Rolex FEI World Cup Broadcast LIVE
UNIVERSAL SPORTS TO BROADCAST ROLEX FEI WORLD CUP FINALS LIVE FROM LAS VEGAS
Live Online Coverage Begins Thursday, April 16
LOS ANGELES – April 8, 2009 – The top riders in the world compete as Universal Sports presents live TV and online coverage of the Rolex FEI World Cup Final from Las Vegas, Nevada, April 16-19. Coverage will include the Dressage Grand Prix, Jumping Finals I, II, and III, and the Dressage Final.
The Rolex FEI World Cup Finals, held annually since 1979, features the world’s best dressage and show jumping horses and riders in the world. This year, the field includes 2008 Olympic Gold medalists McLain Ward and Beezie Madden representing the United States in show jumping. Since it began, the World Cup Jumping Final has been held in the United States eight times, and the U.S. holds the most jumping titles of any country, with seven victories.
The FEI World Cup Dressage was introduced in 1986. This year’s competition will feature Individual Olympic Gold Medalist and defending World Cup champion Anky van Grunsven and the American star from the Beijing Olympic Games, Steffen Peters.
COVERAGE ON UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, available in 45 million homes, will present live coverage of the FEI World Cup Finals.
| Date | Events | Time (all times ET) |
| APRIL 16 | SHOW JUMPING FINAL #1 – LIVE | 10 PM – 12 AM |
| APRIL 17 | SHOW JUMPING FINAL #2 – LIVE | 10 PM – 12:30 AM |
| APRIL 18 | WORLD CUP DRESSAGE FINAL – LIVE | 10 PM – 1 AM |
| APRIL 19 | SHOW JUMPING FINAL #3/ROUND #1 – LIVE | 3 – 4:30 PM |
| SHOW JUMPING FINAL #3/ROUND #2 – LIVE | 5 – 6:30 PM |
COVERAGE ON UNIVERSALSPORTS.COM: UniversalSports.com will provide live coverage of the FEI World Cup Finals. More information, as well as highlights, full-length videos, photos, breaking news and more, available at UniversalSports.com.
| Date | Events | Time (all times ET) | |
| APRIL 16 | DRESSAGE GRAND PRIX – LIVE | 3 PM – 6 PM | |
| SHOW JUMPING FINAL #1– LIVE | 10 PM – 12 AM | ||
| APRIL 17 | SHOW JUMPING FINAL #2 – LIVE | 10 PM – 12:30 AM | |
| APRIL 18 | DRESSAGE FINAL – LIVE | 10 PM – 1 AM | |
| APRIL 19 | SHOW JUMPING FINAL #3/ROUND #1 – LIVE | 3 – 4:30 PM | |
| SHOW JUMPING FINAL #3/ROUND #2 – LIVE | 5 – 6:30 PM |
FEATURED RIDERS: This year’s FEI World Cup Finals will feature reigning Olympic, World, and World Cup Champion, Anky Van Grunsven from Netherlands and Isabell Werth from Germany. The remaining 16 riders will include three Americans; Steffen Peters from San Diego who finished fourth in the 2008 Olympic Games, Jan Ebeling of Moorpark, Calif, and Leslie Morse of Beverly Hills, Calif.
ABOUT UNIVERSAL SPORTS: Universal Sports, a partnership between NBC Sports and InterMedia Partners, serves as the preeminent multiplatform destination for Olympic-related and lifestyle sports programming available on television and online. Universal Sports is a 24-hour television channel available in 45 million television households in markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Reno and Omaha. Major world championship and Olympic qualifying events found on Universal Sports range from track and field, skiing, swimming, gymnastics, marathons and cycling, to volleyball, rowing, triathlon, fencing, speed skating and martial arts. UniversalSports.com delivers an immersive experience via live and on-demand competition coverage, interaction with top athletes through blogs and in-depth access to Olympic sports news and information year round. For more information on the availability of the Universal Sports 24-hour television channel, please visit UniversalSports.com
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For more information, please contact:
Melisa Mowry
Universal Sports
240.396.1906
mmowry@wcsn.com
Niki Rabier — April 11, 2009 @ 10:53 pm
Hans Peter Minderhood
Robert,
I was in Hong Kong watching the Olympic Dressage last August. A lesser-known rider named Hans Peter Minderhood got my attnetion. May be he was the first competitor of that evening, may be he was showing off– When he came out, I had never seen a rider with such straight upright back, exactly 90 degrees to the ground. He didn’t score badly but he never got any attention from the news. I checked him out on Youtube.
He is one of the riders at WC-LV. Could you ?interview, ?comment on his riding and share at Dover’s World?
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