Samsung Super League with FEI Update: Hickstead (GBR)

For the third time in the 2006 Samsung Super League with FEI series the Irish have been drawn first to go in tomorrow's fifth leg at Hickstead.

The complete order of go and the list of riders is as follows:
1. Ireland - Shane Breen, Marion Hughes, Cian O'Connor and Cameron
Hanley
2. USA - Anne Kursinski, Molly Ashe, Christine McCrea and Laura Kraut
3. Sweden - Peter Eriksson, Helena Lundback, Lotta Schultz, Svante
Johannson
4. Switzerland - Gregoire Oberson, Celine Stauffer, Theo Muff and
Christina Liebherr.
5. Great Britain - Robert Smith, William Funnell, Michael Whitaker and
John Whitaker
6. The Netherlands - Piet Raymakers, Angelique Hoorn, Piet Raymakers
Jnr. and Wout Jan Van der Schans
7. Germany - Thomas Voss, Rene Tebbel, Ulrich Kirchhoff and Heinrich
Hermann Engemann
8. France - Roger-Yves Bost, Simon Delestre, Olivier Guillon and Julien
Epaillard

The competition begins on Friday 28 July at 14h15 British time.

SAMSUNG SUPER LEAGUE WITH FEI 2006 : LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 5 IN
ROTTERDAM:

1. Germany - 34.124
2. USA - 27.5
3. Switzerland - 26.125
4. France - 24
5. Sweden - 16.125
6. Great Britain - 16
7. Netherlands - 9.625
8. Ireland - 9.0

SAMSUNG SUPER LEAGUE - NATIONAL PRIDE, INTERNATIONAL PASSION!

For more information about the next leg of the 2006 Samsung Super League with FEI at the All England Jumping Course in Hickstead check out website www.hickstead.co.uk. Show President is Douglas Bunn, Show Director is Lizzie Bunn and Press Officer is Peter Jeffery - contact jeffery.communications@btopenworld.com, tel -             +441273 834175      .

SAMSUNG SUPER LEAGUE WITH FEI : 2006 CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

ROUND 1 - La Baule (Fra) 4-7 May; ROUND 2 - Aachen (Ger) 17-21 May;
ROUND 3, Rome (Ita) 25-28 May; ROUND 4 - Lucerne (Sui) 1-4 June; ROUND
5 - Rotterdam (Ned) 22-25 June; ROUND 6 - Hickstead (GBR) 26-30 July;
ROUND 7 - Dublin (Irl) 9-13 August; ROUND 8 and FINAL - Barcelona (Esp)
14-17 September.

You can access all the latest Samsung Super League news and information on website www.samsungsuperleague.com and don't forget that BIOGRAPHIES on all riders competing in the series are available at http://bios.horsesport.org.

Want to know more? You can check the full RULES for the Samsung Super League series on the FEI website, www.horsesport.org - section jumping/rules.

The Samsung Super league consists of the eight most prestigious horse shows at which the world's eight best national teams compare their merit. The Super League is connected to the Samsung Nations Cup series through a promotion/relegation system at the end of each season.

Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest electronics companies, is committed to supporting international sporting events thereby returning corporate profits to the public and working towards a more harmonious and equitable society.

For more information:
Contact FEI Communications, Malina Gueorguiev,
m.gueorguiev@horsesport.org or consult FEI website www.horsesport.org.