San Patrignano International Show Jumping Competition

July 17, 2004

The 8th edition of the San Patrignano International Show Jumping Competition will be held in the equestrian centre of the community from the 23 to 25 July 2004.
 
Among the forty riders set to compete in the event there will be the four-time Olympic Gold Medallist from Germany, Ludger Beerbaum (ranked second worldwide). Also present will be World Champion (Rome '98) and third ranked in the world, Rodrigo Pessoa, 2001 World Cup winner from Switzerland Markus Fuchs (7th worldwide), and, rounding out the top ten, Otto Becker, European Champion with the German team and eighth in worldwide ranking.
 
Olaf Petersen (GER), and Marco Cortinovis (ITA) will design the course. The position of course designer, will be passed on from Petersen to Cortinovis on the occasion of the 2005 European Championships; as it is tradition that the course of the Europeans be designed a course designer of the host country.
 
During a press conference today in Aachen, San Patrignano will present two TV spots created to promote next year's European Championships. The ad features the cream of the crop of world equitation: Ludger Beerbaum, Markus Fuchs, Ludo Philippaerts, and Jerry Smit.