Equestrian 2017 Discussion Thread

[dcro 10,211]

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.

[dcro 10,211]

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

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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

[Vojthas 949]

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.

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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.

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Carlos Lopez pulled out of WC finals.

 

Down to 38 jumpers.

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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.

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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/

 

[mrv86 3,267]

Great result for Canada!

 

I keep dreaming that one day, Mexico will field a complete dressage team to WCH or OG

[dcro 10,211]

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.