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Andrew Nicholson Leads the 2013 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event after Cross Country

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(USA, 27 April 2013) Andrew Nicholson (NZL) is the current leader after the Cross Country phase, riding Quimbo, with Andrew Nicholson also in 2nd place riding Calico Joe, with Bruce Davidson Jnr (USA) riding Ballynoe Castle in 3rd place, and William Fox-Pitt (GBR) riding Seacookie in 4th place, today Saturday 27 April 2013, at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, in Lexington.

Quotes from William Fox-Pitt riding Seacookie:

Q. William – congratulations – how was that?

He gave me a fantastic ride. Time is always very difficult with him because he jumps very deliberately and he is quite a careful horse so we do waste a few seconds at every fence so it was great to finish on the time – that’s the first time at a four star and on these hills here it is tiring.

Q. How was the course?

I thought it was a superb course, Derek Di Grazia really is stamping his mark here giving the riders lots to think about with tricky distances, tricky little turns – we didn’t look at it and go “oooh it’s big and terrifying” but everywhere there is a little opportunity for a bit of a run out or a bit of a lost line – he is encouraging riders to think on their feet which is fantastic. I think much to be encouraged and I think riders really appreciate that.

He was a superstar today and he is feeling on great form – with making the optimum time that was an added bonus as I was down on my minute markers all the way – as I said he is not the quickest horse but I knew if I took a couple of good jumps at the last two we could be close, and OK I cut it a bit fine but I finished bang on the time.

Bit of a wait now until Chilli Morning – he is a very different horse – he is a bit bullish, a bit strong, a bit keen, so I ride him in a reasonably strong bit to control him – on Cookie I don’t have to pull the reins as much. I don’t know Chilli as well as it’s only a year since I took him on – he’s been fantastic for me ever since I got him but this is a big test – it’s very different to Pau, terrain, the course, it will be a big test for us this afternoon.

Q. Two quite different horses?

They are chalk and cheese – I’ve got different routes planned for them even, I won’t go exactly the same way on Chilli – without a doubt there will be some differences and that’s the exciting thing about this course – I think it is very hard to predict how it’s going to ride.

Quotes from Andrew Nicholson riding Calico Joe:

Q. Andrew – what a ride – you were well under the optimum time:

He is a very, very fast horse – normally with him the last two minutes of the course is very fast – it felt like I was slowing up, slowing up – of course I was thinking of the US$5,000 for wearing the right gloves and I knew William had done one second on that and I knew I had gone to fast so was slowing up, slowing up – but that’s a nice problem to have.

He came here last year and we tried it and we’ve come here this year and he’s made it feel very easy.

Q. Why the big difference this year?

It was his first four star here last year and I probably didn’t ride him quite positively enough, then from here he went to Germany for the four star where he was fourth – he had a busy year last year.

Q. Are you looking forward to his Stadium jumping tomorrow?

To be honest I won’t be looking forward to tomorrow’s stadium jumping with this one!   My other one yes on Quimbo, but this one you’ve just got to ride him how he is – he’s not a power jumper so what he needs to do is leave them all up – it’s doesn’t matter how much paint he has on his legs as long as he leaves them all up!

Q. You’ve got one more horse today –how do you feel the course played for your next horse?

It’s nice to see that the time is quite easy – as its Quimbo’s first time up at this level – there’s some lovely jumping efforts and it’s further than he has been before but hopefully it should be ok.

Q. Will you make any changes between what you did with Calico Joe and what you will do with Quimbo?

No I pretty much rode Calico Joe on the lines that I wouldn’t want to take Quimbo on – I know it sounds a bit back to front, but the two horses are totally different – Calico Joe was the guinea pig today to try the lines for Quimbo and I was happy with those.

Quotes from William Fox-Pitt after riding Chilli Morning:

Q. William, what happened on course and what was your thought process about withdrawing?

Very sadly I had a stop going into the first water and who knows, I haven’t had time to consider and reflect, I haven’t seen any replay – it’s just one of those things –maybe he just over-jumped slightly the fence before and gave himself a bit of a little shock and maybe just shut down mentally as he came into that rail – who knows – for him there is no point carrying on with 20 penalties as he’s not here for the experience – he’s a 13 year old horse trying to do his best.

Quotes from Andrew Nicholson after riding Quimbo:

Q. You are lying 1st and 2nd now – did you expect anything like this could happen today?

I said that I came here for a reason – Quimbo is a horse I have an awful lot of faith in and it’s his first time at this level but he is unbelievable.

Calico Joe is very good at two phases – his worst phase is tomorrow, but he’s done his job so far – I don’t normally finish the cross country and feel as excited as I do have with Quimbo – to have a young horse at four star level and for him to make it feel like he did for me out there is quite unbelievable.

Q. This is Quimbo’s first 4 star and you are excited about him?

He’s 10 years old but he is unbelievable. He’s got a very, very cool mind he went into the dressage arena yesterday with that huge crowd, photographers, lights, but it’s part of what he does normally – he hasn’t done that before – very obedient. Today, to go this distance with big fences I was a bit worried so I started off a little slow as I knew I had a few time penalties in hand – I got to eight minutes and I told him “let’s get serious”. He amazed me as we went faster and faster at the end.

Q. Can you talk to me about the course today?

I’d like to congratulate Derek Di Grazia – it was very big, very horse friendly – I thought he started with us being very positive with the big wide fences and then giving us some technical ones like fence six, the hollow – you’ve got to sit on your backside a bit and work a little bit and then straight to the water the same and then some galloping big fences – the way he has mixed it up I think is great. The reason there are some many clear fast rounds is the ground is superb and the ‘air conditioner’ is cool and horses love those conditions – I hope people enjoyed watching it.

Q. So you said Calico Joe is not the best Stadium jumper – what about Quimbo?

He’s pulled it out of the bag a couple of times – he’s won a three star in deep mud when he’d never done that before so we’ll wait and see with him!   Quimbo’s probably the best of the two.

For the full video interview of Andrew Nicholson post Cross-Country on Quimbo please click link here: http://we.tl/aqpsVCIhLh.

For more information on the 2013 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event and full Results/Leaderboard, please visit www.rk3de.org.

Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing Contenders
With two of three successive wins of the Rolex Grand Slam – the 2012 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event and the 2011 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials – William Fox-Pitt is the current live contender of the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. Due to adverse weather conditions, the 2012 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials was unfortunately cancelled. Therefore, Fox-Pitt has had to wait until the 2013 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials before he can contend for the coveted US$ 350,000 Rolex Grand Slam Prize. However, should Andrew Nicholson, who won the 2012 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials also accomplish the feat of successively winning the 2013 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, then there will be two live contenders for the sport’s most coveted prize at the 2013 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials.

Rolex Grand Slam Of Eventing

In 2001, Rolex created the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing. This trophy is awarded to the rider who manages to win the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials and the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials event in any consecutive order. Until now, only British rider Pippa Funnell has managed this staggering achievement, winning the title in 2003.

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Superb Nicholson Takes Pole Position at Rolex Kentucky

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Andrew Nicholson with Quimbo on Cross Country at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA), third leg of the HSBC FEI Classics 2012/2013 – now holding onto first and second places. (Photo: StockImageServices.com/FEI).

Lausanne (SUI), 28 April 2013 – Andrew Nicholson’s Cross Country performance on Quimbo was the stuff of dreams at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA), third leg of the HSBC FEI Classics 2012/2013. The New Zealander is now deservedly holding onto first and second places at the top of a considerably altered scoreboard with a fence in hand over third-placed Buck Davidson (USA).

Nicholson put in an excellent early round on a matured Calico Joe, now in second place, to finish bang on the optimum time, but his performance at the end of the Cross Country on Libby Sellar’s talented 10-year-old was simply breathtaking – a joy to watch and a master class in accurate, sympathetic horsemanship in which horse and rider were as one throughout.

“That was probably my most exciting ride ever,” said an understandably elated Nicholson. “Quimbo is an unbelievable horse. For the first time at this level, that was just an amazing performance. When I got to eight minutes, I said ‘Let’s get serious’ and he amazed me as he went faster and faster at the end.”

