Edited Press Release

Stadium Jumping, Inc., has announced the return of the American Gold Cup to the Metroparks Polo Field in Moreland Hills, Ohio.

The American Gold Cup will be the grand finale following two weeks of shows at this year's Cleveland Autumn Jumper Series.

The North Coast Jumper Classic, the first of the two shows, begins on Sept. 8 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 12. Highlights include the $35,000 North Coast Grand Prix, the $5,000 Welcome Stake and the $7,500 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Junior/Amateur Classic.

Chauncy, ridden by Suzy Elliott, collapsed while competing in the advanced division at The Event at Rebecca Farm, Kalispell, Mont., on Saturday, July 24. Elliott is from Yelm, Wash.

Elliott was riding Chauncy, an 8-year-old Thoroughbred gelding owned by her husband, Jonathan Elliott.

Show jumper Oki Doki passed away on Monday, July 20, due to septic shock in his abdomen.

The bay 14-year old Dutch-bred gelding injured a tendon while competing in Cannes (France) in June this year. Oki Doki subsequently underwent surgery and recovered well. The gelding was on post-operative medication, but developed complications on Monday night.

The U.S. Equestrian Federation has named 15 horse-and-rider combinations to the nominated entry for para-equestrian dressage for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

From this group, 10 horse-and-rider combinations will be submitted to the definite entry on Sept. 30. These riders will represent the United States in the para-equestrian dressage competition at the WEG in Lexington, Ky.

The nominated entry consists of:

The U.S. Equestrian Federation has added the final two horse-and-rider combinations to the short list for the 2010 Land Rover eventing team. The team will represent the United States at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky.  

The final two additions to the list are:

Boyd Exell captured his third individual victory in Aachen, Germany, on July 17. The driver from Australia also won this prestigious international four-in-hand driving competition in 2003 and 2009. He got a head start in dressage and held onto his lead throughout the event.

Four-time World Champion Ijsbrand Chardon of the Netherlands finished second, ahead of Germany’s Christoph Sandmann. The Netherlands came out on top of the Nations Cup ahead of hosts Germany, with Switzerland in third.

A New Format

The Irish team claimed the Mercedes-Benz Prize, the sixth leg of the Meydan FEI Nations Cup series in Aachen, Germany, on July 15 over the German and U.S. teams.

It was an exciting day of competition as five top teams were tied for the lead at the halfway stage. But it was the men in green who stood firm while their rivals crumbled in the closing stages.

The Fédération Equestre Internationale has announced that nominations for the FEI 2010 Awards are now open. The awards, which were launched last year, acknowledge outstanding achievement in the following five categories:

As announced in May, visitors to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Ky., will have an opportunity to watch some of the best hunter horses and riders demonstrate their skills through live, daily hunter derby demonstrations, to be featured Oct. 4-10 at the WEG Equine Village Demonstration Arena.

As the last to go in a nine-horse jump-off, Olympic gold medalist Beezie Madden, Cazenovia, N.Y., knew the time that she had to beat in the Warsteiner Preis, Preis of Europa, in Aachen, Germany.

However, they didn't need that small advantage, as Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo bested the next fastest time of 50.07 seconds, set by Sweden's Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Ninja La Silla, by almost 2 seconds. Their time of 48.27 seconds and a fantastic clear round gave them the win.