8 July 2010 – Olympic Jumping champion Eric Lamaze (CAN) has returned to the number one spot in the Rolex Rankings.
The Canadian, who took individual gold and team silver at the Beijing 2008 Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong, was ranked second in the world in February and March and was third in the April and May rankings. He is now back at the top of the rankings for the first time since February 2009.
Pius Schwizer (SUI), who has been world number one in the Rolex Rankings for the past five months, has now dropped down to second, with reigning European champion Kevin Staut (FRA) moving up one place to third. Rolex FEI World Cup champion Marcus Ehning (GER), who was in second in the May rankings, is now in fourth.
The updated Rolex Rankings, which were published today by the FEI, are available here.
Draw for starting order in the fifth leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup in Falsterbo (L to R): FEI First Vice-President Sven Holmberg, Lisa Jung, Meydan Media and PR Coordinator and Jan Olof Wannius, Show Director of Falsterbo Horse Show. Photo: Lotta Gyllensten.
SWEDEN FIRST INTO THE RING AT FALSTERBO
Falsterbo (SWE), 8 July 2010 – The host nation has been drawn first to go in tomorrow’s fifth leg of the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup series while the 2009 winners from Ireland will start last of the ten competing countries. The draw was made this afternoon, and the order-of-go is as follows:
This is a tough call for Gosta Asker’s home team who are hoping to maximise their points potential with a good result. Sweden has picked up only two points over the first four rounds of the eight-leg series and is in grave danger of relegation to the Promotional League if a dramatic improvement is not made very soon.
According to a recent report, one out of every ten work-eligible Kentuckians is unemployed. In response to the significant increase in jobless horse owners, the Kentucky Horse Council (KHC) has modified eligibility requirements for their Equine Safety Net program.
Started in April 2007, Equine Safety Net provides feed for horses owned by individuals who have recently lost a job or suffered an injury which prevents them from working.
Through the Equine Safety Net program, KHC provides hay and grain for up to two horses for thirty days for approved applicants. Historically Equine Safety Net supported the care of horses whose owners suffered a job loss or injury within 90 days of application.
Because of recent eligibility changes, now the program is available to those with a verifiable change in work status within six months and recipients may, for the first time, apply for a 30 day extension of Safety Net support.
8 July 2010 – The FEI has undertaken a review of the Protocol for Thermography and Clinical Examination (Hypersensitivity of Legs) and, in an effort to further strengthen the Protocol, has issued the following mandatory guidelines to be applied by the Veterinary Commissions appointed for FEI Events.
The new guidelines state:
(i) all Horses that are tested pursuant to the Protocol for Thermography and Clinical Examination will continue to undergo a thermography examination as one part of the evaluation process for hypersensitivity;
(ii) no horse may be retroactively eliminated from a Competition pursuant to the Protocol for Thermography and Clinical Examination;
(iii) the Person Responsible, or his or her designee, will be presented with a written form if his or her horse is disqualified for hypersensitivity that expressly describes the examination process and the rights of the Person Responsible under the circumstances;
(iv) if any Horse is disqualified pursuant to the Protocol more than twelve (12) hours prior to a Competition, the Person Responsible, or his or her designee, will be advised that a written request to the Ground Jury may be submitted within 30 minutes of being notified that the horse is disqualified, for the Horse to be re-examined pursuant to the Protocol. Such request must be granted and the Horse will be re-examined prior to the next Competition at a time determined by the Ground Jury on the day of the Competition. If upon re-examination it is not clear and obvious that the horse is unfit to compete due to signs of hypersensitivity, the horse shall be allowed to compete in that next Competition. However, the horse remains eligible for examination under the Protocol throughout the entire Event. This specific written request opportunity may only be exercised one (1) time during any Event for the same horse.
FALSTERBO, Sweden, July 7 — The Exquis World Dressage Masters, established on both sides of the Atlantic in its second year as the world’s richest lineup of dressage shows, starts its first €100,000 (US$126,000) CDI5* at the famous Falsterbo Horse Show Thursday with riders from six nations scheduled to perform in the Grand Prix.
Anky van Grunsven, the winningest competitor in the World Dressage Masters since the inaugural test event at Cannes two years ago, on IPS Painted Black will lead a squad of three combinations from The Netherlands in seeking to add a fifth title to the two she won at Palm Beach and two at Cannes.
A strong Swedish squad of the four most likely combinations to represent the nation at this year’s World Equestrian Games in Kentucky, German Olympian Ulla Salzgeber on Wakana and Anja Plönzke on Le Mont d’Or as well as the USA’s Catherine Haddad on her increasingly successful Winyamaro, Evi Strasser of Canada on Quantum Tyme and the top two riders from Poland are scheduled to start in the €10,000 Nürnberger Versicherungdgrupper Grand Prix presented by Agria.
Upper Marlboro, MD – July 7, 2010 – The Capital Challenge Horse Show, now in its 17th year of competition, strives every year to provide the best possible horse show for its exhibitors. This includes adding new classes that offer special opportunities for every level of rider. This year’s show will once again start with the Capital Challenge Equitation Weekend, presented by Bigeq.com, on October 2-3, and the horse show will continue on October 4-10.
Highlights of the Capital Challenge Horse Show will include the North American Equitation Championship (Oct. 3), the Taylor Harris Insurance Services (THIS) National Children’s Medal Finals (Oct. 3), the World Champion Hunter Rider (WCHR) Emerging Pro Challenge (Oct. 6), the North American Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumper Challenge Cup (two rounds held on Oct. 8-9), the ARIAT National Adult Medal Finals (Oct. 8), and the WCHR Professional Finals (Oct. 8).
Jeffery Welles (pictured) and Christine McCrea each won the Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award during the second and third weeks of the HITS-on-the-Hudson show. (Photo courtesy of HITS-on-the-Hudson)
Saugerties, NY (July 8, 2010) – Grand Prix riders Jeffery Welles and Christine McCrea have spent years dominating the winner’s circle in shows all around the world, and they both added another win to their resumes during the June Hits-on-the-Hudson summer show series in Saugerties, New York. Welles and McCrea each won the Arenus Performance and Conditioning Award from award sponsor Arenus, a premier provider of innovative health and nutritional products for pets and horses that manufactures and distributes the ASSURE, STEADFAST, EQUILITE and SORE NO-MORE product families.
Welles, of Triton Venture Farm in Brewster, New York, has been competing on the Grand Prix circuit for over 23 years. During the Hits-on-the-Hudson shows, Welles has continued to win big with Armani, placing second in the $25,000 HITS Grand Prix aboard the Dutch Warmblood gelding he owns with Abigail Wexner. In April, Welles and Armani won the $200,000 Gene Misch American Invitational in Tampa, Florida.
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