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Miles Jumps up to Individual Silver; Germany Proves Invincible at 2008 Olympic Games in Eventing

Hong Kong, China – Gina Miles waved the flag for the US tonight at Sha Tin, winning an Individual Silver medal with McKinlaigh. The duo jumped two textbook clean rounds, adding nothing to their two-day score of 56.1.

“I always knew he was the best event horse in the world,” said Miles. “He had his day to shine at the Olympic Games.”

The 14-year-old Irish Sport Horse owned by Thom Schulz and Laura Coats stepped around the show jumping courses like an open hunter. Miles, from Creston, CA, represented the US at the 2002 World Equestrian Games and the 2007 Pan American Games.

“It was my dream just to be in the individual final, to be fourth or fifth.” said Miles. “This is the reward for a lifetime of hard work.”

Miles’ victory wasn’t without a little bit of drama. McKinlaigh was put in the holding box at the final horse inspection. McKinlaigh was re-presented and passed after discussion between the Ground Jury of Martin Plewa, Christian Landholt and Marilyn Payne and the Veterinary Panel.

Overnight leader Hinrich Romeike rode Marius to an impressive Gold medal performance for Germany. An amateur rider, Romeike makes his living as a dentist in Germany. Marius put in an unbelievable performance for his grateful jockey. The pair had one rail down in the first round but returned to the ring and jumped a beautiful clear round.

“This horse means everything to my career,” said Romeike of his nearly white 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding. “I would be nothing without this horse. I am a dental surgeon and dentist. I ride after work.”

Great Britain’s Tina Cook jumped up from seventh going into the second show jumping into the Bronze medal position with 10-year-old Miners Frolic. This pair jumped two beautiful clear rounds.

The irony was, when Romeike cantered into the show jumping ring for the first round¬- it didn’t even matter how he jumped because the Germans had already won the Team Gold medal on the strength of the performance of Frank Ostholt (on Mr. Medicott), Andreas Dibowski (Butts Leon) and Ingrid Klimke (Abraxxas). Romeike’s one fence down maintained the overall individual lead (Klimke, who had been in second, had one down too) and the German Team finished on 166.10, five points clear of the Australians (171.20). Great Britain was third on 185.7.

52 horses show jumped over Leopoldo Palacios course and it became clear quite early that clear rounds would be hard to find. The first round was for every horse remaining in the competition and to determine the team medals. The top 25 horses (a maximum of three from each nation) returned for the second round to determine individual medals. This format is only used in the Olympic Games.

Phillip Dutton had two uncharacteristic rails down in the first round on Bruce Duchossios’ Connaught. The 15-year-old Irish thoroughbred gelding is known to be incredibly careful but he was a victim of the very electric atmosphere.

“He wasn’t concentrating,” said Dutton after his first round. “I think the lights and the atmosphere distracted him. I thought he would be a little bit tired but he wasn’t, he was pretty sharp. He was looking at everything else and not focusing on the jumps. I’m a bit disappointed.”

Dutton also returned for the second round with Connaught and the horse jumped his typical clear round. Unfortunately Dutton was eliminated from the individual portion of the competition because he inadvertently broke FEI Rule 257.253 for using illegal equipment. Connaught was wearing a pair of hind boots that were too heavy under this new rule incepted in February. Neither the Chef d’Equipe Mark Phillips or Dutton knew about the rule. There was never any intention to operate outside the rules.

Becky Holder and Courageous Comet put in a solid effort. Holder has struggled with the show jumping in the past with ‘Comet’ and was pleased with the 13-year-old Thoroughbred’s effort. They had two down but Holder wasn’t disappointed in her horse.

Karen O’Connor will use these Games as a stepping stone for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games with Mandiba.

“I’m very proud of my horse,” said O’Connor. “I’m looking forward to Kentucky in two years.”

The Olympic Games continue in Sha Tin tomorrow with the first round of the Dressage competition at 7.15 pm. Courtney King-Dye will lead it off for the US with Mythilus at 9.28 pm.

