Caroline Weeden and Croquet were victorious during last year's $15,000 ASG Software Solutions/USHJA International Hunter Derby. Photo By: Lauren Fisher/PMG.
Lexington, KY – February 23, 2010 – Kentucky Spring Horse Shows’ management company, Kentucky Horse Shows LLC, is pleased to announce that the hunter/jumper competition’s prize list is currently available online. The prize list and entry blank are posted on the internet at www.kentuckyhorseshows.com. Entries for the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows close on March 30, 2010.
The Kentucky Spring Horse Show will mark the first week of competition, from May 12-16, 2010, at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The first week is scheduled as a World Championship Hunter Rider (WCHR) recognized hunter competition. An important change to the hunter schedule this year is that all the Junior and Children’s Hunter classes will be held on Saturday and Sunday so as not to interfere with school. Hunter exhibitors will be pleased to find that the OTTO Sport footing system has been installed in the Murphy Ring to match the surfaces in the Stonelea Ring and main hunter schooling area.
The top hunter riders from across the country will gather to compete during the $15,000 Chronicle of the Horse/USHJA International Hunter Derby Presented by Dietrich Insurance. This annual event will be held Saturday, May 15, in the Main Stadium. Each year the derby includes jumps reminiscent of the hunt field, such as a natural post and rail, a stonewall, a coop, an aiken, hedges, logs, banks, and ditches.
This week the Dressage Radio Show is hosting its first Quiz Show with two teams (Heather Blitz & Lauren Duncan vs. Debbie McDonald & Adrienne Lyle) facing off in their knowledge of the sport and some fun trivia. Listen in…
Dressage Radio Episode 33 – The Dressage Quiz Show:
Co-Hosts: Chris Stafford and Glenn the Geek
The Teams: Heather Blitz and Lauren Duncan vs. Debbie McDonald and Adrienne Lyle
Alltech’s Susanna Elliot helps us welcome in 2010, the year of the Games, and we catch up with our spotlight driver Mike McLellan in Texas. Plus, all the news about the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games, listen in….
2010 Radio Show Episode 73 – Spotlight Driver Mike McLellan:
News: Thousands of volunteers are still needed to help run this year’s World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky. All volunteers will receive an official Ariat uniform, and a volunteer credential which will give them General Admission entry into the Kentucky Horse Park for all 16 days of the Games.
News:Two new inhabitants at the Kentucky Horse Park, will help usher in a new exhibit at the museum, “A Gift from the Dessert: The Art, History and Culture of the Arabian Horse” which will be on display whilst the 2010 WEG takes place.
News: Georgetown, Kentucky, situated right next to the Horse Park, where the 2010 World Equestrian Games will take place in September, is looking to capitalise on it’s location with a new International Equine Expo.
News:Sue-Ellen Lovett has been announced as this year’s Australia Day ambassador, but is gunning for Lexington, Kentucky and the World Equestrian Games, despite having limited sight.
We continue our Chatting with the Champions series this week with WEG multiple gold medalist in dressage, Anky van Grunsven. Anky speaks to us about her favorite moment in past World Equestrian Games and what she is looking forward to in Lexington in 2010. Listen in….
2010 Radio Show Episode 69 – Chatting with the Champions: Anky van Grunsven:
Hosts: Samantha Clark and Glenn the Geek
Guest: Champion Dressage Rider Any van Grunsven. A big thanks to Anky for joining us, you can visit her website here.
News: Six hundred people and two hundred horses will prance, dance and perform in the opening ceremonies of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games next year. The acts will include well-known equine and artistic performers including opera star Denyce Graves and the Culver Academy’s Black Horse Troupe, which has marched in the past 15 presidential elections. “We are very excited about this,” said Everett McCorvey, the director of the University of Kentucky‘s opera program who took over the directorial reins of the opening and closing ceremonies in August. Read more…
News: Featuring the fourth leg of the FEI Rolex Driving World Cup, the third running of the Budapest Show lacked nothing in excitement in that contest and also the supporting jumping programme. As usual the Hungarians had made every effort and their organisation and perfect arena surface puts a lot of supposedly more prestigious shows to shame. More…
News: Fédération Equestre Internationale officials named Linda Zang as the new president of the dressage ground jury at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games after Anne Gribbons accepted the position of U.S. Technical Advisor. Gribbons was scheduled to judge at the WEG, but her new job would create a conflict of interest. More…
News:German Olympic gold medallist Isabell Werth is back in the saddle after a long baby break, giving birth to her first son Frederik on 30th October 2009. Werth had been walking a few horses the last couple of weeks, but she’s now actively training her top horses again. “The baby-riding-break was not easy for me,” Werth admitted. “Satchie, Hannes and Don Johnson , these three are my after-pregnacy-fitnessprogram. I might not be as slender as Super-Mom Heidi Klum, well, I guess I never was, but the excess kilos are gradually going away and my breeches fit again.” More…
Scott Hassler is one of the leading breeders and trainers of young dressagehorses in this country and he shares some valuable advice and insight on this final episode of the year. Listen in…
The Netherlands' Edward Gal and Moorlands Totillas set a new world record in the Grand Prix Freestyle for the third time this year when scoring 92.30% to win the fourth leg of the 2009/2010 FEI World Cup™ Dressage series at the Grand Hall at Olympia in London. Click for larger image.
