Nominations

This e-news is rather short and a couple of days late. I eventually got an internet connection on Friday at the Lingen CDI 5-Star in Germany, the final Olympic nomination event for Australian Dressage riders, but the network failed half-way through the morning. The Internet situation is a bit better in the hotel at Pforzheim (also in Germany), but I don't think I'll be able to catch up with all the mail in a hurry after the enormous e-mail backlog developed over a few days. Pforzheim is the place where the Jumping riders had their first nomination event. Both the Lingen and Pforzheim shows ran as well as expected although some riders will not be too happy with their results. The Jumping High Performance Panel organised in informal reception at the Team hotel on Saturday night. The whole Australian delegation including riders, owners, grooms and selectors attended. Special guests included Hans Guenter Winkler, the most successful Jumping rider of all times, a German Princess and a Count and a couple of top-level German Jumping riders. Mr. Winkler is closely connected with the Pforzheim CSI and through Jumping Coach Gilbert Böckmann made it possible for us to have eight riders compete at this event. Thank you very much! As mentioned earlier, I will keep the "copy" of this e-mail very brief on this occasion but would like to mention a couple of items. You can find the rest on our web right now (and more over the next few days). Measuring We have published new Measuring rules on our web. The rules become effective 01 July 2008. Olympic Selection/Nomination It appears that some media are running stories stating that the Australian Dressage Team has been selected. This is not correct. No selection has been made as yet. The nomination and selection procedure is outlined below: 30 May: Dressage Selection Meeting (Lingen). 10 June: Eventing Selection Meeting (Melbourne).  To be followed by teleconference following Luhmühlen CCI 4-Star 15 June: Jumping Selection Meeting (Aach, Germany) 17 – 19 June: AUS-based Eventing horses compulsory final vet checks (Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide) 24 & 25 June: Compulsory vet checks for Jumping & Dressage Teams plus reserves at Gilbert Böckmann’s (Lastrop, Germany). 27 June: Compulsory final vet checks UK-based horses at Graham Potts Clinic 30 June: Olympic Shadow Team notified of selection or non selection by phone by the respective Chairs of Selectors and High Performance Manager. 02 July: Deadline for notification of intent to appeal against non-selection 03 July: EFA nominates team to AOC 04 July: Olympic Team announced by AOC. Following the two nomination events at Wiesbaden and Lingen, Hayley Beresford and Relampago de Retiro have now been added to the National Elite Dressage Squad and, therefore, to the “Olympic Shadow Team”.  Congratulations to Hayley, her trainer Isabel Werth and owner Eduardo Fischer! Supporters and Sponsors I would like to thank our funding agencies, sponsors and supporters for their continued assistance. In particular, we would like to mention the Australian Sports Commission, our Principal Sponsor, the Australian Olympic Committee, Horseland Kentucky Equine Research and Ridley Agriproducts, Horse Deals magazine, and Aon Risk Management Services. For more news and other information, please visit www.equestrian.org.au or your State Branch web (www.[state].equestrian.org.au). Make it a good day! Franz Venhaus Chief Executive Officer

Olympic Jumping Nomination Event - Pforzheim (GER) The first part of the 'Big Tour' is over with some impressive results.

Interesting results at Lingen (GER) Results in the Olympic Dressage Nomination event will give the Selectors more to think about.

Sam Griffiths and Happy Times win Saumur CCI 3* (FRA) 7 Australian riders competed at Saumur this weekend 15-18 May.

Boyd Exell wins at Royal Windsor Boyd Exell placed first in the Land Rover International Driving Grand Prix at Royal Windsor Horse Show on Sunday, 11 May.

Sydney CDI 3* Heath Ryan and Regardez Moi continue their winning streak in the Grand Prix Freestyle.

Nicolas Touzaint (FRA) and Hildago de l'Ile win the 2008 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials Current European Champion (with Galan de Sauvagere) Nicolas Touzaint of France had added Badminton to his string of successes.

Live on the web - Big Aussie contingent in Wiesbaden Eight Dressage riders and one Jumping rider are participating in the Wiesbaden Whitsuntide Show this weekend, Monday included. You can watch them live at http://clip-my-horse.de/live_pfingstturnier/.

Expressions of Interest for the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival The EFA is calling for applications for a Dressage Coach, Dressage Chef d'Equipe and a Jumping Chef d'Equipe for the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.

A tribute to a great horse - farewell Nullabor At Saumur (FRA) CCI 3* last weekend a freak accident resulted in the loss of a very special horse.

Anne Honner Dressage Foundation announces annual sponsorship The AHDF is a new foundation set up in the memory of Anne Honner to sponsor up and coming Australian Dressage riders.

Calling for nominations for election to the National Board The second term for two Directors will expire at the 2008 AGM in November. This will create two vacancies to be filled by elections by the Branches.

Dressage & Show Horse Judge Accreditations Due All Dressage and Show Horse Judges have been posted an accreditation pack this week, to renew their Judge accreditations which will expire on 1 April.

Jumping Nomination Process 2008 Beijing Olympic Games – Summary To assist people to understand the selection procedure for the Olympic Jumping Team we have attached a summary of the nomination process.

British announce their Olympic Eventing Team The British Olympic Association (BOA) has selected the Eventing riders to be part of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Edwina Alexander and Itot du Chateau do well in Wiesbaden - watch them on youtube They placed 3rd in the UPS Trophy competition on Sunday and 3rd again in the Wiesbaden Grand Prix on Monday, collecting 22,000 Euros in that class.

Riders Survey Riders have this opportunity to tell the EFA what they think of Dressage events in Australia.

A 'feel good' story about a pony called Molly Meet Molly. She's a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners when Katrina hit southern Louisiana, USA .

Team selected for the CSIJ event in Daegu, Korea The National Jumping Selectors have named the junior riders to represent Australia at the CSIJ on 18-23 June 2008 in Daegu, Korea.

CDIY Eligibility Criteria Published The criteria for Australian Riders to enter CDIYs in Australia and Overseas have been published

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