The GCL teams on the starting grid for the 2019 season are announced today with top riders switching teams and new stars joining the fight for the coveted Championship. After a busy off-season period of transfers some of the biggest names in show jumping are changing teams. And […]
The second edition of Asia Horse Week was officially opened this morning by Dr. Anthony Chow, the new HKJC Chairman and Longines Hong Kong Masters founder and EEM CEO Christophe Ameeuw. Dr. Chow said the HKJC was proud to continue its collaboration with the event which is now […]
Sunday morning, a special plane took off from Liege’s airport on board a chartered Boeing 777 from Etihad and landed this morning in Hong-Kong. On board, sixty-two horses and lots of equipment, as the Longines Masters Series continues its intercontinental journey towards Asia. Amongst those sixty-two horses, many […]
Jeroen Dubbeldam (NED) issued a statement earlier this week announcing the retirement of his horse of a lifetime SFN Zenith. Together, Dubbeldam and the 15-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Rash x Fuego du Prelet) took home the gold medal in both the individual and team jumping competitions during […]
“This horse show is truly amazing – for the horses, the riders, the grooms and the owners…” – Olympic Champion Ben Maher Wellington, Florida – February 6, 2019 – The CP Palm Beach Masters Winter Classic CSI 4*-W Presented by Suncast, the first event in the 2019 Palm Beach Masters […]
Denis Lynch (IRL) is the new owner and rider of Bertram Allen’s Hector Van D’abdijhoeve (Cabrio Van De Heffinck x Utrilllo Van de Heffinck). The 12-year-old Belgium Warmblood was owned by Noel Delahunty Connaught Bloodstock and Ballywalter Farms. The grey horse tallied three FEI-level wins in 177 starts […]
Bertram Allen (IRL) got the year started on the right track by won the Prix du Vainqueur, the award given to the Leading Rider at the end of four days of competition during the Longines CSI Basel 5*-W in Switzerland. The Irishman took home a CHF $20,000 BMW […]
Martin Fuchs (SUI) had an outstanding year and much of that was due to his superstar horse Clooney. After surgery and making a miraculous return to the rings in time to win a silver at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games, the 13-year-old grey Westphalian gelding (Cornet Obolensky […]
Steve Guerdat (SUI) was named Swiss Rider of the Year last Saturday during the Longines CSI Basel in Switzerland. The current number-one ranked rider in the world and 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games Individual Jumping bronze medalist more than earned the honors awarded by the Swiss Team Trophy […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – Prominent Wellington real estate broker Martha W. Jolicoeur presented Canadian Olympian Tiffany Foster (CAN) with the first Martha Jolicoeur Leading Lady Rider Award of the 12-week Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) running through March 31, 2019 in Wellington, FL. Accumulating the highest number of points […]
Rodrigo Pessoa’s (BRA) winning partner during the 1998 FEI World Equestrian Games passed away yesterday. The Holsteiner gelding died at the age of 32 after having retired from the sport back in 2004. Owned by the Italian Vittorio Orlandi, the horse formed a winning partnership with the Brazilian […]
Wellington, Florida, USA — January 8, 2019 — Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) once again hosted its annual opening press conference on Tuesday, January 8, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) to welcome exhibitors and media to the 2019 show season. The conference panel comprised representatives from […]
