WELLINGTON, Fla., Oct. 26--Frank
Rothenberger, a premier provider of
jumps to the Olympic Games and the
world's top horse shows, will be the
official supplier of jumps for the
2008 Holiday Series and the 2009
Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at
the Palm Beach International
Equestrian Center.
Rothenberger will provide jumps for
the three primary PBIEC jumping
arenas -- the International,
DeNemethy and Mogavero arenas. The
rings also have Olympic quality
footing. Jumps for PBIEC's other
competition arenas will be supplied
by other providers.
WEF has always featured top quality
jumps and that tradition will be
maintained by using new designs and
features for PBIEC's main jumping
rings.
The first jumps will be in place for
the Holiday & Horses show Dec. 3-7
and complete sets for all three
arenas will be used for the 2009
Winter Equestrian Festival beginning
Jan. 7 and running for 12 weeks to
March 29.
The jumps will include a signature
PBIEC obstacle. Rothenberger
provided the globe design that was
first used at the 2006 WEG in Aachen
and has now become one of the most
recognizable jumps at the World
Equestrian Festival there.
In addition to being the official
jump provider, Rothenberger will be
the course designer for the Nations
Cup, the only one in the U.S., and
the $150,000 Grand Prix at WEF the
week of Feb. 25-Mar. 1.
The official course designers for
WEF are:
Week 1 Jan. 7-11: Anthony D'Ambrosio
(USA)
Week 2 Jan. 14-18: Steve Stephens
(USA)
Week 3 Jan. 21-25: Richard Jeffery (GBR)
Week 4 Jan. 28-Feb. 1: Pierre
Jolicoeur (USA)
Week 5 Feb. 4-8: Olaf Petersen (GER)
Week 6 Feb. 11-15: TBA
Week 7 Feb. 18-22: Christa Heibach
(GER)
Week 8 Feb. 25-Mar. 1: Frank
Rothenberger (GER)
Week 9 Mar. 4-8: Leopoldo Palacios (VEN)
Week 10 Mar. 11-15: Olaf Petersen,
Jr. (GER)
Week 11 Mar. 18-22: Guilherme Jorge
(BRA)
Week 12 Mar. 25-29: N/A
"We sought a fresh approach to jump
design in keeping with our goal of
providing the best available
facilities and services for our
exhibitors," said Mark Bellissimo,
Chief Executive of Equestrian Sport
Productions that manages the
Wellington shows.
.
"Frank Rothenberger provides the
quality, experience and expertise
that is proven throughout Europe and
other parts of the world. As part of
the relationship he will be creating
a series of Palm Beach 'signature'
jumps for the WEF. We look forward
to his designs."
"I consider it a great compliment
that Mark Bellissimo asked our
company, CARO, to supply the jumps
for the winter circuit in
Wellington," Rothenberger said. "The
PBIEC is one of the finest horse
show facilities in the world and we
look forward to contributing to its
success."
Rothenberger, through his company,
CARO Parcours Design, has supplied
jumps at every Olympics since Seoul
in 1988, and to scores of major
events throughout the Americas,
Europe, Asia, the Middle East and
Australia.
Among them were the Stockholm, Jerez
and Aachen WEGs, four European
Championships, the Asian and
Southeast Asian Games and dozens of
venues for the World Cup, Super
League, Nations Cup, Global
Champions Tour and other
international tournaments.
In addition to jumps, Rothenberger
has also designed and supplied
dressage rings for the 2006 WEG in
Aachen and the 2008 Olympic Games in
Hong Kong.
Photo: Frank Rothenberger standing
beside the signature "globe" jump
that he supplied to the World
Equestrian Festival in Aachen,
Germany. Photo: © 2008 Ken
Braddick-HorseSport USA
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