Ginny Elliot to Coach Ireland's Eventing Team for Olympic Games
Ginny Elliot has been appointed high performance manager for the Irish eventing team. "I'm absolutely delighted and really looking forward to it," Ginny told H&H. "I very much enjoy working with up-and-coming riders, and like to do anything I can to help the sport in general." Ginny added: "I'm very pleased to be giving something back to the sport." Former British event rider Ginny Elliot (formerly Leng) won four Olympic medals, three European Championships, a World Championship, five Burghleys and three Badminton Horse Trials. Ginny has been training young and up-and-coming British riders in Britain, and has experience of coaching the Italian and Portugese eventing teams.
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Shetland Isles to Host Week Long Pony Celebration
A group of pony breeders in the Shetland Isles are organising a week-long celebration of Shetland ponies — to coincide with the 2009 Shetland Pony Studbook Society Breed Show. The breed show is scheduled for 22 August 2009, and will take place for the first time in its history on the Shetland Isles. This year the show will be held in August at Bishop Burton College in Yorkshire. Shetland pony breeder and co-organiser Helen Thomson told H&H: "We felt like a lot of people know about Shetland ponies, but a number of people are not aware of where Shetland actually is. "Ultimately we want to attract people here so that they can see the Shetland pony in their native heath."
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