Dan aims to build on Show success.Byline: EQUESTRIANISM LOFTUS show jumper Dan Neilson is looking forward to a busy winter after performing well in several major events. The 19-year-old is certainly in confident mood following a good performance at the world famous Horse of the Year Show The Horse of the Year Show - also known as HOYS (pronounced /hois/)- was founded to be a culmination of the British equestrian events year. Because of this, the show needed to be held indoors, making it a unique event. . Dan (pictured), winner of team gold for Britain at both pony and junior European Championship There are various championships held in a variety of sports on a European Level:
NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. . His best result came in the seven and eight-year-old Young Horse Championship, where he was riding the grey mare Iolanthe for owners Lee and Lynsey Cook. The pair joined six other horses in a strong jump-off against the clock, where they again went clear to finish a close second. Dan said: "At the Horse of the Year this time, all the jump-offs were fast and over strong tracks, and this was no exception. "You spend so long qualifying for the show you have to give it your all when you get there. "Nicky Boulter had set a very quick target in this final and I tried to catch her but couldn't quite do it. "Iolanthe jumped so well, though, and she loves the big show atmosphere." The pair then finished seventh in the Foxhunter Championship, one of the world's top young horse show jumping show jumping Competitive riding of horses through an obstacle course. Horses run the course one at a time, and the winner is judged according to jumping ability and speed. Individual and team jumping events have been part of the Olympic Games since 1912. titles. "Iolanthe was again jumping very well and we were up on the clock over the first part of the jump-off course," Dan said. "Then we had a bit of a miscommunication mis·com·mu·ni·ca·tion n. 1. Lack of clear or adequate communication. 2. An unclear or inadequate communication. on one of the turns, a right hand turn to a big vertical, and picked up faults." Dan then filled fourth spot in the Young Riders Championships of Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. on another grey mare, Christian Saunders' High Tone Z, his team gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize partner at the 2008 Junior Europeans in Prague. He said: "I was drawn towards the end of the jump-off and my time would have been good enough for second, but High Tone just lightly rubbed the second to last fence and had four faults. The mare had just come back from a break, so was possibly short of a couple of training shows." He rounded off a great week with fourth in the Senior Newcomers final on the seven-year-old chestnut Chauvinist chau·vin·ism n. 1. Militant devotion to and glorification of one's country; fanatical patriotism. 2. Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind: "the chauvinism . . . , who also had one down against the clock. "I won the Newcomers' final last year and was hoping to retain the title - possibly I was trying too hard to win," Dan admitted. "We just had one fence down on a turn back. "It was a good show, packed most nights, and the spectators seem to forget the recession and go anyway." Dan will now go to a British international show at Towerlands arena in Essex, before travelling on to Holland, where he has received an invitation to compete at a show with three of his horses. |
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