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2008 Olympic Games
Hoketsu Wins Regional Olympic Dressage Team Assessment
in Cannes
February 1, 2008
 The Japanese Hiroshi Hoketsu has won the Regional
Dressage Team Assessment in Cannes, France, on January
31, 2008. Aboard his chestnut gelding Whisper, Hoketsu
scored 66.917% and placed at the top in a field of
five competitors.
The entire Japanese team and one Australian dressage
rider were invited to ride in this Dressage Team Assessment.
Japan, Australia and New Zealand are the three
nations still contesting two team places at the 2008
Olympic Games in Hong Kong. The three other
Australia team riders are riding at their assessment
in Sydney, Australia, February 3-5, 2008. The New Zealand
riders can obtain a team score at the Asian
Pacific
Regional Qualifying Competition to be held at Tielcey
Park, Palmerston North, New Zealand on February
7, 2008.
So far, Japan is the only nation with a team score.
In Cannes, their average percentage achieved is 64.931%
with a total of 194.792 points.
Results Regional Dressage Team Assessment
in Cannes
- 1. Hiroshi Hoketsu - Whisper - 66.917 (Japan)
- 2. Mieko Yagi
- Dow Jones - 64.167 (Japan)
- 3. Yuko Kitai - Rambo -
63.708 (Japan)
- 4. Maree Tomkinson - Lanzaro - 63.708 (Australia)
- 5. Hiroyuki Kitahara
- Why Me - 61.875 (Japan)
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