Wellington, Florida, USA – January 6, 2021 – The 2021 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) opened up its first day of competition on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). It is a welcome return of the largest and longest-running equestrian circuit in the […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – December 31, 2020 – Competition resumed at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) last Thursday with the $10,000 Equiline 1.40m Open Stake. Course designer Anthony D’Ambrosio (USA) set up a first-round course of 12 fences and an abridged seven-fence jump-off to test entries. […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – January 3, 2021 – Competition came to an end at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Sunday in the International Arena with the $50,000 Equiline Holiday Finale Grand Prix. Thirty-four riders representing 11 nations competed over the course designed by Anthony D’Ambrosio (USA). Last […]
Lexington, Kentucky, USA – December 30, 2020 – The United States Equestrian Federation (“USEF”) and World Equestrian Center – Ocala (“WEC”) are pleased to announce that they have agreed to work together on a plan for WEC to host USEF sanctioned competitions in the future. USEF and WEC […]
Lexington, Kentucky, USA – December 30, 2020 – As 2020 comes to a close, US Equestrian extends our sincere appreciation to all of our competition participants, officials, and organizers for their unwavering commitment to following the USEF COVID-19 Action Plan. We have all experienced a tremendous amount of disruption and […]
Moving towards the future that awaits us, reflecting on the past year, on what we have gone through. Hard times and the problems they pose are always an opportunity for a revival and for forming new alliances in the name of sport Geneva, December 2019: Impeccable as […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – December 23, 2020 – Artemis Equestrian has strengthened Rodrigo Pessoa‘s (BRA) string of horses with the acquisition of Taylor Alexander‘s (USA) Lord Lucio and Michael Duffy‘s (IRL) Jammy Dodger for the all-time great showjumper to ride. Taylor Alexander has had very good results with […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – December 23, 2020 – M&R Equestrian Services’ Training Days concluded its seventh week of events Dec. 22, 2020 at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center. Just days before the Christmas holiday, a longtime mantra in the sport of show jumping was on full display at […]
Rabat, Morocco – December 23, 2020 – One of the most brilliant horses of all-time will no longer be seen competing at the high level of showjumping. Abdelkebir Ouaddar (MOR) has announced that Quickly de Kreisker. The 16-year-old Selle Français stallion (Diamant de Semilly x Beach Boy) galloped […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – December 22, 2020 – Marco Fusté (ESP), one of the best known figures on the international Jumping circuit, has been appointed as Jumping Director for the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), the global governing body for equestrian sports. Mr. Fusté has been Director of Jumping at […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – December 18, 2020 – At the onset of the ESP New Year’s Show, Delaney Flynn (USA) and Milan IV, owned by Grace Jacobsen, set the pace to take home the blue ribbon in the $10,000 1.40m Open Stake, presented by Score At The Top. Thirty-four […]
Lexington, Kentucky, USA – December 21, 2020 – The FEI would like to warn the equestrian community that some batches of Marstall feed containing apple pomace were contaminated with caffeine, a Controlled Medication and Specified Substance on the FEI Equine Prohibited Substances List. Bernhard Kreiling GmbH, the manufacturer […]
Lexington, Kentucky, USA – december 21, 2020 – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the launch of a re-envisioned USEF Horsemastership Training Series and will host the first session of the year at Equestrian Village, the Adequan® Global Dressage Festival grounds, in Wellington, Fla from January 14-17. The USEF […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – December 19, 2020 – The Diriyah Equestrian Festival (DEF) came to an end last Saturday at the Al Duhami Farm in the Saudi capital and it was Philipp Weishaupt (GER) and Coby 8 who claimed top honors in the final FEI-class of the two-week […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – December 20, 2020 – The $25,000 New Year’s Grand Prix, presented by Vita Flex, took place on Sunday, December 20, the final day of the ESP New Year’s Show at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Forty-one entries hailing from 12 nations competed for […]
