After winning the opening five-star competition yesterday and then following up with a third place-finish in the Grand Prix qualifier presented by Carlsberg, Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) continued his winning ways by taking the top honours in Friday’s 1.45m €24,700 Patache d’Aux Prize CSI 5*. The world […]
Under the bright August sun, the CSI 5* riders took to the ring for the first time this weekend as Thursday’s 1.45m competition presented by Albam got underway yesterday afternoon with the world’s best in action. The Dutch riders dominated, taking first and third place. Maikel van der […]
World Number 1 Harrie Smolders (NED) finished the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) of London on top with his second win of the weekend, piloting the lightning fast Zinius to victory and winning it on an edge-of-the-seat gallop to the last. Harrie Smolders (NED) & Zinius with the […]
Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) & Dana Blue won the €25,100 Runsten Equestrian Trophy CSI 5* last Saturday during the Falsterbo Horse Show CSIO 5* in Sweden. The Dutchman and the 10-year-old grey Dutch Warmblood mare (Mr. Blue x Hemmingway) claimed top honors in the 1.50m speed challenge […]
Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) & Johnny Pals (NED) during the lap of honor. It wasn’t all smooth sailing as the Dutch swept to victory in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Sweden at Falsterbo (SWE) today. Reduced to a three-man team following first-round drama for Michel […]
Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) & Dana Blue won the €25,100 Seacon Logistics Prix CSI 2* last week during the de Peelbergen Outdoor Tour CSI 2* at the Equestrian Centre de Peelbergen in Kronenberg, The Netherlands. The Dutch and the 10-year-old grey Dutch Warmblood mare (Mr. Blue x […]
With the world’s top horses and riders in action on the second day of the Longines Global Champions Tour Miami Beach, there would always be top sport. Today’s CSI5* class saw a phenomenal display of power and precision, with just .68 of a second splitting the top […]
Maikel van der Vleuten is the new rider of Massimo Dutti. So the Dutch rider, current Team World Champion and number 6 in the Longines FEI Ranking, joins the project initiated by his father Eric, and Maikel will compete with horses owned by Marta Ortega. Maikel, who until now had […]
Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) & VDL Groep Arera C won The €25,000 Christmas Cracker jump-off class yesterday at Olympia – The London International Horse Show CSI 5*-W in England. The Dutchman and the 12-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood mare (Indoctro x Voltaire) soared over all the 1.60m maximum-height […]
Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) & Salomon were victorious in the €92,000 Massimo Dutti Prize yesterday during the Casas Novas Winter Show – A Coruña in La Coruña, Spain. The Dutchman and the 11-year-old bay Hannoveraner Verband e.V. gelding (Stolzenberg x Aramis) were simply phenomenal during the jump-off, completing the 1.50m course with […]
Maikel van der Vleuten @ Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) was certainly on another adventures ride aboard VDL Groep Verdi TN N.O.P. during the Longines Global Champions Tour of Doha CSI 5* earlier this months at the Al Shaqab in Doha, Qatar. It looks like the 15-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood stallion (Quidam de Revel x […]
The stars of show jumping came out at Al Shaqab in a night of high drama, with Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) and VDL Groep Verdi Tn taking the win in the 1.50/1.55m CSI5* class. In a high-powered race to the finish, the Dutch star beat valiant attempts from […]
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 […]
