Para-Equestrians Share Training Grant for 2012

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Fifteen Para-Equestrians from five different countries have secured a share of a 25,500 euro London 2012 training grant from Eurovestech plc, the pan-European development capital fund. Three riders from Hong Kong, Israel, New Zealand, Poland and Russia will use the grants to fund their training, with London 2012 Paralympic qualification as their major goal. The grants were launched in July this year to support Para-Equestrians from nations where funding is limited, and who have not won medals at the Paralympics, World Championships or World Equestrian Games since 2004. New Zealand's Frances Dick, who is aiming to compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, is delighted to be awarded a training grant. "My dream of bringing home a medal from the London 2012 Paralympics has just got a whole lot closer and the grant comes at a time when funding is critical in the countdown to 2012."

Anky cancels Florida trip Top Dutch dressage rider, Anky van Grunsven will not be travelling to Florida to compete in the World Dressage Masters in Palm Beach and on the Florida show circuit with Salinero and Upido. Van Grunsven cancelled her Florida trip because of her partner Sjef Janssen's health issues. Sixty one-year-old Janssen recently had a benign brain tumour operated on and still has to undergo frequent check-ups at the hospital, making overseas travelling difficult. Van Grunsven had originally planned to show Salinero in the World Dressage Masters, while Upido would make his show debut with Anky on the Florida circuit. Boyd's unbeatable in Geneva Boyd Exell (AUS) won the fifth leg of the FEI World Cup Driving 2011/2012 in Geneva, Switzerland, last weekend.

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Para-Equestrians Share Training Grant for 2012

The remarkable Exell has competed four times in Geneva and wo...

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