Versailles, France – August 01, 2024 – US Equestrian has announced a pre-competition change prior to the start of team competition for the U.S. Olympic Jumping Team today at Versailles. Kent Farrington and Greya will be replaced by Karl Cook and Caracole de la Roque for today’s Team Qualifier competition, which begins at 11:00 a.m. GMT+2/5:00 a.m. […]
Dinard, France – July 20, 2024 – Besides the €40,000 Derby de Bretagne CSI 4* another major class took the Jumping International de Dinard CSI 5* & CSI 3* by storm on Saturday as fans gathered for the feature CSI 5* class, the €28,200 Paris Prize CSI 5*, American […]
Dinard, France – July 18, 2024 – French rider Julien Gonin (FRA) won the Prix du Conseil Départemental d’Ille-et-Vilaine, the main classe on the first day of Jumping International de Dinard. It was a great opening to the competition, with the great champions already in attendance and determined […]
Aachen, Germany – July 07, 2024 – His father has won the Rolex Grand Prix in Aachen and his uncle. This year is Robert Whitaker’s (GBR) premiere appearance at the CHIO Aachen. His victory in the €28,200 Mystic Rose Prize CSIO 5* was good preparation for his first Grand […]
Aachen, Germany – July 06, 2024 – What a €1,500,000 Rolex Grand Prix of Aachen CSI 5*, what a finale for the 2024 CHIO Aachen! André Thieme (GE)R hadn’t actually qualified to compete in the highlight of the weekend. But on Saturday evening he found out that he had […]
Aachen, Germany – July 06, 2024 – For the show-jumpers it is one of the highlights of the entire CHIO Aachen week: the €90,000 Allianz Prize CSIO 5*. Ben Maher (GBR) made sure on Saturday that the Union Jack could also be hoisted in the afternoon after the […]
Aachen, Germany – July 04, 2024 – It is the second time Abdel Saïd (BEL), who was born in Egypt and now rides for Belgium, has competed at the CHIO Aachen. Today, he won his first gold rosette at the Soers in the €28,200 STAWAG-Prize CSIO 5*. Thanks to […]
La Baule, France – June 08, 2024 – In the Saur Prize CSI 5*, the second most lucrative event of the competition (€110,000) and the last chance for some to qualify for Sunday’s Rolex Grand Prix Ville de La Baule CSIO 5*, Dutchman Lars Kersten (NED), on Funky Fred Marienshof Z, […]
North Salem, New York, USA – May 19, 2024 – Five-time U.S. Olympian McLain Ward (USA) is no stranger to winning the $200,000 Empire State Grand Prix CSI 4*, presented by Old Salem Farm, and he added another victory to his record at the 2024 Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows […]
North Salem, New York, USA – May 10, 2024 – After just making the 74-second time allowed to post the slowest initial round in $40,000 Evergate Stables New York Welcome Stake, Erynn Ballard (CAN) flew through the timers for the fastest jump-off in Friday’s featured class at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, clinching […]
North Salem, New York – May 9, 2024 – Egypt’s Nayel Nassar (EGY) claimed victory in the $38,700 Two-Phase Challenge CSI 3* at the 2024 Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows on Thursday, putting in a speedy 25.52-second time over Alan Wade’s 15-effort course aboard Dorado de Riverland. The Old Salem Farm Spring […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – March 17, 2024 – U.S. Olympic team gold medalist Mclain Ward won his second feature of the week in the $215,000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix CSI 4* during the Winter Equestrian Festival’s (WEF) ‘Saturday Night Lights’ at Wellington International. Ward led the victory gallop […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – March 14, 2024 – McLain Ward (USA) scored his first international victory of the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) season in Thursday’s $62,500 Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup CSI 4* during the Horseware Ireland-sponsored Week 10 at Wellington International in Wellington, FL. Ward has been […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – February 24, 2024 – Winning was a matter of fractions for Germany’s Richard Vogel (GER) and United Touch S in the $385,000 Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix CSI5* during ‘Saturday Night Lights’ at Wellington International’s Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) on February 24. WEF hosts 12 weeks of FEI […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – February 21, 2024 – Gabriel de Matos Machado (BRA) and Legaland Sandro got off to the perfect start on the opening day of the seventh week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at Wellington International. The first five-star challenge of an exciting week was […]
