2015 Official Program for the Del Mar International Horse Show

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WELCOME!

by WPEM Show Manager, Adrienne Karazissis

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est Palms Events,

best horses and riders have

headed by veteran

to give. We look forward to

show manager

showcasing elite equestrian

Dale Harvey, is excited to host

competition at all of our superb

two World Cup™ Qualifiers in

California locations, and are

the Longines FEI World Cup™

committed to continuously

Jumping North American

fine-tuning our events so that

League.

they reflect the on-going needs and desires of our clientele.

The Sacramento International Horse Show and Del Mar Inter-

The Del Mar International

national Horse Show raise the

Horse Show looks to take the

level of competition this year

competition to the next level

with this honor and are looking

this year, being awarded

forward to sharing the events

CSI-W4*, with an increase in

with our competitors, sponsors,

prize money and interest from

owners, and, of course, our

International riders to compete

spectators! We would like to

at one of California’s premier

sincerely thank our sponsors

shows!

for their continuous support of all West Palms Events’ shows, as we would not be able to

Not only does the Del Mar International Horse Show cater

achieve all our goals without your assistance!

to elite show-jumping, it also hosts prestigious medal finals, including the 2015 Onondarka Medal Finals! We are

West Palms Events’ mission is to deliver world-class

excited to see everyone at the Del Mar Fairgrounds for

equestrian competition while providing top facilities, care

a intense show-jumping competition at the Longines FEI

and management for both our human and equine athletes,

World Cup™ Jumping Del Mar!

as well as for coaches, trainers, grooms, families and spectators. We strive to deliver events that cater to top-level equestrians, while also serving the needs of the amateurs, juniors and children who love and compete in our sport.

Our goals are simple: to nurture and grow our competitor and spectator base, while continuing to provide venues and management practices that bring out the absolute

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FOREWORD

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by the FEI President, Ingmar De Vos

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n behalf of the

All the athletes you will

Fédération Equestre

have the pleasure of seeing

Internationale (FEI),

here are champions in their

it is my great pleasure to

own right and have spent

welcome you to Del Mar

many hours perfecting their

for the fifth qualifier from

craft and I wish them every

the brand new Longines FEI

success.

World Cup™ Jumping North I want to express my

American League.

gratitude to our loyal and dedicated top partner

The recently reformatted

Longines for extending their

North American League which includes seven East and seven West Coast venues in

global support of our sport to the North American League

three countries - the United States, Mexico and Canada - is

as the official Title Partner and Watch of the Longines FEI

a fantastic development for the sport in this region and for

World Cup™ for each of the 14 events part of this league.

our worldwide series. Del Mar is the fifth of the 14 carefully selected events on the Longines FEI World Cup™ North

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the

American League calendar and is a brilliant opportunity

Organising Committee and their partners for their vision

for some of the world’s best athletes to shine on a North

and efforts at enabling this event and acting as a motor for

American stage and showcase top-level equestrian sport to

international equestrian sport in the region. To the volunteer

fans across North America and the world.

body and sponsors, as well as the athletes, the enthusiastic public and the media representatives, this would not be

This league is one among sixteen taking part in the highly

possible without you, so thank you for your dedication and

successful and global FEI World Cup™ Jumping series

loyalty.

which has been in existence since 1978 and this season includes 113 qualifiers in 44 countries leading to the star studded Longines FEI World

Cup™

Jumping Final in

In whatever capacity you are attending this Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League qualifier I

Gothenburg, Sweden next March. Over the past three

wish you an enjoyable event, conducted in the best spirit of

decades, we have seen many of the greatest athletes hold

great horsemanship.

the FEI World Cup™ trophy proudly aloft, including North American legends such as Ian Millar (CAN) and Big Ben in 1988 and 1989 and more recently Rich Fellers and the amazing Flexible in 2012 followed by Beezie Madden and the sensible Simon in 2013.

