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From isolation to the Olympic Games….Ken Lalo

Louise Parkes
January 16, 2021

FEI Talking Horses press release by Louise Parkes He’s a horseman, a sports fan, a legal expert and successful businessman, and as 2021 dawns Israel’s Ken Lalo is filled with anticipation. Because, for the very first time, his country will be represented by a Jumping team at the Olympic Games…

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The King of the Ring……Pedro Cebulka

Louise Parkes
July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

FEI Press Release It sounded like he was being dive-bombed by sea-planes when I spoke with Pedro Cebulka last week. “That’s another one coming over now”, he’d say with a laugh as our conversation about his life and times had to be put on hold again and again. He and…

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The best job in Fleet Street…..Alan Smith

Louise Parkes
July 6, 2020

Talking Horses – FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes Not too many people have been to 17 Olympic Games in their lifetime, but retired British journalist Alan Smith most certainly has. In a career that spanned 48 years he reported on no less than nine Summer and eight Winter Games…

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From equestrian press to Olympic media mogul…..Lucia Montanarella

Louise Parkes
June 29, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes The birds were singing so loudly in the background that I thought Lucia Montanarella was out in the countryside when I called her last week. She wasn’t though, she was in her apartment in the city of Lausanne, Switzerland where she has been based…

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From Wildfire to the world stage…….David Broome

Louise Parkes
June 22, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes When I called David Broome last Tuesday he had been haymaking at Mount Ballan Manor near Chepstow in South Wales which, apart from being the family farm, is also home to the hugely popular Wales and West showgrounds. The legendary British showjumping rider is…

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Princes, prima donnas and proving Carl wrong…..

Louise Parkes
June 15, 2020June 15, 2020

FEI Press Release  On his debut as a roving reporter, Shetland social media influencer Beachboy Jasper visits Carl Hester’s yard in Gloucestershire, England where he gets the lowdown on some of the inmates. His timing isn’t perfect because the big names have just gone hacking in the morning sunshine. But…

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Be not afraid……Jim Wofford

Louise Parkes
June 9, 2020June 9, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes An interview with James Cunningham Wofford is not something to be taken lightly. Any attempt at leading the conversation fails miserably, because you are talking with a man with the most exceptional communications skills and extraordinary stories to tell. There’s a sense of riding…

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Health, horses and hair-cuts……Kevin Babington

Louise Parkes
June 2, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes Kevin Babington had just had his hair cut when I spoke with him last week, and in these strange times that’s a cause for major celebration. Around the globe people have been prevented from keeping their curls under control due to pandemic lockdowns. But…

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Bringing Brocks back home to the fields of dreams….

Louise Parkes
May 11, 2020May 12, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes Last Tuesday night, just as the light was fading, a lorry pulled into a stable-yard in Ireland’s County Wicklow, and when the ramp was lowered a lovely bay mare stepped back in time. It was 10 years since Paulank Brockagh, better known as Brocks,…

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Nothing is worth more than our health….Isabell Werth

Louise Parkes
April 27, 2020

FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes She’s fun, focused, fabulous and sometimes a little formidable. The most medalled athlete in the history of equestrian sport, Germany’s Isabell Werth looked set to add yet another title to her very long list at the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2020 Final in Las…

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