Barnmice Admin's Blog Posts Tagged 'eventing' (3)

Links to Olympic Blogs

GENERAL

Brian O'Connor is the announcer of the equestrian events - http://special.equisearch.com/blog/brianoconnor/

EVENTING Greg Tryon

http://teamtryon.blogspot.com/

SHOW JUMPING

Beezie Madden - http://teamusa.usatoday.com/bmadden/

DRESSAGE

Debbie McDonald-…

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Added by Barnmice Admin on August 9, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Olympic Short Lists Now Available Travelling Superstars – More Olympic Horses arrive in Hong Kong

Olympic Short Lists Now Available 31/07/2008

The short lists for the three Olympic disciplines have been unveiled and are now available on the FEI Olympic website.

JUMPING: 79 horses and riders + 14 reserve horses and riders

DRESSAGE: 50 riders and horses + 6 reserve riders and horses

EVENTING: 73 riders and horses

The full lists are available on this page (complete address:…

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Added by Barnmice Admin on July 31, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Two Horses Die at Rolex - USEA Pushing for Frangible Pins in Fences

US Eventing wants frangible pins compulsory

April 28, 2008

A frangible fence.

The US Eventing Association Eventing Standards Task Force is pushing to make frangible pins compulsory for all cross-country courses in the US.

The move follows the serious injury or death of several riders and horses in the sport recently. Frangible pins allow a jump to collapse if it is hit by a horse. The frangible pin, manufactured by Barriers International, was the… Continue

Added by Barnmice Admin on April 27, 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments