dcro 10,193 Posted March 16, 2017 Author #61 Share Posted March 16, 2017 8 hours ago, OlympicIRL said: Legendary Brazilian rider Rodrigo Pessoa has been named the new Chef d'Eauipe of Irish Showjumping. Really excited to see what he can bring to the table. Hopefully he can finally bring some consistency from the Irish team who have been underperforming hugely for over a decade. Robert Splaine held that position for far too long in my opinion without merit. Hopefully progress will follow http://www.theirishfield.ie/pessoa-is-new-irish-show-jumping-chef-dequipe-262922/ Good news, fresh team manager can often make a difference. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted March 16, 2017 Author #62 Share Posted March 16, 2017 And we finally have an entry list for the World Cup Finals in dressage. Jumping should follow in a few days. In this selected field of 18 athletes, we actually have two nations that haven't even qualified for Rio 2016: TITLE DEFENDER Hans Peter MINDERHOUD WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE Isabell WERTH Jessica VON BREDOW-WERNDL Judy REYNOLDS Kristy OATLEY Carl HESTER Marcela KRINKE-SUSMELJ Madeleine WITTE-VREES Edward GAL Mai TOFTE OLESEN CENTRAL EUROPEAN LEAGUE Inessa MERKULOVA Hanna KARASIOVA NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE Laura GRAVES Kasey PERRY-GLASS PACIFIC LEAGUE Wendi WILLIAMSON NON-LEAGUE Maria Florencia MANFREDI EXTRA STARTERS Joao Victor MARCARI OLIVA Steffen PETERS OlympicIRL and konig 2 #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted March 18, 2017 Author #63 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Entry list for Jumping World Cup Finals is out too. 39 athletes from 19 nations will compete. The most interesting name I see is Eric Navet. Olympic medalist and multiple World champion from the 90s. He pretty much hasn't been around at all since 2004 Olympics and now he's back. His only other previous appearance at the WC finals was in 1992. TITLE DEFENDER Steve GUERDAT ARAB LEAGUE Sheikh Ali AL THANI CENTRAL EUROPEAN LEAGUE Dawid KUBIAK Gabor SZABO Jr. Rein PILL NORTH AMERICA EAST COAST LEAGUE Laura KRAUT Audrey COULTER McLain WARD Charlie JACOBS Todd MINIKUS Jonathan MCCREA Keean WHITE NORTH AMERICA WEST COAST LEAGUE Karl COOK Jenni MARTIN Jamie BARGE Christopher SURBEY SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH LEAGUE Martin RODRIGUEZ VANNI WESTERN EUROPEAN LEAGUE Kevin STAUT Lorenzo DE LUCA Denis LYNCH Henrik VON ECKERMANN Ludger BEERBAUM Guido KLATTE Gregory WATHELET Leopold VAN ASTEN Simon DELESTRE Romain DUGUET Marcus EHNING Max KUHNER Sergio ALVAREZ MOYA Nicola PHILIPPAERTS Olivier ROBERT Marcus BRINKMANN Maikel VAN DER VLEUTEN Martin FUCHS EXTRA STARTERS Christian HEINEKING Nayel NASSAR Eric NAVET Carlos LOPEZ LIZARAZO #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vojthas 947 Posted March 18, 2017 #64 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Next week the Dressage Nations Cup season starts in Wellington, FL. Only three teams start - , and . According to rules there shall be at least four teams for CDIO, so I am not sure, if this event will be counted to the overall classification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted March 18, 2017 Author #65 Share Posted March 18, 2017 23 minutes ago, Vojthas said: Next week the Dressage Nations Cup season starts in Wellington, FL. Only three teams start - , and . According to rules there shall be at least four teams for CDIO, so I am not sure, if this event will be counted to the overall classification. Yeah, it probably won't give points towards the overall rankings. Shame. Australian Federation is to blame really. They initially didn't allow their team to enter as they didn't fulfill federation's "criteria". Few days after they reversed the decision, but to no awail as the entries were already closed. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted March 21, 2017 Author #66 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Carlos Lopez pulled out of WC finals. Down to 38 jumpers. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted March 22, 2017 Author #67 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Surprise after the first day of Dressage Nations Cup in Wellington, FL. Canada is leading over USA. That's very much thanks to Canadian husband-wife team members, Jaimey and Tina Irwin. Tomorrow is the second and deciding day. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted March 24, 2017 Author #68 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Canadians pulled it off. They were slightly behind USA before their last rider entered, but Megan Lane did enough in a tight finish. That's the first ever Nations Cup victory for team Canada. http://www.dressage-news.com/2017/03/23/canada-has-ever-nations-cup-victory-to-take-wellington-cdio3-gold/ #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,971 Posted March 24, 2017 #69 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Great result for Canada! I keep dreaming that one day, Mexico will field a complete dressage team to WCH or OG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,193 Posted March 24, 2017 Author #70 Share Posted March 24, 2017 1 hour ago, mrv86 said: Great result for Canada! I keep dreaming that one day, Mexico will field a complete dressage team to WCH or OG That would be cool. Mexico has a solid base of small tour riders that do relatively well at regional games, but unfortunately, not many of them make transition to the big tour (Grand Prix) level. On the other hand, prospects of a Mexican team in eventing are looking more promising after Karen O'Connor became a coach recently. Daniela Moguel improved big time over the last 12 months and can possibly do really well at the upcoming Rolex Kentucky next month (the "US Open" of eventing). Few weeks ago she was 5th at 3* in Florida, which had some big names. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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