EDWARD AND TOTILLAS BREAK FREESTYLE RECORD – AGAIN! Sensational Dutch partnership set Olympia alight……
London (GBR), 16 December 2009 – The Netherlands’ Edward Gal and Moorlands Totillas set a new world record in the Grand Prix Freestyle for the third time this year when scoring 92.30% to win the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage series at the Grand Hall at Olympia in London tonight. With another breath-taking performance that put him in an entirely different class to the rest of the 13-strong field, the nine year old stallion showed even more confidence than he displayed when taking Freestyle gold at the Alltech FEI European Championships at Windsor last August. Stockholm winner Adelinde Cornelissen had a difficult evening with Parzival who was gripped with nervous tension and failed to give of his best, but this Dutch duo still held on for second place, while British hearts were lifted by a great third-spot finish for one of their all-time favourites, Carl Hester with Liebling 11.
SUPERLATIVES
The superlatives have already all been used up where Totillas and Gal are concerned. They created a huge sensation when de-throning long-time Freestyle record-holder Anky Van Grunsven with an amazing test at Hickstead in July where they scored 89.50%, and then came back to raise the bar even higher when taking the European title with a mark of 90.75%. They did that despite some irregular scores, but tonight the judges were very much in agreement about artistic merit – Gal and Totillas blended brilliantly with their musical accompaniment which perfectly compliments the stallion’s enormous presence. It is the power with which he pumps off the floor in piaffe and passage that particularly distinguishes him along with his ease of elevation. He looks comfortable in his body even when executing the most difficult of movements.
Richard Davison led the first tranche of riders with a mark of 75.15% for Hiscox Artemis, but fellow-Briton Laura Bechtolsheimer overtook him when racking up 77.35% with a lovely ride on Andretti H. Hester however earned 78.45% for a really accurate performance when third-last into the arena. He was delighted with Liebling – “I didn’t think he had much more to give me after Windsor so I’m really happy to put another 5% on my score from last night” he said.
In yesterday’s Grand Prix his mark of 72.21% was good enough for third place, while Cornelissen and Gal were separated by just over two percentage points as Totillas again got the edge, but the difference between the latter two tonight was much more extreme. The moment Parzival entered the arena he was electrified with fear and Cornelissen did well to persuade him to go to work despite his obvious reservations. She is philosophical about his nervous nature, knowing that she must live for the days when he finds it possible to overcome it and show what he is truly capable of achieving. “Yesterday he was pretty good but I knew he was going to be a handful from the minute we came in the ring today. He was so spooky, but at least now he is getting better because he’s willing to give it a try even though he’s worried. There was a time when he’d just run out of the ring. I’ve been riding him for seven years now and its all about trust and confidence – you have to keep building him up” she pointed out. Her score of 82.05% was nevertheless still only just over one point below her winning result from the third leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage series in Stockholm two weeks ago.
REALLY RELAXED
Nerves are not something Gal has to battle with where Totillas is concerned. “He’s always really relaxed, the only problem is that he gets distracted by things going on around him but he’s not worried about them, just interested, and so sometimes loses his attention” the rider explained. He could feel how good the horse’s work was tonight – “it just felt great” he said. “In the very beginning of his training he had trouble with the changes but once he learns something you don’t have to keep going over it again and again, he remembers. It’s all very easy for him and he learns very quickly” he explained after putting the record-breaking 92.30% on the board.
His plan for Totillas now is to compete at the FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final at s’Hertogenbosch in March and at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Kentucky later in the year “and that we both have fun while we are doing it!” he added. Tonight’s result sees him share the league leaderboard with Cornelissen while Van Grunsven completes the Dutch dominance in third.
Ground Jury President, Stephen Clarke, was delighted with another record-breaking night – “the judges did a great job, they reacted to what they saw. Tonight Carl did his best Grand Prix ever, Adelinde coped really well in difficult circumstances and Edward left me speechless!” he said.
The next leg of the 2009/2010 FEI Dressage World Cup™ series takes place in Frankfurt, Germany next weekend.
RESULT: 1, Moorlands Totilas (Edward Gal) Ned 92.30%; 2, Parzival (Adelinde Cornelissen) Ned 82.05%; 3, Liebling 11 (Carl Hester) GBR 78.45%; 4, Andretti H (Laura Bectolsheimer) GBR 77.35%; 5, Hiscox Artemis (Richard Davison) GBR 75.15%; 6, Cadillac (Catherine Haddad) USA 73.60%; 7, Apollo van het Vijverhof (Jeroen Devroe) Bel 72.25%; 8, Ovation (Christa Larakkers) Ned 72.20%; 9, Louis d’Or (Henriette Andersen) GBR 70.20%; 10, Mr President (Stephanie Croxford) GBR 69.70%; 11, Whitni Star (Marc Boblet) Fra 69.65%; 12, Fitzcerraldo (Judith Harvey) GBR 69.00%; 13, Exquis Clearwater (Anne Van Olst) Den 67.85%.
FEI WORLD CUP™ DRESSAGE – STANDINGS AFTER FOURTH LEG AT OLYMPIA, LONDON:
1. Adelinde Cornelissen, Edward Gal - 35
3. Anky Van Grunsven - 34
4. Matthias Alexander Rath - 27
5. Jeanette Haazen, Aat Van Essen, Monica Theodorescu- 24
8. Hubertus Schmidt - 23
9. Tinne Vilhelmson - 20
10. Hans Peter Minderhoud, Peter Gmoser - 19
FACTS AND FIGURES
Edward Gal and Moorlands Totillas set a new world record in the Grand Prix Freestyle for the third time this year when scoring 92.30% in tonight’s competition.
Each time Gal has re-set the target it has been on British soil – he first broke the record in Hickstead in July, then did it again at the Alltech FEI European Championships at Windsor in August and then at Olympia in London tonight.
13 riders started in today’s Grand Prix Freestyle to Music
There were 5 from Great Britain, 3 from The Netherlands, and one each from Denmark, France, Belgium and the USA.
Judge at E was M. Almasy (FRA); Judge at H was W. Markowski (POL); Judge at C was S. Clarke (GBR); Judge at M was I. Wessels (GBR) and Judge at B was K. Wuest (GER)
The youngest horses in the competition were the 9 year olds Apollo van het Vijver ridden by Belgium’s Jeroen Devroe and Moorlands Totilas ridden by The Netherlands’ Edward Gal.
The oldest horse in the calss was the 15 year old Mr President ridden by Great Britain’s Stephanie Croxford.
QUOTES
Stephen Clarke, Ground Jury President – “At Windsor we saw a new level in the sport and we wondered if we’d ever see it again, but to see it getting even better is unbelievable!”
Edward Gal, talking about his Master Class at Olympia with Sisther de Jeu “she is also a good horse but needs more time to settle in an arena like this – she is sometimes quite tense”.
Adelinde Cornelissen – “I never go into the ring to come second – I always try to do my best for myself and for Parzival”.
Carl Hester – “I’m aware of my horse’s limitations and very happy with the scores he got – he’s steadily improving all the time”.
Edward Gal, when asked if Totillas knows how good he is – “No, he’s not spoiled that way, he’s very easy-going. But he does like attention!”
Western European League Calendar 2009/2010:
1 Odense (DEN), 17 – 18 October
2 Lyon (FRA), 29 – 30 October
3 Stockholm (SWE), 28-29 November
4 London Olympia (GBR), 15-16 December
5 Frankfurt (GER), 19-20 December
6 Mechelen (BEL), 26-27 December
7 Amsterdam (NED), 22-23 January
8 Neumünster (GER), 20-21 February
9 Göteborg (SWE), 26-27 February
FINAL ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NED), 25-27 March
� FEI World Cup™ Dressage, the only worldwide series in this discipline, has entered its 25th season. The series, created in 1985, comprises four leagues: Western European, Central European, North American (including Canada) and Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Asia). Each FEI World Cup™ Dressage qualifier consists of a Grand Prix test, which in turn is a qualification for the Freestyle to music competition, where league points are accumulated towards places in the Final. Judged on both technical and artistic merit, the FEI World Cup™ Dressage combines art, sport and partnership between horse and rider at the highest level and consistently proves a winning formula with audiences all over the world.
Technical Note: The FEI World Cup Dressage™ Champion does not earn points in his/her starts but is automatically qualified to the next Final with two FEI World Cup™ Dressage qualifiers completed. Riders not belonging to the Western European League (WEL) or Central European League (CEL) cannot earn points in the WEL unless they have declared to compete in the WEL 2009/2010. These riders may however transfer the results from a maximum of three (3) WEL qualifiers to their own League. Points earned by CEL riders will be transferred to the CEL standings.
The Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), founded in 1921, is the international body governing equestrian sport recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and includes 133 National Federations. Equestrian sport has been on the Olympic programme since 1912 with three disciplines – Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. It is one of the very few sports in which men and women compete on equal terms. It is also the only sport which involves two athletes – horse and rider. The FEI has relentlessly concerned itself with the welfare of the horse, which is paramount and must never be subordinated to competitive or commercial influences.
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Panimetro in a Race before he broke his fetlock in 4 places and was rescued by VICCTRE, then adopted by me
CHICAGO, (EWA) December 6, 2009 – The Equine Welfare Alliance (EWA), an organization representing more than 70 member organizations, strongly applauds the recent announcement from the New York Racing Association (NYRA) establishing a zero tolerance policy toward horse slaughter at its race tracks.
Chris Hayward, NYRA president and chief executive officer, stated, “We are fully committed to protecting our sport’s equine athletes.” Hayward continued, “This policy sends the message that horse slaughter will not be tolerated and that those participating in this practice, either knowingly, or for lack of due diligence, will not be welcome at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, or Saratoga.”
The three tracks represent a triple crown of respected venues serving the sport of kings.
The NYRA statement comes on the heels of the announcement from Old Friends Kentucky Thoroughbred Retirement Facility of the opening of their auxiliary farm, Old Friends at Cabin Creek: The Bobby Frankel Division, just outside Saratoga Race Course in Greenfield Center, NY. The 40 acre farm leased by Old Friends owner, Michael Blowen, has already retired three former racehorses, Moonshadow, Gigli and Thunder Rumble since its opening last month.
“Blowen and Hayward both refer to Americanrace horses as athletes – an appropriate term deserving of the horse’s contributions to the sport,” said EWA’s John Holland.
“Racing enthusiasts come to see the horses and it is the horses that bring revenues. They deserve a dignified retirement, not ending up on an elite diner’s plate in Europe,” added EWA’s, Vicki Tobin.
The NYRA zero tolerance policy states, “Any owner or trainer stabled at a New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) track found to have directly or indirectly sold a horse for slaughter will have his or her stalls permanently revoked from all NYRA tracks. NYRA requires its horsemen to conduct due diligence on those buying horses and encourages them to support rescue and adoption efforts and to find humane ways of dealing with horses unable to continue racing.”
The horse slaughter industry contributes less than 3 cents of every $100 of revenue for the horse industry. EWA is encouraged by the NYRA announcement as an indication that the industry, like the overwhelming majority of horse owners, believes that the slaughter of American horses is neither necessary nor acceptable.
The Chinese Eventing Sensation Alex Hua Tian joins us to share his excitement about attending the Alltech 2010 World Equestrian Games. Plus, all of the latest news about the 2010 WEG, listen in….
Guest: Thank you to Alex Hua Tian for joining us to share his excitement about attending the 2010 World Equestrian Games representing China. You can visit Alex’s great website at alexhuatian.co.uk. Here is a great video of Alex through the years:
Correction: When we were talking about our wonderful spotlight vaulting squad last week, who have now been picked to represent Great Britain at next year’s World Equestrian Games, we mistakenly identified Gill Barham as the chef d’equipe. Lucy Bell, is of course the chef d’equipe and Gill, is the vice chair of British Equestrian Vaulting. We do apologize for the misunderstanding.
News: Princess Haya, president of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), has done about turn by asking national federations to agree to “time out” on the issue. She wants the issue of allowing non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in horse sport to be debated at the 2010 general assembly. Read more...
News: There was also some exciting news about the Three Day Event at next year’s Games coming out of the USEA convention. The final selection trials for the US team will be held in conjunction with the 2010 American Eventing Championships, held at Chattahoochee Hills in Georgia.
News: In the dressage world, Steffen Peters and Ravel will not defend their Rolex FEI World Cup title next year. More…
News: Teams of C from New Zealand, Japan and Canada are in Australia for a three star competition held in conjunction with the Victoria Dressage Festival.
News: Hallway Feeds, the official Feed Supplier of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, and a worldwide industry leader in equine nutrition for over 45 years is going geek! Hallway Headlines is an iPhone application for all the latest equine news, information, nutrition facts, and more.
News: Golden Girl Ashlee Bond is the HorseGirl of the Month on HorseGirlTV.com.
Lillian Heard is our guest this week as she shares her reaction to being included in the USEF Developing Riders List and what it means to her career; something that co-host Jennie Brannigan can relate to. Listen in…
Guest: Thank you to Lillian Heard for joining us this week to speak about the Developing Rider Program. Here is a video of Lillian Heard and Share Option showjumping at the 2009 Fair Hill International CCI**:
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