Individual Eventing Finals

HK Equestrian(Shatin) MAR. 12 AOÛT 2008 START TIME 22:45
Ground Jury: LANDOLT Christian(SUI) PLEWA Martin(GER) ,President PAYNE Marilyn(USA)

1. GER 32 ROMEIKE Hinrich MARIUS 37.40 (7) 12.80 - 50.20 (1) 4 54.20 (1) - - 54.20
2. USA 19 MILES Gina MCKINLAIGH 39.30 (10) 16.80 - 56.10 (5) - 56.10 (4) - - 56.10
3. GBR 38 COOK Kristina MINERS FROLIC 40.20 (13) 17.20 - 57.40 (10) - 57.40 (6) - - 57.40
4. AUS 35 JONES Megan IRISH JESTER 35.40 (4) 15.60 - 51.00 (3) 4 55.00 (3) - 4 59.00
5. GER 48 KLIMKE Ingrid ABRAXXAS 33.50 (3) 17.20 - 50.70 (2) 4 54.70 (2) 1.00 4 59.70
6. FRA 25 DHENNIN Didier ISMENE DU TEMPLE 42.80 (16) 14.00 - 56.80 (7) 3 59.80 (11) - - 59.80
7. AUS 6 FREDERICKS Clayton BEN ALONG TIME 37.00 (6) 16.40 - 53.40 (4) 4 57.40 (6) - 4 61.40
8. GER 63 DIBOWSKI Andreas BUTTS LEON 39.60 (11) 17.60 - 57.20 (8) - 57.20 (5) - 8 65.20
9. BEL 45 DONCKERS Karin GAZELLE DE LA BRASSERIE 31.70 (2) 25.60 - 57.30 (9) 4 61.30 (12) - 4 65.30
10. AUS 51 JOHNSON Sonja RINGWOULD JAGUAR 45.20 (22) 13.60 - 58.80 (13) - 58.80 (9) - 8 66.80
11. GBR 69 KING Mary CALL AGAIN CAVALIER 38.10 (9) 18.00 - 56.10 (5) 8 64.10 (13) - 4 68.10
12. GBR 23 FOX-PITT William PARKMORE ED 50.20 (33) 10.00 - 60.20 (14) 4 64.20 (14) - 4 68.20
13. SWE 22 ALGOTSSON Linda STAND BY ME 41.50 (14) 22.80 - 64.30 (17) - 64.30 (15) - 4 68.30
14. NZL 61 POWELL Caroline LENAMORE 48.00 (25) 21.20 - 69.20 (25) 4 73.20 (19) - - 73.20
15. NED 58 LIPS Tim ONCARLOS 52.60 (40) 22.40 - 75.00 (27) - 75.00 (20) - - 75.00
16. ITA 4 PANIZZON Vittoria ROCK MODEL 50.60 (34) 18.40 - 69.00 (24) - 69.00 (16) - 8 77.00
17. NZL 1 TODD Mark GANDALF 49.40 (29) 27.20 - 76.60 (28) 1 77.60 (21) - - 77.60
18. SWE 8 NORLING Katrin PANDORA 52.00 (37) 16.00 - 68.00 (21) 5 73.00 (18) - 8 81.00
19. POL 11 SPISAK Pawel WERIUSZ 48.70 (26) 34.00 - 82.70 (32) - 82.70 (24) - - 82.70
20. FRA 56 VIGEANEL Eric CORONADO PRIOR 53.00 (43) 26.00 - 79.00 (29) - 79.00 (22) - 4 83.00
21. IRL 7 O’CONNOR Austin HOBBY DU MEE 52.80 (41) 34.40 - 87.20 (35) - 87.20 (26) - - 87.20
22. BRA 10 TOSI Marcelo SUPER ROCKY 64.80 (62) 24.80 - 89.60 (36) - 89.60 (27) - - 89.60
23. ITA 49 BORDONE Susanna AVA 37.80 (8) 28.80 - 66.60 (20) 20 86.60 (25) 6.00 8 100.60
24. NZL 46 MEYER Joe SNIP 43.90 (18) 21.20 - 65.10 (18) 25 90.10 (28) 4.00 8 102.10
25. GER 17 OSTHOLT Frank MR. MEDICOTT 44.60 (20) 13.20 - 57.80 (12) - 57.80 (8)
26. AUS 20 FREDERICKS Lucinda HEADLEY BRITANNIA 30.40 (1) 27.20 - 57.60 (11) 2 59.60 (10)
27. AUS 66 ROSE Shane ALL LUCK 53.30 (45) 9.20 - 62.50 (15) 8 70.50 (17)
28. GBR 9 DICK Daisy SPRING ALONG 51.70 (36) 17.20 - 68.90 (23) 11 79.90 (23)
29. ITA 64 ROTATORI Roberto IRHAM DE VIAGES 40.00 (12) 22.80 - 62.80 (16) 28 90.80 (29)
30. CAN 16 DONNELLY Sandra BUENOS AIRES 60.20 (57) 24.00 - 84.20 (33) 8 92.20 (30)
31. SWE 68 ALBERT Dag TUBBER REBEL 65.60 (64) 27.60 - 93.20 (39) - 93.20 (31)
32. IRL 21 CURRAN Geoffrey KILKISHEN 61.70 (58) 30.40 - 92.10 (38) 2 94.10 (32)
33. IRL 36 LYONS Louise WATERSHIP DOWN 57.40 (54) 28.40 - 85.80 (34) 9 94.80 (33)
34. GBR 54 HUNT Sharon TANKERS TOWN 43.50 (17) 27.60 20.00 91.10 (37) 4 95.10 (34)
35. CAN 2 CARTER Kyle MADISON PARK 63.50 (60) 18.40 - 81.90 (31) 14 95.90 (35)
36. SUI 59 REALINI Tiziana GAMOUR 48.90 (27) 32.80 - 81.70 (30) 16 97.70 (36)
37. GER 3 THOMSEN Peter THE GHOST OF HAMISH 53.30 (45) 25.60 20.00 98.90 (43) 4 102.90 (37)
38. IRL 67 GRIFFIN Niall LORGAINE 50.60 (34) 26.40 20.00 97.00 (40) 12 109.00 (38)
39. BRA 24 MOREIRA Jeferson ESCUDEIRO 55.90 (50) 50.80 - 106.70 (44) 4 110.70 (39)
40. ITA 18 BRECCIAROLI Stefano CAPPA HILL 50.00 (32) 42.00 20.00 112.00 (45) 4 116.00 (40)
41. ITA 33 MAGNI Fabio SOUTHERN KING V 49.60 (30) 50.00 20.00 119.60 (49) - 119.60 (41)
42. USA 34 HOLDER Rebecca COURAGEOUS COMET 35.70 (5) 22.00 60.00 117.70 (47) 8 125.70 (42)
43. IRL 52 RYAN Patricia FERNHILL CLOVER MIST 78.70 (67) 34.80 - 113.50 (46) 13 126.50 (43)
44. USA 50 O’CONNOR Karen MANDIBA 41.90 (15) 44.80 40.00 126.70 (53) 5 131.70 (44)
45. CAN 31 O’HANLON Selena COLOMBO 44.10 (19) 36.80 40.00 120.90 (50) 12 132.90 (45)
46. BEL 60 van SPRINGEL Joris BOLD ACTION 52.00 (37) 46.40 20.00 118.40 (48) 15 133.40 (46)
47. BRA 55 PARO Andre LAND HEIR 59.60 (56) 39.20 - 98.80 (42) 35 133.80 (47)
48. RUS 41 MARTYSHEV Valery KINZHAL 64.40 (61) 60.40 - 124.80 (51) 12 136.80 (48)
49. JPN 43 OIWA Yoshiaki GORGEOUS GEORGE 52.40 (39) 36.40 40.00 128.80 (54) 8 136.80 (48)
50. NZL 15 TOMPKINS Heelan SUGOI 55.60 (48) 35.20 40.00 130.80 (55) 8 138.80 (50)
51. CAN 62 WINTER Mike KING PIN 48.90 (27) 56.80 20.00 125.70 (52) 20 145.70 (51)
52. POL 42 SPOLOWICZ Artur WAG 57.00 (53) 54.40 20.00 131.40 (56) 23 154.40 (52)
53. BLR 26 POITA Viachaslau ENERGIYA 59.10 (55) 55.60 20.00 134.70 (57) 31 165.70 (53)
54. BLR 57 TSELIAPUSHKINA Alena PASSAT 77.40 (66) 59.60 - 137.00 (58) 30 167.00 (54)
55. CAN 47 TAYLOR Samantha LIVEWIRE 70.70 (65) 69.60 40.00 180.30 (59) 8 188.30 (55)
. JAM 28 ALBERT Samantha BEFORE I DO IT 56.30 (51) 41.60 - 97.90 (41) EL
. DEN 14 FLARUP Peter SILVER RAY 53.10 (44) 13.20 - 66.30 (19)
. SWE 37 CARLERBACK Viktoria BALLY’S GERONIMO 46.50 (23) 26.40 - 72.90 (26)
. SWE 53 GALLERDAL Magnus KEYMASTER 54.60 (47) 13.60 - 68.20 (22)
. USA 5 TRYON Amy POGGIO II 46.50 (23) EL
. RUS 12 ATROHOV Igor ELKASAR 65.20 (63) EL
. CZE 13 HATLA Jaroslav KARLA 52.80 (41) EL
. CHI 27 ITURRIAGA Sergio LAGO RUPANCO 63.00 (59) EL
. CHN 29 HUA TIAN Alex CHICO 49.60 (30) EL
. NZL 30 NICHOLSON Andrew LORD KILLINGHURST 44.60 (20) EL
. BRA 39 TRISTAO Saulo TOTSIE 79.60 (68) EL
. FRA 70 ADDE Jean Renaud HASTON D’ ELPEGERE 56.90 (52) EL
. AUT 44 AMBROS Harald QUICK 55.70 (49) WD
. FRA 40 TOUZAINT Nicolas GALAN DE SAUVAGERE ()
. USA 65 DUTTON Phillip CONNAUGHT ()