Dressage leader William Fox-Pitt (GBR) and Chilli Morning bowed out after the stallion, which had been jumping carefully, took a good look at the rails into the first water complex and stopped. But Fox-Pitt proved an exemplary pathfinder on his first ride Seacookie TSF and has moved up six places to fourth with the German-bred gelding, just 1.4 penalties behind Davidson.

Fox-Pitt described Chilli Morning’s exit as “one of those things. Maybe he over-jumped the fence before and gave himself a bit of a shock. There was no point carrying on. He’s a 13-year-old and wasn’t here for the experience.”

Despite the hiccup with Chilli Morning, he declared the course: “Superb. Derek di Grazia [designer] is really stamping his mark here, giving the riders lots to think about with tricky distances and tricky little turns. He is encouraging riders to think on their feet, which is fantastic.”

Nicholson concurred, saying: “I’d like to congratulate Derek. The course was big and horse-friendly. He started off by getting us thinking positively with big wide fences and then there were technical ones like the hollow at fence six where you had to sit on your backside and work a bit. He mixed it up well.”

In a day of commendably positive riding on perfect footing, Will Faudree (USA) and Pawlow have climbed six places to fifth; fellow American Lynn Symansky flew round on Donner to rise 13 places to sixth and New Zealand’s Olympic team bronze medallist Jonelle Richards and The Deputy have risen nine places to seventh.

Buck Davidson, whose father, Bruce was one of the most successful riders around Kentucky including winning individual gold at the 1978 world championships there, looked justifiably ecstatic at the end of the day. He thrilled both his family and a large home crowd by riding three committed clear rounds; he is now also in eighth place on the young horse Mar de Amor.

James Alliston, a British rider based in California, would be far less experienced than the likes of Nicholson and Fox-Pitt, but he also achieved three clears, and is in ninth place on the former Oliver Townend (GBR) ride Tivoli, ahead of fellow West Coast rider Kirsti Nunnink (USA) on her gallant grey mare R-Star.

There were 27 clear rounds from the 30 finishers, 11 of which were inside the optimum time of 11 minutes 21 seconds; seven riders were eliminated and five retired, including Mary King (GBR) on Fernhill Urco following a refusal at the brush fence coming out of the Head of the Lake (fence 20).

Alexandra Knowles, fourth after dressage, was eliminated for three refusals on Last Call after losing impulsion at the sunken road at fence 13; Marilyn Little (USA), equal fifth, was unseated when RF Demeter pecked after the third of a complex of three spreads (fence 17); Becky Holder (USA), seventh, was unshipped when Can’t Fire Me crumpled on landing over the duck fence (fence 24), and Shandiss McDonald (CAN), ninth, slipped from the reckoning with 20 time penalties on Rockfield Grant Juan.

Coming into the final jumping phase, it looks as though Andrew Nicholson will not only easily retain his lead in the HSBC FEI Classics – so far, only British riders have won the title before – but will set up a historic first head-to-head, with William Fox-Pitt, in the Rolex Grand Slam next weekend at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR) (3-6 May).

Watch FEI YouTube interview with Andrew Nicholson after Cross Country here.

HSBC Rankings

The rider at the top of the HSBC Rankings at the end of the 2013 Eventing season will receive a US $50,000 bonus. The winning rider will be announced in December 2013.

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Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Media Contact:

Marty Bauman
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Spotlight on Andrew Nicholson at Kentucky

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Andrew Nicholson, pictured here en route to victory at Les Etoiles de Pau CCI 4* (FRA) with Nereo. (Photo: Kit Houghton/FEI).

Lausanne (SUI), 23 April 2013 – All eyes will be on Andrew Nicholson (NZL) this weekend as he heads for the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA) on 25-28 April to try to extend his lead in the HSBC FEI Classics 2012/2013 series.

Nicholson enjoyed a remarkable run of success last autumn, winning Burghley CCI4* (GBR), Blenheim CIC3* (GBR), Boekelo CCI3* (NED) and Pau CCI4* (FRA) in quick succession to take the world number one slot in the HSBC Rankings.

