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Sweden under Pressure on Home Turf in Falsterbo

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(L to R) Falsterbo Show Director Jan-Olaf Wannius, FEI Commercial Manager Nathalie Taylor, British Chef d’Equipe Rob Hoekstra, German Chef d’Equipe Heinrich Hermann Engemann, Swiss Chef d’Equipe Stephane Montavon and Irish Chef d’Equipe Robert Splaine. Photo: FEI/Lotta Gyllensten.

Falsterbo (SWE), 12 July 2012 – The host nation will be feeling the heat as the sixth leg of the FEI Nations Cup 2012 gets underway on home soil in Falsterbo, Sweden tomorrow afternoon.  Drawn second-last to go, Sweden also lies seventh of the eight competing nations on the series leaderboard, sharing the same score as the bottom-placed Irish whose aggregate score has them at a slight disadvantage.  For both sides, tomorrow is a crunch clash as they attempt to pull themselves off the wrong end of the league table with only two further legs of the series remaining after tomorrow’s competition.

And today’s draw was not kind to the Irish who will be first into the ring at 14.30 local time.

The order-of-go is as follows:  1, Ireland; 2, Germany; 3, Great Britain; 4, Switzerland; 5, Netherlands; 6, France; 7, Sweden; 8, Belgium.

HANDSOME LEAD

Germany holds a handsome lead in the series after a double of wins, at Rome (ITA) in May and Rotterdam (NED) in June, and consistently good placings including runner-up spot in Aachen (GER) last week where the French came out on top.

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Brianne Goutal – The Rolex One to Watch for July 2012

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Brianne Goutal riding Mon Gamin in the 1.40m Class at the Spy Coast Farm Speed Challenge at the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival, Wellington, Florida (USA). Photo: SPORTFOT / Rolex

12 July 2012 – The Rolex One to Watch for July 2012 is Brianne Goutal (USA). Currently based out of Cloverleaf Farm LLC in Wellington, Florida, the 23-year-old has jumped from 413th to 226th – a move up the Rolex Rankings of 187 places.

Brianne Goutal made history as the first junior rider to win all four major equitation finals: the 2004 United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) Show Jumping Talent Search Finals-East; the 2004 Washington International Equitation Classic Finals; the 2005 USEF/Pessoa Hunter Seat Medal Finals; and the 2005 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Maclay National Championships.

In 2005, when she trained with Frank Madden of Beacon Hill Show Stables, , Brianne experienced a momentous year, and not only in terms of competition wins. At the age of 17, Brianne was awarded the ‘Lionel Guerrand-Hermes’ Trophy, awarded to her by the United States Equestrian Team (USET) Foundation and recognising her as the Junior Rider best identifying the ideals of sportsmanship and horsemanship. In the same year, Brianne was featured on Animal Planet’s TV series: “Horse Power: The road to Maclay”, a major Championship which she won riding the nine-year-old Logan. Further victories include both individual and team gold at the North American Young Riders’ Championship and the USEF National Junior Jumper Championship.

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Top Finishes for Lauren Tisbo at Spruce Meadows

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Lauren Tisbo and King Kolibri placed fourth in the $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the CSI5* Spruce Meadows “North American” show jumping tournament. Photo Credit – Spruce Meadows Media Services

July 12, 2012 – Calgary, Alberta – Lauren Tisbo of Barrington, IL, closed out the Spruce Meadows summer tournaments with top finishes in the final events at the internationally acclaimed show jumping venue in Calgary, AB.  Riding King Kolibri, Tisbo placed fourth in the $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup on Saturday, July 7, and, on the final day of competition in the CSI5* “North American” tournament, guided Crème Brule to fifth place in the $140,000 Cenovus Energy Classic Derby.

A total of 44 horses entered to win Saturday’s coveted $200,000 ATCO Power Queen Elizabeth II Cup in the International Ring.  Only seven clear rounds were produced over the challenging first-round track set by course designer Michel Vaillancourt of Canada.  In the second round of competition, five horse-rider combinations, including Tisbo and King Kolibri, repeated their fault-free performance to force a jump-off.

Having had the fastest time in the first round, Tisbo had the advantage of going last in the jump-off.  Kent Farrington, Rich Fellers, Leslie Howard and Beezie Madden, all major championship veterans for the United States, tackled the jump-off track before her.  As the final rider in the International Ring, the 28-year-old amateur competitor gave it her best shot, jumping clear all the way until the final fence.  With four faults in a time of 38.87 seconds, Tisbo placed fourth overall while the win went to two-time Olympic team gold medalist Beezie Madden riding Simon, who was clear in a time of 37.58 seconds.

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The Colorado Horse Park Honors Military Families with Second Annual Appreciation Event

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Celebrate Military Appreciation Day at the Colorado Horse Park. Photo credit: Jon Kassel

Parker, CO — The Colorado Horse Park (CHP) is taking leaps and bounds to honor American service men and women on Saturday July 21, 2012 with its second annual Military Appreciation Day. The enthusiastic staff and volunteers of the international equestrian complex, along with horse show competitors and spectators, will offer their respect and entertain veterans and current military members with a fun-filled day of festivities.

“We wanted to offer our tribute to military men and women and their families. They deserve to be recognized and rewarded for their service. At the Colorado Horse Park, we are pleased to serve the community and our service members as they have served us for years,” commented Helen Krieble, CEO and President of CHP.

Families can join us for pony rides, a jumping competition, face painting and an obstacle course, as well as snacks and refreshments, all compliments of CHP. The festivities begin at 3:00 p.m. so come join the fun.

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Mrs. Beverley Widdowson Named as Owner of the Year 2011

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from L-R: Mr. Gary Widdowson; Mr. Nick Skelton (aboard Carlo 273); Mrs. Beverley Widdowson; Dr. Hanfried Haring; Mrs. Madeleine Winter-Schulze; and Mr. Anthony Schaub.

11 July 2012 – Beverley Widdowson, owner of the 11-year-old grey gelding Carlo 273, has been awarded the prestigious title of “Owner of the Year” by the FEI and International Jumping Owners Club. Carlo 273 and British rider, Nick Skelton, have had a string of impressive performances during 2011 and 2012, notably; at the CSIO5* St. Gallen; at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida, USA; at the CSIO5* La Baule; and at the CSI5* GCT Hamburg.

The presentation of the award to Mrs. Beverley Widdowson was made by Mrs. Madeleine Winter-Schulze, member of the Jumping Owners Club; Anthony Schaub from Rolex; and Chair of FEI Group II, Dr. Hanfried Haring. The ceremony took place during the 2012 CHIO World Equestrian Festival in Aachen, Germany.

Formed in 2005 and supported by Rolex, the Jumping Owners Club is an exclusive organisation of international owners which works towards growing the popularity of the sport around the world. It is the only body which represents the views and opinions of the owners, and works closely alongside the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI) in building the profile and inclusiveness of Jumping.

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2012 US Olympic Equestrian Team Preview

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Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) named its 2012 Olympic Teams in Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping. The USEF will field three full teams in the disciplines of Dressage, Eventing, and Jumping. These teams are comprised of a mix of veterans and rookies, men and women from across the country with 17 Olympic Games between them. Seven men, six women. Eight geldings, three mares, two stallions.

Dressage

Team:
Jan Ebeling (Moorpark, CA) on Amy Ebeling, Beth Meyers, and Ann Romney’s Rafalca
Tina Konyot (Palm City, FL) on her own and John Byrialsen’s Calecto V
Steffen Peters (San Diego, CA) on Four Winds Farm’s Ravel

Individual:
Adrienne Lyle (Ketchum, ID) on Peggy Thomas’ Wizard

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Michael Whitaker (GBR) Won the Rolex Grand Prix at the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen 2012

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8th July 2012 – Riding GIG Amai, Whitaker won the title following two clear rounds, and was fastest in the jump-off with a time of 49.73 seconds. In 2nd place was Thomas Voss (GER) riding Carinjo, and 3rd place was Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (GER) riding Bella Donna.