Gorla Minore, Italy – December 19, 2020 – Pius Schwizer (SUI) and Balou Rubin R were supreme in the €25,500 Longines Ranking Speed Challenge CSI 2* on Saturday during the second week of the Equieffe Christmas Show CSI 2* at the Equieffe Equestrian Centre. The Swiss rode to […]
Thermal, California, USA. – December 19, 2020 – Kyle King (USA) and Christine Maclean’s Etalon raced to victory in Desert Holiday III’s $25,000 Adeptus Grand Prix on Saturday at the Desert International Horse Park. Scott Starnes’ (USA) course challenged twenty-one pairs, with seven riders returning clear for the jump-off. […]
Enfield, Kildare, Ireland – December 18, 2020 – Live Show Jumping returned to Irish television screens tonight (Friday), as the Horse Sport Ireland Masters at the Emerald International Equestrian Centre served up a thrilling competing to RTE viewers across the nation and around the world on the RTE […]
Lexington, Kentucky, USA – December 16, 2020 – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the 2020 Horses of Year and Equestrian of the Year nominees, each recognized for their outstanding efforts during the 2020 competition season. Both the Horse of the Year and Equestrian of the Year award […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – December 18, 2020 – Germany and France have battled for the top placings the past few days of competition during the two weeks of the Diriyah Equestrian Festival (DEF) at the Al Duhami Farm in the Saudi capital. On Friday, it was Germany who claimed victory […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – December 18, 2020 – The FEI Tribunal has issued its Final Decisions in a number of equine and human anti-doping cases. In the following Jumping case, the athlete has been provisionally suspended until the FEI Tribunal renders its decision. The horse has been provisionally suspended […]
Blackhall Big, Batterstown, Meath, Ireland – December 17, 2020 – Great Britain’s Georgia Tame (GBR) riding Evita took victory in Thursday night’s The Underwriting Exchange Speed Class on the eve of the Horse Sport Ireland Show Jumping Masters. A host of Ireland’s top international riders along with athletes from […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – December 17, 2020 – The ESP Holiday III Show took place from Monday until yesterday at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). At the onset of the week on Tuesday, Ramiro Quintana (ARG) and Hemerald-Balia, owned by Orpen Horses, led the pack in […]
Zürich, Switzerland – December 17, 2020 – Martin Fuchs (SUI) has released a statement announcing that he will no longer be the rider of Silver Shine. Luigi Balieri‘s 11-year-old grey Oldenburg gelding Silver Shine (Califax x Balou du Rouet) will now be seen under the Swiss rider Niklaus […]
Warendorf, Germany – December 17, 2020 – The German Equestrian Federation (Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung) has issued a press release announcing the riders and horses that were chosen as members of the Olympic and Perspective squads, representing the nation in official competitions. The following riders and horses were chosen […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – December 17, 2020 – The $25,000 ProElite National Grand Prix took place on Thursday, December 17, the final day of the ESP Holiday III Show at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC). Thirty-eight entries took on the first course of 13 fences, designed by Mauricio […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – December 17, 2020 – The second week of the Diryah Equestrian Festival got underway on Thursday and it was Julien Epaillard (FRA) who stole the spot. The “Flying Frenchman” claimed a one-two in the feature class of the day, the Big Tour’s $450,000 SAEF […]
Goch, Germany – December 17, 2020 – Over the past 35 years Holger Hetzel – Nations Cup rider, two-times German Vice-Champion, famous international trainer, official regional coach for Rhineland and equestrian event organiser – and his team have established an equestrian sport centre in Goch that is frequented […]
Stockholm, Sweden – December 16, 2020 – The Swedish Equestrian Federation (Svenska Ridsport Forbundet) has announced the horse-and-rider combinations that have been selected for the national showjumping team. The team is split into squad A and B. Squad A Peder Fredriscon (SWE) & H&M Christian K or Catch […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – December 15, 2020 – Besides confirming the allocation of teams to Europe Division I events, the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) also confirmed the dates for the for the 2021 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ series. There were some changes compared to last year. The leg […]
