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Posted
7/27/10
The
Event at Rebecca Farm Gets Underway With Record Numbers
World
Cup Competition Begins Friday
KALISPELL
,
MONT.
(July 22, 2010) -- A
new city
has sprung here. At least for the next four days. Nestled along the rolling
foothills of the
Salish
Mountains
is Rebecca Farm - a 640 acre equestrian complex that has become a veritable
city - or at least a good-sized
Montana
town.
The
Event at Rebecca Farm is expecting approximately 20,000 visitors over the course
of the July 22-25 competition, has over 200 volunteers, 502 horses in stalls,
and a record-setting 513 entries, including a host of riders that will compete
in the HSBC FEI World Cup™ that begins tomorrow.
Standing
on top of the leader board of today's national Advanced division of 17 riders in
the first test of dressage, is longtime Rebecca Farm competitor and Olympian,
Amy Tryon of
Duvall
,
Washington
. Dressage is designed to test obedience and the harmony between horse and
rider.
Tryon
and her horses, Leland and Cold Creek, hold the first and third spots scoring
31.0 and 33.7 respectively. Buck Davidson, a first-time competitor here and the
#2 ranked rider in the
U.S.
for 2009, placed second with a score of 33.0 on Titanium. He splits his time
between
Reddick
,
Florida
and
Unionville
,
Pennsylvania
.
Tryon
helped the
U.S.
team claim the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in
Athens
and was a member of the 2008 Olympic Equestrian Eventing Team in
Beijing
. She is an avid teacher and hosts an annual Olympic Camp at Rebecca Farm with
Karen and David O'Connor, two other Olympic athletes at this year's competition.
"There's
a lot that I would like to do better and tidy up before the World Equestrian
Games in September, but overall I am very pleased with my horses," said
Tryon. "Today I am most proud of my students, many of whom are leading in
their divisions. They all rose to the test."
While
Tryon has been a longtime Rebecca Farm competitor, this marks the first visit
for Davidson, who arrived at the
Glacier
Park
International
Airport
on June 19 with 18 horses and 15 riders and grooms from the east coast.
"I
came to Rebecca Farm for two reasons," said Davidson. "I want to win
The Event and see a grizzly bear. So I've got one thing down - I saw a grizzly
bear in
Glacier
National Park
on Tuesday."
The
visit by riders from the east, including Hannah Sue Burnett, Kristen Schmoltz,
Phillip Dutton, Karen O'Connor, David Adamo, Sharon White, Mara Dean, Boyd
Martin, and Susanna Holder has been hailed as a significant step for The Event.
Now in its ninth year, this is one of only two World Cup equestrian events in
North America
.
"The
Event is always talked about and is hands-down the best one for organization and
footing," said Tryon. "For Philip, Karen and Buck to see that this is
run as well as the top events in the world - and it is run this way every year -
it's great for these riders to know that there is a course here that has an
atmosphere like this to expose the horses to."
"One
of the things that is really important about Rebecca Farm this year is that
since 1962 in
Pebble
Beach
, this is the very first time that the competitors from the East Coast have come
out to an event in the West," said Roger Haller, President of National
Grand Jury. "It's not just western
Canada
and the western
U.S.
- it's all of
North America
that is coming here now. We're hitting the cream of the crop for North American
riders."
Day
1 of the HSBC FEI World Cup™ at Rebecca Farm begins tomorrow, July 23 with
tests in dressage from 1 to 6 p.m. Novice-level riders will compete in
cross-country from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Training-level competitors will ride
cross-country from 1:30 to 6 p.m.
The
sport of Eventing is an equestrian triathlon. The horse and rider compete as a
partnership in all aspects of horsemanship to complete three tests of dressage,
cross-country, and show jumping as a team, with their cumulative performance
determining their final standing.
Schedule of Events
Friday,
July 23, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Dressage, all FEI Levels. National Horse Trial Levels Dressage continues.
Cross-Country phase begins at 8 am. National Horse Trials Novice and Training
Levels.
Saturday,
July 24, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Cross-Country phase all day. All FEI Levels. National Horse Trial Levels
continue.
Sunday,
July 25, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Show Jumping phase, all levels. Awards ceremony at end of each division.
The
major sponsor of the CIC3*W is HSBC which is headquartered in
London
and is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the
world. The Event operates under the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI)
rules and the rules of the United States Equestrian Federation.
For more information, visit www.rebeccafarm.org.
For live results, visit http://eventingscores.com.
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