London 2012 Olympic Games – Jumping Preview
Saturday, July 21 2012
A Wide-Open Contest for Jumping Glory by Louise Parkes Since equestrian sport was first officially embraced by the Olympic movement a century ago, Jumping has always been the largest and most popular discipline, and the historical records tell of wonderful horse-and-rider partnerships whose names will never be forgotten.
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A star parade on their way to London 2012
Thursday, July 19 2012
The 16th edition of Csi5* Challenge Vincenzo Muccioli will take place this week-end at San Patrignano where spotlights will be pointed on the best riders in the world.
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100 Years of Equestrian Olympic Sport
Thursday, July 19 2012
History Hub: http://history.fei.org/ To what greater height could an athlete aspire than to Olympic and Paralympic competition? To carry the hopes and expectations of a nation on one’s shoulders is both an honour, beyond the realm of the ordinary, and a weight, which only the most gifted from each generation can ever aspire to carry. The three foundation sports of the FEI Family, Dressage, Eventing and Jumping and the more recent addition to our organisation, Para-Equestrian Dressage, hold a unique position in the modern Olympic & Paralympic Games as the only sports in which an athlete combines skills with an animal to create a partnership
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Halliday returns to winning ways at Tweseldown
Thursday, July 19 2012
Liz Halliday ” Absolutely thrilled with HHS Cooley for winning the CIC* international at Brightling Park “ A superb showing from one of Chailey Stud’s most promising young horses helped Liz Halliday record a commanding victory in the recent One Day Event at Tweseldown in Hampshire (July 3-5).
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Venus and Jupiter
Sunday, July 15 2012
In Cheshire Country education of the young hounds has progressed to the point that they are now leaving the kennels under the direction of the Huntsman, Ivan Dowling. The hounds bound out of the kennel yard precisely at 7 A.M.
Vermont Summer Festival Focuses on Fun
Thursday, July 12 2012
Exhibitors gathered at the Chantecleer Restaurant to celebrate the Fourth of July at the first exhibitor party of the 2012 Vermont Summer Festival. Photo by David Mullinix Photography East Dorset, Vermont – It’s more than just the outstanding competition that draws exhibitors to the Vermont Summer Festival, running July 4 through 12, 2012 in East Dorset, VT. It’s the focus on fun that has so many competitors returning year after year
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Olympic Sidelines – U.S. Olympic Dressage & Show Jumping Teams Named
Thursday, July 12 2012
A Blog by Kim & Allen MacMillan, Correspondents for Sidelines Magazine and www.sidelinesnews.com Things are falling into place. Monday, July 9 th , the U.S. dressage and show jumping team lists were added to the eventing team that was named last week
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Olympic Sidelines – A Blog by Kim & Allen MacMillan, Correspondents for Sidelines Magazine and www.sidelinesnews.com
Friday, July 06 2012
Three weeks and counting to the opening of the thirtieth modern Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom – we are bound for England on July 24 th with the Games running July 27 th through August 12.
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Eric Lamaze and Tiffany Foster Nominated to Canadian Olympic Committee
Saturday, June 23 2012
Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Olympic Show Jumping Champion Eric Lamaze and his student, Tiffany Foster, both of Schomberg, ON, have been nominated to the Canadian Olympic Committee for review and naming to the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team for show jumping. Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze has been nominated to the Canadian Olympic Committee for the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team for show jumping with two mounts, Verdi (pictured) and Derly Chin de Muze. (Photo by Parker/Russell – The Book LLC) Lamaze, 44, made his Olympic debut in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, becoming the first Canadian equestrian athlete to win an individual gold medal, while Foster, 28, has never before represented Canada in Olympic competition. Other athletes nominated to the Canadian Olympic Committee for show jumping are Yann Candele, Jill Henselwood, and Ian Millar. Lamaze is in the unique position of being nominated with two horses, Derly Chin de Muze and Verdi.
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ReactorPanel Saddles’ Carmi Weininger Became a Believer, Then Bought the Business
Friday, June 22 2012
Carmi Weininger is riding Iditarod ("Ditto"), owned by Carol Babington, in Prix St. Georges in the ReactorPanel Saddle Company dressage model, the "Encore". Photo by JC Dill
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