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HorsesDaily at the 2008 Olympic Equestrian Games
EVENTING Check
It Out! DeRosa
Daily Equestrian Olympic News Olympic Photos - Check out phelpsphotos.com>free search>Search by event>Olympic Games 2008. See all the great work our contributing photographers are submitting. They are coded c:candid - d-dressage - e-eventing sj-showjumping. or you can add discipline to your search criteria. Like Father, Like Son-Tim Lips, Second Generation Olympian By Karen Robinson His quiet character and diminutive size (he is just 5’6”) are hardly representative of what is contained under the surface: a determined and disciplined, not to mention talented, young man. He was not the youngest event rider in Hong Kong; that distinction belongs to nineteen year old Alex Hua Tian, China’s first ever entry in the discipline. But if there were prizes to recognize up-and-comers at the Olympics, he would be the uncontested champion in equestrian sport. Read More ........ Gina Miles Jumps Up to Individual Silver Germany
Proves Invincible at 2008 Olympic Games in Eventing
The 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse owned by Thom Schulz and Laura Coats stepped around the show jumping courses like an open hunter. Miles, from Creston, CA, represented the US at the 2002 World Equestrian Games and the 2007 Pan American Games. Read More .... Kyle Carter Top Canadian Following Cross-Country Australians Hold the Whip Hand, But Germany Moves Closer
Klimke's fabulous 11 year old gelding really rose to the occasion and attacked his test with enthusiasm. "I was pleased he was so forward" the rider said after her score of 33.50 left her trailing overnight runner-up Karin Donckers from Belgium by just over one point and leader, Lucinda Fredericks, by just over three points. "He can be a very spooky horse but he is always wanting to try for me". Ingrid entered the arena at 6.44 am and found the atmosphere a little surreal. Read More...... Selena O’Hanlon Currently Top Canadian Eventing Athlete at 2008 Olympic Games Australia
Remains on Top; U.S. Team Third After Dressage Portion of Eventing
at 2008 Olympic Equestrian Games in Hong Kong FEI
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She is followed by husband and Australian fellow team member Clayton on Ben Along Time (37 points). Gina Miles and Mckinlaigh of the United Staes are third on a personal best of 39.30. Read More.... "On the Scene"
The Road to Hong Kong - Eventing Selection Trials
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If
Holland’s sole entry in the 2008 Olympic three-day-event were
to quit riding tomorrow, he would already have achieved as much as
his father Martin did in Barcelona in 1992, where he placed fifteenth
individually in Olympic eventing. The 22 year old from Made, Holland
appeared out of nowhere from a country that rarely sends competitors
to major eventing championships, and with his KWPN gelding Oncarlos,
followed step for step in his father’s footprints by placing
fifteenth in eventing at the Beijing Olympics in Hong Kong. 
Hong
Kong, China – Gina Miles waved the flag for the US tonight
at Sha Tin, winning an Individual Silver medal with McKinlaigh. The
duo jumped two textbook clean rounds, adding nothing to their two-day
score of 56.1. “I always knew he was the best event horse in
the world,” said Miles. “He had his day to shine at the
Olympic Games.”
Hong
Kong, China – Kyle Carter of Calgary, AB, is the top Canadian
following cross-country, the second of three phases comprising the
equestrian sport of eventing, at the 2008 Olympic Games. Carter is
in 32nd position individually while the Canadian Eventing Team is
in ninth position overall. 
Germany's
Ingrid Kiimke produced a sparkling test with Abraxxas to squeeze
into third place as the final session of Olympic dressage took place
at Sha Tin this morning, but it is the Australian riders who hold
the whip hand going into tomorrow's cross-country phase with a firm
hold at the top of both the individual and team leaderboards. 
Hong
Kong, China – Selena O’Hanlon of Elgin, ON, is Canada’s
top-placed equestrian athlete following the first of two days of
competition at the 2008 Olympic Games. Equestrian events are being
held in Hong Kong due to equine health concerns in mainland China. 
Hong
Kong, China – The
second day of dressage got underway bright and early at Sha Tin and
the overnight leaders, the Australians, never looked in danger of
having their lead threatened. The same three scores the team used
yesterday (out of the five riders) held their lead on a total mark
of 102.80. The U.S. continued to well orchestrated plans, and their
two most experienced riders put in very solid performances to leave
the U.S. in third on a score of 115.60. Germany snuck ahead of the
U.S. after Ingrid Klimke (aboard Abraxxas) and Andreas Dibowski both
went into the 30s. Klimke jumped into third place on 33.50 with a
very impressive performance. The Germans are five points clear of
the U.S. going into the cross-country with 110.50. 
Belgium's
Karin Donckers threatened the first-session lead established by
Australia's Lucinda Fredericks as the second tranche of eventing
riders took their turn in the dressage arena at Sha Tin in Hong
Kong tonight. 
The
equestrian competitions began in Hong Kong only a few hours after
the Games of the XIX Olympiad were officially inaugurated during
a spectacular Opening Ceremony in Beijing. After the first 25 of
the 70 riders taking part in the Eventing competition performed their
Dressage test, Lucinda Fredericks aboard the brilliant little mare
Headley Britannia is firmly in the lead with 30.40 points. 
