Category: Championships

Head-to-Head Battle: Team Belgium Crowned European Young Rider Champions Pipping Ireland

Riesenbeck, Germany – July 11, 2025 – The top ten teams competed for the title in the team decision of the FEI Jumping European Championship for Young Riders. The Irish team, led by team manager Michael Blake, entered the 1.50 m clas as favourites, having won team gold […]

Girlpower! Swedish Equestrian Federation Announces All-Female Team for the European Championship

Aachen, Germany – June 26, 2025 – With five female riders and four mares, girl power shines to represent Sweden in the European Showjumping Championship, all of them chosen by team captain Henrik Ankarcrona presented on Thursday. An exciting team with riders and horses that we have a […]

US Equestrian Announces U.S. Jumping Team for the 2023 Pan-American Games in Santiago

Lexington, Kentucky, USA – October 09, 2023 – US Equestrian has announced the athlete and horse combinations selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team at the 2023 Pan-American Games hosted in Santiago, Chile later this month. Jumping competition will begin on October 31, with the team looking to […]

It’s Golden Glory for Team Sweden Once Again at the FEI Jumping European Championship!

Milan, Italy – September 01, 2023 – History was made today when Team Sweden clinched gold for the very first time at the FEI Jumping European Championship 2023 in Milan (ITA). The country that already holds both the Olympic and World team titles proved that, when it comes to […]

Definite Entries Confirmed! The World’s Top 4 Riders at the FEI European Championship in Milan

Lausanne, Switzerland – August 29, 2023 –Great excitement is assured at the Snai San Siro racecourse in Milan, the exceptional setting for the 2023 edition of the FEI Jumping European Championship (August 30 – September 3). Eighty-five riders representing 24 nations, will be the undisputed protagonists of four days of sport […]

Henrik von Eckermann & King Edward Claim the First Jewel of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final

Omaha, Nebraska, USA – April 05, 2023 – In the thrilling opening Speed leg of the 2023 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Omaha (USA) tonight, the reigning double world champions, Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann (SWE) and the amazing King Edward, proved unbeatable once again. Taking full advantage of getting […]

LGCT Championship Race Heats Up with 8 out of Top 10 Ready to Battle in Rome

Rome, Italy – September 07, 2021 – With just four events remaining in the 2021 Longines Global Champions Tour season, the gladiatorial greats of show jumping will lock horns at the breathtaking Longines Global Champions Tour of Rome this weekend. As the championship pressure intensifies and the anticipation […]

Swiss Soar to Team Gold at the Longines FEI European Championships

Riesenbeck, Germany – September 03, 2021 – The Swiss stole the show when grabbing Team gold at the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships 2021 in Riesenbeck, Germany on Friday. The final round of the team competition was a breathtaking affair, with everything hanging in the balance to the […]

Swiss Jump to the Lead at European Championships before Team Gold Decider this Friday!

Riesenbeck, Germany – September 02, 2021 – Switzerland moved into the lead in the first round of the Team competition at the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships 2021 at Riesenbeck in Germany today. However the same three countries continue to dominate the leaderboard, with the overnight leaders from […]

Sweden Out to an Early Lead at the 2021 Longines FEI European Championships

Riesenbeck, Germany – September 01, 2021 – Team Sweden swept into the lead on the opening day of the Longines FEI Jumping European Championship 2021 at Riesenbeck, Germany today but the newly-crowned Olympic champions have only a narrow advantage over the host country who in turn lie just […]

Martin Fuchs & Clooney 51 Crowned European Champions!

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – August 25, 2019 – Martin Fuchs (SUI) became the sixth Swiss rider in the 62-year history of the event to claim individual Jumping gold at the 2019 Longines FEI European Championships today  in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. At last year’s FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Tryon, […]

Ben Maher in Pole Position on Super Sunday for Individual Gold at FEI European Championships

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – August 24, 2019 – Ben Maher (GBR) and Explosion W ignited once again towards another penalty-free performance to retain their lead in pursuit of individual gold at the 2019 Longines FEI European Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. After three performances, only four combinations have left […]

Belgians Crowned the Best at FEI European Championships in Rotterdam

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – August 23, 2019 – Belgium rose to the top of the team standings, and yesterday in Rotterdam (NED) they held on tight to win their first-ever team medals in the 62-year history of the 2019 Longines FEI European Jumping Championships – and they were golden ones. Otto […]

