- Double gold for the USA at the Pan American Eventing Championship
- FEI Eventing World Cup Final in Pau (FRA)
- Robert Smith wins the 2nd World Cup Jumping Qualifier in Oslo
- press service for FEI World Cup Dressage
- In Memoriam

UNITED STATES WINS DOUBLE GOLD IN PAN AMERICAN EVENTING CHAMPIONSHIP IN FAIR HILL

The USA won the team and individual Gold Medals in the Pan American Eventing
Championship which took place in Fair Hill (USA) last week-end.

The USA Team, composed of Robert Costello on Dalliance, Will Faudree on
Antigua, Jan Thompson on Shared Dreams and Stephen Bradley on Brandenburg's
Joshua, successfully defended their title won at the 1999 Pan American Games
in Winnipeg, finishing with a total score of 190.0 penalties after the
Dressage, Cross Country and Jumping tests. Canada finished second for the
team Silver Medal with 325.0 penalties and Brazil took the Bronze with a
score of 1394.4.

Canada (silver) and Brazil (bronze) qualified a team for the 2004 Olympic
Games in Athens (best 2 placed teams from FEI Olympic Group D and E - North,
Central and South America).

The USA also took all places of the individual podium with Darren Chiacchia
clinching the Gold with a penalty-free show jumping round to finish with a
score 52.4 on Windfall 2. Karen O'Connor (USA) won the individual Silver
with a score of 59.0 on Joker's Wild and Jan Thompson won the Bronze with a
score of 62.4 on Shared Dreams.

As no Eventing competition was held at the Pan American Games in Santo
Domingo earlier this year, the FEI decided to hold the Pan American
Eventing Championship in conjunction with the Fair Hill International CCI
3*. USA also won the Team Gold in Dressage and in Jumping in Santo
Domingo last August.

Twenty-six horse-rider combinations representing Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil,
Canada, Mexico and the United States contested the Pan American Eventing
Championship.

Olympic Champion David O'Connor was leading the Pan Am individual
competition after the Dressage and Cross Country tests on Courting Danger.
However, a fall during the Cross Country of the USET Championship after the
Pan Am competition put him in the hospital with a broken ankle and broken
wrist, denying him a chance for the Pan Am individual Gold.

Complete results on http://www.fairhillinternational.com/

FEI EVENTING WORLD CUP
A truly international trio wins the first Final of the FEI Eventing World
Cup

The Swedish rider Linda Algotsson (SWE) on Stand By Me won today the first
Final of the FEI Eventing World Cup held in Pau, South-western France. The
pair convincingly took the lead since the very beginning by performing a
high-quality Dressage test (38) and went clear in both Cross Country and
Jumping. The winner was presented with a trophy for perpetual competition
generously donated by Mr and Mrs Apter, owners of Stunning ridden by William
Fox-Pitt.

Linda is followed by Andrew Nicholson (NZL) on Fenicio and Gina Miles (USA)
on McKinlaigh with 51.6 and 53 points respectively.

Her performance is all the more remarkable as she scored one of only two
clear rounds within the time allowed in the Cross Country and, even with two
fences in hand before the third phase, went faultless on the very technical
Jumping course. Linda's success is that of an entire family. Her sister Sara
placed 7th riding the Swedish warmblood Robin Des Bois bred by the Algotsson
sisters' mother by the same mare as Stand By Me.

When asked to comment on the horse's exceptional performance, especially
since the pair won the silver medal in the European Championship only five
weeks ago, she said: "That are Swedish horses for you, they can do
everything!"

Runner-up and Olympic champion Andrew Nicholson paid tribute to Linda in a
true spirit of horsemanship and fair-play. He expressed the view that the
short Eventing format, which is becoming the standard for the Olympic Games
and will also gradually be introduced for Championships, was beneficial for
the sport as it would allow for horses to be seen more often on the
international sporting scene. All three riders conveyed their full support
and enthusiasm for the World Cup concept as a showcase of modern Eventing.

All results on www.event-pau.com

The FEI Eventing World Cup will resume in only ten days' time in Nichelino
(ITA).

FEI WORLD CUP JUMPING
Robert Smith wins the second leg of the FEI World Cup in Oslo
By Louise Parkes

Britain's Robert Smith scored an emphatic victory in the second leg of the
FEI World Cup series in Oslo, Norway today but Holland's Eric Van der
Vleuten, who finished fourth with Audi's Jikke, further cemented his
league-table advantage.

