WEG Vaulting: Eccles And Looser Score Individual Medals in World Vaulting Championships At Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Joanne Eccles (GBR) receives a kiss from her father John (©Nan Rawlins/Equimage®)

October 9, 2010

Lexington, KY—Joanne Eccles gave Great Britain its first-ever World Equestrian Games medal in vaulting, as she won gold in the female individual division of the Vaulting World Championships, held as part of the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Patric Looser of Switzerland bested his friend and teacher, Kai Vorberg of Germany, to win the gold medal in the male individual division.

WEG Driving: Quotes

Quotes:
IJsbrand Chardon (NED):
“It was a truly bizarre marathon for me. Before we started the last phase of the marathon I tested the carriage once more. The brakes worked different than usual, but I felt I had to continue. As soon as we started I cleared my mind and I focused on the obstacles. Luckily it went well from the first obstacle and I had a good feeling. Just before the last obstacle I noticed my horses got a little tired and told my son Bram and my wife Paulien who are my grooms that I wanted to take the long route. Bram however told me not to give it away now and to take the short route. I am happy he told me this otherwise I would not have been able to win the marathon and to come so close to Boyd.”

WEG Driving: Standings as of 10-9-2010

Individual Driving stands after dressage and marathon are as follows:

WEG Driving: Audio Interview Links

Audio Links:

http://www.lloydbell.co.uk/access/client_zone/WEG_Heijden_Eng.mp3
Maarten Van der Heijden  High Performance director Dutch federation  Dutch Version
http://www.lloydbell.co.uk/access/client_zone/WEG_Heijden_dutch.mp3

Tucker Johnson
http://www.lloydbell.co.uk/access/client_zone/WEG_Tucker.mp3

WEG Driving: Exell Stays On Top With Fast Marathon In Driving World Championships At Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Boyd Excell (AUS) maintains his lead into Sunday (©Nan Rawlins/Equimage®)

October 9. 2010

Lexington, KY— Australia’s Boyd Exell drove the day’s third-fastest marathon to maintain the lead he took in the first phase of Driving World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.  Second-placed Ijsbrand Chardon has put the Dutch team in front (273.77), while third-placed Tucker Johnson is leading the U.S. team’s charge for second place (300.92). Sweden is third (311.24).

WEG Driving: CHARDON FIGHTS BACK IN THE MARATHON - by Cindy Timmer

Ijsbrand CHARDON (NED) moves to 2nd in WEG 2010  Marathon (©Nan Rawlins/Equimage®)

Title defender IJsbrand Chardon fought like a lion in today’s marathon, which he won ahead of Tomas Eriksson (SWE) and winner of the dressage Boyd Exell (AUS). Chardon had been under a lot of stress before the start of the marathon when he discovered his marathon carriage had been damaged. The Ground Jury allowed him to start last in the marathon to give the four-times World Champion enough time to repair his carriage.

WEG Para Equestrian: Facts and Figures

Facts and Figures:
22 riders competed in Freestyle Grade 2
17 riders competed in Freestyle Grade 1b

Quotes:
Katja Karjalanen from Finland, bronze medallist in Freestyle Test Grade 1b "This is quite a new horse for me - Rosie (her horse) was a Christmas present!"
America's Rebecca Hart who competed in Grade 2 today "It was fun, awesome.  This is the last time I will be competing this horse because I am retiring him.  Pippin is 19 years old and he is going to live a life of luxury and enjoy his pasture.  I do not have a replacement for him as yet. 
America's Rebecca Hart "Hopefully London (Olympic Games) is next.  In all honesty, representing our equestrian sport has been amazing - to finally get included with the other riders".
Fernando Gigueroa from Mexico who finished eight in Grade 2 Freestyle today "I am new to the sport.  I hope you like it - the judge liked it and everyone else liked it too!"

WEG Para Equestrian: PEARSON TAKES FREESTYLE GRADE 1B GOLD YET AGAIN, TRABERT CLAIMS GRADE 2 FREESTYLE TITLE - by Louise Parkes

Angelika Trabert and Ariva-Avanti from Germany took Freestyle Grade 2 gold in the Para Dressage Championship at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, USA today.  Photo: FEI/Dirk Caremans.

Great Britain's Lee Pearson took the Para Dressage Grade 1b Freestyle Championship by storm at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, USA today.  And in Grade 2 it was Germany's Angelika Trabert who swept to victory with a great ride on her bay mare Ariva-Avanti.

WEG Driving: Marathon Order of Go

Competition begins at 10:00 eastern time. 

