2008 CDI Sydney
Australian Dressage Riders try to Qualify a Team for
the 2008 Olympic Games
January 15, 2008
 Australia
will have the opportunity to qualify a dressage team
for the Beijing Olympic Games at Sydney International
Equestrian Centre on the 4-5 of February 2008.
This
was supposed to take place at the Regional Team Qualifier
in October 2007, where horses and riders
from New Zealand and Japan were to come to Sydney
to compete for the two team places available at the
Olympic
Games for this region. The Judges will now travel
to Cannes (France) to assess the Europe-based Japanese,
Australian and New Zealand competitors. Then they
will
come to Sydney to assess the Australian-based combinations.
They will then travel to New Zealand to assess their
riders. The Judges will announce the two successful
teams on 14 February.
Australian based riders that are
vying for team selection include Brett Parbery riding
Victory Salute, Heath
Ryan riding Green Oaks Dundee and Regardez Moi, Rozzie
Ryan on Donna Carrera and Nadia Coghlan aboard Northern
Campion. Four riders in total will be chosen from
Cannes and Sydney to represent Australia at the assessment.
At
the same time the International Jury of Judges will
be available to judge other Australian riders who wish
to ride the Grand Prix. All combinations who ride the
Grand Prix will be able to gain MES (minimum eligibility
scores) and World Cup Rankings. The President of the
Ground Jury is Dieter Schüle (GER), teamed with
Mariette Withages (BEL), Minako Furuoka (JPN) and Mary
Seefried (AUS) and Jan Bird (NZL).
Admission to the
Sydney International Equestrian Centre will be free
for both days of the competition.
Photo courtesy: Cyberhorse/Auction of the Stars
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