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30 Sept 2008
Express Eventing riders start preparation
Horsetalk
Contenders for the equestrian version of Twenty20 came head to head yesterday to start their preparations for one of the biggest equestrian challenges they have ever faced.
Riders excited by eventing's Twenty20 event
Timesonline
If cricket can do it, so can eventing. That is the philosophy of Stewart Buntine, who launched Express Eventing, a condensed form of the competition, which, with a simple format and the lure of £250,000 in prize-money, he hopes will showcase the three-pronged discipline as glamorously as Twenty20 has done for cricket. The inaugural event takes place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on November 30.
Equestrianism: Tina Cook to compete in Express Eventing Cup in Cardiff
Telegraph
Tina Cook, winner of individual and team bronze medals in the Hong Kong Olympics, is the latest rider to be added to the star-studded line-up for the inaugural, £250,000 Express Eventing Cup in Cardiff on Nov 30.
05 Sept 2008
Lucinda Fredericks signs up for Express Eventing
Horse and Hound
Lucinda Fredericks and Lucy Wiegersma sign up for Express Eventing
Horse magazine
04 Sept 2008
Olympic silver medallist Lucinda Fredericks signs up for Express Eventing
Daily Telegraph
Briton Lucy Wiegersma, Australian Olympic silver medallist Lucinda Fredericks, French rider Rodolphe Scherer, Italian Vittoria Pannizon, Kiwi Caroline Powell and American Philip Dutton have joined British Olympic medallists Mary King and William Fox-Pitt as competitors in the new format, which showcases the excitement of three-day eventing condensed into just half a day, inside an enclosed sporting arena.
28 Aug 2008
Riders compete for £250,000 in 'Twenty20' express eventing showpiece
Daily Telegraph
Super horse Call Again Cavalier will pull on his dancing shoes in November in a bid to add a bumper £100,000 jackpot to the Olympic bronze medal won in Hong Kong two weeks ago.
His rider, five times Olympian Mary King, has not yet decided what music he will dance to when he takes centre stage in the dressage section of the brand new Express Eventing International Cup at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff but knows full well that her beloved bay gelding will skip the light fandango when he realises he is playing to a capacity 45,000 crowd.
By Kate Laven
Equestrian wants to go 'Twenty 20'
BBC Online
Equestrian is aiming at taking a leaf out of cricket's book in an effort to increase interest in the Olympic sport.
Keen to emulate Twenty20's popularity, the Express Eventing International Cup will take place over half a day at the Millennium Stadium on 30 November.
Olympians line up for big prize
Sporting Life
British Olympic stars William Fox-Pitt and Mary King will chase eventing's biggest cash prize in a ground-breaking competition.
Fox-Pitt and King, part of Great Britain's bronze medal-winning eventing team in Hong Kong earlier this month, have signed up for the Express Eventing International Cup.