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LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP TM JUMPING NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE The North American League has been completely refreshed and reformatted bringing in Longines as the title sponsor and now includes 14 stunning venues on the calendar: 7 East Coast & 7 West Coast events in USA, Mexico and Canada NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE NEW THIS SEASON EAST COAST AUGUST 2015 Bromont, QC (CAN) – International Bromont SEPTEMBER 2015 North Salem, NY (USA) – American Gold Cup OCTOBER 2015 Washington, DC (USA) – Washington International Horse Show Lexington, KY (USA) – CP National Horse Show NOVEMBER 2015 Toronto, ON (CAN) - The Royal Horse Show Royal Agricultural Winter Fair FEBRUARY 2016 Wellington, FL (USA) – Wellington Masters Ocala, FL (USA) – Live Oak International WEST COAST AUGUST 2015 Langley, BC (CAN) – Thunderbird SEPTEMBER 2015 Rancho Murieta, CA (USA) – Sacremento International Horse Show OCTOBER 2015 Del Mar, CA (USA) – Del Mar International Horse Show Calgary, AB (CAN) – Royal West

A Minimum of US $2.4 Million prize money up for grabs across the series and the chance to qualify for the jackpot of more than US $1.4 Million on offer annually at the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final

NOVEMBER 2015 Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Las Vegas National JANUARY 2016 Valle de Bravo (MEX) – Triple Copa Scappino FEBRUARY 2016 Thermal, CA (USA) – HITS Thermal

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Behind the Scenes of

Course Design

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s you watch a show jumping event, and either see the horse and rider blazing through the course or rider after rider having difficulty with a jump, do you ever wonder who created the course?

A course designer has responsibility to many. They must think about the horses and riders and their ability, the spectators and

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making sure it’s an exciting course for them to watch, the sponsors and their sponsored jumps, and of course the continuity of the sport. In addition, they must consider the size of the arena, the weather conditions and jumping surface and the time schedule for the arena that day (or night). The course designer is therefore the one person solely responsible for the quality,

standard, fairness and originality of every jumping competition.

They are expected to show a high degree of creativity while also maintaining the tradition’s of the sport.

We caught up with a few course designers (and one aspiring course designer) to get some behind-the-scenes insight on the art of course design.

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Can you choose a few courses that you’re most proud of in your career?

to build courses when the ground

I must admit that I am always happy

without being unfair to the horses or

with the courses – especially the Grand Prix courses - I know I’ve done

or weather conditions are very bad, Then trying to build a course that’s challenging in those conditions, riders, it’s very tough to do. This is a difficult job sometimes.

good work when you can see great pictures from the class and the rider’s just seem to flow through it. On my side, I know I’m on the right track when in a big jump class maybe 40% are 4 points or lower. Ultimately the most important thing I’m focusing on though is that there are no big problems for the horse and rider, but yet it’s still a challenge to them. For this year, I’ve been very happy with the results from the big CSI-4* Indoor Show in Braunschweig in March.

We’ve had 5 classes that count for

Heiko Wahlers International Course Designer Level 3

the World Ranking List (one was a speed and handiness) in a very small and special Indoor and in 4 classes we have for twelve places each

What is the most difficult thing about course design?

I would say that setting the level of difficulty for the different classes is the most difficult thing about course design. On one side you need good results where not everyone seems to pass through with ease and not have to think too much about the course, but then on the other hand you want to have a course that riders and spectators can be excited about ultimately all for the love of the sport.

time 12 Clears or time faults. ( he is talking about FEI ranking and that he had 12 clear for all ribbon winners.

Course designers gage their courses on number of clear per number of entries…

What do you love most about course design?

I love the chance to create the courses and have, up to this point, a big influence on the sport. I also love to

What are a few things that a course designer must consider that a rider might not know or have to consider?

work together with a lot of different people around the world. As a course designer, we’re able to see an incredible sport when the track record of exciting, challenging but fair, courses is solid and my hope is that this draws the attention and involve-

Speaking to what I know is difficult

ment of the sponsors and spectators

for me to work around, it is very hard

to this sport.

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Susan Artes and Zamiro at the Del Mar International Horse Show ph o t o : B r et S t . C lai r P h o t o g r aph y

Susan Artes A C om pet it ive Fo rce o n the W e st C oast Grand Prix C ircu i t

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usan Artes is a com-

Susie says it’s particularly special to

around it was looking promising that

petitive force on the West

compete at the Final not only because

she would qualify for the World Cup.

