Michael Pender (IRL) & Dome Van Overis Z won the €24,750 Longevity Cegonha Country Club sponsored Longines Ranking class CSI 3* yesterday during the Vilamoura Atlantic Tour CSI 3* at the Vilamoura Equestrian Centre in Quarteira, Faro, Portugal. The Irishman and the 8-year-old bay Zangersheide gelding (Darco x […]
Miami Celtics have kick started their 2018 GCL season with a breathtaking victory in the opening leg in Mexico City. They banked a brilliant win thanks to a double clear from Michael Duffy and Denis Lynch and dramatically overtook the overnight leaders Paris Panthers, who took the runner-up spot, just ahead of the powerful Valkenswaard […]
Trevor Breen (IRL) & Bombay won the €25,900 Big Tour D Pavo sponsored Grand Prix Qualifier class CSI 4* yesterday during the Sunshine Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain. The Irishman and the 11-year-old Belgian Sport Horse (Lord Z x Bon Ami) registered the fastest clear jump-off time, […]
Wellington, FL – March 23, 2018 – In the $35,000 Douglas Elliman Real Estate 1.45m Jumpers, Richie Moloney (IRL) and Rocksy Music, owned by Equinimity, were victorious. In the WEF International Arena, Lexy Reed and Coppertone, Daniel Coyle and Khaleesi, and Andrew Ramsay and Gerlos won in the Developing […]
Shane Sweetnam (IRL) & Cyklon 1083 won the €50,400 Broxel Trophy CSI 5* yesterday during the second day of competition at the Longines Global Champions Tour of Mexico City CSI 5* in Mexico. The Irishman and the 17-year-old bay Swedish Warmblood stallion (Cardento 93 x Cortus) were victorious […]
Peter Moloney (IRL) & D’Atlantique Royale won the €25,300 Longines Ranking 1.50m Gold class CSI 3* last Saturday during the first week of competition of the Toscana Tour at the Arezzo Equestrian Centre in Arezzo, Italy. The Irishman and the 15-year-old bay Belgian Warmblood gelding (Udarco x Kannan) […]
Team Tops-Alexander / Allen won Le Saut Hermès last Saturday during the Saut Hermès CSI 5* at the Grand Palais in Paris, France. The competition featured eight teams, each one consisting of two combinations, male and female rider and their horses. The winning team registered only 4 penalty-points […]
Wellington, FL – March 14, 2018 – The tenth week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) got off to a strong start for Darragh Kenny (IRL) on Wednesday, March 14, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. The Irish rider claimed a one-two finish in […]
Riding through a downpour, it was Daniel Coyle of Ireland riding Cita, owned by Ariel Grange & Lothlorien, who came out victorious in the $384,000 Douglas Elliman Real Estate Grand Prix CSI 5* on Saturday, March 10, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. […]
The ninth week of the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) began on Wednesday, March 7, with FEI ranking class victories for Daniel Coyle of Ireland and Ibrahim Barazi of Jordan at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. The ninth week of competition at WEF runs […]
Billy Twomey was the well deserved winner of this week’s FEI, Longines Ranking 4*, Big GP, which was kindly sponsored by the Junta de Andalucía, with prize money totalling 65.200 euros. Riding Kimba Flamenco he flew around a testing jump off course in just 36.43sec, beating the other […]
Wellington, Fla. – Mar. 2, 2018 – A new combination in the ring went to the winner’s circle in the $50,000 Hollow Creek Farm 1.50m National Grand Prix over 34 other competitors. Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Babalou 41, owned by Jack Snyder, were the only double clear in the […]
Wrapping up Sunday’s competition, Paul O’Shea (IRL) and Imerald van’t Voorhof won the $50,000 Equiline Grand Prix CSI 2*. In the $70,000 Hollow Creek Farm 1.50m Classic CSI 5*, Olympic gold medalist McLain Ward rode Bellefleur PS Z to her second win of the week. The two competitions […]
