Equestrian FEI World Games 2018

[Monzanator 5,113]

Posted my predictions   Hopefully I won't finish last but I'd be amazed if I do better than bottom five

[phelps 8,695]

Italy's chances in Show Jumping have gone down dramatically in the last few hours...

 

Alberto Zorzi, in fact, was forced to withdraw from the world competitions because of an injury to his horse Fair Light Van t Heike...

 

as a consequence, this is the Italian squad for Tryon:

 

Lorenzo De Luca (right now he still has 3 horses available: Ensor de Litrange, Ironice Horta & Halifax vh Kluizebos)

Luca Marziani (Tokyo du Soleil)

Emanuele Gaudiano (Chalou)

Piergiorgio Bucci ( Diesel GP du Bois Madame)

 

5th man: Bruno Chimirri (Tower Mouche)

 

reserve at home until the entries are stopped: Giulia Martinengo-Marquet (Verdine Sz)

[dcro 10,211]

Withdrawl in the Irish eventing team. Aoife Clarke is out, to be replaced by Patricia Ryan.

 

Not that big of a loss for the Irish, but such a shame that Tim Bourke (initially the first reserve) couldn't step in... Tim Bourke would have been the safest bet to go inside the XC optimum time, out of everyone in the entire competition.

[dcro 10,211]

@OlympicIRL Apparently someone composed a song about the Irish eventing team headed for Tryon.

 

 

[OlympicIRL 6,305]

1 hour ago, dcro said:

@OlympicIRL Apparently someone composed a song about the Irish eventing team headed for Tryon.

 

 

Haha, this is awesome! I love the camaraderie in Irish eventing, it's nice to see, a very supportive community.

 

 

[NearPup 4,173]

 Canadian team has been announced:

 

Dressage

• Brittany Fraser-Beaulieu (Saint Bruno, Que.)
• Jill Irving (Moncton, N.B.)
• Megan Lane (Loretto, Ont.)
• Belinda Trussell (Stouffville, Ont.)
• Diane Creech (reserve) (Caistor Centre, Ont.)

Endurance

• Colleen DeVry (Bruderheim, Alta.)
• Robert Gielen (Flesherton, Ont.)
• Wendy MacCoubrey (St. Justine de Newton, Que.)
• Kimberley Woolley (Finch, Ont.)
• Tracy Vollman (reserve) (Regina)

Eventing

• Hawley Bennett-Awad (Aldergrove, B.C.)
• Lisa Marie Fergusson (Langley, B.C.)
• Colleen Loach (Dunham, Que.)
• Selena O'Hanlon (Kingston, Ont.)
• Jessica Phoenix (Cannington, Ont.)

Jumping

• Erynn Ballard (Tottenham, Ont.)
• Kara Chad (Millarville, Alta.)
• Mario Deslauriers (New York)
• Eric Lamaze (Wellington, Fla.)
• Lisa Carlsen (reserve) (Okotoks, Alta.)

Para-Dressage

• Lauren Barwick (Reddick, Fla.)
• Winona Hartvikson (Langley, B.C.)
• Jody Schloss (Toronto)
• Roberta Sheffield (Lincolnshire, Great Britain)

Reining

• Dean Brown (Campbell Hall, N.Y.)
• Lisa Coulter (Prosper, Texas)
• Austin Seelhof (Cochrane, Alta.)

 

Vaulting

• Jessica Bentzen (Parksville, B.C.)
• Jeanine van der Sluijs (Olds, Alta.)
• Todd Griffiths (Magrath, Alta.)
• Dallyn Shields (Didsbury, Alta.)
• Alisa Schmidt (Chilliwack, B.C.)
• Cassie Sponchia (Delta, B.C.)
• Alexandra Ballance (Qualicum Beach, B.C.)
• Jaydee Fluet (Sundre, B.C.)
• Kate Thomas (Lantzville, B.C.)
• Korynn Weber (Nelson, B.C.)
• Averill Saunders (reserve) (Sundre, B.C.)
• Abigale Wynberg (reserve) (Maple Ridge, B.C.)

[dcro 10,211]

Lots of nice names, but will point out Lisa Marie Fergusson & Honor Me as absolutely brilliant cross-country combination, finally going to their first championships. 

Edited September 2, 2018 by dcro

[dcro 10,211]

 

Countries on the first flight:

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Medals are rather nice.

 

[dcro 10,211]

Final entries for the first week of the Games are out.

 

Dressage

Endurance

Eventing

Reining

 

Changes compared to the nominated entries:

• Nicholas Wagner withdrew, eliminating Luxembourg completely from the dressage competition. Luxembourg now faces a possible complete withdrawal if their show jumper withdraws too.
• Giel Vanhouche withdrew in eventing, leaving Belgium on 3-member team.
• athletes withdrew in endurance, what unfortunately eliminates all 3 nations from the WEG. Kuwait will compete with 2 individuals instead of a team, while will have a 3-member team.
• There are no withdrawals in reining.