<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><strong>New Zealand's
hopes of having showjumping represented at the 2012 Olympic Games are looking
slim, with news that Katie McVean has returned from Europe this weekend.</strong></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>McVean headed to Holland with the
offer to ride <span style="color:black">Wavantos VD Renvillehoeve for a Dutch
owner with the aim of qualifying New Zealand for the Olympics at Aachen in
Germany early next month.</span></span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>But on arrival the horse
had not yet arrived at the Dutch stable, and 25-year-old McVean felt time was
simply running out.</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:black"><br>“</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black">It was going to be tight going into Aachen as it was, but with the
horse not yet there it just seemed to be getting tougher and tougher,” said
McVean. “This isn't how I wanted to be preparing for such an important event.”</span></p>
<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><br>She will now focus her
efforts on a growing stable of exciting young horses at her Mystery Creek base.<br><br><br>Diana Dobson<br>Showjumping NZ Media Liaison</span></p>