Coast Grand Prix circuit.

it would be the most important event

Hard work and smart management

With over twenty years of

in her competitive career but, “ It’s

paid off, Susie qualified as one of five

high performance riding

one of the only individual events

West Coast rider sent to Las Vegas to

and training experience, she is one

that you can compete in. Unlike the

compete.

of the West’s most well-established

Olympics or the other championships,

professionals. With her star horse

only one rider and one horse can

Then, right before she shipped out to

Zamiro, owned by Alix Fargo, Susie

qualify for and win.”

Vegas, the unthinkable happened. As

has topped the leaderboard of some

she was having Zamiro looked over

of the best Grand Prixs the West

Susie began the qualifying season

for the vet papers, the veterinarian

Coast has to offer. Over the last year,

showing strong, consistent results.

noticed a small bump on his leg. After

she has won or had high placings

Midway into the season she was

having her horse ultra sounded, Susie

in Grand Prixs from Showpark to

contacted by an editor at The

found that Zamiro had a small injury

Thermal to Sacramento and Del Mar.

Practical Horseman Magazine to

to his tendon. Susie says, “There

Her most impressive finish was when

write a blog about her experience

was a possibility of injecting it just

she placed 5th in the highly competi-

leading up to the World Cup Jumping

to get through the competition but

tive HITS Thermal $1 Million Grand

Final. Susie recalls, “It was a little

that’s not really the smartest thing to

Prix. Her successes in the World Cup

hard for me at first because I don’t

do since he’s only eleven years old.

qualifiers in Del Mar and Sacramento

write a lot, but I got a lot of good

His longevity was more important

gave her a shot at qualifying for one

feedback and I really enjoyed doing

to me than competing in this one

of the world’s most prestigious eques-

it.” She kept up her riding success

event.” With an inspiring show of

trian events, the Longines FEI World

throughout the season and by the

horsemanship, Susie bowed out of the

Cup Jumping Final in Las Vegas.

time the qualifiers in Thermal came

competition to let Zamiro rest.

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Susan Artes and Zamiro compete at the Sacrameto International Horse Show ph o t o : selena f r ede r ic k

As disappointing as that would have

When asked about her plans for

are really some of my favorites. They

been for any rider, Susie maintained

qualifying for next year’s Final,

offer some pretty great incentives for

a positive attitude. Susie continued

Susie says that it’s a little up in the

the young horses so I will probably be

her blog for The Practical Horseman,

air. Zamiro likely won’t recover in

attending as many of those as I can

but as a spectator at the World Cup

time for the first couple of qualifiers

with the young horses.”

Jumping Final. With a press credential

which start in August. Depending on

in hand, she was able to view the

the time it takes to get Zamiro back

event from behind the scenes and walked the course on the final day of competition.

If there is something all riders can

His longevity was more important to me than competing in this one event.

As she was walking

take away from Susie’s experience it is that no matter how important the event is, it’s always

the course on Sunday Susie said,

in shape, she will plan her show

more important to put your horse

“Of course when I looked at the start

schedule around when he will be

first. She says, “I think you have to

order I was a little sad that I wasn’t

fully ready to compete. Until then

keep things in perspective. Yeah, it

on it. But you know as I started to

she will try to bring up some of the

would have been the most important

walk the course I realized the level of

younger horses she has in her string

event I’d attended in my career, but

difficulty was really high and that it

and shows by West Palms Events can

ultimately my horse’s well being is

might not have been the best setting

help with that plan. Susie says, “I love

more important. I want him to last as

for my first World Cup Final.”

the West Palms Events shows, they

long as Flexible has!”

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the use of

Horses through history Written by Sophie St. Clair

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orses have been domesticated for around 5,000 years. Humans have found a variety of ways

to capitalize on the horse’s many assets to achieve their goals. For centuries we have been breeding horses to become more powerful and flexible so that they can be better equipped for the kind of job it will need to perform. The body of the horse is built for work. Its body is well balanced for hauling heavy loads because it’s heavier in the front. Horses also possess agility and a low center of gravity necessary to carry out the challenging, high speed maneuvers that are performed in battle. Humans have helped shape horses for many jobs throughout time but the combination of horse and human has shaped the world.