Smith had thrown down the gauntlet when topping Friday's World Cup
Preliminary competition and capitalised on his last-to-go starting position
today with a superb jump-off round from the stallion Marius Claudius.

With 14 through to the timed round it was always going to be a tough
jump-off and the Yorkshireman was chasing the target-time of 34.29 seconds
set by Jos Lansink and AK Caridor Z.

"There were so many clears that it was very fast and I knew that I must take
a really difficult turn to the penultimate fence which nobody else wanted to
try if I was to be in with a chance to win so I did it- and it worked!"
Robert said afterwards.

Jos Lansink slotted into second ahead of promising young British contender
Richard Davenport riding Luc while Eric Van der Vleuten's fourth placing
promotes the Dutchman, winner in the opening round in Helsinki last weekend,
to an even stronger position at the head of the league table with 33 points
to his credit to date.

Normally a total of between 45 and 48 points is sufficient to secure a place
at the final and Eric is hoping to make the cut with a good result at the
next round of the series in Verona on November 9.

RESULT: 1, Marius Claudius (Robert Smith) GB 0/0 32.34; 2, AK Caridor Z (Jos
Lansink) Bel 0/0 34.29; 3, Luc (Richard Davenport) GB 34.65; 4, Audi's Jikke
(Eric Van der Vleuten) Hol 0/0 34.72; 5, Cinderella (Maria Gretzer) Swe 0/0
34.96; 6, Verelst Goliath (Ludo Philippaerts) Bel 0/0 35.12; 7, LB Lacorrado
(Beat Mandli) Sui 0/0 35.26; 8, H&M Butterfly Flip (Malin
Baryard) Swe 35.40; 9, Controe (Marco Kutscher) Ger 0/0 36.28; 10, Qualite
(Robert Whitaker) GB 0/4 35.41; 11, Kilian (Guiseppe Rolli) Ita 0/4 35.41;
12, A La Ballerina (Katarina Offel) Ger 0/4 35.48; 13, Richebourg (Jean
Claude Vangeenberghe) Bel 0/6 46.28; 14, Hofgut Liederbachs Ingmar
(Pia-Luise Aufrecht) Ger 0/8 34.47; 15, Equeste Carnute (Thomas Velin) Den
0/10 46.28; 16, De Sjiem (Jeroen Dubbeldam) Hol 1/- 78.38.

2003/2004 FEI WORD CUP JUMPING SERIES
THE TOP-TEN ON THE LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 2 AT OSLO

1. Eric van der Vleuten - 33
2. Robert Smith - 21
3. Malin Baryard - 18
E4. Jos Lansink/Helena Weinberg - 17
E6, Richard Davenport/Bruno Broucqsault - 15
E8, Jeroen Dubbeldam/Michel Hecart - 13
E10, Marco Kutscher/Maria Gretzer - 12.

The website for Oslo is www.oslohorseshow.com.

The next FEI World Cup Qualifier takes places in Verona, Italy on Sunday 9
November 2003. Website: www.fieracavalli.com.

BIOGRAPHIES on riders competing in the FEI World Cup series are available at
http://bios.horsesport.org.

IN MEMORIAM

Major General Jack Reynolds CB, OBE (GBR), a former member of the FEI
Judicial Committee and past President (1985-88) and Director General
(1975-85) of the British Equestrian Federation, died recently, aged 87.
General Jack was renowned for his diplomacy and quiet tenacity, one of his
successes included persuading the IOC to regrade professional riders in
order for them to compete in the Olympics. He officiated as Chef de Mission
for the British Equestrian Team at four Olympics - Montreal 1976 through to
Seoul 1988 - bringing home four Team Silver Medals.

Maurice Buret, the last surviving member of the French gold medal team in
Dressage at the 1948 Olympic Games, died on 23 August 2003 aged 94.
Commandant Buret, who was also a successful steeple chase rider - winning in
Pardubice - rode in London 1948 Games on Saint Queen, together with André
Jousseaume (Harpagon), Jean St-Fort Paillard ST (Sous-les-Ceps). The team
received the gold medal after the disqualification of the Swedish team.

Megan Furth (USA), a member of the USA Jumping team in the early nineties,
died on 30 July 2003 after a long illness. She was only 31. IN her short
jumping career, Megan Furth competed in eight World Cups and, at 18 years
old, in two Nations Cups (1990 in Dinard and Rotterdam). After finishing her
University study in 1993, she pursued a career as a writer and language
teacher in Germany.

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Muriel Faienza, FEI Communications
FEDERATION EQUESTRE INTERNATIONALE

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