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The British Jumping Derby meeting – known for sponsorship reasons as the Al Shira'aa Hickstead Derby Meeting – is an annual showjumping event held since 1961 at the Hickstead in June every year. It is considered one of the premier events in the equestrian calendar.
The Show Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum is an American organization located at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. It moved to the Kentucky Horse Park in 2010 and was previously located in facilities at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida .
A show jumping course Show jump course Diagram of a show jumping course. Jumper classes are held over a course of show jumping obstacles, including verticals, spreads, and double and triple combinations, usually with many turns and changes of direction. The intent is to jump cleanly over a set course within an allotted time.
The Show Jumping competition at the 2006 WEG in Aachen. The World Show Jumping Championships, or the show jumping competition at the FEI World Equestrian Games, was started in 1953, with individual competition. In 1978 Team competitions began, and men and women began competing against one another.
The format of today's Olympic Show Jumping competition is over 4 rounds. Round 1 : is the first qualifier for individual competition. Additionally, the top 3 scores (fewest points) for each team are tallied to determine the start order for the team competition.
119 lb (54 kg; 8 st 7 lb) Reed Catherine Kessler (born July 9, 1994) is a former American show jumping competitor previously based in Europe. [ 2 ] At 18 years old, Kessler qualified for the 2012 London Olympics , [ 3 ] becoming at the time, the youngest rider to compete in show jumping at the Olympic Games. [ 4 ]
Kathryn Hallowell "Kathy" Kusner (born March 21, 1940) is an American equestrian and Olympic medalist in show jumping.She was one of the first women to ride for the United States Equestrian Team (USET), the first licensed female jockey, and the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in equestrian competition.
John Whitaker MBE (born 5 August 1955, Huddersfield) [1] is a British equestrian and Olympian who competes in show jumping.He has won numerous international medals including an olympic silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles.