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No horses no four-in-hand driver

No horses no four-in-hand driver

Three world championship titles in a row, back-to back-winner of the World Cup, World’s No.5: Australian Boyd Exell continued his impressive career, dedicated to the sport of Driving at the World Equestrian Games in France. Based in Great Britain since…

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Exell defends title, Dutch again best team

Exell defends title, Dutch again best team

Australian Boyd Exell won the four-in-hand Driving world championship and defended his individual title from Lexington. Scoring 125,83 in Normandy he is now world champion for the third time in a row. American hopeful Chester Weber stayed again on silver and…

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An afternoon of Polo at Deauville

An afternoon of Polo at Deauville

For the last two weeks, the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 in Normandy have showcased not only the eight official disciplines of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (Jumping, Endurance, Eventing, Dressage, Driving, Para-Dressage, Reining…

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Dubbeldam fields ‘new kid on the block’

Dubbeldam fields 'new kid on the block'

Jeroen Dubbeldam has won numerous accolades in Jumping, including the Sydney Olympics in 2000 with De Sjiem. But Zenith, his mount in Caen, is quite new to this level of jumping — which Dubbeldam sees as an advantage…

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The horrors of the hairnet

The horrors of the hairnet

What shall I wear? A difficult question at all walks of life but especially when you are a female four-in-hand carriage driver. At the World Equestrian Games in Normandy four ladies have crashed  the barrier into what has been a closely guarded male domain…

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The finalist who fought back from injury

The finalist who fought back from injury

America’s Beezie Madden has contested a World Games final before — at Aachen in 2006 where she finished second. So is she looking forward to a second stab at this unique format?

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Exiting marathon day at race course

Exiting marathon day at race course

It was a spectacular day at La Prairie Racecourse for the marathon phase of Driving at the World Equestrian Games.  German Christoph Sandmann turned quickest for a score of 89.30 points after his team mate Georg von Stein (90.28) had explored the route…

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