Disciplines

Dressage means "training" in French. The rider must work in harmony with the horse to achieve a partnership that is calm, supple, loose, flexible, attentive and keen. Dressage tests are performed in 60x20m all-weather arenas with a predetermined set of movements - except the final round, where riders decide their own test and perform to music. Five individual judges mark each movement out of 10. This is then converted into a percentage score.

TeamGBR Dressage: Laura Bechtolsheimer, Fiona Bigwood, Maria Eilberg, Carl Hester

 

Eventing was developed as a military exercise to reflect the training needed for horses in the army. It is an all round test of horse and rider with three distinct phases: Dressage, Cross-Country and Jumping.

TeamGBR Eventing: Tina Cook, William Fox-Pitt, Piggy French, Pippa Funnell, Mary King, Nicola Wilson

 

Jumping is all about speed, agility and accuracy. There are 14 obstacles in a specific order for each round. In the first round, the time taken to complete the course is used to calculate the score, after then a specific time limit is used. "Faults" are incurred for exceeding the time limit, knocking down fences, falling or refusing to jump.

TeamGBR Jumping: Scott Brash, Tina Fletcher, David McPherson, Michael Whitaker

 

Para-Equestrian Dressage is virtually the same as Dressage. To provide a fair competition, each rider is classified as a particular Grade (1a, 1b, II, III or IV) depending on their disability, with IV being the least disabled.Competitors find different ways to communicate with their horses and sometimes various additional aids are allowed.

TeamGBR Para-Equestrian Dressage: Ricky Balshaw, Sophie Christiansen, Anne Dunham, Lee Pearson, Jo Pitt, Emma Sheardown, Sophie Wells

 

Combined Driving is competed for by four-in-hand drivers (each driver driving a team of 4 horses through tree competitions). There are 3 phases: Driven Dressage, Marathon and Obstacle Cones Driving.

 

Endurance Riding tests the competitor's ability to safely manage the stamina and fitness of the horse against the track, distance, climate, terrain and the clock. The competition is over 160km with 5 stops for vets to check the horses' fitness to continue. The competitor who finishes in the shortest time wins.

TeamGBR Endurance: Christine Yeoman, David Yeoman, Beccy Broughton-Booker, Sarah Rogerson, Ros Clapp, Janice Cockley-Adams

 

Reining is a sport designed to show the athletic ability of a western type horse in a show arena. Competitors are required to run one of several approved patterns, which include movements such as small slow circles, large fast circles, flying lead changes, roll backs, 360 degree spins, back ups and sliding stops!

TeamGBR Reining: Lee Rutter, Francesca Sternberg, Doug Allen, Tammy Greaves, Jessica Sternberg

 

Vaulting is gymnastics performed on the back of a moving horse. The horse is worked in canter on a circle under the control of a lunger. It incorporates beauty, power, strength, elegance and precision, not to mention balance. Up to three vaulters can perform together on the horse in the freestyle team competition.

TeamGBR Vaulting Team: Lydia Barham, Megan Bignell, Paige Brown, Steph Hunter, Sarah Reid, Emma Runge, Sara Shortland

TeamGBR Vaulting Individual: Hannah Eccles, Joanne Eccles, Ross Foreman, Lucy Philips

TeamGBR Vaulting Lungers: John Eccles, Rebecca Morgan, Julie Newell

 

"I would like to take this opportunity to say good luck to all of TeamGBR at WEG 2010 and well done to all of the support crew who have worked so hard to get them there. I'll be avidly watching the notice boards for the results. Katherine" 

 

Results

Discipline	Medal		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Team GBR
Endurance	Team		UAE	France	Germany	6th
	Individual		Maria Alveraz Ponton (Spain)	Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (UAE)	Sheikh Hamdan Mohammed Al Maktoum (UAE)	31st Christine Yeoman
Reining	Team		USA	Belgium	Italy	9th
	Individual		Tom McCutcheon (USA)	Craig Schmersal (USA)	Duane Latimer (Canada)	10th Doug Allen
Dressage	Team		Netherlands	Great Britain	Germany	SILVER
	Grand Prix Special Individual		Edward Gal (Netherlands)	Laura Bechtolsheimer (Great Britain)	Steffen Peters (USA)	SILVER Laura Bechtolsheimer
Eventing	Team		Great Britain	Canada	New Zealand	GOLD
	Individual		Michael Jung (Germany)	William Fox-Pitt (Great Britian)	Andrew Nicholson (New Zealand)	SILVER William Fox-Pitt
Jumping	Team		Germany	France	Belgium	9th
	Individual		Rodrigo Pessoa (Brazil)	Carsten-Otto Nagel (Germany)	Phillippe Le Jeune (Belgium)	23rd Scott Brash
Para-Equestian Dressage	Team Championships	Ia
		Ib
		II
		III
		IV
Para-Equestian Dressage	Individual Championships	Ia	Sophie Christiansen (Great Britain)	Anne Dunham (Great Britain)	Emma Sheardown (Great Britain)	GOLD Sophie Christiansen
		Ib	Lee Pearson (Great Britain)	Ricky Balshaw (Great Britain)	Stinna Tange Kaastrup (Denmark)	GOLD Lee Pearson
		II	Petra Van de Sande (Netherlands)	Britta Napel (Germany)	Caroline Cecilie Nielsen (Denmark)	7th Jo Pitt
		III	Hannelore Brenner (Germany)	Annika Lykke Dalskov (Denmark)	Sharon Jarvis (Austria)
		IV	Sophie Wells (Great Britain)	Frank Hosmar (Netherlands)	Henrik Weber Sibbesen (Denmark)	GOLD Sophie Wells
Para-Equestrian Dressage	Individual Freestyle	Ia	Emma Sheardown (Great Britain)	Sophie Christiansen (Great Britain)	Anne Dunham (Great Britain)	GOLD Emma Sheardown
		Ib	Lee Pearson (Great Britain)	Stinna Tange Kaastrup (Denmark)	Katja Karjalainen (Finland)	GOLD Lee Pearson
		II	Angelika Dr Trabert (Germany)	Gert Bolmer (Netherlands)	Jo Pitt (Great Britain)	BRONZE Jo Pitt
		III	Hannelore Brenner (Germany)	Annika Lykke Dalskov (Denmark)	Sharon Jarvis (Austria)
		IV	Sophie Wells (Great Britain)	Michele George (Belgium)	Frank Hosmar (Netherlands)	GOLD Sophie Wells
Vaulting	Team Freestyle		USA	Germany	Austria	8th
	Individual Freestyle Male		Kai Vorberg (Germany)	Nicolas Andreani (France)	Patrick Looser (Switzerland)	9th Ross Foreman
	Individual Freestyle Female		Joanne Eccles (Great Britain)	Antje Hill (Germany)	Mary McCormick (USA)	GOLD Joanne Eccles