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I am happy to introduce the new cover of “Świat Koni” – polish equestrian magazine with Tatiana Bierieżnow and her pony Gluckspliz. The couple made to the final of FEI Pony European Championships for the first time in history of polish dressage riding.
Congratulations to the polish couple, fingers crossed for them in the future!
In a french “Grand Prix” magazine you can find article “Rachel Bastady, une belle eclosion au pays des cigognes” with few pictures taken by me this year.
Its a story about dressage rider Rachel Bastady, who is moving forward with her dressage career.
“The remaining McCauley’s Alltech A+ Awards were presented Friday, August 23 at 11am in the press conference room of the European Championships in Rotterdam. Claudia Kettel, Marketing Manager, Alltech Germany came to Rotterdam for the occasion and presented the awards to:
Article: Sébastien Roullier, Asnières-sur-Seine, FRANCE. “Special Dossier FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018: Endurance” published in GRANDPRIX magazine, October 2018 issue. Sebastien is a repeat winner having won also in 2014 in the article category.
Photo: Łukasz Kowalski, Tarnowskie Góry, POLAND. “If you can’t beat it, enjoy it!” photo of a dressage rider smiling with outstretched hand in the rain published on Eurodressage.com on June 16, 2018. Lukasz is our first ever winner from Poland.
Broadcast Honorable Mention: Jan Toenjes for his podcast of Isabell Werth’s winning ride on Bella Rose at the FEI World Equestrian Games, Tryon 2018.”
You will find full story on the official web site of the International Alliance of Equestrian Journalists.
See also first news about this award here.
“In his last year on ponies, Danish Alexander Yde Helgstrand captured his third gold medal after winning the Kur to Music at the 2019 European Pony Championships in Strzegom, Poland, on Sunday 18 August 2019.
The Kur podium was identical to the one for the Individual Test: Helgstrand took the highest step, while Danish team mate Liva Addy Guldager Nielsen earned silver and German Shona Benner got bronze.
The 2019 European Pony Championships for dressage concluded on Sunday morning with the Kur to Music finals. The class was judged Orsolya Hillier, Jo Graham, Elke Ebert, Alban Tissot, and Leif Tornblad.”
via eurodressage.com – full story here.
via FEI.org
Delighted to be working for the FEI again, this time during FEI Vaulting European Championships! And oh boy, what an amazing athlets!
Read full story from the FEI Vaulting European Championships 2019 here.
“Wandres and Ayache in Charge of Big Tour at 2019 CDI-W Brno.
German Frederic Wandres and French Alexandre Ayache were in charge of the big tour classes at the 2019 CDI-W Brno in the Czech Republic on 21 – 23 June 2019. Wandres took centre stage winning the World Cup qualifier aboard the 14-year old Oldenburg Westminster.
Previous owned by Saskia Bauer and now listed as owned by Hof Kasselmann, Westminster is by Weltissimo x Davignon. In May Wandres won the 2019 Hamburg Dressage Derby on the gelding and in Brno he dominated the Grand Prix with 70.478% and the Kur to Music CDI-W class with 75.265%.”
via Eurodressage.com
To read full story visit eurodressage.com
Team Belgium took first place at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ competition in Sopot, Poland, this weekend, which puts them just 10 qualifying points behind overall leader Switzerland, who did not compete, with four legs remaining before the autumn Finals in Barcelona.
Belgium maintained the lead throughout most of the event, but it was a close race for the top positions, and the final standings were up in the air until the final rotation.”
via FEI.org. Full story with my photos here.
I had a pleasure to work for organizers of CSI 4* 4Foulee Poznań for the first time this year. Wonderful event, full of great horses and super riders. And if you have top class showjumping pairs in the arena, you have also a lot of audience included.
Take a look at some shots from CSI 4* 4Foulee Poznań 2019 at the WorldofShowjumping.com
Austrian Belinda Weinbauer and Luxembourg Sascha Schulz dominated the big tour classes at the 2019 CDI-W Mariakalnok in Hungary on 9 – 12 May 2019.
With a big field of competitors making the event action packed across the levels from ponies to Grand Prix, the CDI-W Mariakalnok was once again a big success.
The Grand Prix was split up into two tours: a special and the World cup qualifier via the freestyle.”
via eurodressage.com
Read full story at eurodressage.com
WE DID IT Belinda!!!
I am pleased to inform that my photo taken during CDI Achleiten, Austria at the beautiful stable of Family Max-Theurer, was the winner of the “2018 McCauley’s Alltech ‘A+’ Award” for outstanding coverage of international equestrian sport.
The A+ Journalism Awards were established in 2010 by Alltech, in collaboration with the International Alliance of Equestrian Journalists, to reward creativity, passion and excellence in equestrian journalism.
News was realesed during FEI World Cup Finals in Gothenburg, Sweden this weekend.
More about the McCauley’s Alltech A+ Awards:
