Photography by Rob Bowman Spring 2009

Slideshows of pictures from the 2009 WEF & Tampa shows by Rob Bowman, www.oneguyandacamera.com

Slideshow of the AHJF Hunter Classic show by Rob Bowman

See another great slideshow by Rob Bowman for Jan. 18, 2009 here.

And another slideshow for the $50,000 CSI2 Grand Prix on Jan 25, 2009 here.

Photos copyright Rob Bowman, www.oneguyandacamera.com

Tags: Grand Prix, photography, Rob Bowman, Show Jumping, WEF

FEI World Cup Driving 2009/2010 Stockholm

Tomas Eriksson (SWE), winner of the FEI World Cup Driving competition in Stockholm (SWE).

Eriksson beats Exell on home soil in Stockholm

Stockholm (Swe), 29 November 2009 – Sweden’s Tomas Eriksson beat Boyd Exell on home soil by winning the third leg of the FEI World Cup Driving in Stockholm, Sweden. Exell, who has won the previous World Cup competitions in Hannover and Stuttgart, was last to go in the World Cup competition in Sweden’s capital city, but knocked three balls down and came fifth. Switzerland’s Werner Ulrich ended the second place, followed by his compatriot Daniel Würgler.

Hesitation
It was clear that double World Champion Tomas Eriksson felt at home in the Ericsson Globen Arena. Many fans cheered the multiple Swedish Champion during the World Cup competition, which was presented by Länsförsäkringar, a Swedish national insurance company. With only one round to drive, the competitors had to put everything at stake. Eriksson decided last minute to change his route in one of the marathon obstacles and hesitated a fraction of a second, which caused a ball to fall. His time was fast enough though to beat Werner Ulrich, who had been in the lead until that moment. It is the second time that Eriksson wins the FEI World Cup Driving in Stockholm; in 2002 he was also crowned as winner. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=9042

Tags: Driving, equestrian competitions, equestrian disciplines, FEI, FEI World Cup

FEI World Cup Dressage 2009/2010 – Round 3, Stockholm

The Netherlands' Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival, winners of the third leg of the FEI World Cup Dressage series in Stockholm (Swe) today.

CORNELISSEN AND PARZIVAL ARE IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN

Stockholm (SWE), 29 November 2009 – Double European gold medallists, Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival, swept the opposition aside with a convincing victory in the third leg of the 2009/2010 FEI Dressage World Cup series in Stockholm, Sweden this afternoon.  Pipping runners-up Matthias Alexander Rath and Triviant from Germany by more than a nine-point margin, the crowd-pleasing Dutch partnership firmly declared their intention to make their mark on this indoor season with a performance that put them in a class of their own.  It was a triumph over the first-day nerves that gripped the 12 year old chestnut horse in yesterday’s Grand Prix.  “Parzival was terrified by the hundreds of flashlights that went off during his test and he didn’t do himself justice yesterday,” commented Ground Jury president Gustaf Svalling afterwards.  “It’s a big problem for the very popular horses, but today he was way ahead on marks, they did a great job,” he added.

Third place went to the home side’s Minna Telde and Don Charly who, like the winners, were also making their World Cup seasonal debut while The Netherlands Aat Van Essen rode Premier into fourth ahead of Germany’s Hubertus Schmidt and Hinnerk in fifth. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=9040

Tags: dressage, equestrian competitions, equestrian disciplines, FEI, FEI World Cup