He also capped a brilliant season by finishing second, behind William Fox-Pitt (GBR), in the HSBC FEI Classics 2011/12 and makes no secret of the fact that he would like to go one better this time and become the first New Zealander to head the leaderboard.

To add to the excitement, if Nicholson wins at Kentucky, he will set up the first ever head-to-head for the Rolex Grand Slam, with Fox-Pitt, the weekend after at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR) on 3-6 May.

This tantalising scenario is eminently possible, as Nicholson has two useful rides at Kentucky: Calico Joe, placed in two CCI4* last year, and the striking black horse Quimbo, one of the many Spanish-bred horses he favours competing.

Nicholson has described the latter, winner of Boekelo in 2012, as one of the best horses he has ever sat on – some compliment from the man who has probably ridden a greater variety of event horses than anyone else.

However, he faces stiff competition in Kentucky. Phillip Dutton (USA), who has a great record at the premier US event and won in 2008, has two exciting up-and-coming horses, Fernhill Eagle, 12th last year, and Mighty Nice, a reserve for the London Olympic Games.

Other leading US riders in action include Buck Davidson, three-handed on Park Trader, Mar de Amor and Ballynoe Castle RM, Dutton’s Olympic team mate Boyd Martin on the nine-year-old Trading Aces and the experienced combination of Will Coleman and Twizzel.

Nicholson has three fellow travellers across the Atlantic: his compatriot Jonelle Richards (The Deputy), a member of New Zealand’s bronze medal team at the London Olympic Games, plus two former Kentucky winners, Fox-Pitt and Mary King (GBR).

King, who became the first rider to finish first and second at Kentucky, in 2011, and is the only woman to have won the HSBC FEI Classics, returns with the powerful jumper Fernhill Urco. The grey featured in that memorable 2011 result, in second place, and is returning from a year on the sidelines.

Fox-Pitt also has good ammunition: his two rides are the German-bred Seacookie TSF, the horse that gave him his record 50th CCI win last year, at Blenheim, and the chestnut stallion Chilli Morning, winner of Bramham CCI3* last year.

A total of 47 athletes from seven nations will be competing in Kentucky, with 14 candidates – 11 from the USA and three from Canada – for the $1,000 HSBC Training Bursary awarded to the highest placed rider never to have previously completed a 4-star event.

The Ground Jury will be made up of Nick Burton (GBR), who judged at the London Olympic Games, as President, along with Christina Klingspor (SWE) and Brian Ross (USA). Tom Ryckewaert (BEL) will be Technical Delegate and Derek di Grazia (USA) is now in his third year as Course Designer.

The action kicks off at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event on 25 April, with live results on www.rk3de.org.

FEI TV, the FEI’s official video website, will cover the action LIVE in Kentucky (see start times on www.feitv.org/live):

25 April – Dressage Day 1
26 April – Dressage Day 2
27 April – Cross Country
28 April – Jumping

Download the HSBC FEI Classics 2012/2013 press kit: www.feipresskits.org.

HSBC’s Training Bursary

At the centre of HSBC’s sponsorship is a commitment to the development of the sport of Eventing at every level. As part of its support of the HSBC FEI Classics, HSBC has introduced a Training Bursary. This is a unique award which is presented to the highest placed rider never to have previously completed a 4-star level event. The winning rider receives a training voucher to the value of US $1,000 to be spent on sessions with a trainer of the athlete’s choice approved by the FEI and National Federation.

HSBC FEI Classics 2012/2013 calendar

1 Les Etoiles de Pau CCI 4* (FRA) – 24-28 October 2012
2 Australian International 3 Day Event (AUS) – 22-25 November 2012
3 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA) – 25-28 April 2013
4 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR) – 3-6 May 2013
5 Luhmühlen CCI 4* presented by DHL PAKET (GER) – 13-16 June 2013
6 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR) – 5-8 September 2013

HSBC, the platinum partner of the FEI and global sponsor of Eventing, has supported the HSBC FEI Classics series, which unites the top end of the international Eventing circuit, since 2008.

