Can you please explain your official role and what this entails? I am the course designer here at Spruce Meadows, and I have been working here for over 25 years. To be a good course designer you need to have a lot of experience in the sport, and […]
Saugerties, New York – July 30, 2023 – Mark Bluman (COL) and Zuperman MT rode like they were trying to escape kryptonite in their speedy jump-off round during Sunday’s $25,000 Hits Grand Prix. Bluman and Zuperman MT tackled the course by putting in two flawless double-clear rounds, besting […]
Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA – July 13, 2023 – With forty-nine entries in the $39,000 ProElite Welcome Stake CSI 2* 28, Samuel Parot (CHI) recorded yet another win at the Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort (TIEC) as he rode Cumorka Z to top honors with a jump off […]
Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA – June 02, 2024 – At Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort (Tryon International), Samuel Parot (CHI) and Chrystal Blue were the best of the best in the $146,000 Bobcat Grand Prix CSI 3* at Saturday Night Lights presented by Tryon Horse & […]
Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA – May 28, 2023 – Samuel Parot (USA) and Tiffany de Olid, his own 2012 Spanish Sport Horse mare (Huppydam des Horts x Coco de Mies), scored the win in the $25,000 Van Winkle Law Firm Sunday Classic in a time of 40.07 […]
Vejer de La Frontera– February 9, 2023 – Top Spanish rider Sergio Álvarez Moya (ESP) had a stunning start to his season on the first day of CSI4* at the Andalucía Sunshine Tour 2023. This event is kindly sponsored by the ‘Consejería de Turismo, Cultura y Deporte’ and […]
Sarasota, Florida, USA – January 27, 2023 – In its second year at the TerraNova Equestrian Center, the Lugano Diamonds Split Rock Jumping Tour (SRJT) hosted the return of the Split Rock Sarasota CSI 2* alongside the first-ever $300,000 Split Rock Championship Series. Saturday’s feature FEI class, the $100,000 Lugano […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – January 27, 2023 – Highlighting CSI2* competition during WEF 3, Tomas Yofre (ARG) won the CHF$37,000 Beerbaum Stables CSI 2* 1.45m, a qualifier for Sunday’s Beerbaum Stables CSI 2* Grand Prix. Fifty-six horses and riders were all vying for a clear first round over Peter […]
Greenwich, Connecticut – October 08, 2022 – Mark Bluman (COL) brought forward the youngest horse into the $37,000 Grand Prix CSI 2* to kick off the afternoon at CSI Greenwich. But inexperience did not seem to hinder 8-year-old Ester de Maugre. Bluman and the chestnut Selle Français mare (Vigo […]
Grimaud, France – April 14, 2022 – This time it’s gone! The first five-star event of the 2022 season of the Hubside Jumping Grimaud-Golfe de Saint-Tropez started with the victory by Colombian Rene Lopez Lizarazo (COL), associated with Stalognia in the €55,000 Hubside Speed Challenge CSI 5*, the […]
Grimaud, France – October 08, 2021 – The most French of Colombians shone today at Grimaud! 46 starters, 12 going through to the jump-off and only one winner: René Lopez Lizarazo (COL) with Stalognia. The rider had plenty to be happy about today as the honours went to […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – March 26, 2021 – The day commenced with yet another two-star victory in the Global International Arena at Equestrian Village for Gabriela Reutter (CHI) and Atticus Diamant, this time in the $6,000 CabanaCoast 1.40m Jumpers CSI2*. Reutter was victorious in Thursday’s opening CSI2* speed class. […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – March 25, 2021 – Two-star competition began in the Global International Arena at Equestrian Village with a win for Gabriela Reutter (CHI) and Atticus Diamant, owned by Lumiere Horses Inc., in the $6,000 CabanaCoast 1.45m Jumpers CSI2*. Gabriela Reutter (CHI) and the 12-year-old Selle Français gelding […]
Ocala, Florida, USA – January 23, 2021 – The World Equestrian Center — Ocala played host to top equestrian sport last Saturday night with the running of the $75,000 WEC Grand Prix 1.50m. An international field of competitors contested the two classes which features technical tracks designed by […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – January 24, 2021 – It was a day of firsts for Mark Bluman (COL) as he and his mount, the eight-year-old Noortje Vd Windheuvel owned by Over The Top Stables, LLC, flew to the top of the podium in the $30,000 CP Grand Prix, […]
