December 12, 2002 - The Central American and Caribbean Games were organised in El Salvador from November 30th to December 6th in El Salvador, and included competitions in the three equestrian Olympic disciplines as well as a 80 km Endurance ride.

Eventing

A successful one star Eventing championship was organised in a completely new installation which was developed for equestrian sports in a wonderful site surrounded by mountains. Twenty five combinations from five nations (El Salvador, Venezuela, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia) participated in the competitions. Mexico earned the team Gold medal ahead of Guatemala and El Salvador. Jaime Valzquez Suar on Guason (MEX) won the individual gold medal, followed by his country fellows Erik Arambula Viveros/Fusilero and Aurelio Quinzanos Su/J:B: Jumbles.

Jumping

Thirty-five riders from 12 countries participated in the Jumping event. Colombia won the team gold, followed by Mexico and Guatemala. Puerto Rican rider Mark Watring on Sapphire earned the individual gold ahead of Enrique Gonzalez/Blue Shot Guarilo (MEX) and Carlos Hernando Ramijez/Amazonas (COL).

Dressage

The Young Rider Individual test was used in the Individual competition. Yvonne Losos de Muñiz won the individual gold after a remarkable score of 70.95%, beating out Mexican riders Joachim Orth / Guido and Bernadette Pujals/Vincent. Mexico earned the Team gold medal with a total of 3939 points, ahead of Colombia and Dominican Republic.

Endurance

After 4.54.01 and an average speed of 16,32 km/h, Oscar Delgado/Bombas (CRC) was the winning combination of the Endurance ride, on little second ahead of team mate Alfredo Peralta/Faraon. 20 minutes later Federico Herbruger/Diamante (GUA) arrived to catch the bronze.

All results on http://www.elsalvador2002.org.sv/