In our HSBC FEI Hub, you can access the HSBC FEI Classics 2012/2013 series standings, HSBC Rankings and all news relating to the current and past series.

Prize money

The HSBC FEI Classics prize fund is the largest on offer in the sport of Eventing on an annual basis. At the end of the HSBC FEI Classics 2012/2013 season, the five riders with the highest number of points collected across the six HSBC FEI Classics events will share a total prize fund of US$333,000 split as follows: 1st – US$150,000 (Series Champion); 2nd – US$75,000; 3rd – US$50,000; 4th – US$33,000; 5th – US$25,000.

HSBC Rankings

The rider at the top of the HSBC Rankings at the end of the 2013 Eventing season will receive a US $50,000 bonus. The winning rider will be announced in December 2013.

Join the FEI on Facebook & Twitter.

Our signature Twitter hashtags for this series are #HSBC and #Eventing. We encourage you to use them, and if you have space: #HSBC FEI Classics #Eventing.

By Kate Green

Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Media Contact:

Marty Bauman
marty@classic-communications.com
+1 508 698 6810 ext. 10

FEI Media Contacts:

Grania Willis
Director Media Relations
Grania.willis@fei.org
+41 78 750 61 42

Ruth Grundy
Manager Press Relations
ruth.grundy@fei.org
+41 78 750 61 45

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Andrew Nicholson Nets $50,000 HSBC Rankings Bonus

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Andrew Nicholson was presented with his prize by FEI First Vice President John McEwen at the London International Horse Show at Olympia. (Photo: FEI/Kit Houghton)

Lausanne (SUI), 23 December 2012 – Andrew Nicholson (NZL) has netted the 50,000 USD bonus as the HSBC Rankings leader at the end of the 2012 season, after holding on to the world number one spot since claiming team bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Nicholson, aged 51, was presented with his prize at the London International Horse Show in Olympia (GBR) today by John McEwen, First Vice President of the FEI.

The New Zealander kicked off 2012 by finishing seventh at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA), the third leg of the HSBC FEI Classics 2011/2012 series, and then secured fourth at the following leg, the Luhmühlen CCI4* presented by E.ON. He went on to captain the New Zealand bronze medal team at London 2012, his sixth Olympic Games, finishing fourth individually with Nereo.

Just one month later he rode Avebury to a third victory in 17 years at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, the final leg of the HSBC FEI Classics 2011/2012 season. He then won the opening leg of the new series at Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA), again on Libby Sellars’ Nereo, sealing his lead in the HSBC Rankings by a comfortable margin over Olympic team silver medallist, William Fox-Pitt (GBR).

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Nicholson Crowns a Great Year with Victory at Pau

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Andrew Nicholson (NZL) and Nereo, triumphant at Les Etoiles de Pau. (Kit Houghton/FEI)

Lausanne (SUI), 28 October 2012 – Andrew Nicholson (NZL) crowned perhaps the best season of his long and distinguished career when he won Les Etoiles de Pau (FRA), the first leg of the 2012/2013 HSBC FEI Classics, on Libby Sellars’ talented chestnut Nereo this weekend.

The only rider to complete on his Dressage score, Pau was Nicholson’s fourth consecutive international victory this autumn, following Burghley, Blenheim and Boekelo, and his fourth CCI4* triumph in a career that has spanned some 30 years.

“This is what it’s all about,” said the hard-working New Zealander as he was congratulated afterwards. “Winning one CCI4* in 10 years is pretty good and to win two in two months feels amazing.

“I’m proud to be riding such classy horses, which is what I do this sport for. Nereo is probably the best Cross Country horse in the world and in the Jumping phase I knew that if I did my job we could win.”

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Nicholson Takes Fox-Pitt to the Wire at Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials

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William Fox-Pitt held onto third place with Parklane Hawk at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, to win the 2011-2012 HSBC FEI Classics by a single point. (Photo: FEI/Kit Houghton)

Burghley (GBR), 31 August 2012 – In an extraordinary finale to the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), the evergreen New Zealander Andrew Nicholson seized his third victory in 17 years at this popular venue while William Fox-Pitt’s third place was good enough – by just one point – to win him a third HSBC FEI Classics title.