For the full results please visit: http://www.chioaachen.de/en/starterlisten?iEventId=971&sListLabel=Results%20S17&bNonMobilePage=true.

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Fabulous French Fly to Victory in Aachen

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Penelope Leprevost and Mylord Carthago jumped double-clear to help clinch pole position for France at the fifth leg of the FEI Nations Cup 2012 in Aachen. Photo: FEI/Kit Houghton.

Aachen (GER), 5 July 2012 – In a super-tough clash that tested character to the limit, it was the French who came out on top at the fifth leg of the FEI Nations Cup 2012 series at Aachen, Germany tonight.

Henk Nooren’s team displayed grit and determination as they pipped the much-fancied host country whose deep pool of riding talent has been somewhat diminished in recent days.  An extraordinarily poor performance from the anchor partnership of Marco Kutscher and the stallion Cornet Obolensky has left even more questions hanging in the air ahead of Germany’s final Olympic selection next Sunday night.

The Irish battled hard to finish a creditable third ahead of Switzerland in fourth and Great Britain in fifth, while the 2011 winners from The Netherlands had to settle for sixth this time around.  The Swedish team was reduced to just three after a fall for Peder Fredricson and H&M Arctic Aurora Borealis in the first round, and they slotted into seventh ahead of the Belgians whose big score of 40 faults saw them tail the rest of the field.

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Sweden to Show the Way at Aachen

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FEI Jumping Director, John Roche, in the foreground at today’s FEI Nations Cup 2012 Draw Press Conference in Aachen, Germany where the fifth leg of the series will take place tomorrow evening. Photo: FEI/Kit Houghton.

Aachen (GER), 4 July 2012 – The Swedish team will be pathfinders around Frank Rothenberger’s daunting course as the fifth leg of the FEI Nations Cup 2012 gets underway at the prestigious Soers Arena in Aachen, Germany tomorrow night.

The draw took place this afternoon, and the order-of-go is as follows:  1, Sweden; 2, Switzerland; 3, Germany; 4, France; 5, Belgium; 6, Netherlands; 7, Great Britain; 8, Ireland.

With mounting tension ahead of the London Olympic Games which are now only a few short weeks away, some team managers will be fine-tuning their Olympic decision-making over the next few days, so there is little room for error on the part of riders.

And as the 2012 series moves past the halfway stage, the countries lying at the bottom of the league table are acutely aware of the need for improvement.

KEEN

Ireland is lying last, in eighth place, so Chef d’Equipe, Robert Splaine, is keen to register a good result this time out.  “We were quite good here last year, but we could do with a good score at this stage as we haven’t excelled ourselves so far in this year’s series!” he said.

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American Gold Cup Past Champions a Who’s Who of America’s Top Show Jumpers

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Rodney Jenkins and the legendary Idle Dice won the American Gold Cup three years in a row during the early ‘70s

North Salem, NY – June 27, 2012 – The legendary American Gold Cup, one of the America’s oldest and most prestigious show jumping events, returns to action in September at its new home at Old Salem Farm, in North Salem, NY.

The list of previous winners of this equestrian classic reads like a veritable who’s who of the best show jumping horse and rider combinations in American history.

Over the course of the forty-two year history of the American Gold Cup, eleven United States Olympians, six of them Gold Medalists, along with a Pan American Games Gold Medalist and six World Cup Champions have captured the top prize.

This year’s show is scheduled for September 12th through the 16th, 2012, with the $200,000 American Gold Cup CSI4*-W, a FEI World Cup Qualifying Competition, as the highlight event on the final Sunday.

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