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FEI World Cup Jumping moves on to Leipzig
23 January 2004FEI WOLD CUP JUMPING
The next leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping Western European League takes place this week-end in Leipzig. For all press-related enquiries about Leipzig you should contact Kerstan Media Networking at Mobile: ++49 430 782 7970
website for Leipzig is: www.engarde.de.
After 7 events of the Western European League, Jos Lansink (BEL) is leading the FEI World Cup standings with 57 ...
Read moreFEI World Cup Driving in Mechelen
7 January 2004Gert Schrijvers won the FEI World Cup Driving competition of Mechelen, Belgium. Encouraged by the enthusiastic crowd in the sold out Nekkerhal, Schrijvers drove his team of Arabo Friesian sport horses fluently through the course, designed by German course designer Falk Bhnisch.
Since the Series was created three years ago, it is the first time that Schrijvers wins the World Cup. By winning i ...
Read moreFEI Dressage World Cup in Mechelen
7 January 2004Anky van Grunsven showed she is back on top form with a resounding victory in the FEI World Cup Dressage Qualifier in Mechelen last December. The Dutch ace rode her young talent Gestion Salinero to victory here in 2002, but disaster was to befall her weeks later when injuries sustained in a fall at home put paid to her competitive hopes for much of the year. In Mechelen, the nine-year-old Sali ...
Read moreLe Goff wins USA Equestrian Lifetime Achievement Award
7 January 2004LE GOFF WINS USA EQUESTRIAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jack Le Goff, 72, has been named as the winner of the 2003 USA Equestrian Lifetime Achievement Award for the Jimmy A. Williams Trophy. This prestigious award is bestowed annually by the USA Equestrian Executive Committee to an outstanding equestrian or equestrians whose "lifetime experience and accomplishments exemplify uncommon devotion ...
Read moreFEI World Cup Jumping Mechelen
7 January 2004Sweden's Rolf-Goran Bengtsson headed the line-up at the seventh leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping series in Mechelen, Belgium when scorching to victory with Mac Kinley in the Land Rover Grand Prix.
Course designer Lucien Somers set them a tough test over his 13-fence track and Rolf-Goran said "the oxers were big and wide with some tricky distances so it was quite difficult in the first round". ...
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