Scott Brash (GBR) may be known by some as the cool ice man of Show Jumping, but it was an emotional evening at Olympia as he retired his brilliant mare Ursula Xll last Sunday. Ursula, owned by Lady Harris and Lady Kirkham, is 17 and has twice been the top […]
There’s nothing quite like a big win in front of the home crowd to trigger the emotions, but William Whitaker (GBR) wasn’t the only one with a tear in his eye after he reigned supreme in today’s eighth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2018/2019 Western […]
“Pretty amazing!” was how Edwina Tops-Alexander (AUS), described her victory in today’s seventh leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2018/2019 Western European League series in La Coruña, Spain. For the second consecutive year she out-paced all her rivals to head the line-up at the Casas Novas […]
Daniel Deusser (GER) rocketed up to third on the Western European League leaderboard and booked his ticket to the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final in Gothenburg, Sweden next April when posting his second win of the 2018/2019 qualifying season at Madrid in Spain today. He topped the […]
Madrid, Spain – November 19, 2018 – IFEMA Madrid Horse Week, one of the essential sports and social events of autumn, returns on 23rd, 24th and 25th November to pavilions 12 and 14 of IFEMA loaded with new features, such as the FEI Dressage World Cup – the most […]
Stuttgart, Germany – November 18, 2018 – It was an exciting and fitting conclusion to the 34th International Stuttgart German Masters Horse Show: in front of 6,500 enthusiastic spectators in the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Pieter Devos (BEL) became the first Belgian to win the €180,000 Grand Prix of Stuttgart CSI […]
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 […]
Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs won the €300,000 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Lyon CSI 5*-W, presented by GL events during Equita Longines – Le Salon du Cheval de Lyon on Sunday afternoon in Lyon, France. Riding his grey Clooney, the twenty-six-year-old recorded one of the greatest wins in his […]
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 […]
The second Longines FEI JumpingWorld Cup qualifier brough to an end the Helsinki International Horse Show CSI 5*-W in Helsinki, Finland. After an extremely exciting jump-off round Gudrun Patteet (BEL) and Sea Coast Pebbles Z from took the win which was also their first ever in the World Cup. Gudrun […]
It takes courage to give it everything you’ve got, and Sweden’s Douglas Lindelöw (27) and his brilliant bay gelding Zacramento threw down a really courageous performance to win the first leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2018/2019 Western European League in Oslo, Norway today. Fourth to go […]
Beezie Madden: And That’s Two! The AccorHotels Arena seems to bring good luck to the female American riders. Thirty-one years after Katharine Burdsall and The Natural, when this arena was still called Palais Omnisport Paris Bercy, another woman from the United States was crowned winner of the 40th […]
America’s Beezie Madden (54) held on to win the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2018 title in Paris (FRA) today, but she didn’t do it the easy way. In a cliffhanger of a second round she faulted for the first time over three tough days of jumping when […]
America’s Beezie Madden (54) almost made it look easy as she moved one step closer to clinching the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2018 title in Paris (FRA) with her second victory of the week tonight with Breitling LS. Last to go in a thrilling nine-horse jump-off she […]
Steve Guerdat (SUI) & Alamo won the €26,000 two-phase warm-class last Wednesday during the first day of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final CSI 5*-W in Paris, France. The Swiss and the 10-year-old black Dutch Warmblood gelding (Ukato x Equador) were victorious by advancing to and completing […]
Two former winners of this Longines FEI World Cup Jumping took the lead in this first class, a Grand Prix judged under table C, which meant that every knocked down fence was turned into penalty seconds. Beezie Madden, the winner, had indeed triumphed in Gothenburg in 2013 and the following year, German […]
The magnificent setting of City Hall in Paris played host tonight to the draws for both the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2018 Finals. Guests were greeted by the arresting music of the world-famous band from La Guarde Republicaine (The Republican Guard) and […]
It was freezing cold outside but the temperature in the Scandinavium Arena was near boiling point today when, for the second year in a row, Swedish superstar Henrik von Eckermann (36) and his brilliant mare, Mary Lou, galloped to victory in front of their home crowd at the […]
Harrie Smolders (NED) & Emerald N.O.P. were victorious in the €120,000 Grand Prix Land Rover – Mairie de Bordeaux Trophy CSI 5*-W last Sunday during the Jumping International de Bordeaux CSI 5*-W in France. The Dutchman and the 14-year-old chestnut Belgian Warmblood stallion (Diamant de Semilly x Carthago […]
Henrik Von Eckermann (SWE) has taken over the lead of the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping – Western European League after the ninth leg of the series held last Saturday during the Jumping Mechelen CSI 5*-W in Belgium. The Swede registered additional 17 points after his third second-place of the season, […]
Harrie Smolders (NED) & Zinius closed out the year with a major win this afternoon after taking top honors in the $179,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping CSI 5*-W, presented by Land Rover during the Jumping Mechelen in Belgium. The Dutchman showed once again why he has been […]
Julien Épaillard (FRA) & Toupie de la Roque won the €160,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Grand Prix CSI 5*-W yesterday at Olympia – The London International Horse Show CSI 5*-W in England. The flying Frenchman and the 10-year-old chestnut Stud-Book Selle Français mare (Kannan x Nabab de Reve) were […]
The prancing and dancing was over last Sunday at the CSI Casas Novas 5*-W/2* in La Coruña, Spain but the memories remain as captured in this great photo. Photo: © Oxer Sport
Edwina Tops Alexander (AUS) & California won the €330,000 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping – La Coruna, presented by CaixaBank last Sunday during the CSI Casas Novas Winter Show in La Coruña, Spain. The Australian and the 10-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood mare (Espri x Libero H) were phenomenal throughout their two runs, soaring […]
Roger-Yves Bost (FRA) & Sydney Une Prince won the €155,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping – Mutua Madrileña Grand Prix Trophy CSI 5*-W yesterday during the Madrid Horse Week CSI 5*/2* in Madrid, Spain. The speedy Frenchman and the 11-year-old chestnut Stud-Book Selle Français mare (Baloubet du Rouet x Alfa D’Elle) were back […]
On a day when a host nation win seemed all but a given, Swiss superman Steve Guerdat (35) and his flying machine Hannah galloped the opposition into total submission with a whirlwind jump-off round at the fifth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2017/2018 Western European […]
Felix Haßmann (GER) & SL Brazonado won the Bardusch Textil Mietdienste Textibe GmbH & Co.KG Prize CSI 5* earlier today during the Stuttgart German Masters CSI 5*-W in Germany. The German and the 12-year-old grey Brazilian Sport Horse (BH) gelding (SL Baluarte x Silvestre) were victorious in the 1.45m speed contest by […]
Size really doesn’t matter as the diminutive Hermes Ryan proved yet again when racing to victory with Simon Delestre (36) onboard at the fourth leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2017/2018 Western European League leg on home ground at Lyon, France today. In the 11-horse jump-off […]
The highlight this Sunday at Equita Lyon was obviously the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup class. Forty couples were involved in the Lyon stage of the World Cup circuit. They were all ready to give their utmost to qualify for the jump-off and earn as many points […]
Dutch double-Olympians, 29-year-old Maikel van der Vleuten and his trusty 15-year-old gelding VDL Groep Verdi, won today’s nail-biting third leg of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2017/2018 Western European League in Verona, Italy. With pin-point accuracy they raced into the lead when third-last to go in the […]