Ben Maher Explodes to the Lead in Pursuit of Individual Gold at FEI European Championships

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – August 22, 2019 – Ben Maher (GBR) has moved into to the lead of the standings in pursuit of individual gold yesterday after the second competition during the 2019 Longines FEI European Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The Brit has guided Explosion W, Poden […]

Belgians Back as the Best after Second Competition at FEI European Championships

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – August 22, 2019 – In a thrilling second day of competition at the 2019 Longines FEI Jumping European Championships  in Rotterdam, The Netherlands today, Team Belgium rocketed up from overnight eighth place into pole position when they were the only side to produce three […]

Max Wachman Claims Individual Gold at 2019 FEI European Championships for Ponies

Strzegom, Poland – August 18, 2019 – Max Wachman (IRL) made it double-gold for Ireland by claiming Individual Gold at the 2019 FEI European Championships for Ponies. The grandson of world-famous thoroughbred horse producers John and Sue Magnier from Coolmore Stud in County Tipperary was the only rider to […]

Irish Claim Team Gold at 2019 FEI European Championships for Ponies

Strzegom, Poland – August 18, 2019 – The Jumping team contest was a real thriller during the 2019 FEI European Championships for Ponies, with two separate jump-offs to decide both gold and bronze. France and Germany, each carrying 12 faults, contested third place and it was the French […]

Giacomo Casadei Takes Gold at Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018

A day of fantastic sport capped off the equestrian events of the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 with a last decisive dash for the individual medals in a five-way jump off. Having produced clears all week, Giacomo Casadei (ITA) sailed through the six fences of the jump […]

Historic Gold for Team North America at Youth Olympic Games – Buenos Aires 2018

Round two of the equestrian team competitions at the Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018 had everyone on the edge of their seats, as Team North America and Team Europe battled for the gold medal in a nail-biting jump off, whilst Team Africa settled for the bronze.  Full […]

Youth Shines Bright as Israel’s Sternbach Claims Gold at FEI World Jumping Challenge Final

Israel’s Nadav Sternbach (18) scooped the FEI World Jumping Challenge Final 2018 title in a nail-biting jump-off in Tashkent (UZB) last Sunday. It came down to a head-to-head against Argentina’s Richard Kierkegaard (15), and there was precious little between the two of them in the end. “I came […]

Team Gold for Saudia Arabia at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta

The Asian Games 2018 concluded last week in Jakarta – Palembang, Indonesia, an event that saw the best showjumpers from the far east competing for glory and gold. Held every four years in the middle of the Olympic cycle the Asiads, as the Games are also known, is […]

Phenom Philip Greenlees Crowned at 2017 FEI Children’s International Classics Final in China

Philip Greenlees​ (BRA) & Adinka won the FEI Children’s International Classics Final earlier today at the Equuleus International Riding Club​ in Beijing, China. The 14-year-old Brazilian and the 13-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood mare were the penultimate combination to challenge the 1.10m course designed by Gerard Lachat and the duo […]

Ireland’s Seamus Hughes-Kennedy Crowned FEI Pony Jumping Final Champion

  Ireland’s Seamus Hughes Kennedy wrote his name into the history-books of equestrian sport today when winning the inaugural FEI Pony Jumping Trophy™ Final at Mechelen in Belgium. Riding the 12-year-old mare, Cuffesgrange Cavalidam, the 15-year-old schoolboy had to hold his nerve when in the lead and last to go […]

Pieter Devos & Julyssi van Orti Crowned Belgian Indoor Champions at Jumping Mechelen

Pieter Devos (BEL) & Julyssi van Orti won the Belgian Indoor Championship yesterday during the Jumping Mechelen CSI 5*-W in Belgium. The Belgian and the grey Belgian Warmblood (Cicero x Vigo d’ Arsouilles) claimed the national title after overcoming all the 1.45m obstacles twice, registering no penalties in 38.61 seconds for […]

Ian Millar Quest for 12th Canadian Showjumping Championship Begins with a win at the Royal Winter Horse Show

Toronto, Ontario – Ian Millar of Perth, ON, won the first phase of competition in the $125,000 Canadian Show Jumping Championship held Friday, November 3, on opening night of the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 95th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. Speed was […]