WEG Eventing: Cross-Country Keeps Germany’s Jung Atop Eventing World Championships, Presented by Reem Acra

Michael Jung (GER) and La Biosthetique-Sam FBW.  (©Nan Rawlins for Equimage® Media)

Lexington, KY — As the day’s third-last starter, Germany’s Michael Jung and La Biosthetique-Sam FBW made the cross-country course look easy at the Eventing World Championships, presented by Reem Acra.  The pair added nothing to their dressage penalty score of 33.00, to keep the lead they took yesterday in the dressage phase at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. 

WEG Eventing: Individual Results - Cross-Country

Eventing: Cross Country

Saturday, October 02, 2010   

Live scoring is not available for the current discipline

Rank	Num	Nat	Rider	Horse/Born/Breed/Color/Sex	Jump faults	Time faults	Time	Pen. pts.
1	33	CAN	H. Bennett-Awad	Gin & Juice /2000/TB/Bay/Mare	0	0	11:13	0
1	9	FRA	P. Leroy	Minos de Petra /2000/SF/Bay/Gelding	0	0	11:13	0
3	59	CAN	S. Rhodes-Bosch	Port Authority /1998/TB/Bay/Gelding	0	0	11:12	0

WEG Eventing: Cross-Country Audio Interview Links for Jung, Fox-Pitt, Holder

Audio Interview links are now available for today's cross-country leaders...

WEG Eventing: BRITISH TEAM GALLOPS INTO THE LEAD, BUT GERMANY'S JUNG STILL HEADS INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS - by Louise Parkes

Michael Jung (GER) and La Biosthetique Sam FBW head into the Land Between the Lakes (©Equimage® Media)

After walking the cross-country course earlier in the week, riders agreed that the result of the Eventing Championship at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky would not be decided in the dressage arena, and they were proven right today.  But no-one could have imagined just how influential Mike Etherington-Smith's 28 fence track would be.  On a day of high drama and fantastic competition, and in front of a massive crowd of over 50,000 spectators, the dressage team order was dramatically altered as the British were the only ones to stand firm.   However Michael Jung kept the German flag flying high with a brilliant late run from La Biosthetique Sam to hold onto individual pole position. 

WEG Eventing: Veterinary Update on Eventing Horses after Cross Country

Horse # 513, Fernhill Clover Mist
Horse #513, Fernhill Clover Mist, ridden by Patricia Ryan (IRL), was injured today while competing in the Cross-Country phase of the Eventing World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Lexington, Kentucky.  An injury occurred to the horse’s left hock while he was galloping between fences on course.  He was transported to the on-site Games veterinary clinic, where he was examined and medicated before being returned to his own stall.  The attending veterinarian expects the horse to continue to improve.

Horse #542, Inonothing
Horse #542, Inonothing, ridden by Paul Tapner (AUS), was injured at Fence 13b on the cross country course at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Lexington, KY.
Diagnostic X-rays performed at the on-site Games Veterinary Clinic showed a fracture of the horse’s left hind patella (knee cap).  The horse is currently resting in his own stall.  The prognosis is favorable.

WEG Eventing: Update on Rider Juan Carlos Garcia (ITA)

Juan Carlos Garcia (ITA) and Iman du Golfe at The Land Between the Lakes prior to the spill. (©Equimage® Media)

Juan Carlos Garcia (ITA) has been released from the hospital after being examined and treated for minor injuries incurred in fall during Cross Country phase of the Eventing World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™.

Garcia’s horse, Iman du Golfe, #73, was transported to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital where he was treated for a deep laceration and small bone chip near his left elbow.   The horse is now resting comfortably and attending veterinarians are optimistic he will make a full recovery.

Weg Dressage Audio Interviews: Gal, Bechtolsheimer, and Peters

Edward Gal (English):http://www.lloydbell.co.uk/access/client_zone/Edward%20Gal%20-%20Freestyle%20GOLD%201-10.mp3

Edward Gal (Dutch)http://www.lloydbell.co.uk/access/client_zone/Edward%20Gal%20DUTCH%20-%20freestyle%20gold%201-10.mp3

Laura Bechtolsheimer:http://www.lloydbell.co.uk/access/client_zone/Laura%20Bechtolsheimer%20-%20SILVER%20freestyle%201-10.mp3


Steffen Peters:http://www.lloydbell.co.uk/access/client_zone/Steffen%20Peters%20-%20free%20bronze%201-10.mp3

WEG Dressage Results: GAL AND TOTILAS MAKE IT A GOLDEN HAT-TRICK ON A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - by Louise Parkes

Edward Gal (NED) riding Totilas wins the gold medal in the Grand Prix Freestyle. (Kit Houghton/Fei)

GAL AND TOTILAS MAKE IT A GOLDEN HAT-TRICK ON A NIGHT TO REMEMBER - by Louise Parkes

The brightest stars in the sport of dressage sparkled again tonight as The Netherlands' Edward Gal and the amazing black stallion Moorlands Totilas claimed their third gold medal of the week in the Grand Prix Freestyle at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, USA.  On Tuesday they joined their Dutch counterparts to scoop the team title, on Wednesday they topped the Grand Prix Special and tonight they made it a hat-trick when taking centre-stage on the Freestyle podium.  They've broken so many records over the last year that another came as no surprise -  they are now the first partnership ever to win three World titles at a single Championship, but the Dutch duo didn't steal all the limelight on this extraordinary evening. 

WEG Dressage Results: Edward Gal (NED) Takes Three Dressage Gold Medals

Edward Gal (NED) riding Totilas wins the gold medal in the Grand Prix Freestyle.  (Kit Houghton/Fei)

Lexington, Ky., Oct. 1, 2010 – In an historic sweep, Dutch rider Edward Gal and Moorlands Totilas captured three gold medals at the Dressage World Championships, presented by Alltech, part of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Friday night, in front of a sold-out crowd at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Main Stadium, he won the Grand Prix Freestyle with a score of 91.8 percent.