Ocala, Florida, USA – The fourth day of the 2021 Air Show Jumping Winter Classic featured a morning of ultimate competition with 28 top horse-and-rider combinations taking to the Grand Prix ring. As the first and most prestigious class of the day, the $25,000 Winter Classic Grand Prix brought […]
Vejer de la Frontera, Spain – September 19, 2020 – Spanish rider Mariano Martínez Bastida (ESP) was once again top of the podium in the Big Tour 1.40m class which had over 50 entries. The class was held on grass in the David Broome arena and 15 combinations […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – September 13, 2020 – Diego Vivero (ECU) clinched victory aboard in the $20,000 ProElite Grand Prix on Sunday morning to finish up the ESP September Show at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center. Hector Loyola designed Sunday’s Grand Prix course, which took place in […]
Mill Spring, North Carolina, USA – August 23, 2020 – Daniel Bedoya (BOL) capped off a successful 12 weeks at Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) with a win in the $30,000 Sunday Jumper Classic aboard Abracadabra WKT, stopping the short-course timers in 35.111 seconds after also finishing third […]
August 17, 2020 – Wellington, Florida, USA – Competition returned to the Equestrian Village grounds of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center last week, with USEF “A” National & Jumper 4* classes taking place Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August 16. Arguably having the best weekend of all […]
Wellington, Florida, USA —Friday, January 31, 2020 — As the sun dipped behind the horizon during Friday’s $72,900 Candy Tribble Qualifier CSI4*-W, Sergio Alvarez Moya (ESP), the only Spanish rider in the international field of 60, rode away with the day’s highest honor aboard his longtime partner Charmeur. […]
Are there any tricky parts to the course on Sunday? The reality is I try to make most of the fences the same level of difficulty. The start will be big but not too tough. In the first round there will be a triple combination with the dry […]
Lake Placid, New York, USA – July 5, 2019 – Tomas Yofre (ARG) rode Kavalli di Magico to the win in the $30,000 FarmVet Jumper Classic at the 2019 Lake Placid Horse Shows, Sponsored by Bainbridge Farms, LLC and Presented by Sea Shore Stables, LLC in Lake Placid, […]
Calgary, Alberta, Canada – July 05, 2019 – Patricio Pasquel (MEX) and Babel won the $133,700 Ashcor Technologies Cup CSI 5* yesterday during the ‘North American’ CSI 5* tournament at Spruce Meadows in Calgary, Province of Alberta, Canada. The wet weather that Mother Nature brought to Spruce Meadows for day two of […]
Arturo Navarro Reynoso (MEX) and Questina won the MXN $610,000 Longines Scappino Cup CSI 4* yesterday during the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup – Guadalajara CSI 4*-W at the Guadalajara Country Club in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Mexican and the 14-year-old chestnut Oldenburg mare (Quidam’s Rubin x Quick Star) […]
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 […]
José María Quintana (MEX) and Catoki Boy were the winners of the MXN $500,000 Clásico CSI 3* yesterday during the La Silla CSI 3* at the Club Hípico La Silla in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. A total of 55 combinations faced the first round course with only nine […]
The second of two weeks of competitions at the Club Hípico La Silla has already begun and the first major CSI 3* class of the week took place yesterday, offering a jackpot of MXN $480,000 Eighty-two combinations had registered to face-off in the 1.45m challenge, with only 19 […]
The La Silla CSI 3* came to an end yesterday in grand fashion with its main class taking place at the Club Hípico La Silla in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. The much awaited MXN $1,000,000 Banorte Grand Prix CSI 3* had 46 combinations had registered for participation, yet, […]
Fernando Martinez Sommer (MEX) and Cor Bakker won the $480,000 1.45m Jump-off class CSI 3* last Friday during the La Silla CSI 3* at the at the Club Hípico La Silla in Monterrey, State of Nuevo León, Mexico. The Mexican and the 11-year-old black Dutch Warmblood gelding (Colandro x […]
