By Louise Parkes German riders filled the top two places in the individual rankings as Olympic Eventing got underway at Greenwich Park in London (GBR) today with the first of two days of dressage. Ingrid Klimke, team gold medallist at the Beijing Games equestrian events in Hong Kong four years ago, steered Butts Abraxxas...
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U By Joanie Morris GREENWICH, (USEF) – The first day of Eventing Dressage at the 2012 Olympic Games featured three of the five American horses. Boyd Martin was the very first rider in the ring on Otis Barbotiere and made the most of his first Olympic experience, having the best test of the horse’s...
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LEXINGTON, (Phelps) - The Rolex Stadium was alive with excitement as 34 entrants competed in the $40,000 Kentucky Summer Grand Prix at the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. It turned into a nail-biter as five competitors progressed into the jump-off with a clear first round effort. Trailblazer Pablo Barrios aboard Zara Leandra was the first...
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COLORADO SPRINGS, (PRCA) – The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association is deeply saddened to confirm the sudden passing of one of its bright, young stars, two-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo team roper Broc Cresta. Cresta, 25, was found dead this morning of unknown causes in his living quarters trailer at the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days...
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LEXINGTON, (Phelps) - It was a moist morning as the Stonlea Arena awoke from a stormy night to the Amateur-Owner competitors ready to show off their dime piece horses in over fences this morning starting at 8am. The first division for the day was the Amateur-Owner 18-35 Hunters, where Caruso and Kelli Sherrill took...
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LONDON, (Canadian Olympic Team ) -The Canadian Olympic Team for Eventing is prepared to begin competition at the 2012 London Olympic Games following the first horse inspection held Friday, July 27, at the equestrian sport venue of Greenwich Park. All five members of the Canadian Olympic Team for Eventing presented their horses for inspection...
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By Louise Parkes LONDON, (FEI) – It’s been a long four-year wait, and the tension has been building steadily all week, but Greenwich Park will burst into action at 10.00 tomorrow morning when Eventing gets the London 2012 Olympic equestrian events underway with America’s Boyd Martin first into the dressage arena. The first horse...
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By Joanie Morris GREENWICH, UK (USEF) - The first of the three Olympic Equestrian Disciplines is set to begin on Saturday, July 28 after 74 horses were presented for the first horse inspection. The team from the United States drew second (behind Ecuador’s individual) and were first to present their horses before the Ground...
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LEXINGTON, (USEF) - The United States Equestrian Federation has named the team for the 2012 Paralympic Games. The four athletes representing the U.S. in London turned heads at the Para-Equestrian Dressage National Championship and Selection Trial held in Gladstone, NJ in June. The following two U.S. team veterans and two rising stars will compose...
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LEXINGTON, (ASHA) - American Saddlebreds will be included in the 2012 Alltech National Horse Show, held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky from October 31 through November 4. Continuing a rich tradition of American Saddlebreds showing at the National Horse Show, Saddlebreds will again be included in this year’s prize list. The Saddlebred...
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