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War Horse s

W or k Horse s

Samurai, Huns, Mongols, Greeks, Romans, Europeans

land, cleared forests,

and Native Americans used horses in battle to dominate

and herded cattle.

their enemies. For more than 3,000 years, a warrior on

Transporting heavy

horseback or horse-drawn chariot tipped the balance of

material or completing

power in battle. There was great advantage to having

farm work by driving

horses in battle. When armies used horses as a part of their

simple machines was

military arsenal against those without, victory almost always

their dominant use.

went to the former. When both armies used horses, victory

The musculature found

came down to battle strategy and skill of the cavalry.

in horses is powerful and allows them to help lift water,

Millions of horses were still being used in battle as recently

stone, coal, and other materials. In the 1800s, horses and

as one hundred years ago. Horses helped to execute

machines often worked beside one another. A myriad

military tactics well into the 1900s until they became

of new inventions meant more new tasks for horses, not

ineffective compared to newer, more deadly weapons.

less. In fact, horses worked at more varied jobs during the

Mighty as they were horses were not invulnerable in battle.

industrial era than at any other time. Horses had many

One well-aimed shot with a bow and arrow or later a

jobs from putting out fires to carrying messages cross

gun began to illustrate this weakness. With the increased

country in the Pony Express to moving vehicles of mass

accuracy and deadliness of new weapons thus began the

transit. They pulled carts, carriages, buses and barges

retreat of the cavalry. Modern developments like trench

on streets and canals. The nineteenth century was the

warfare, barbed wire and machine guns effectively brought

age of industry for Europe and America. New mills and

such change. There was a decline of mounted soldiers after

factories were producing new goods at breakneck pace.

the Second World War as the use of tanks, machine guns,

Bringing these goods to the consumers was crucial for

and airplanes demonstrated how outmatched horses were

success. Horses kept the wheels of commerce turning in

in battle. The use of horses shifted away from their starring

our cities, countrysides, markets, warehouses and homes.

role as warriors on the military stage to a supporting

While railroads and steamships allowed for expansion

role behind the lines as gun and supply transportation,

and growth this new world of machinery could never have

messengers and ambulance horses.

prospered without the role the horse played in it.

Warfare was an early use of the horse. Many civilizations

Horses have plowed

Pl ay Horse s

Today horses and humans take pleasure from modern horse sports such as polo, eventing, dressage, driving, show jumping and vaulting. All of these sports attract thousands of spectators every year to witness the athleticism, grace and competitiveness of humans and horses working together. In September in Normandy, France the World Equestrian Games will showcase the best in each of these Bottom: Samurai War Paint Horses and war paint; www.imgarcade.com Top: Draft Horses; www.istockphoto.com

equestrian sports and a few lesser known ones too. An event that only convenes once every four years will bring the world of equestrian sport together for some of the most challenging competition to be found anywhere in the world.

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This FEI competition is ridden as Table A Mixed; a competition against the clock with one initial course and one jump-off. Riders are limited to two horses per rider.

Each competitor will jump one round over a course of 12 to 15 jumps at the “International� standard, set to 1.60 meters-approximately 5.25 feet. The first round and jumpoff, if any, are decided by adding together the penalties incurred over the course and any penalties for exceeding the time allowed to complete the course. Competitors with equal penalties for first place, will jump-off against the clock in a second round. The jump-off will be ridden over a shortened course and placings will be awarded in order of least penalties with the fastest times.

FAULT

PENALT Y

First Disobedience

4 Penalties

Obstacle knocked down while jumping

4 Penalties

One or more feet landing in the water or an imprint made by the foot or shoe on the lath defining its limits on the landing side

4 Penalties

First fall of Horse or Athlete or both in all Competitions

Elimination

Second Disobedience or other infringement

Elimination

Exceeding the time limit

Elimination

Exceeding the time allowed in the first and second rounds and jump-offs not against the clock

1 Penalty for every 4 seconds commenced

Exceeding the time allowed in a jump-off against the clock

1 Penalty for each commenced fraction of a second

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