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Team Finals - Three Day Event

HK Equestrian(Shatin) MAR. 12 AUG 2025 START TIME 19:15
Ground Jury: LANDOLT Christian(SUI) PLEWA Martin(GER) ,President PAYNE Marilyn(USA)

1 . GER-Germany 110.50 (2) 158.10 (1) 166.10
3 THOMSEN Peter THE GHOST OF HAMISH 53.30 (46) 25.60 20.00 98.90 (44) - 4 # 102.90
17 OSTHOLT Frank MR. MEDICOTT 44.60 (21) 13.20 - 57.80 (12) - - # 57.80
63 DIBOWSKI Andreas BUTTS LEON 39.60 (11) 17.60 - 57.20 (8) - - 57.20
48 KLIMKE Ingrid ABRAXXAS 33.50 (3) 17.20 - 50.70 (2) - 4 54.70
32 ROMEIKE Hinrich MARIUS 37.40 (7) 12.80 - 50.20 (1) - 4 54.20

2 . AUS-Australia 102.80 (1) 162.00 (2) 171.20
66 ROSE Shane ALL LUCK 53.30 (46) 9.20 - 62.50 (16) - 8 # 70.50
51 JOHNSON Sonja RINGWOULD JAGUAR 45.20 (23) 13.60 - 58.80 (13) - - 58.80
20 FREDERICKS Lucinda HEADLEY BRITANNIA 30.40 (1) 27.20 - 57.60 (11) 2.00 - # 59.60
6 FREDERICKS Clayton BEN ALONG TIME 37.00 (6) 16.40 - 53.40 (4) - 4 57.40
35 JONES Megan IRISH JESTER 35.40 (4) 15.60 - 51.00 (3) - 4 55.00

3 . GBR-Great Britain 121.80 (4) 173.70 (3) 185.70
54 HUNT Sharon TANKERS TOWN 43.50 (18) 27.60 20.00 91.10 (38) - 4 # 95.10
9 DICK Daisy SPRING ALONG 51.70 (37) 17.20 - 68.90 (24) 3.00 8 # 79.90
23 FOX-PITT William PARKMORE ED 50.20 (34) 10.00 - 60.20 (14) - 4 64.20
38 COOK Kristina MINERS FROLIC 40.20 (13) 17.20 - 57.40 (10) - - 57.40
69 KING Mary CALL AGAIN CAVALIER 38.10 (9) 18.00 - 56.10 (5) - 8 64.10

4 . SWE-Sweden 140.00 (7) 200.50 (5) 230.50
37 CARLERBACK Viktoria BALLY’S GERONIMO 46.50 (24) 26.40 - 72.90 (27) # 1000.00
53 GALLERDAL Magnus KEYMASTER 54.60 (48) 13.60 - 68.20 (23) # 1000.00
68 ALBERT Dag TUBBER REBEL 65.60 (65) 27.60 - 93.20 (40) - - 93.20
8 NORLING Katrin PANDORA 52.00 (38) 16.00 - 68.00 (22) 1.00 4 73.00
22 ALGOTSSON Linda STAND BY ME 41.50 (15) 22.80 - 64.30 (18) - - 64.30

