A strong performance by Saudi Arabia and a resurgent team USA were the big news out of day two of Olympic Show Jumping, the highlight of which was a second clear round from Rich Fellers and Flexible. Saturday’s contest was the first of three rounds with scores that will count toward team medals. After round […]
Team Britain maintains its dressage lead, while Steffen Peters and Ravel powered the U.S. team into seventh place with 77.705 as the first phase of dressage competition, the Grand Prix test, concluded on Aug. 3. Scores from the Grand Prix Special, to be held Aug. 7, will combine with the Grand Prix scores to determine […]
The Netherlands led the pack in the first day of Olympic show jumping Aug. 4 and will be a force to contend with as the group moves on to team competition Aug. 5-6. Germany, the U.K. and Switzerland also did very well. The U.S. got off to a strong start with clean rounds by McLain […]
Seventy-five riders compete in the first of four days of show-jumping. In total, there are five rounds (plus jump-off). The first two rounds, Aug. 4 and 5, decide who gets to compete in the team final on Aug. 6. The individual final is Aug. 8 results. Scores from all five rounds count towards the individual […]
Ninety show jumping horses from 26 countries got their first glimpse of the main arena for the Olympic Games in Greenwich Park when they were presented before the Ground Jury at the jog on Aug. 2. The The U.S. Team looked sharp under the care of veterinarian Dr. Tim Ober, farrier Dr. Todd Meister, physiotherapist […]
Dressage riders Carl Hester and Laurel Bechtolscheimer chalked up two for the home team, taking the top slots in the Grand Prix test on the first day of 2012 Olympic dressage competition Aug. 2. The lone U.S. rider among the 25 to enter the arena on this day was Jan Ebeling, on Rafalca, who hovered […]
The four American horses presented before the Dressage Ground Jury in the main arena at the 2012 Olympic Games painted a picture of healthy composure. A mixture of experience and youth will represent the United States when the Dressage competition gets underway on Thursday with the Grand Prix. Ten teams and 20 individuals will be […]
German eventers mined their frontrunner status into Olympic Gold, winning both the team and individual medals. Michael Jung won the individual Gold on Sam, and made history as the first rider to hold the European, World and dual Olympic titles simultaneously. And he did it all on his 30th birthday! “You always dream that […]
The U.S. Olympic Eventing Team climbed into fifth place with three strong cross country rounds around Sue Benson’s testing cross country course against the stunning backdrop of Greenwich Park. Germany continues to lead the team effort on a score of 124.7 followed closely by Great Britain (130.2) and Sweden (131.4). New Zealand is on a […]
Great Britain just may pull off Olympic Gold on home turf! Germany has a narrow lead after cross country eventing ― 124.70 to 130.20 ― the difference of a few show jumping penalties. No one can doubt after Great Britain’s full-throttle performance Monday that they are serious about winning this. In fact, with a rather […]
