Lexington, Kentucky. – October 31, 2018 – The final jewel in the competitive indoors equestrian season, the 2018 National Horse Show traded its natural hunter obstacles for jumper fences Wednesday afternoon, with quick-footed horse-and-athlete pairs taking to the Alltech Arena to battle for the lion’s share of the prize money in […]
The 60th Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) continued on Friday, October 26, with some of its most exciting competition yet, featuring the $25,000 Land Rover Puissance were Aaron Vale of Williston, FL, and Finou 4. The classes were part of a full schedule of exciting competition and entertaining exhibitions […]
The 60th Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) continued on Friday, October 26, with some of its most exciting competition yet, featuring the $50,000 International Jumper Speed Final, won by Georgina Bloomberg (USA), on Paola 233. Riding over a faults-converted speed course designed by Olaf Petersen Jr. of Germany, Georgina […]
Youth continued to prevail during the evening session when 17-year-old junior rider Brian Moggre beat 14 other top professionals to win the $35,000 International Jumper Accumulator Costume Class. In his “Grease” costume, he guided MTM Flutterby, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare by C-Indoctro and owned by Major Wager […]
The international show jumpers took center stage on Thursday, October 25, at the 60th annual Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) for their first two competitions of the week. In the $40,000 International Jumper Welcome Stake, Catherine Tyree (24) of Chicago, IL, rode the 12-year-old KWPN gelding Bokai, owned by […]
Philippe Rozier (FRA) and the Moroccan equestrian sports have a long history together – lasting for more than ten years – displayed once again by another victory for the Olympic Champion in this first 4* Grand Prix in El Jadida. This €95,000 Grand Prix 4* was a fantastic […]
Belgium was the biggest winner for the second day in a row at the third leg of the Morocco Royal Tour, held during the Salon du Cheval d’El Jadida CSI 4*-W in Morocco. The major class of the day, a Table A against the clock, was a genuine […]
The show-jumper, Ludger Beerbaum, had surmised that a Chinese rider could win the $1,250,000 Longines Grand Prix for the first time this year. He was almost proven right. However, in the end an old acquaintance, Henrik von Eckermann (SWE), finished first at the “Bird’s Nest”, the legendary Olympic […]
The Morocco Royal Tour carries on its tour on the Moroccan coast with this second leg: Rabat, capital of the country. They were forty-two riders to enter this Grand Prix 4*, honouring the late Princess Lalla Amina, within the Royal Moroccan Federation of Equestrian Sports’ facilities. The French […]
North Salem, N.Y. – Sept. 29, 2018 – Saturday hosted the $70,000 Fidelity Investments® Classic CSI 4* at the American Gold Cup, where McLain Ward (USA) captured yet another win in the day’s highlight event, this time aboard Tradition de La Roque, owned by Kessler Show Stables Europe B.V. The pair bested a total of […]
North Salem, New York, USA. – Sept. 28, 2018 – Fresh off his gold medal victory with the NetJets® U.S. Show Jumping Team at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) in Tryon, North Carolina, exactly one week ago, McLain Ward (USA) returned to his home state of New York to claim […]
North Salem, New York, USA – Sept. 27, 2018 – The second day of the American Gold Cup highlighted the $35,000 Trelawny Farm Welcome Stake CSI4* to conclude Thursday’s competition in the Annex Ring at Old Salem Farm. Taking home her second win of the week thus far was the Kristen Vanderveen (USA), who […]
North Salem, New York, USA – September 26, 2018 – Returning for its 48th year, the 2018 American Gold Cup kicked off FEI competition on Wednesday afternoon with the addition of the $10,000 1.45m Jumper CSI 4* class, presented by Morrissey Management Group, at Old Salem Farm. Irish athletes Shane Sweetnam […]
Bridgehampton, New York, USA – September 2, 2018 – The 43rd edition of the Hampton Classic Horse Show ended in spectacular fashion Sunday, with McLain Ward of Brewster, New York, USA, capturing the $300,000 Hampton Classic Grand Prix presented by Douglas Elliman for a record seventh time. An […]
Bridgehampton, New York, USA – September 1, 2018 – The Irish flag flew once again the Hampton Classic for Shane Sweetnam (IRL), after he won Saturday’s $70,000 Longines Cup CSI 4* with Indra van de Oude Heihoef, owned by the Blue Buckle Group. It was also two years in a […]
