Definite Entries confirmed for Olympia 2011
Thursday, 08 December 2011 05:37
Definite Entries for this year's Olympia, London International Horse Show (13-19 December) have been confirmed and visitors are in for a real treat.
The Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage is looking more exciting than ever with three combinations from the 2011 British Gold Medal winning team from the FEI European Championships (Rotterdam) competing. Carl Hester and Uthopia, Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro and Laura Bechtolosheimer and her magnificent horse Mistral Hojris are all hoping for the first ever British win in the dressage at Olympia ahead of the London 2012 Olympia Games. Come along and cheer on Team GBR!
Dressage at Olympia takes place over the first two days with the Dressage Qualifier on Tuesday 13th and the Freestyle to Music (Kür) on Wednesday 14th.
Show Jumping at Olympia is also looking strong with eight of the world's top 20 riders confirming their intention to compete.
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (SWE), currently number 2 in the Rolex Rankings, Pius Schweizer (SUI) (4), Kevin Staut (FRA) (6) and Dennis Lynch (IRL) (8) are all making the trip to London next week.
All the top British riders will also be in attendance with the top 11 competing. Nick Skelton, Ben Maher, Michael Whitaker, Guy Williams, Laura Renwick, John Whitaker, Will Funnell, Robert Whitaker, Robert Smith, Scott Brash and Peter Charles will all be there.
Showjumping starts on Thursday 15th December through to Monday 19th. Highlights include the Alltech Christmas Puissance on Friday night, The Rolex FEI World Cup™ Qualifier presented by H&M on Sunday afternoon, The Six Bar on Monday afternoon and The Olympia Grand Prix on Monday evening.
Olympia is delighted to confirm the launch of the new Olympia App. Available for Iphone users the App will keep you up to date with all the latest news, information, messages and results as well as giving you information on riders, sponsors and exhibitors.
The App costs £0.59p and is available to download now from the Iphone App Store. Visit the homepage of the Olympia website and click on the link. www.olympiahorseshow.com.
Don't forget the new Carriage Driving competition that takes place at Olympia on Thursday evening 15th December and Friday afternoon 16th December. This new fast, exciting and edge of your seat competition will see four of the World's top four-in-hand carriage drivers battling it out through obstacles and pairs of cones whilst at a gallop and against the clock. This really is not to be missed. For more information on the full programme visit www.olympiahorseshow.com.
