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F1 – Young Rider World Champion 2017

F1 – Young Rider World Champion 2017

The World Champion 2017 - Young Riders in F1 is Máni Hilmarsson [IS] with Prestur frá Borgarnesi [IS2009136036], the silver medal went to Sasha Sommer [DK] with Kommi fra Enighed [DK2006104664] and the bronze medal to Elsa Teverud [SE] with Bíða frá Ríp...

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WM Friday – World Championships 2017

WM Friday – World Championships 2017

Over the last few year colour has been added to our saddles and bridles. Now you can buy tack in all shades decorated with sparkles and Celtic knots in shops, offering their wares from Iceland, Germany, Denmark and other countries. Even more colour is found in the...

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WM Thursday – World Championships 2017

WM Thursday – World Championships 2017

Time to think about the volunteers, and there are well over 500 of them. You will meet the first ones on entrance to the grounds, waving you in and on to the parking lot. If you are camping, you will be given a bin bag before you find your slot. More volunteers at the...

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WM Monday – World Championships 2017

WM Monday – World Championships 2017

For the competitors, particularly in breeding, the WM stated punctually at on Mon morning. The volunteers have been here in Oirschot for a week..., but for many of the spectators Monday or Tuesday is the day for arrival. Those who came arrived Monday were greeted with...

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WM Tuesday – World Championships 2017

WM Tuesday – World Championships 2017

We will come back to the shopping opportunities later, but let us take you into the mirror tent. Reminiscent of the swinging twenties, you enter a round world of shadow and light, and mirrors which endlessly multiply every glance, every bright spark, and every flicker...

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Relay riders in Oirschot

Relay riders in Oirschot

The relay riders have arrived in Oirschot after a long ride from Herning in Denmark, where the World Championships were held in 2015. Riders started their ride of 840km there and rode through Germany to the Netherlands. Sunday morning the riders were welcomed from...

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Team Great Britain

Team Great Britain

The following riders and horses will represent Great Britain at the World Championships 2017: Aidan Carson (Young Rider) with Óðinn from Inchree [GB2007102026] Ann Savage with Lipurtá frá Hóli II [IS2007265896] Charlotte Cook with Sæla frá Þóreyjarnúpi [IS2006255474]...

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Team Germany

Team Germany

Germany will be represented at the World Championships 2017 by the following riders and horses: Defending World Champions: Helmut Bramesfeld with Blöndal vom Störtal [DE2001122960] Johanna Tryggvason with Fönix frá Syðra-Holti [IS2006165087] Lucie Maxheimer (Young...

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Team Netherlands

Team Netherlands

And finally, the host country of the World Championships 2017 will be represented by: Sport: Annefloor Bouman with Kná frá Kálfsstöðum [IS2003258591] Artemisia Bertus with Korgur frá Ingólfshvoli [IS2006187026] Ásdis Brynja Jónsdóttir (Young Rider) with Sleipnir frá...

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Team Finland

Team Finland

Finland will be represented by the following sport and breeding combinations: Sport: Annika Kyrklund with Jara frá Horni I [IS2007277272] Arnella Nyman with Thór från Järsta [SE2003104825] Desireé Alameri (Young Rider) with Þeyr fra Guldbæk [DK2005107156] Ingrid...

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Team Iceland

Team Iceland

The Icelandic team will be represented at the World Championships by the following rider/horse combinations: Defending World Champions: Guðmundur Friðrik Björgvinsson with Straumur frá Feti [IS2008186917] Kristín Lárusdóttir with Óðinn von Hagenbuch [DE2007173636]...

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Team Belgium

Team Belgium

The following combinations will represent Belgium at the World Championships 2017: Sport: Cecile Jacobs (Young Rider) with Dugur frá Hjálmholti [IS2001187411] Eric Fokker (Young Rider) with Prins-Rolex vom Vorsenzhof [DE2008173270] Frans Goetschalckx with Smellur frá...

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Day 6 – FEIF YouthCamp 2017

Day 6 – FEIF YouthCamp 2017

Day 6 and the last full day of the FEIF Youth Camp in Belgium, and what better way to spend it but at a theme park? All the fun rides, and the scary rides, the high rides, and the wet rides in one place. Screams and laughter, sunshine, ice cream... - you get the...

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