Basel, Switzerland – January 12, 2022 – It’s showtime for showjumping in 2023 and the first week of major competitions already features the tenth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™, held during the Longines CHI Classics Basel CSI 5*-W. Another event on this week that hosts […]
Geneva, Switzerland – December 13, 2022 – There was some superb sporting entertainment on the programme Sunday afternoon at the CHI of Geneva, but before it got under way, there was emotional interlude, with the stunning grey coming out for a special retirement ceremony. As the gelding made […]
Geneva, Switzerland – He has been on the world’s most beautiful arenas, but he has been missing a final goodbye. Clooney, who has one of the most impressive list of awards of the past decade, will say goodbye at the CHI Geneva on Sunday, December 11, before the […]
Zurich, Zwitzerland – August 17, 2021 – Sadly, Martin Fuchs (SUI) released a statement yesterday announcing that his top horse Clooney 51 had been injured as a result of a freak accident while being on the field yesterday morning. The Swiss rider made the following statement on his […]
Bern, Switzerland – June 22, 2021 – In less than a month, the first competitions of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will begin, and the long list of riders for the Swiss Jumping Team were announced last week by the Swiss Equestrian Federation. The final selections will take place […]
Gothenburg, Sweden – April 07, 2019 – Steve Guerdat (SUI) showed exactly why he is the No. 1 rider in the world right now when holding his nerve under the most intense pressure to take the 2019 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ title at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg (SWE) […]
Gothenburg, Sweden – March 21, 2019 – The numbers are in as the definite entries for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final 2019 were confirmed earlier this week, with 35 athletes from 18 countries set to line out when the edge-of-the-seat action gets underway at the Scandinavium […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – February 10, 2019 – Martin Fuchs (SUI) and Clooney 51 won the $391,000 Fidelity Investments Grand Prix CSI 5* last night during the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, Florida, USA. A total of 40 combinations […]
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 […]
Swiss spectators were treated to a superb moment of top sport when homegrown hero, Martin Fuchs (SUI), stormed to victory at today’s tenth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2018/2019 Western European League at Basel in Switzerland. This was the tenth anniversary of the fixture staged […]
Geneva, Switzerland – December 8, 2018 – The top 10 riders from around the globe competed in one of the most exciting classes of the year, the Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final, at the iconic CHI Geneva. A class where only the world’s top 10 ranked riders are invited to […]
Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs (SUI) and Clooney produced a spectacular victory in the fourth leg of the €300,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2018/2019 Western European League more than lived up to expectations at Equita Longines in Lyon, France last Sunday. In an edge-of-the-seat 10-horse jump-off that included four […]
Daniel Deusser (37), winner of Sunday’s third leg of the €190,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2018/2019 Western European League, admitted yesterday that it was a last-minute change of plan that gave him victory. “The first question we all had when we saw the jump-off course was, is it possible […]
Germany’s Simone Blum (29) etched her name into the record books when becoming the first woman in the 28-year history of the FEI World Equestrian Games™, and only the second female athlete in the 65-year history of the World Jumping Championships, to take the individual title when coming […]
It’s time to crown the World Champions among all the ten finalist nations today at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ – Tryon 2018 at the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring, North Carolina. Switzerland has been as consistent as it gets, in fact, placing three combinations […]
The Jumping horses and riders familiarised themselves with the US Trust Arena at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon, USA today ahead of the much-anticipated Bank of America Jumping Championships. Team and individual medals are up for grabs along with six coveted qualifying spots for the […]
Valkenswaard United have taken the fight to rivals London Knights, securing pole position for tomorrow’s GCL Berlin showdown. With United just behind the Knights on the overall ranking, every fence will count as the two teams tussle at the top of leaderboard. With just five events left, both […]
Martin Fuchs (SUI) & Clooney won the CHF $100,000 Longines Grand Prix CSI 5* yesterday during the Mercedes-Benz CSI Zürich 5* in Switzerland. After a win in the Top 40 Prize 4 hours earlier, followed by a fourth place in the Mercedes-Benz Jump & Drive in previous class, the Swiss […]
Martin Fuchs (SUI) & Clooney won the CHF $330,000 Longines Grand Prix of Basel CSI 5* yesterday during the Longines CSI Basel 5* in Switzerland. It was a thriller right down to the wire as Fuchs and the 12-year-old grey Westphalian gelding (Cornet Obolensky x Ferragamo) were the last ones to […]