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Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
Super Swiss Mandli Takes Jumping World Cup Title
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - There were even more surprises in store in the closing competition of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Finals this afternoon in Las Vegas where Switzerland's Beat Mandli reigned supreme with Ideo du Thot.
In a class that seemed to be choreographed to produce maximum drama, Daniel Deusser rocketed up from overnight 14th to take second place while fellow-German Markus Beerbaum and Switzerland's Steve Guerdat finished joint-third.
Apr 22, 2007, 22:55
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
Germany’s Isabell Werth and Warum Nicht FRH Named Dressage World Cup Champions
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - The freestyle is one of the most expressive elements of dressage, and there was no lack of emotion and pageantry during the Finals of the 2007 Rolex FEI World Cup Dressage competition in Las Vegas. Germany’s Isabell Werth, aboard her 11-year-old Hanoverian gelding, Warum Nicht FRH, took the top prize before an appreciative crowd at the Thomas and Mack Center in what will be remembered as one of the great nights in the history of dressage competition in the U.S.
Apr 21, 2007, 23:58
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
Meredith Wins Round Two and Shares Lead With Steve
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - Germany's Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum did what she does best when turning on the style to win the second competition at the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in Las Vegas last nighty and goes into Sunday's deciding round as joint-leader with Switzerland's Steve Guerdat.
Apr 21, 2007, 05:29
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
Daniel Pinto Topped the International Field in the Rolex FEI World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle-B Final
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - An ecstatic clapping audience and drums accompanied Portuguese rider Daniel Pinto (39) his stallion, Galopin de la Font - the first Lusitano horse in World Cup™ Final history - after the pair scored 71.650 to win the B-Final.
Apr 20, 2007, 23:34
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
Sweet Sapphire Gives Ward The First Win
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - There was no shortage of drama in the opening competition of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final in Las Vegas Thursdat night where America's McLain Ward came out on top with a brilliant performance from Sapphire.
Apr 20, 2007, 03:47
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
Rolex FEI Dressage World Cup™ Final Las Vegas: Isabell Werth Wins Grand Prix
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - The dressage riders were the first on board at the second FEI World Cup™ Jumping and Dressage Finals being held simultaneously at the Thomas and Mack Center today for their first Grand Prix test. Tension played a decisive role, and it was quite a difficult class to judge as no rider went without mistakes. However, it was Germany's Isabell Werth who came out on top, winning the class with a fantastic score of 74.792%.
Apr 19, 2007, 22:04
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
Blue Hors Matine & Paracco Out of Contention
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - Denmark's Andreas Helgstrand announced in an afternoon press conference that his horse would not compete due to lameness. One of the favorites leading into the dressage competition, Blue Hors Matine, the striking 10-year-old grey Danish Warmblood that entertained and surprised the crowds at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, by taking the Individual Bronze and Silver in the grand prix special and the freestyle respectively, was pulled after the mare showed fluid gathering around her front left pastern.
Paracco, a U.S. entry in the Las Vegas International Dressage competition, was also withdrawn by his rider Jeremy Steinberg. Steinberg cited similar reasons as not wanting to take any chances with his horse as the reason for his decision.
Apr 18, 2007, 23:47
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
Rolex FEI Show Jumping World Cup Final: Levy Leads The Way
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - America's Kate Levy was drawn first to go in the first leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final at the Thomas & Mack Centre in Las Vegas tomorrow. The Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping title will be decided after three competitions which begin with Thursday's Speed leg followed by a power-jumping test in Friday's Grand Prix and the finale takes place over a Table A two-round class in which riders compete in reverse order of merit. The overall winner will be the competitor with the lowest number of penalties after the three Final competitions.
Apr 18, 2007, 22:09
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
ROLEX FEI WORLD CUP™ FINALS: Rider Update
(Las Vegas, NV, USA) - The late withdrawal of French rider Eugenie Angot has brought the final total of competitors for next week's Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in Las Vegas to 42.
Apr 16, 2007, 18:11
Rolex FEI World Cup Finals - Las Vegas 2007
ROLEX FEI WORLD CUP™ FINALS: Forget About Etiquette - Just Enjoy the Show Says Edward Gal...
As Dressage riders were preparing to travel to the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Final, Dutch star Edward Gal had a few things on his mind. "I wonder if I will get the same reception as I did the last time I was in Las Vegas," he mused, "because that was the most amazing experience...."
The 37-year old rider last competed in the Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas two years ago and it was an occasion he will never forget.
Apr 16, 2007, 18:02
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