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Olympic Test Event in London Underway

Published on Monday, July 4, 2011 in General

The CIC** Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational is under way in the magnificent Greenwich Park in south-east London – venue for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian competitions.

A total of 40 athletes from 23 countries are taking part in the Invitational, which offers the normal grading points for an international CIC**, and which involves Dressage today (Monday 4 July), Cross-Country on Tuesday and two rounds of Jumping on Wednesday - in order to reflect the Olympic format.
 
Dressage starts today, with the first competitor into the arena at 9.00am local time. (6.00pm EST).
 
Australia is represented by Clayton Fredericks and Bendigo (winner at the recent CCI3* Saumur), and Sam Griffiths and Paulank Brockagh (most recently 2nd in the CCI2* at Houghton).  
Olympic gold medalist, Stuart Tinney is at the event as an observer, along with the Australian team vets and the Chefs d’Equipe for each discipline.
 
The ground jury for the test event is Nick Burton (Great Britain), Anne-Mette Binder (Denmark) and Gillian Rolton (Australia).
 
A further Australian connection is Logan Rawlings’ (USA) mare, Jaybee Star Celebrity, who was previously owned and produced to 3* level by Sharmayne Spencer.
 
The cross-country course is designed by Sue Benson, who is designing the Olympic course.  The track is long and uphill, requiring a high degree of fitness.  It follows some of the planned course for the 2012 Games, and includes some of the same features.
 
The event will allow the London 2012 Organising Committee to test key aspects of its operations in preparation for next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games – including the field of play, timing and scoring technology, venue installation and workforce.
 
The event also provides an ideal opportunity for athletes and team officials to get a feel of the venue ahead of competing there at the 2012 Games. In addition to the core eventing competition, the Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational will include demonstrations of dressage, jumping and para-dressage – giving athletes from these disciplines the chance to provide feedback on LOCOG’s plans.
 
The list of athletes competing is below.

Draw number

Country

Rider

Horse

1

Germany

Michael Jung

Weidezaunprofi’s River of Joy

2

Belgium

Karin Donckers

Lamicell Unique

3

New Zealand

Mark Todd

NZB Campino

4

Brazil

Renan Guerreiro

Rongotai

5

United States

Julian Stiller

Gunstone Wallstreet

6

Great Britain

William Fox-Pitt

Gaucho

7

Canada

Lindsay Pearce

Saniki

8

Australia

Clayton Fredericks

Bendigo

9

France

Denis Mesples

Olipper Schervil

10

Ireland

Jayne Doherty

The Only One

11

Italy

Giovanni Ugolotti

Coco Ocean

12

Sweden

Dag Albert

Jedi Dancer

13

Poland

Lukasz Kazmierczak

Branco

14

Switzerland

Benoit Johner

Lit-il Peccau CH

15

Austria

Andreas Riedl

Jabadaba Doo

16

Czech Republic

Jaroslav Hatla

Killossery Harvey

17

Germany

Frank Ostholt

Sir Medicott

18

Belgium

Joris Van Springel

Limestone

19

New Zealand

Andrew Nicholson

Qwanza

20

United States

Logan Rawlings

Jaybee Star Celebrity

21

Great Britain

Pippa Funnell

Billy Shannon

22

Canada

Waylon Roberts

Blockbuster III

23

Jamaica

Samantha Albert

Squirt

24

Thailand

Nina Ligon

Jazz King

25

Netherlands

Raf Kooremans

So Special

26

South Africa

Paul Hart

Carlow Miller

27

Colombia

Brian Nunez-Hughes

Libro Archie

28

China

Alex Hua Tian

Furst Love

29

Japan

Takayuki Yumira

Hooligan

30

Germany

Sandra Auffarth

Parancs

31

Belgium

Virginie Caulier

Nepal Du Sudre

32

New Zealand

Jonelle Richards

Reminiscent

33

Brazil

Ruy Fonseca

Idaho D’Argonne

34

United States

William Faudree

DHI Colour Candy

35

Great Britain

Piggy French

DHI Topper W

36

Canada

Kathryn Robinson

Let It Bee

37

Australia

Sam Griffiths

Paulank Brockagh

38

France

Donatien Schauly

Pivoine Des Touches

39

Ireland

Joseph Murphy

Chuckelberry

40

Italy

Vittoria Panizzon

Borough Pennyz

41

Sweden

Sara Algotsson Ostholt

Mrs Medicott
 
Results will be listed here as they come to hand.
 
To keep up to date with the event and results, please go to the London prepares website.
 
Source: Equestrian Australia 
Clayton Fredericks & Bendigo pictured

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