Driving: Marathon Competition

WEG Driving: Marathon Course Map

To view the Marathon Course Map please click on the link below, or copy and paste into your browser:

WEG Vaulting: GERMANY WINS ROUND ONE OF TEAM FREESTYLE, LOOSER AND ECCLES TOP TECHNICAL TESTS by Louise Parkes

The German team, ably assisted by longeur Alexander Hartl, won the first round of the Freestyle while Great Britain's Joanne Eccles and Switzerland's Patrick Looser topped the Technical Tests in the Vaulting Championship at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, USA today.

WEG Vaulting: Facts, Figures, and Quotes

Facts and Figures:
12 nations competed in the Team Championship
15 competitors lined out in the Male Individual Technical Test
15 competitors lined out in the Female Individual Technical Test

WEG Vaulting: Standings After Individual Tests and Freestyle

ALLTECH FEI WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES™ - VAULTING CHAMPIONSHIP
Standings after Individual Technical Tests and Team Freestyle:

WEG Para Dressage: Facts, Figures, and Quotes

Facts and Figures:
13 riders competed in the Grade 3 Individual Freestyle Championship today
18 riders competed in the Grade 1a Freestyle Championship
Germany's Hannelore Brenner secured her second individual gold medal of the Championships when topping Freestyle Grade 3

WEG Para Dressage: SHEER GRIT EARNS GOLD FOR SHEARDOWN, BRENNER MAKES IT A DOUBLE by Louise Parkes

British Para-Dressage star Anne Dunham said on Thursday night "don't say I can't - say I can.  It may be slow and it may be hard, but it's always worth it in the end".  Those words rang true this afternoon when, against all the odds, her team-mate Emma Sheardown overcame a nasty accident the previous evening to come out and produce the best performance of her life and clinch the Individual Grade 1a Freestyle title at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, USA.

WEG Jumping: Standings Going Into Final Four

Jumping: Individual Standings

Friday, October 08, 2010   View Course Map

Live scoring is not available for the current discipline

Rank	Num	Nat.	Rider	Horse /Breeding/Sex/Color/Born	Round 1 Rnk./Pts.	Round 2 Rnk./Pts.	Round 3 Rnk./Pts.	Round 4 Rnk./Pts.	Round 5 Rnk./Pts.	Faults
1	715		E. Lamaze	Hickstead KWPN / Stallion / DarkBay / 1996	0 (2.390)	0 (3.390)	0 (3.390)	0 (3.390)	0 (3.390)	3.390
2	744		P. Le Jeune	Vigo d´Arsouilles BWP / Stallion / Chestnut / 1998	0 (3.110)	0 (3.110)	0 (3.110)	0 (3.110)	0 (4.110)	4.110
3	667		R. Pessoa	HH Rebozo CCDM / Stallion / Bay / 2000	0 (2.800)	0 (2.800)	0 (2.800)	0 (6.800)	0 (6.800)	6.800
4	610		A. Al Sharbatly	Seldana di Campalto KWPN / Mare / Bay / 1999	0 (7.070)	0 (7.070)	0 (7.070)	0 (7.070)	0 (7.070)	7.070

WEG Jumping: Facts, Figures, and Quotes

Facts and Figures:
30 horses went into the first round of today's competition
24 horses competed in round 2
There was one elimination in the first round - G&C Lagran ridden by Venezuela's Pablo Barrios
There was one retirement in the first round - Germany's Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum with Checkmate
The bogey fence of the first round was the penultimate fence - the triple combination at fence 11

WEG Jumping: Audio Links for 10-8-2010

WEG 2010 Audio Links for today's Jumping competition can be found here:

WEG Jumping: AL SHARBATLY SPRINGS A SURPRISE TO JOIN LAMAZE, LE JEUNE AND PESSOA IN FINAL FOUR by Louise Parkes

Abdullah Al Sharbatly (KSA) and Seldana di Campalto (Kit Houghton)

Saudi Arabia's Abdullah Al Sharbatly sprang a big surprise today when, riding the brilliant mare Seldana di Campalto, he produced two more amazing clear rounds to earn his place in the Final Four competition which will decide the individual Jumping medals at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, USA tomorrow night.  The 28 year old will join three giants of the sport in the exciting contest which tests horsemanship skills to the limit as the riders exchange horses.  But Al Sharbatly has no fear of competing against the reigning Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze from Canada, former World Champion Rodrigo Pessoa from Brazil and Belgium's Philippe Le Jeune. 

WEG Jumping: Riders From Four Nations To Contest Rolex Top Four At the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games

Philippe Lejeune (BEL) and Vigo d'Arsouilles qualified for the final four Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games Lexington - Kentucky 2010 © Dirk Caremans

October 8, 2010

Lexington, KY — Philippe Le Jeune of Belgium, Eric Lamaze of Canada, Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, and Abdullah Al Sharbatly of Saudi Arabia will face off in the Rolex Top Four in the Show Jumping World Championships. They’re now the only four riders who could wear the title of world champion of show jumping at the end of Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.