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Steffen Peters and Ravel Head Up US Olympic Dressage Team

Jul 21, 2008 6 Comments

Steffen Peters is headed to the 2008 Olympic equestrian games at the top of the US dressage team. Originally from Germany, Steffen became a US citizen in 1992. Shortly thereafter, he won a team bronze with the US dressage team at the Atlanta games in 1996, and was an alternate for the team in 2004. [...]

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2008 US Olympic Eventing Team Named

Jul 16, 2008 5 Comments

The USEF officially named their nominations for the 2008 Olympic equestrian team. Horse and rider teams headed to Hong Kong to compete in the three day eventing competition are: Phillip Dutton Age 44 Hometown West Grove, PA Horse Connaught Horse info age 15, Irish Sport Horse, Gelding Becky Holder Age 39 Hometown Mendota Heights, MN [...]

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2008 Olympics Equestrian TV Coverage on NBC

Jul 16, 2008 50 Comments

NBC paid a massive amount of money to get sole rights for covering the Olympics, and has recently posted the stations and schedules on their Olympic website. Go to the NBC Olympics TV and Listings section of their website, input your zip code and cable/satellite provider, and get a specific Olympic TV schedule for your [...]

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Beezie Madden and Authentic Are Jumping For Another Olympic Gold

Jul 10, 2008 11 Comments

Already Olympic gold members, show jumper Beezie Madden and her horse Authentic are headed to Hong Kong for their second consecutive Olympic games. Their two clear rounds in Athens in 2004 helped rocket the US Olympic Show Jumping team to a gold medal. Now they’re back again, and jumping just as strong as ever. Perfect [...]

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USEF Selects 2008 Olympic Show Jumping Team

Jul 09, 2008 8 Comments

The top four horses and riders in the show jumping realm have been officially selected for the 2008 Olympic Equestrian Team to ride in Hong Kong next month, pending approval by the US Olympic Committee. The Olympic qualifiers for the US team wrapped up on Monday in Aachen, Germany, earning Olympic spots for four teams: [...]

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Japanse Equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu Oldest 2008 Olympian

Jul 07, 2008 18 Comments

I’m always telling people that I’m still going to be riding horses when I’m a little 80-year-old lady. They tend to look at me like I’m a little crazy. Of course, it’s always the non-horsey people who just don’t get it. But they probably wouldn’t be so surprised if they knew that the oldest athlete [...]

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The Itchiest Horse In the World

Jul 03, 2008 5 Comments

Meet Princess L’Heureux, aka Penny, the itchiest horse I’ve ever met in my life. The last time I went to my parents and stopped by the barn for a visit, Penny was awfully happy to see me. Mom and I were making our way down the barn aisle and checking out some of the new [...]

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