and Finishes Sixth at Boekelo

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Boekelo, The Netherlands – Every member of the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team that entered the show jumping arena at the Military Boekelo CCIO3* Sunday leapt up the leaderboard and helped the U.S. team improve to 6th place in the final Nations Cup standings. Leading the way for the Americans were Jonathan Holling and Downtown Harrison.

Holling (Ocala, FL) and Constance Ann Holling’s Trakehner/Thoroughbred gelding were just shy of a double clear round. They jumped flawlessly, but came in just over time and ended with 1 fault. “I was really thrilled with [Downtown Harrison],” said Holling. “Other than possibly shaving a second off a turn, he was pretty exceptional out there today.” Downtown Harrison’s performance helped Holling jump up the leaderboard twenty-five places and finish the Event in 31st position overall.

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Dubbeldam Dominates Star-Studded Field at Oslo Opening Leg

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Jeroen Dubbeldam and BMC Utascha SFN on their way to victory in the opening leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2012/2013 series. Photo: FEI/Annette Boe Ostergaard.

Oslo (NOR), 14 October 2012 – The Netherlands’ Jeroen Dubbeldam won the thrilling opening leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Western European League 2012/2013 series at Oslo, Norway this afternoon partnering BMC Utascha. The competition attracted a star-studded field that included three individual Olympic champions including the current title-holder, Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat. But it was the Dutchman, who claimed gold in Sydney, Australia 12 years ago, who earned those all-important maximum points.

The cream really came to the top, and it was 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping series winner, Switzerland’s Beat Mandli, who slotted into runner-up spot with Louis, while Spain’s Sergio Alvarez Moya showed the potential of his new partnership with the former Nick Skelton ride, Carlo, when finishing a very close third. Fourth place went to another Dutchman, Maikel van der Vleuten with VDL Groep Verdi, while British riders filled fifth and sixth – the London 2012 Olympic team gold medal winning duo of Scott Brash and Hello Sanctos slotting in ahead of Will Funnell and Billy Congo.

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