Louisville, Kentucky, USA – January 14, 2024 – US Equestrian congratulates 2023 International Equestrian of the Year McLain Ward and 2023 National Equestrian of the Year John French. Ward and French were nominated as Equestrians of Honor and selected by US Equestrian member voting in December. Both Equestrians of […]
Wellington, Florida, USA – January 13, 2024 – British Olympic Champion Ben Maher (GBR) and Enjeu de Grisien wowed the crowd in the first ‘Saturday Night Lights’ grand prix of the season at Wellington International on the evening of January 13. The pair won the $140,000 Southern Arches […]
Thermal, California, USA – December 01, 2023 – The Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) Roadrunners kept hope alive under the lights on Friday night. Their win on home soil in the $268,100 Premier Equestrian Team Competition CSI 5* left them in the hunt for the overall season championship. The Trelawny […]
Toronto, Ontario – November 10, 2023 – Kent Farrington (USA) soared to victory in the $80,000 Canadian Open International Speed Challenge, on Friday evening, November 10, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, in Toronto, ON. Seventeen horse-and-rider combinations contested the […]
Toronto, Ontario – November 08, 2023 – During the evening session of the Royal Horse Show CSI 4*-W, the star-studded field of riders returned to the Coca-Cola coliseum for the $38,500 McKee Family International Speed Challenge CSI 5*. Fourth to go, three-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist McLain Ward […]
Lexington, Kentucky, USA – October 09, 2023 – US Equestrian has announced the athlete and horse combinations selected to represent the U.S. Jumping Team at the 2023 Pan-American Games hosted in Santiago, Chile later this month. Jumping competition will begin on October 31, with the team looking to […]
Greenwich, Connecticut – October 06, 2023 – Every time McLain Ward (USA) has joined the Roadrunners lineup for a Major League Show Jumping Team Competition this season, his squad has ended its day on the podium. That trend continued Friday, as the Roadrunners were the victors at CSI […]
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA – October 04, 2023 – The lineup will match the occasion, as an expected 49 of North America’s top show jumping athletes are set to come forward for the third edition of CSI Greenwich, which will make its five-star debut, October 5-8. The group includes the […]
Saugerties, New York, USA – September 10, 2023 – On Sunday, Hits Saugerties welcomed 42 of the world’s top horse and rider combinations to its newly renovated facility in upstate New York for the biggest event of the year – the $300,000 Grand Prix CSI 4*. The field […]
Saugerties, New York, USA – September 06, 2023 – One more dance, one more prance, the last week of the noble sport this year at the Hits-on-the-Hudson and they have saved the best for last, the Hits Championship CSI 4*! McLain Ward (USA) leads “the crème de la crème“, highlighted […]
Bridgehampton, New York, USA – September 02, 2023 – In the morning, 45 entries representing 10 countries opened Jumper Ring 2 in the $39,000 Open Speed Class CSI 2*, with course designer Nick Granat (USA) presenting a winding 15-effort, 1.45m track. Stopping the clock 1.2 seconds ahead of his fellow […]
Bridgehampton, New York, USA – September 02, 2023 – After claiming several podium finishes during the week at the Hampton Classic, it was Darragh Kenny’s (IRL) turn to top the leaderboard in Saturday’s $78,000 The Agency Speed Stake CSI 5*. Kenny bested a field of 40 entries representing 14 nations with […]
Ottawa, Ontario – August 27, 2023 – The $270,000 Major League Show Jumping Team Competition CSI 5* closed out Saturday’s show jumping action. Eight teams took to the grass field for the fun-filled yet fiercely competitive class with four – Eye Candy, Helios, Roadrunners, and Trailbrazers – advancing to […]
Saugerties, New York, USA – July 20, 2023 – FEI show jumping is back at Hits Saugerties as the Hudson Valley Jumping Tour premiers at the world-class facility in upstate New York. Thursday afternoon featured the first big CSI 3* class of the week where over 50 top international […]
Embryo transfer Nathalie Beaufort started to dream 18 years ago about breeding a foal. However, it did not go entirely without a hitch: “My husband Pedro was competing HH Azur’s dam, Sion vd Zuuthoeve. I asked Pedro if he could ask Sion vd Zuuthoeve’s owner if I could flush […]
