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		<title>Exell Makes Australian History In Driving World Championships At Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boyd Exell accomplished something today that no other Australian has ever done at a previous Driving World Championships—he won the individual gold medal, at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. With one ball down in the obstacles phase, held in front of a packed Driving Stadium at the Kentucky Horse Park, Exell (134.04) edged Ijsbrand Chardon of the Netherlands (135.24) and Tucker Johnson of the United States (150.06). Johnson is the second four-in-hand driving medalist in the history of the U.S. team, and he led teammates Chester Weber (who was the first U.S. individual medalist, winning individual silver in 2008) and James Fairclough to the team silver medal (330.92). This is the second team silver medal this trio has won at the World Equestrian Games. (The first was in 2002.) Chardon, a four-time individual world champion, led the Netherlands to the team gold medal (279.77), the third time they’ve won the team gold medal in the World Equestrian Games. Germany moved up to the bronze medal (322.20) when Tomas Eriksson of Sweden was eliminated for going off course and took his third-placed team with him. Exell closed out these World Games as the only Australian gold medalist. “I know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exell Stays On Top With Fast Marathon In Driving World Championships At Alltech FEI World Equestrian</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia’s Boyd Exell drove the day’s third-fastest marathon to maintain the lead he took in the first phase of Driving World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Second-placed Ijsbrand Chardon has put the Dutch team in front (273.77), while third-placed Tucker Johnson is leading the U.S. team’s charge for second place (300.92). Sweden is third (311.24). “Normally on most marathons you’ll have one little something somewhere, but today seemed almost perfect. Even going safe we were still fast, “ said Exell, 38. “I wanted to go fast enough to put pressure on Chardon, but not make mistakes. The horses were machines out there, they just really did it on their own.” Exell, along with teammate Gavin Robson, has put Australia in the team medal hunt too. They’re in fourth, with 311.99 penalties, just behind Sweden. Australia has never won a team medal at the Driving World Championships. Chardon, a former multiple-time world champion and one of the sport’s fastest marathon drivers, was only 5.89 points behind Exell after dressage. Today he drove the fastest total time in the eight obstacles of the 25 drivers, scoring 4.17 penalties fewer than Exell. The gap between them is now only 2.72 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Leaders Are All Tied Up In Driving World Championships at 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Game</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ties almost never happen in four-in-hand driving, but they’re the rule of the day at the Driving World Championships at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. The United States and the Netherlands are tied for first in the race for the team medals, at 76.16 penalties, with their top two drivers tied for second and fourth. The only clear leader is Boyd Exell of Australia, who drove his team to a five-point lead in dressage, scoring 30.08 penalties, the best dressage score ever recorded in a World Championship. Chester Weber of the USA and Ijsbrand Chardon of the Netherlands are tied for second (35.97), and Tucker Johnson of the USA and Theo Timmerman of the Netherlands are tied for fourth (40.19). “I think I’ve seen maybe two ties in 20 years, so to have the teams and the four of us tied is amazing,” said Johnson. The third members of their teams—Jimmy Fairclough for the USA and Koos de Ronde for the Netherlands—are in ninth and 10th places, separated by only .25 penalties. Exell drove his team of mixed warmbloods to the record score, even though he injured his hand last week. “I was jumping cross-country for fun, and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IJsbrand Chardon and Chester Weber Share Lead After First Day Of Driving World Championships</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The battle has begun for the Individual and Team medals in the Four-In-Hand Driving World Championships, held as part of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, and tied for the top spot are two of the sport’s biggest names. IJsbrand Chardon of The Netherlands, was the second driver in the arena for the opening Dressage phase, and he turned in a spectacular performance to score a 35.97. In the next to last position was Chester Weber, driving for the United States, and he turned in the identical score to stand tied with Chardon for first place. Neither Chardon nor Weber is a stranger to this top level of competition. Chardon, a legend in the sport of Driving, has been Dutch National Champion twenty-one times and has won medals in four World Equestrian Games, including Team and Individual Gold. Weber has won eight consecutive U.S. National Championships and has a Team Silver Medal from the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. “The horses went well,” commented Chardon after his test. “The field was very good and I had a good feeling about the test. I had a little mistake at the walk, but that is the game. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Americans Sweep Presentation To Start Driving World Championships At Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Americans who will be contesting the Driving World Championships wish today’s presentation competition counted toward the medal scores, but they don’t. It was just for fun and beauty—and a bottle of champagne presented to each of the 17 drivers who took part. The three judges declared Chester Weber the winner, awarding him 49.5 of a possible 50 points. James Fairclough (48.33) and Tucker Johnson (48.17), who’ve been Weber’s championship teammates for most of the last two decades, finished second and third. The grooms and drivers spent about 10 hours polishing the horses, harnesses and vehicles, before putting on their finest driving livery. Not all drivers in these World Championships took part in this presentation. Weber, 35, drove his four bay warmblood geldings put to a black dog cart presentation vehicle, finished with maroon-and-white pinstripes, with his wife sitting beside him. Fairclough, 52, also drove four warmbloods (the wheelers being full sisters), put to a formal black Kuhnle presentation vehicle. Owner Jane F. Clark sat beside him. Johnson, 46, drove a shooting brake. Medal competition begins tomorrow (Oct. 6), with the first of two days of dressage. The challenging and exciting marathon will be a feature of the World Games [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Saddlebred&#8217;s Biggest Stage Crowns New and Repeat World&#8217;s Grand Champions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 World&#8217;s Championship Horse Show (WCHS), held annually in conjunction with the Kentucky State Fair, was held at Louisville&#8217;s Freedom Hall from Sunday, August 22, through Saturday, August 28. There was plenty of excitement at WCHS this year, as new World&#8217;s Grand Champions were crowned in the Fine Harness and Three-Gaited World&#8217;s Grand Championships, while the Five-Gaited World&#8217;s Grand Champion repeated as such in 2010. Among a formidable field of competitors, as in each class, Courageous Lord emerged victorious in the Five-Gaited World&#8217;s Grand Championship, owned by Marsha Shepard and Bill Carrington of Shelbyville, Tennessee, and ridden &#38; trained by Merrill Murray. In the Fine Harness World&#8217;s Grand Championship, Lace&#8217;s Last Tango won the top spot, piloted by James Lowry, owned by Tri Color Ventures, Inc. of San Juan Capistrano, California. The Three-Gaited World&#8217;s Grand Championship was won by CH Grande Gil, owned by Hillcroft Farm, LLC of Paris, Kentucky, trained by Larry Hodge, and ridden by Misdee Wrigley Miller. To view the full results of all competitions held at the 2010 WCHS, visit ASHALive.net http://saddlebred.us1.list-manage.com. Here you will find links to all class schedules, entries and results, as well as judges&#8217; cards. You will also find online versions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MORGANS MAKE BID FOR U. S. TEAM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A four-in-hand team of black Morgan geldings, owned by Alan and Maureen Aulson, are one step closer to their bid of making team to represent the United States at the World Equestrian Games (WEG), a first in the Morgan breed! The combined driving four-in-hand team of Nordby Coalie&#8217;s Duke, Nordby Coalie&#8217;s Coal Dust, and the full brothers Nordby Shadow&#8217;s Sam Spade and Nordby Shadow&#8217;s Rocky have put in solid performances at three driving events in Florida this year, which were all selection trials for WEG. The team is expertly driven by David Saunders. At the first competition of the year, Little Everglades International, Saunders finished in fourth place and was the third-place American. At the Sunshine State Combined Driving Event in February, he was third overall, and at the Live Oak International in March, he was fifth overall, out of 14 competitors. Currently, the team is sixth in the four-in-hand rankings, dated March 30. The World Equestrian Games will take place in Lexington, Kentucky, September 25-October 10 and is the first time they will be held in the United States. While only three drivers will make the United States Team, there is a possibility an additional six drivers may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chester Weber Ranked Number One On Four-In-Hand World Equestrian Games Selectors&#8217; List</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chester Weber Ranked Number One On Four-In-Hand World Equestrian Games Selectors&#8217; List Ocala, FL (October 20, 2009) &#8211; Chester Weber&#8217;s record-setting victory as the new Seven-Time United States National Four-In-Hand Combined Driving Champion may still be fresh in everyone&#8217;s mind, but that isn&#8217;t keeping Weber from turning his attention toward his next goal &#8212; the 2010 World Equestrian Games. A veteran of two prestigious World Equestrian Games, Weber&#8217;s goal is to drive his team at the 2010 WEG at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Weber isn&#8217;t the only one who has high hopes for Team Weber &#8211; the USEF Selectors Committee has ranked Chester as Number One on the WEG Four-In-Hand list. &#8220;I feel honored to be at the top of the ranking list today going into a winter break for the horses. I interpret the pole position as us being on the right track with regards to the selectors opinion,&#8221; Weber said. Despite his ranking, Weber isn&#8217;t resting on his laurels and already has training plans set in motion. &#8220;This winter we will continue to work on the basic fundamentals of all of our weaknesses in an effort to become stronger for the New Year and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from the 2009 FEI World Pony Driving Championship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roberta Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FEI CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW Greven-Bockholt (GER), 13 August 2009 PONY DRIVING WORLD GATHERS IN GREVEN-BOCKHOLT &#62;From 13 to 16 August, the focus of the Driving World is set on Greven-Bockholt, a small village close to the city of Münster in northern Germany, for the fourth edition of the FEI World Combined Pony Driving Championships. Numbers Ninety drivers from 18 nations will compete in the single, pair and four-in-hand classes for the individual titles. Nine nations will battle for the team medals. Each team consists of a minimum of one and a maximum of two single, pair and four-in-hand drivers. In addition, the Championship is open to individual competitors (maximum one per nation per class) as well. Greven has hosted national and international driving competitions for many years and the Organising Committee was also responsible for the 2008 FEI World Para-Equestrian Driving Championship. Title defenders Title holders from the 2007 FEI World Combined Pony Driving Championships in Dorthealyst Jan de Boer from the Netherlands (pony team), USA’s Miranda Cadwell (pony pair) and Peter Koux from Denmark (single pony) will be present in Greven. Germany has the advantage of defending its gold team medal on home ground. Officials Germany’s Dr. Wolfgang Asendorf, course [...]]]></description>
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