Wellington, Florida – February 4, 2018 – Daniel Coyle of Ireland believed it was a little luck and a fair amount of strategy that helped him win the five horse jump-off in the $220,000 Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Wellington. Riding Cita, owned by Ariel Grange, Coyle defeated U.S. Olympic veterans Laura […]
For the first time this weekend it was a matter of important World Ranking points for the show jumping riders in the CSI 3* Gaston Glock’s Championat. Both the layout of the line and the dimensioning underlined the prestigious level of show jumping competition involved. The course over […]
The highlight class of the third week at the 2018 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) was the $132,000 Adequan® Grand Prix CSI 3*. Victory in the “Saturday Night Lights” event went to Ireland’s Darragh Kenny on Cassini Z, owned by Bowers Cone, LLC. WEF continues through April 1 at […]
The third week of the Winter Equestrian Festival began on Wednesday, January 24, and Ireland’s Darragh Kenny celebrated his 30th birthday with victory in the $35,000 Douglas Elliman Real Estate 1.45m Classic with Important de Muze at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL. The 12-week WEF […]
Nigel Coupe (GBR) & Golvers Hill were victorious in the €25,500 Gulf News Cup yesterday during the Dubai Show Jumping Championship at the Emirates Equestrian Centre in the United Arab Emirates. Nigel Coupe (IRL) The Brit and the 15-year-old bay Irish Sport Horse gelding (Ricardo Z x Clover Hill) clinched the top spot […]
Irish rider, Shane Breen was in double form on the opening day of the CSI4* Al Shira’aa International Horse Show in Abu Dhabi today (Wednesday) winning both the Young Horse class and the concluding Z7 Presents Grand Prix-qualifying class, with Can Ya Makan. The show, now in its […]
Puissance winners Chris Megahey (IRL), Holly Smith (GBR) and Louise Saywell (GBR – picture) all paid tribute to this year’s Liverpool International Horse Show after they produced a thrilling Saturday night finale. A capacity crowd at the Echo Arena Liverpool revelled in a high-class competition that saw all three riders – Chris on Seapatrick Cruise Cavalier, […]
Shane Breen (IRL) & CSF Vendi Cruz won the €24,600 Gornall Equestrian sponsored speed class yesterday during the Liverpool International Horse Show CSI 4* in England. The Irishman and the 9-year-old grey Irish Sport Horse mare (Ars Vivendi) x Cruising) were simply amazing, clearing all the 1.45m obstacles en route to crossing the […]
Ireland’s Seamus Hughes Kennedy wrote his name into the history-books of equestrian sport today when winning the inaugural FEI Pony Jumping Trophy™ Final at Mechelen in Belgium. Riding the 12-year-old mare, Cuffesgrange Cavalidam, the 15-year-old schoolboy had to hold his nerve when in the lead and last to go […]
Mark McAuley (IRL) & Valentino Tuiliere won the €24,600 Samsung sponsored speed class yesterday during the Jumping MechelenCSI 5*-W in Belgium. The Irishman and the 8-year-old bay Stud-Book Selle Français gelding (Diamant de Semilly x Silvio) overcame all the 1.45m obstacles before crossing the finish line in 57.75 seconds. Only eight-hundredths of a second […]
Bertram Allen (IRL) & Gin Chin van het Lindenhof were victorious in the $25,000 Martin Collins Enterprises Ltd Christmas Tree Stakes yesterday at Olympia – The London International Horse Show CSI 5*-W in England. The Irishman and the 11-year-old grey Belgian Warmblood gelding (Chin Chin x Calido) took top honors backed […]
Bertram Allen (IRL) and Quiet Easy 4 were in impressive form on the opening day of the 2017 Longines Global Champions Tour in Mexico City, producing a superb clear round in the two-phase CSI5* 1.45m class to finish over a second ahead of Gonzalo Azcarraga (MEX) and Quite […]
