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show jumping

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show jumping

Competitive riding of horses through an obstacle course. Horses run the course one at a time, and the winner is judged according to jumping ability and speed. Individual and team jumping events have been part of the Olympic Games since 1912. The President's Cup is the world team championship.



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So begins the next challenge for Matz, 55, in a life that already includes his heroism in helping two children out of a crashed airliner in 1989, his Olympic silver medal in show jumping in 1996, and his Kentucky Derby romp with unbeaten Barbaro and jockey Edgar Prado in front of 157,536 fans at Churchill Downs on Saturday.
R Squared LLC announced its commitment to the Long Island community as an official sponsor of the 29th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show, one of the nation's premier show jumping competitions.
This is a weekly magazine that covers various parts of the horse industry, mostly show jumping and those kinds of competitions.
 
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