Welcome to the Digital Paddock

From August 20 to 28th I traveled to Athens with my fiance, Katie Kappler, and her mother Kay, to watch Katie's brother Chris compete on Royal Kaliber in the Equestrian Show Jumping discipline at the Olympic Games. We will post some of our photos and videos on this site to share with all of Team USA's supporters. We would like to thank the people of Greece for the warm reception and hospitality we received throughout our visit. We would also like to thank Royal Kaliber's owners, Hal and Kathy Kamine, the U.S. Team, and everyone who traveled to the Games to support our athletes.

Congratulations to Beezie, Chris, McLain, and Peter for the Silver, and to Chris for the Bronze.

- Jon Kassel

First Video - Medal Ceremony for the Individual Medal Show Jumping
9 Minutes - 17 MB. Broadband Access strongly recommended. Requires Windows Media Player version 8 or higher.

Video - 1st Individual Qualifying Round
Royal Kaliber & Chris Kappler
3 Minutes - 3.7 MB

Video - 2nd Round Team Competition
Royal Kaliber & Chris Kappler
4.5 Minutes - 6.7 MB

Video - 2nd Round Team Competition
Beezie Madden & Authentic
4.5 Minutes - 6.7 MB

Video - 2nd Round Team Competition
McLain Ward & Sapphire
4.5 Minutes - 6.7 MB

Video - Team Competition - Jump Off for Silver Medal
Peter Wylde & Fein Cera
2 Minutes - 3 MB

Video - Team Competition - Jump Off for Silver Medal
McLain Ward & Sapphire
2 Minutes - 3 MB

Video - Team Competition - Jump Off for Silver Medal
Chris Kappler & Royal Kaliber
2 Minutes - 3 MB

Video - Individual Finals Round 1
Chris Kappler & Royal Kaliber
4 Minutes - 5 MB

Video - Individual Finals Round 2
Chris Kappler & Royal Kaliber
4 Minutes - 5 MB

Digital Paddock means results!

With technology from the Digital Paddock, equestrian competitions can automate the electronic publishing of results and standings to their Web sites, and create "tee times" to predict when a given competitor will compete in the jumper ring. The EMG Web Plugin, created for Equestrian Management Group, integrates seamlessly with EMG's horse show office software, and is now used at many of the top competitions in North America. If you use EMG's horse show software and would like to add this feature to your existing setup, or would like to begin using EMG software to manage your event, please contact Craig Collins at emg@equiman.com.

See our "Equestrian Tee Time Technology" and "Relational Results and Standings" at work at these sites.

Jump Canada	Del Mar Fairgrounds	Ontario Hunter Jumper Association
MASCUP	FEQ	Showplace Productions
Thunderbird Show Park		The Capital Challenge

For information on our media and technology services to the horse show industry please contact Jon Kassel

The Digital Paddock Search Engine

Our search engine now has over 2,000 links to information on horses, riders, and equestrian Web sites. If you think your site should be featured here, submit your link.

Gold Medal to Medal to Rodrigo Pessoa (BRA), Baloubet du Rouet. Silver Medal to Chris Kappler (USA), Royal Kaliber. (Katie Kappler, Photo)

Team Gold, Chris Kappler, Peter Wylde, Beezie Madden, McLain Ward