USA: Long list of American show jumpers for the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky

The complete  long list (name rider / horse :

1. McLain Ward / Sapphire

2. Laura Kraut / Cedric

3. Lauren Hough / Quick Study

4. Nicole Shahinian-Simpson/Tristan

5. Richard Spooner / Cristallo

6T. Mario Deslauriers / Harnsäure

6T. Beezie Madden / Danny Boy

8. McLain Ward / Rothchild

9. Hillary Dobbs / Quincy B

10. Beezie Madden / Mademoiselle

11. Candice King / Skara Glen’s Davos

12. Rich Fellers / Flexible

13. Todd Minikus / Pavarotti

14. Cara Raether / Ublesco

15. Bob Kraut / Graf Lando

Reserve

Ashlee Bond / Chivas Z

Georgina Bloomberg / Fiedi 3

Jeffery Welles / Armani

Nicole Shahinian-Simpson/Kilkenny Rindo

Charlie Jayne / Athena

Source:www.hoefslag.nl

Great Britain: Sarah Philipps seeks for Olympia

Referring to a report of www.horseandhound.co.uk the actual World Champion Eventing Zarah Philipps doesn’t expect an invitation for the World Eequestrian Games in Kentucky with her top-horse “Toytown” being out of action. As for Zara Philipps, she’s looking forward to participating at the Olympic Games 2012 in London though.

Netherlands

The USA and Canada won’t send their participants to s´Hertogenbosch for the Dressage World Cup Finals because of health problems of the riders and/or horses. Instead the Swedish rider Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven and the two Polish Michal Rapcewicz and Katarzyna Milczarek have been nominated.

The actual World Champion dressage Anky van Grunsven has not qualified for the finals, as her three compatriots Edward Gal, Adelinde Cornelissen and Imke Schellekens-Bartels achieved better results.

Participants of the Dressage World Cup-Finals 2010 in s´Hertogenbosch:

Netherlands – Edward Gal, Adelinde Cornelissen und Imke Schellekens-Bartels

Germany – Isabell Werth, Matthias Alexander Rath und Carola Koppelmann

Sweden – Patrick Kittel und Tinne Vilhelmson Silfven

Poland – Michal Rapcewicz und Katarzyna Milczarek

Australia – Brett Parbery

Belgium – Jeroen Devroe

Hunagry – Robert Acs

Denmark – Nathalie zu Sayn Wittgenstein

Brasil – Luiza Tavares de Almeida

Austria: No future for “Fest der Pferde” in Vienna

Vienna – On Tuesday the chief of administration Peter Nidetzky announced that the „Fest der Pferde“ festival in the Wiener Stadthalle won`t take place anymore because of the growing expenses and the lack of sponsoring funds.

Source: www.pferdenachrichten.de