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14. August 2009, 19:05

DAVIDSON ENDS SEASON IN STYLE

Bruce Davidson Jr (USA) brought the 2009 HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing qualifiers to a most satisfying climax, jumping clear in the final phase with both horses, despite a severe storm, to score a memorable one-two in the last qualifier, at Mansfield (CAN), and spring into 2nd place in the rankings behind Mary King (GBR).

Mansfield (CAN), 13 August 2009 (mk) Davidson led throughout on My Boy Bobby, the handsome liver-chestnut Irish-bred on whom he scored his best 4-star result, 3rd in the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in April. He finished 2nd on Ballynoe Castle RM, also Irish-bred, swapping places with Phillip Dutton (USA) on Woodburn, eventual 3rd, when the latter hit two rails in the final stadium round.

Unsurprisingly, Dutton was without Cross-Country time penalties on Woodburn, who was 12th at Kentucky, but the only rider to enjoy the accolade of finishing on a completely clean sheet was Canadian Kyle Carter on Madison Park, 4th.

Organiser Jo Young said of the Cross-Country, designed by 2000 Olympic gold medalist David O’Connor (USA): “David has made the course bigger; there’s more room for galloping and the fences are extremely challenging.”

COMPETITION STATISTICS

34 riders started Dressage

3 nations represented (USA, Canada, Australia)

The Technical Delegate was Andy Griffiths (GBR)

Ground Jury was Kellie Towers (CAN), Gretchen Butts (USA) and Yulia Novitskaya (BLR)

32 riders started Cross-Country

26 completed (2 were eliminated)

23 clear rounds

4 inside the optimum time

28 started the Jumping

4 clear rounds

RESULTS

1 Bruce Davidson Jr/My Boy Bobby (USA) 46 + 4 + 0 = 50

2 Bruce Davidson Jr /Ballynoecastle RM (USA) 48.7 + 2 + 0 = 50.7

3 Phillip Dutton/Woodburn (USA) 48.5 + 0 + 8 = 56.5

4 Kyle Carter/Madison’s Park (CAN) 59.2 + 0 + 0 = 59.2

5 Sinead Halpin/Manoir de Carneville (USA) 51.9 + 7.6 + 4 = 63.5

6 Phillip Dutton/Tru Luck (USA) 58.1 + 2.4 + 4/1 = 65.5

7 Mara Dean/High Patriot (USA) 55.0 + 0.8 + 12 = 67.8

8 Kendal Lehari/Understudy (CAN) 59.0 + 8.8 + 4 = 71.8

9 Kelly List/Minstral (CAN) 62.7 + 6 + 4 = 72.7

10 Jessica Pheonix/Exploring (CAN) 54.4 + 20/0 + 4 = 78.4

Full results on www.witsendhorsetrials.ca

2009 HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing standings (after 9 of 9 qualifiers)

1 Mary King (GBR) 211

2 Bruce Davidson Jr (USA), 208

3 Megan Jones (AUS) 203

4 Alexandr Markov (RUS) 125

5 Polly Stockton (GBR) 122

6 Phillip Dutton (USA) 119

7 Simone Deitermann (GER) 117

8 Andreas Dibowski (GER) 104

9 Kai Rüder (GER) 92

10 Caroline Powell (NZL) 83

11 Bill Levett (AUS) 79

12 Ilya Anisin (BLR) 73

13= Marina Köhncke (GER) 71

13= Patricia Ryan (IRL) 71

13= Kelly Prather (USA) 71

13= Ruth Edge (GBR) 71

13= Paul Tapner (AUS) 71

Qualifying venues for the 2009 HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing series:

1 Kihikihi (NZL), 10-12 April 2009

2 Sydney, (AUS), 2-3 May 2009

3 Marbach, (GER), 8-10 May 2009

4 Chatsworth, (GBR), 16-17 May 2009 (CANCELLED)

5 Malmo, (SWE), 23-24 May 2009

6 Tattersalls, (IRL), 28-31 May 2009

7 Minsk, (BLR) 16-19 July 2009

8 Kalispell, (USA), 23-26 July 2009

9 Mansfield, ON, (CAN), 7-9 August 2009

10 Gatcombe (GBR), 7-9 August 2009 (ADDED)

HSBC FEI World Cup ™ Eventing final 2009 Strzegom POL 21-23 August 2009

FEI CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

Greven-Bockholt (GER), 13 August 2009

PONY DRIVING WORLD GATHERS IN GREVEN-BOCKHOLT

From 13 to 16 August, the focus of the Driving World is set on Greven-Bockholt, a small village close to the city of Münster in northern Germany, for the fourth edition of the FEI World Combined Pony Driving Championships.

Numbers

Ninety drivers from 18 nations will compete in the single, pair and four-in-hand classes for the individual titles.

Nine nations will battle for the team medals. Each team consists of a minimum of one and a maximum of two single, pair and four-in-hand drivers. In addition, the Championship is open to individual competitors (maximum one per nation per class) as well.

Greven has hosted national and international driving competitions for many years and the Organising Committee was also responsible for the 2008 FEI World Para-Equestrian Driving Championship.

Title defenders

Title holders from the 2007 FEI World Combined Pony Driving Championships in Dorthealyst Jan de Boer from the Netherlands (pony team), USA’s Miranda Cadwell (pony pair) and Peter Koux from Denmark (single pony) will be present in Greven. Germany has the advantage of defending its gold team medal on home ground.

Officials

Germany’s Dr. Wolfgang Asendorf, course designer at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games, is responsible for the course design in Greven. The Jury is chaired by Hans-Peter Rüschlin from Switzerland and is completed by Gé König from the Netherlands, Klaus Peppersack from Germany, Anne Marie Turbé from France and Andrew Counsell from Great Britain.

Programme

Thursday, 13th August:

08.00 hrs.: dressage single ponies

15.15 hrs.: dressage pony pairs (first part)

19.30 hrs.: Opening Ceremony

Friday, 14th August:

08.00 hrs.: dressage pony pairs (second half)

13.00 hrs.: dressage pony teams

ca. 17.30 hrs.: prize giving ceremony

19.30 hrs.: Varieté Dinner

Saturday, 15th August:

08.30 hrs.: marathon single ponies, pony pairs and pony teams

20.45 hrs.: prize giving ceremony

Sunday, 16th August:

08.30 hrs.: obstacle driving single ponies

followed by prize giving ceremony

12.00 hrs: obstacle driving pony pairs

followed by prize giving ceremony

15.30 hrs: obstacle driving pony teams

followed by prize giving ceremony

ca. 18.00 hrs: Award ceremony

Additional information and media contact: www.greven2009.de

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