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 […]
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Greenwich, UK – 2012 Olympic equestrian competition got underway today with Eventing Dressage, which featured three of the five American horses. Boyd Martin was the very first rider in the ring on Otis Barbotiere and made the most of his first Olympic experience, having the best test of the horse’s career so far. The venue […]
Canada will be represented in show jumping at the 2012 Olympics in London by a team that includes veterans Eric Lamaze, Ian Millar and Jill Henselwood, and newcomer Tiffany Foster. Yann Candele is the alternate. Foster, who turns 28 this month, is the only Olympic debutante in the bunch. She began training with Lamaze in […]
German dressage rider Matthias Rath has withdrawn himself and his champion mount Totilas from consideration for the 2012 Olympics. The announcement was made today at the CDIO Aachen, where the duo missed its second Olympic selection trial. Rath, 27, has been suffering from mononucleosis. Totilas was the 2010 Reem Acra World Cup Dressage winner with […]
The 2012 Summer Olympics take place July 27-Aug. 9 in London. The equestrian events ―eventing, dressage and show jumping―stage at Greenwich Park and begin with team and individual eventing on Saturday, July 28. Dressage and jumping follow, on Aug. 2 and Aug. 4 respectively. In total, 200 athletes and their horses will compete across the […]
Today’s USEF ranked list for the U.S. Olympic reveals who got their tickets punched for London 2012: Rich Fellers, Beezie Madden, Reed Kessler, McLain Ward and Charlie Jayne are poised to ship out as the U.S. Show Jumping Team. Sitting at No.’s 4 Ward and Antares F have Jayne and Chill RZ breathing down their […]
Rich Fellers and Flexible aced their fourth and last Olympic observation event of 2012, winning in the $200,000 CN Grand Prix CSI-W at Spruce Meadows in Calgary on Saturday, June 16. The pair topped a field of 36 including 11 U.S. Olympic long list contenders. Kent Farrington and Uceko placed second, Reed Kessler and Mika […]
Owner Cherry Knoll Farm and rider Todd Flettrich made the decision to withdraw Otto from the selection process and no longer wish to have him considered for the team. As a result, Heather Blitz and Paragon move up into Flettrich’s sixth place slot. The updated ranked order of eligible combinations is as follows: 1/3. […]
