JULY 14, 2010 – LEXINGTON, KY – 71 Days to Go – Select tickets for Dressage, Endurance, Eventing, Jumping and Reining competitions at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are now available at with a 30 percent savings in a special promotion.
The reduced prices will be available in a limited time offer, starting at 10 a.m. EDT on July 15 and run through the Labor Day weekend, ending on September 6.
Only early session tickets in the competitions listed and tickets for Endurance are offered at the special rate. No other tickets are included in this offer and there will be no refunds for previously purchased tickets.
15 July 2010 – The Development Task Force, in its first meeting on 6 and 7 July, agreed that the FEI’s development role should be to transform and create a lasting impact on the community by promoting the traditional values of horse sport through inclusive growth.
The Task Force began its work by starting to identify and consider the critical constraints that constitute barriers to the development of equestrian sport worldwide, from a regional perspective as well as a sporting perspective.
Identifying the obstacles and finding solutions that can be applied effectively will form the main body of work for the Task Force in the coming weeks as it works on the formation of the FEI’s Development Roadmap for approval at the General Assembly in Chinese Taipei at the beginning of November.
15 July 2010 – The horses for the equestrian events of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) arrived safely in Singapore at 11.50 local time this morning. After an eight-hour flight from Brisbane, Australia all the horses are reported to be in good health and have now been transported to their new home, the YOG Equestrian venue at the Singapore Turf Club Riding Centre.
The horses’ journey started from their training centre at Glen Haven Park, two hours north of Brisbane. Transportation of the YOG horses was arranged by International Race Horse Transport and loading of the horses onto the plane took almost two hours. The horses were accompanied on the flight by the YOG Head Veterinarian, Dr Roshni Selvam, three grooms and two riders from Glen Haven Park. Two additional grooms and two more riders from Glen Haven Park arrived on a separate flight.
Post Arrival Quarantine for the horses starts tomorrow at 9.00 and continues until 12.00 noon on 30 July. During the quarantine period the horses will still be trained and looked after by their Glen Haven Park riders and grooms. The Glen Haven Park grooms, together with local grooms, will continue to look after the horses throughout the Games.
Gustavo and Carolina Mirabal present World Number One and Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze with the first G&C Rider's Cup at Spruce Meadows. Photo courtesy of Spruce Meadows.
Dr. Jorge Gomez Joins the G&C Farm Team
Calgary, AB, Canada – July 14, 2010 – G&C Farm finished their summer tour at Spruce Meadows with the North American Tournament on July 7-11, 2010. There were strong finishes throughout the week from the G&C riders, and the $50,000 G&C Farm Rider’s Cup was decided. G&C Farm, owned by Gustavo and Carolina Mirabal of Venezuela, is based in Wellington, FL.
G&C Farm was a generous sponsor at this year’s Spruce Meadows Tournaments, including raising prize money in classes that were in danger of losing their ROLEX world ranking points. They also added the new $50,000 G&C Farm Rider’s Cup, which rewarded the top three riders of the summer tournaments for their consistency. The first place $25,000 prize went to World Number One rider Eric Lamaze of Canada, while Pablo Barrios finished second for a $15,000 bonus. Rodrigo Pessoa finished third and took home a $10,000 bonus.
International rider and trainer Dr. Cesar Parra and Furst Fabio. Parra is being sponsored by Your Health 321, LLC. (Photo courtesy of Sharon Packer)
Whitehouse Station, NY – Your Health 321, LLC, independent distributors for a company specializing in adult stem cell nutrition, providing optimal health and superior performance for horses, is pleased to announce they are a sponsor of Dr. Cesar Parra, international dressage rider, trainer and instructor. Parra was one of Colombia’s top international riders before becoming a US citizen in 2008.
Parra’s recent win on Dr. Lori Washton’s 13-year-old KWPN gelding Olympia at the Prix St. Georges with a score of 71.789 and the Intermediaire-I with a score of 71.000 percent has put Olympia’s ranking at number one for the FEI small tour. Parra and his team are very excited to have been invited to attend Gladstone Championship in August, with hopes of qualifying to represent the US at the Pan American Games held in Mexico next year. On another note, Grandioso scored in the 70% in the Intermediaire II and Whoopie Gold won her 2nd level test 1 with a big score of 76% with Nadine Buberl riding.
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