Wellington, FL – August 23, 2012 – Over 250,000 spectators attended the exciting 2012 FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Florida. The FTI WEF has partnered with RFD-TV to offer an even larger audience the opportunity to see outstanding broadcasts of Grand Prix show jumping. Tune in to see world-class show jumping with competitors representing 33 countries.
Watch RFD-TV on Thursday, August 23, at 10:00 PM (EDT), to see the $80,000 Adequan Grand Prix, CSI 2*. Many of the same equestrians and horses that just competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games will compete. See Nick Skelton, Beezie Madden, Reed Kessler, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Charlie Jayne, Rodrigo Pessoa, Ben Maher, Scott Brash and many more and their athletic horses!
Olympic gold medalists Nick Skelton and Big Star will be in action tonight on RFD-TV! Photo credit: Sportfot
On Monday, August 27, at 8:00 PM (EDT), the $500,000 FTI Consulting Finale Grand Prix, CSI 5* will be aired on RFD-TV. See Ian Millar, Eric Lamaze, Laura Kraut, Lauren Hough, Daniel Bluman and Cian O’Connor, as well as other international riders and horses perform their best for the signature event in Wellington.
On Thursday, August 30, at 10:00 PM (EDT), RFD-TV will air highlights of the $150,000 Wellington Equestrian Realty Grand Prix, CSIO 4*. It will feature Nick Skelton, Laura Kraut riding Cedric, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, and Kent Farrington, among other great equestrian competitors.
RFD-TV reaches 41 million households. Each week, over 1.3 million viewers tune in to see RFD’s regular equine programming. Tune in on cable or satellite. Visit www.rfdtv.com/findrfdtv/ to search for RFD-TV in your area. If you don’t find it on your system, call your provider and make a request that they add RFD-TV so you can watch exciting equine competitions.
For further details or advertising contact: Sally Stith-Burdette (678-640-2787), Sally@rfdtv.com.
For more information on Equestrian Sport Productions and the FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival, please visit www.equestriansport.com.