<div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
normal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">The Barbury Castle International Horse Trials in
the UK this weekend are the last chance for any would-be Olympians to impress
the New Zealand eventing selectors.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:
11.25pt;background:white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Twelve New Zealand combinations are entered including Mark Todd, Clarke
Johnstone, Andrew Nicholson, Jonathan Paget and Lucy Jackson, who will be
hoping they’ve already done enough to make that all-important five-strong team
for the London Olympics but a strong showing this weekend can cement a place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:11.25pt;background:
white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Johnstone has his 2010 World Champs mount Orient Express while Todd
rides his preferred Olympic mount NZB Campino. Paget competes on Clifton Lush,
and Nicholson has Quimbo and Avebury while Jackson has Kilcoltrim Ambassador
and Animator II.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:11.25pt;background:
white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Joining them are fellow Kiwis Alice Montgomery aboard Gordon, Craig
Nicoli on Just Ironic, Bruce Haskell on Kiwi Smog, Jesse Campbell on
Kaapachino, and Debbie Mitchell on Waimak.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:11.25pt;background:
white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">A victory by a New Zealander would create history – no Kiwi rider has
ever won the main class at Barbury Castle - and the winner will pocket
$NZ8,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:11.25pt;background:
white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Barbury Castle has a renowned cross country course, built for the
inaugural event in 2005 by leading international course designer Captain Mark
Phillips, who continues in that role this weekend. The fences are constructed
by the Willis brothers who have built at the likes of Badminton, the Gatcombe
British Open Championships and the Sydney, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympics. The
Barbury Estate, which runs 800 hectares of farmland, woodland and downland, is
just outside Marlborough in Wiltshire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:11.25pt;background:
white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">The event runs from June 28 through to July 1, with dressage filling the
first two days, followed by showjumping and cross country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
