Olympia,The London International Horse Show is always one of my favorite events to cover in the UK and this year will be no exception with the worlds No 1's in Dressage,Showjumping and Driving attending this years show and I am sure we will see nothing but an excellent performance from all round and I will be reporting on what went on in my next blog.
Last year Olympia gave us some great moments for all who witnessed to enjoy for a life time with Great Britain's golden girl Charlotte Dujardin and her horse Valegro taking No.1 position in the Dressage leaving us all short of breathe with a truly outstanding performance and I am sure we all wish her the very best in this years competition.
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| Charlotte Dujardin Valegro : © Image By Sebastian Oakley | | |
We also saw some great achievements in the Showjumping last year with Luca
Moneta winning the class which everyone wants to win and watch, The Puissance wall !. For all you none horsey people out there who have no ideal what I am going on about, The Puissance wall is a jump designed as a red brick wall and it increases in size each round, up to a max of 5 rounds. Luca was a big outsider coming into the event and over the competition was showing some great promise and moving up the field until the day of the Puissance and I think its save to say no one was expecting what happened next. A nail biting performance was left between Guy Williams and Luca Moneta, Guy have knocked down part of the wall so it was all up to Luca if he knocked down the wall they would share the prize money however clear it and he would win it out right, He won it ! and left Earls Court Olympia in a flood of cheer !.
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| Luca Moneta clearing the puissance wall © Image By Sebastian Oakley | |
That rounds up my quick look back of Olympia 2013 and in my next post I will be talking about what went on at this year event, and dive into what its like to shoot as an equestrian photographer at these events, so watch this space!. Sebastian.
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