Fox-Pitt (GBR), riding Parklane Hawk, had two fences down and Nicholson (on Avebury) one on an influential Jumping track. Between them, they handed the overnight leader Sinead Halpin (USA) a two-fence margin, but to the disbelief of the crowds in the packed stands, the ever-smiling American, who has won many admirers in Britain this week, hit three rails on Manoir de Carneville and finished second.

“It’s a few years since I’ve won a CCI4*, but it just shows you have to keep going in this sport,” said an overwhelmed Nicholson, 51. “I’ve had Avebury since he was a foal and there have been days when he’s let me down and days when he probably thought I let him down, so this is very satisfying.”

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Andrew Nicholson Takes Over Lead in HSBC Rankings after London 2012

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New Zealand’s Andrew Nicholson takes over lead in HSBC Rankings. Image: Kit Houghton/FEI.

Lausanne (SUI), 4 August 2012 – Andrew Nicholson (NZL) has taken over as world number one in the HSBC Rankings after the London 2012 Olympic Eventing competition in Greenwich Park.

Nicholson, captain of New Zealand’s bronze medal-winning team at London 2012, is now 46 points clear of William Fox-Pitt (GBR) who had led the HSBC Rankings since April. London 2012 is Andrew Nicholson’s sixth Olympic Games.

New Zealand’s Jonathan Paget (29), who began riding aged 18 and competed in his first CCI4* in 2010, has moved up to third in the HSBC Rankings, 21 points clear of fourth-placed Boyd Martin (USA).

Michael Jung (GER), who set a new record in equestrian sport at London 2012 by becoming the first-ever event rider to hold Olympic, European and World titles at the same time while celebrating his 30th birthday, is now in fifth place.

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Top Riders Chase Fox-Pitt’s Target at Luhmühlen

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Andrew Nicholson (NZL) with Mr Cruise Control. Photo: Kit Houghton

Many of the world’s top riders are heading to Luhmühlen in Germany for the penultimate leg of the HSBC FEI Classics, where they will be trying to reduce the significant lead established by William Fox-Pitt (GBR), winner of Pau last year and Kentucky in April.

Fox-Pitt misses Luhmühlen after a double of wins in Bramham last weekend. The Briton has as a 14-point lead over New Zealander Andrew Nicholson, the only rider that can overhaul Fox-Pitt this weekend before the 2012 series ends in a fiercely contested finale at Burghley (August 30 – September 2).

The other rider who can come close at Luhmühlen is the highly successful American Boyd Martin, who is travelling over from the USA with Remington XXV, the 16-year-old Hanoverian. Martin is currently sixth in the HSBC FEI Classics rankings after a great Rolex Kentucky performance for third place on Otis Barbotiere.

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Eventing Radio Episode 122 by Bit of Britain – New Zealand’s Golden Boys

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New Zealand’s ‘golden’ boys, Mark Todd, Blyth Tait, and Andrew Nicholson, join Lucinda Green and Chris on this week’s show to discus another comeback. Take a listen right here…

Eventing Radio Episode 122 by Bit of Britain – Show Notes and Links:

  • Show Host: Chris Stafford
  • Co-Host: Lucinda Green
  • Photo Credit: ESNZ (left to right: Mark Todd, Blyth Tait, Andrew Bennie, and Andrew Nicholson)
  • Guest: Mark Todd
  • Guest: Blyth Tait
  • Guest: Andrew Nicholson
  • News: The Eventing Radio Show live from Red Hills March 11-13, 2011 from Tallahassee, Florida – www.rhht.org
  • News: The Eventing Radio Show and HORSES IN THE MORNING live from Rolex Kentucky 3DE: April 27 – May 1, 2011

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Eventing Radio Episode 111 – Andrew Nicholson and Justin Hull

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Introducing eventing legend from New Zealand, Andrew Nicholson, who makes his debut on the show to talk about how he got to be one of the sport’s most prolific riders. Plus a listener’s question: Justin Hull asks, why are there not more men in US eventing? All that and more on this week’s show so take a listen.

Eventing Radio Episode 111 – Show Notes and Links:

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