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Forty-Two Riders Qualify for Budweiser World Cup 2003, the Show Jumping World Cup Final

Las Vegas, NV—April 2, 2003—Forty-two riders from sixteen countries have qualified to compete at Budweiser World Cup 2003, the Show Jumping World Cup Final, April 16-20, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV.

This elite group of the world’s best riders has earned the right to compete in Las Vegas by qualifying from eight leagues over the past year. They will compete amid the glitz and glamour of the Las Vegas lights. The United States, with 14, and Germany, with 10, have the greatest number of athletes participating in the competition.

Following is the list of all qualified athletes:

Western Europe
BEL
Ludo Philippaerts

20 qualified

BRA
Rodrigo Pessoa
 
DEN
Thomas Velin
 
FRA
Edouard Couperie
 
GBR
Robert Smith
 
GER
Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum
 
GER
Lars Nieberg
 
GER
Markus Ehning
 
GER
Ludger Beerbaum
 
GER
Markus Merschformann
 
GER
Toni Hassmann
 
GER
Christian Ahlmann
 
GER
Otto Becker
 
GER
Sören von Rönen
 
GER
Franke Sloothaak
 
IRL
Trevor Coyle
 
NED
Gerco Schröder
 
NED
Jan Tops
 
NED
Eric van der Vleuten
 
SUI
Markus Fuchs

USA-East Coast

USA
Beezie Patton-Madden

8 qualified

Candice King
 
Laura Kraut
 
Lauren Hough
 
Leslie Howard
 
Margie Goldstein-Engle
 
McLain Ward
 
Norman Dello Joio
USA-West Coast
USA
John French

4 qualified

Nicole Shahinian-Simpson
 
Richard Spooner
 
Will Simpson

Canada

CAN
Karen Cudmore

2 qualified

Melissa Brown

Central Europe

CZE
Petr Dolezal

4 qualified

CZE
Ales Opatrny
 
POL
Grzegorz Kubiak
 
USA
Robert Chelberg

Australia

AUS
Anthony Thomas

1 to come

 
New Zealand
NZL
Molly Savill

1 qualified

 

Japan

JPN
Ryuma Hirota

1 qualified

 

Wild Card

USA
Peter Wylde

1 qualified

 

To order tickets or for more information on the excitement of Budweiser World Cup 2003, please visit www.worldcuplasvegas.com or call (702) 260-8605.



 

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