FTI Winter Equestrian Festival 2011 Program

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SHOW JUMPERS TO WATCH Nick Skelton Warwickshire, England • • •

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2011 FTI Winter Equestrian Festival

Represented England in six Olympic Games Has won ten European Championship Medals Six World Equestrian Games Medals: ’82 Team Bronze ’86 Team Silver ’86 Individual Bronze ‘90 Team Bronze ‘98 Team Bronze Won 1995 FEI World Cup Show Jumping Finals with Dollar Girl

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British Equestrian High Jump record for 7’7’’ on Lastic in 1978 Has amassed over 60 major grand prix titles and 2,000 classes Four-time winner of the prestigious Du Maurier/CN International $1,000,000 in Spruce Meadows, Canada (‘85, ‘93, ‘98, and ’08) Three time winner of the Hickstead Derby in England

FTI Winter Equestrian Festival 2011 Program

Published on Apr 22, 2011

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The FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), produced and managed by Equestrian Sport Productions, LLC., is the largest and longest-running event in horse sports! Held annually at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, the WEF is 12 weeks of intense competition with thousands of competitors and spectators in attendance. Each week more than 10,000 exhibitors (horse owners, trainers, riders, support personnel) and up to 3,000 horses compete within 15 show rings throughout the PBIEC 100-acre equestrian show complex.The WEF is a proving ground for the United States Equestrian Team and serves as host of selection trials and qualifiers for such important international events as the FEI World Cup Finals and the Olympic Games. The WEF is also the home of the only FEI Nations Cup competition in the United States, the most intense competition on the equestrian calendar.

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