Sweetnam’s Win Earns Approximately $10,000 for the Group for the East End, through the Hampton Classic’s Jump for Charity Program Bridgehampton, New York, USA – August 31, 2018 – Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam (IRL) had the luxury of having two horses in the jump-off in Friday’s $75,000 Douglas Elliman Grand Prix-Qualifier […]
Bridgehampton, New York, USA – August 30, 2018 – It was Ladies First in Thursday’s $40,000 SOVARO® FEI Speed Stake CSI 4*, presented by Lisa & Mario Deslauriers and Lynn Tarnopol, as two-time US Olympic medalist Leslie Burr-Howard (USA) and Donna Speciale blazed to the top of the […]
Bridgehampton, New York, USA. – August 26, 2018 – Georgina Bloomberg (USA) had just one goal for Paola 233 at this year’s Hampton Classic – to win the Opening Day grand prix, the $30,000 Boar’s Head Jumper Challenge. They achieved their goal with a flourish, besting a diverse field of […]
It only took one round of jumping to determine the winner of the $145,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Vancouver Grand Prix CSI4*-W. Uma O’Neill (USA) jumped the only clear round aboard Clockwise of Greenhill Z to win the class without a jump-off. Second to jump the Alan […]
Münster, Germany – August 26, 2018 – Christian Ahlmann (GER) won the fourth stage of the DKB-Riders Tour during the Turnier der Sieger yesterday . Just like in the state capital Wiesbaden in Hessen, the 43-year-old rider won the €120,000 Grand Prix of Münster CSI 4* aboard the […]
Simone Blum (GER) & DSP Alice won the €40,000 Marktkauf Cup CSI 4* yesterday during the DKB Riders Tour – Turnier der Sieger in Munster, Germany. The German and the 11-year-old chestnut German Sport Horse mare (Askari x Landrebell) earned top honors after registering no penalties and a […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada – August 24, 2018 – There was a line of fellow competitors waiting to congratulate Eric Navet (FRA) following his victory with longtime partner Catypso in the $75,000 Steel-Craft Doors Cup CSI 4* during the Summer Fort Festival at the Thunderbird Showpark in Langley, BC. […]
Jeroen Dubbeldam (NED) and Gioia van het Neerenbosch won the €25,000 Brinkhoff’s No. 1 Prize CSI 4* yesterday during the DKB Riders Tour at the Turnier der Sieger CSI 4* in Munster, Germany. The Dutchman and the 12-year-old chestnut Belgian Warmblood mare (Nagano x Skippy II) claimed top […]
Thunderbird Show Park, Langley, British Columbia, Canada. – August 23, 2018 – To say Conor Swail (IRL) is at home at Thunderbird Showpark might be an understatement. The defending champion of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Vancouver continued his winning ways at Langley by capturing the $75,000 […]
The Jumping de Valence showed its international colours last Saturday. If the day began with the French hymn, it pursued with victory from all around the world: Great Britain, USA, Belgium and last but not least, Austria. The final class of this third day of competition was a […]
This day marked the closure of an intense first weekend of competition at the Jumping International de Valence. It was the meeting point of an exceptional set of riders for the CSI 2* and the CSI 4* as the high-level €100,000 Axeria-SFAM Grand Prix CSI 4* only showed […]
The Jumping de Valence showed its international colours yesterday. If the day began with the French hymn, it pursued with victory from all around the world: Great Britain, USA, Belgium and last but not least, Austria. François Mathy Jr. (BEL) & Uno de La Roque The major class […]
Things got a bit tougher on this second day of competition at the Jumping International de Valence. Classes were higher and riders still ready to fight for the first place: the Haras des Grillons’s arena was a place of confrontation for the exceptional set of riders taking […]
The Jumping International de Valence started stunningly yesterday with one of the best head list an international show jumping competition could dream of: Olivier Robert, the actual French Champion, Roger-Yves Bost (FRA), Olympic Champion in Rio, Simon Delestre (FRA), bronze medallist at the European Championship in 2015, Kent […]
Pim Mulder (NED) & Diabolo won the Rabobank Trophy CSI 4* last Saturday during the Jumping the Driehoek – CSIO Ommen 4* in The Netherlands. The Dutchmand and the 10-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Clinton x Chin Chin) were the only ones to clear the wall for the […]
