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FEI World Cup Dressage in Mechelen
29 December 2003Anky van Grunsven showed she is back on top form with a resounding victory in the FEI World Cup Dressage Qualifier in Mechelen. The Dutch ace rode her young talent Gestion Salinero to victory here last year, 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. Here this year, the nine-year-old Salinero exhi ...
Read moreCDI-W Maastricht, Netherlands, 11-14th December 2003
14 December 2003Germany's Heike Kemmer cemented her lead in the FEI World Cup Western European dressage league table with a close fought victory in Maastricht today. Less than one point separated Kemmer and Bonaparte, a now nine-year-old Hannoverian gelding found by her father Joachim as a foal, from local heroine Anky van Grunsven riding Gestion Salinero. This was the Olympic champion van Grunsven's first in ...
Read moreUSA is qualified for 2004 Samsung Super League
17 November 2003USA WINS IN BUENOS AIRES AND GETS QUALIFIED FOR THE 2004 SAMSUNG SUPER LEAGUE USA won the Nations Cup of CSIO Buenos Aires and secured their position in the 2004 Samsung Super League. In a tie with Switzerland for the first place of the Samsung Nations Cup leaderboard, USA sent a strong team composed of Norman Dello Joio on Peace Train, Chris Kappler on Primeur 59, Laura Linback on Remembe ...
Read moreHubertus Schmidt and Wansuela Suerte Emerge From Top Class Field in Berlin
16 November 2003Hubertus Schmidt and his lovely Hannoverian mare Wansuela Suerte got the FEI World Cup Western European League off to a great start with a convincing victory in the opening Berlin qualifier.
A fluent and harmonious freestyle from the German partnership gained a score of just under 80 per cent to beat compatriot Heike Kemmer and her seasoned Grand Prix mount Albano. Schmidt, a professional tra ...
Read more1st season of the Samsung Super League is over
25 September 2003"If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, And treat those two imposters just the same…." French Chef d’Equipe, Jean-Maurice Bonneau, quoted this line from Rudyard Kipling’s poem "If" in the aftermath of the drama-filled Samsung Super League series final in Barcelona last Sunday when his side emerged victorious in the League but heavily defeated on the day. On that extraordinary afternoon t ...
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