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JAPAN SECURES OLYMPIC EVENTING QUALIFICATION FOR LONDON 2012
12 September 2011
By Kate Green
Japan has secured qualification for the Olympic Eventing next year following the London 2012 Eventing Team Qualifier for Asia-Pacific nations which took place at the Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials (GBR) from 8-11 September.
New Zealand, led by Clarke Johnstone, finished first in the team competition, but they are already qualified for London 2012 after claiming team bronze at last year’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky (USA). The battle for the remaining slot was between Japan and Australia.
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12 September 2011
BRITISH TAKE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL GOLD by Louise Parkes
Read moreHSBC FEI CLASSICS™ - FOX-PITT MAKES HISTORY WITH SIXTH BURGHLEY WIN
4 September 2011
William Fox-Pitt (GBR) earned a standing ovation from the rain-soaked crowd as he clinched a record sixth title at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), second-last leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™.
Fox-Pitt showed all his famous finesse and calmness as he conjured a clear round with just one time fault on the sodden ground from Catherine Witt’s Parklane Hawk, an 11-year-old New Zealand Thoroughbred by Grosvenor.
Read moreHSBC FEI CLASSICS ™: -FOX-PITT FLIES TO THE TOP AT BURGHLEY by Kate Green
3 September 2011
William Fox-Pitt (GBR) has the slimmest of leads to win a record sixth Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), second-last leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™, after a thrilling day’s cross-country.
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The day was a spectacle of bold riding and flying horses, and Fox-Pitt gave an early masterclass on the New Zealand former racehorse Parkland Hawk, winner of the Blenheim CCI3* last year but short on mileage this year.
HSBC FEI CLASSICS™: GERMANY ON TOP AGAIN AFTER DRESSAGE AT BURGHLEY
2 September 2011
Simone Deitermann (GER) and Free Easy NRW are well known for their ability in the Dressage arena, but the German rider still said it felt “amazing” to be in the lead on her first visit to the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), second-last leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™.
“My horse was quite nervous,” she explained, “and he is not used to performing on a grass arena.”
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