5 . NZL-New Zealand 136.50 (6) 210.90 (6) 240.90
30 NICHOLSON Andrew LORD KILLINGHURST 44.60 (21) EL 1000.00 # # 1000.00
15 TOMPKINS Heelan SUGOI 55.60 (49) 35.20 40.00 130.80 (56) - 8 # 138.80
1 TODD Mark GANDALF 49.40 (30) 27.20 - 76.60 (29) 1.00 - 77.60
61 POWELL Caroline LENAMORE 48.00 (26) 21.20 - 69.20 (26) - 4 73.20
46 MEYER Joe SNIP 43.90 (19) 21.20 - 65.10 (19) 5.00 20 90.10

6 . ITA-Italy 127.40 (5) 198.40 (4) 246.40
33 MAGNI Fabio SOUTHERN KING V 49.60 (31) 50.00 20.00 119.60 (50) - - # 119.60
18 BRECCIAROLI Stefano CAPPA HILL 50.00 (33) 42.00 20.00 112.00 (46) - 4 # 116.00
4 PANIZZON Vittoria ROCK MODEL 50.60 (35) 18.40 - 69.00 (25) - - 69.00
49 BORDONE Susanna AVA 37.80 (8) 28.80 - 66.60 (21) 4.00 16 86.60
64 ROTATORI Roberto IRHAM DE VIAGES 40.00 (12) 22.80 - 62.80 (17) 16.00 12 90.80

7 . USA-United States 115.60 (3) 234.00 (7) 250.00
5 TRYON Amy POGGIO II 46.50 (24) EL 1000.00 # # 1000.00
50 O’CONNOR Karen MANDIBA 41.90 (16) 44.80 40.00 126.70 (54) 1.00 4 # 131.70
34 HOLDER Rebecca COURAGEOUS COMET 35.70 (5) 22.00 60.00 117.70 (48) - 8 125.70
65 DUTTON Phillip CONNAUGHT 40.60 (14) 19.60 - 60.20 (14) - 8 68.20
19 MILES Gina MCKINLAIGH 39.30 (10) 16.80 - 56.10 (5) - - 56.10

8 . IRL-Ireland 160.80 (10) 265.10 (8) 276.10
52 RYAN Patricia FERNHILL CLOVER MIST 78.70 (68) 34.80 - 113.50 (47) 1.00 12 # 126.50
67 GRIFFIN Niall LORGAINE 50.60 (35) 26.40 20.00 97.00 (41) - 12 # 109.00
21 CURRAN Geoffrey KILKISHEN 61.70 (59) 30.40 - 92.10 (39) 2.00 - 94.10
7 O’CONNOR Austin HOBBY DU MEE 52.80 (42) 34.40 - 87.20 (36) - - 87.20
36 LYONS Louise WATERSHIP DOWN 57.40 (55) 28.40 - 85.80 (35) 1.00 8 94.80

9 . CAN-Canada 153.20 (9) 287.00 (9) 321.00
47 TAYLOR Samantha LIVEWIRE 70.70 (66) 69.60 40.00 180.30 (60) - 8 # 188.30
62 WINTER Mike KING PIN 48.90 (28) 56.80 20.00 125.70 (53) 8.00 12 # 145.70
31 O’HANLON Selena COLOMBO 44.10 (20) 36.80 40.00 120.90 (51) - 12 132.90
16 DONNELLY Sandra BUENOS AIRES 60.20 (58) 24.00 - 84.20 (34) - 8 92.20
2 CARTER Kyle MADISON PARK 63.50 (61) 18.40 - 81.90 (32) 2.00 12 95.90

10 . BRA-Brazil 180.30 (11) 295.10 (10) 334.10
39 TRISTAO Saulo TOTSIE 79.60 (69) EL 1000.00 # # 1000.00
24 MOREIRA Jeferson ESCUDEIRO 55.90 (51) 50.80 - 106.70 (45) - 4 110.70
55 PARO Andre LAND HEIR 59.60 (57) 39.20 - 98.80 (43) 7.00 28 133.80
10 TOSI Marcelo SUPER ROCKY 64.80 (63) 24.80 - 89.60 (37) - - 89.60

11 . FRA-France 152.70 (8) 1135.80 (11) 1138.80
40 TOUZAINT Nicolas GALAN DE SAUVAGERE () # 1000.00
70 ADDE Jean Renaud HASTON D’ ELPEGERE 56.90 (53) EL 1000.00 1000.00
56 VIGEANEL Eric CORONADO PRIOR 53.00 (44) 26.00 - 79.00 (30) - - 79.00
25 DHENNIN Didier ISMENE DU TEMPLE 42.80 (17) 14.00 - 56.80 (7) 3.00 - 59.80

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