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Sven Joseph Hadley and Adelgonde Z won the first junior individual qualifier. Photo by © Hervé Bonnaud.The first individual qualifiers of the European Championships for Children, Juniors and Young Riders took place in magnificent surroundings in Magna Racino, Austria, today. In the Children-qualifier Johanna Sixt on Lillifee (by Le Grand III) from Austria was victorious. The junior class was headed by Ireland’s Sven Joseph Hadley on Adelgonde Z (by Andiamo Z), ahead of Italy’s Francesca Arioldi and Sweden’s Karl-Philip Ingvarsson. In the Young rider-class Maelle Martin from France went out on top aboard Nelson Du Biolay (by Dollar de la Lande), ahead of Switzerland’s Martina Meroni and Martiin Fuchs.

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Andrzej Lemanski and the lovely Bischof L are Polish Champions. Photo by Katarzyna Primel. Andrzej Lemanski won the Polish Showjumping Championship in Leszno this weekend. Andrzej Lemanski rode his lovely grey 15 year old Holsteiner stallion Bischof L (Bachus x Fernando) to victory after ending on 6.14 penalties over the four rounds. The silver went to Piotr Morsztyn on Osadkowski van Halen (Hors La Loi II x Cavalier) on 7.49 penalties, and the bronze to Michal Ziebicki on Heartbreaker 5 (Heartbreaker x Ramiro Z) on 13.19 penalties.

Henk and Chesterfield took home the win in La Coruna. Photo by Hanne Christensen.Henk van de Pol and Chesterfield were the winners of the Trofeo NH Hoteles in La Coruna Saturday evening. The 1.50 class was with a winning round which gave the Dutch rider the win with a clear and fast second round even though he had four faults in the first round. On-form rider Laura Renwick kept up her great performances from last weekend in San Patrignano and secured second place. Riding Oz de Breve (Dollar du Murier x Grand Veneur) Renwick was double clear, but was 0,09 seconds away from taking the win. The winner of the 1.45 class yesterday, Pedro Veniss, came third with Norlan des Estisses (Quidam de Revel x Uriel). Also this combination was double clear, but nearly a second slower than the winner.

The gold medal winning British team: Alex Chitty, Millie Allen, Jessica Mendoza and Amy Inglis. Photo by Helen Revington/FEI.At the FEI European Pony Championship 2012 in Fontainebleau, the British riders continued their domination of the jumping championship with another convincing team win for a line-up that included two of last year’s gold medal winning side.

Amy Inglis and Jessica Mendoza are seasoned veterans, and 15 year old Inglis jumped double-clear in the Nations Cup at Fontainebleau in April with her 11 year old Quick Star gelding, Nils d’Hurl Vent, while 16 year old Mendoza, who also took individual bronze last summer, was second in the Grand Prix at Moorsele (BEL) with the 14 year old Tixylix who has enjoyed something of a stellar career.  Millie Allen won the first British trial with the 9 year old bay mare Song Girl. The French venue was a familiar one for this partnership who won the Grand Prix there in the spring and who were second in the Grand Prix, and on the winning Nations Cup team, at Hagen (GER) last month.  The British squad was rounded up by 15 year old Alex Chitty and the 10 year old mare Amilie JR Z.

The winners from the WEG 2010 in Kentucky. Where will the Games be held in 2018? Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The FEI has announced that five countries are confirmed as bidders to stage the FEI World Equestrian Games™ in 2018. The five bid cities that have now taken on Official Candidate status are Rabat (MAR); Bromont (CAN); Budapest (HUN); Vienna (AUT) and Wellington (USA). The five Candidate cities all met the 30 April deadline for receipt of the official Applicant Questionnaire. The five Bid Applications and Questionnaires have now been validated by FEI Headquarters. Details of the five bid cities were formally presented to the FEI Bureau at its meeting in Lausanne last week.

Rolf and Carusso LS La Silla took home the win! Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Rolf-Göran Bengtsson with Carusso LS La Silla (Portofino x Joost) won the Grand Prix in Redefin and was almost five seconds faster than the runner-up in the jump-off!

Ten riders made it to the jump-off and there it was the line to the combination that was the big question. The first riders went inside the second jump to the combination, but then got faults at one or two of the elements in the combination. The riders in the middle part of the class changed their plan and went outside the jump to get a better line, and two of the riders then cleared the course - Angel Dinev Nyagolov with Donkosak (Drosselklang x Watzmann) and Andreas Ripke with Edelgaard´s Saqini (Quantum x Cassini).

Pilar Cordon and Nuage Bleu have been disqualified from the European Championship in Madrid. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The Spanish rider Pilar Lucrecia Cordon has according to cavadeos.com been disqualified from the European Championships where she finished in 22nd on Nuage Bleu. The reason for the disqualification is that the horse tested positive on the prohibited substance Mepivacaine (click here to access information about the substance). The disqualification does not affect the Spanish team in any way as they did not qualify for the Olympics during the Europeans. The disqualification has also been confirmed to WoSJ by Spanish sources that have been in contact with the Spanish chef d’equipe.

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Christine McCrea on Romantovich Take One wearing her Pan American Games individual gold medal. Photo by © 2011 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com. By Kenneth J. Braddick. Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct. 29.

The USA’s Christine McCrea on Romantovich Take One swept to a fifth clear round to claim the individual gold medal in jumping at the Pan American Games Saturday, but the U.S. missed the opportunity for an historic sweep after taking team gold two days earlier. Christine of East Windsor, Connecticut and the 11-year-old Dutch warmblood gelding made it look easy while Beezie Madden of Cazenovia, New York, and Coral Reef Via Volo incurred a single time fault, it was 7/100ths of a second, and dropped from the lead they had held since the beginning of these championships to take silver.

Beezie Madden on Coral Reef Via Volo completing their third clear round at the Pan American Games. Photo by © 2011 Ken Braddick/dressage-news.com.By Kenneth J. Braddick, Guadalajara, Mexico, Oct. 28.

The United States is in a position to create more history after claiming team gold at the Pan American Games, with three of its combinations filling the top three places ahead of the individual final Saturday. No nation has ever swept all the jumping medals and the last time one country took the team and individual gold was in 1987 by Canada and the legendary Ian Millar who is competing at these Games and looking to add to his record of eight Pan Am medals.