Tag: Morocco Royal Tour

Swiss Victory! Adrian Schmid Wins the Final Grand Prix of the 2024 Morocco Royal Tour!

El Jadida, Morocco – October 06, 2024 – Grand Prix day in El Jadida on Sunday closed a magnificent 2024 edition of the Morocco Royal Tour, which began with Mouhcine Yakhou’s Moroccan victory in the Grand Prix 1* rewarding six years of partnership with his formidable 13-year-old Belgian […]

Khaled Almobty & Davenport VDL: Again, the Winning Round Specialists at the Morocco Royal Tour

El Jadida, Morocco – October 05, 2024 – A week after their clean sweep in Rabat, Saudi Arabia returned to their winning ways in El Jadida, with Khaled Almobty (KSA) and Davenport taking exactly the same event as last week, a winning-round. The rather tricky first round saw […]

Emanuele Gaudiano Gallops to Another Victory at El Jadida

El Jadida, Morocco – October 04, 2024 – Following the victory of Belgian Thierry Goffinet (BEL) and Quick Diamant HR over the previous day’s winning pair, Gaudiano (ITA) Jaja, in the first 4* class of the day, serious business began in El Jadida with the 1.50 m qualifier […]

Saudi Arabia Unstoppable: Khaled Almobty & Davenport VDL Soar through the Moroccan Night

Rabat, Morocco – September 28, 2024 – After the victory of Spain’s Carolina Aresu Garcia Obregon in the Accumulator with Telhueche (“a horse with a huge heart,” said Carolina), the 4* riders met again at night for the main event of the day, the €28,500 Maroc Telecom Prize […]

Ramzy Al Duhami Dazzles in Rabat Topping the €105,700 HRH Princess Lalla Amina World Cup Grand Prix CSIO 4-W

Rabat, Morocco – September 27, 2024 – For a while, it looked like a double for Ines Joly (FRA) who, after her victory in Tétouan, was leading this World Cup Grand Prix for a long time. And we believed it even more when Adbullah Al Sharbatly (KSA), inevitably the […]

A Fine Day for Adbullah Al-Sharbatly: First Victories for Saudi Arabia

Rabat, Morocco – September 26, 2024 – On Thursday, it was a Saudi who was in top form that dominated the premier day of the CSIO-W 4* in Rabat: Adbullah Alsharbatly (KSA) won the main Grand Prix Qualifier with Atome des Étisses, just hours after winning the first 4* […]

Rikke Belinda Barker in “Blazing Form” at the Morocco Royal Tour of Tétouan

Tétouan, Morocco – September 22, 2024 – The girl power flowed straight into the first class of the 4* division, the €28,200 Prix de LA F.R.M.S.E. Winning Round CSI 4* W. However, it was a new anthem that rang through the valley thanks to an especially daring Dane. Rikke […]

Emanuele Gaudiano Finds the Formula for Success Again at the Morocco Royal Tour CSI 4*-W in Tetouan

Tétouan, Morocco – September 21, 2024 – As the sun dipped below the mountains in Tétouan, the action was just beginning for €57,000 Prix de Dakhla CSI 4*-W – 1.50m riders. Namely, Emanuele Guadiano (ITA), for there is no Moroccan Royal Tour (MRT) title this ambitious Italian won’t fight […]

Tétouan Under a Gold Sky de Pegase as Alix Ragot Races to Victory!

Tétouan, Morocco  – September 19, 2024 – Off to a flying start, the 2024 edition of the Morocco Royal Tour (MRT) has officially begun at the emblematic Garde Royale de Tetouan, an equestrian jewel in the heart of this spectacular coastal city. The vet inspection confirmed a talented start […]

Morocco Royal Tour 2024 : Rendez-Vous next Thursday in Tétouan!

In less than a week’s time, the 2024 edition of the prestigious show jumping circuit, the Morocco Royal Tour, will kick off in the magnificent facilities of La Garde Royale de Tétouan. This is the premier stage of a three-week tour that will take some of the world’s […]

The 2024 Morocco Royal Tour: An Elite Sporting Circuit with a Unique Personality

Rabat, Morocco – April 23, 2024 – From September 19th to October 6th, beginning in Tetouan and stopping in Rabat and El Jadida, the Morocco Royal Tour will once again welcome the world’s jumping elite. The thirteenth edition will be among the first events after the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, […]

Emanuele Gaudiano Ends His Morocco Royal Tour as He Began!

El Jadida, Morocco – October 22, 2023 – After being rescheduled due to the appalling Bernard storm, the two Grands Prix in El Jadida, 1* and 4* were held as normal… that’s the advantage of the indoor arena. All’s well that ends well for Italy’s Emanuele Gaudiano with […]

Allez La France! Nicolas Deseuzes Turns on the Nitro at the Morocco Royal Tour!

El Jadida, Morocco – October 21, 2023 – Two French victories in the two CSI 4*-W classes on the third day of the El Jadida. By winning the Prix FPB with his young Anglo-Arab Espri du Figuier, Olivier Robert (FRA) showed the way to Nicolas Deseuzes (FRA), who […]

All Black in Morocco! Tom Tarver-Pribe & Fresh Fiber Popeye Show their Strength in El Jadida!

El Jadida, Morocco – October 20, 2023 – For this kick-off in El Jadida of the Longines FEI World Ranking classes, a Faults and Time course, the Swiss course designer Gérard Lachat (SUI), had built a technical and tricky course. But it didn’t matter for New Zealand’s Tom […]

Riders & Horses for the Morocco Royal Tour CSI 4*-W

El Jadida, Morocco – October 19, 2023 – One final dance, one final prance! The 2023 Morocco Royal Tour has reached its final destination this week to El Jadida and the Salon du Cheval there. After a win in the first leg of the Tour in Tétouan, Simone […]

Leina Benkhraba Blazes to Win CNOM Accumulator CSIO 4*-W

Rabat, Morocco – October 14, 2023 – The home crowd were not disappointed last Saturday at the Morocco Royal Tour CSIO 4*-W and it was Leina Benkhraba (MAR) who delighted her countrymen winning the CNOM Prize CSIO 4*-W aboard Geisha des Sequoias. The Accumulator 1.45m class was contested […]

Victory Belongs to Belgium in the Nations Cup CSIO 4* at Rabat

Rabat, Morocco – October 15, 2023 – The highlight of the second stage of the Morocco Royal Tour, the Nations Cup CSIO 4* was won this afternoon in Rabat by a fine young team from Belgium… at the end of the suspense. This is the second Belgian victory […]

Jessica Burke Takes the “Expressway” to Victory in the Maroc Telecom Winning Round CSIO 4*-W

Rabat, Morocco – October 14, 2023 – It was a fine day for Moroccan show jumping, with three victories… but the fourth, the most important class, the €26,200 Prix Maroc Telecom CSIO 4*-W, a Winning Round, went to Ireland’s Jessica Burke (IRL) with a horse born in her […]

Female Power! A Day of Firsts for Marine Scauflaire & Cuba Libre de Nevada Z at World Cup Grand Prix in Rabat

Rabat, Morocco – October 13, 2023 – In Rabat, the Grand Prix is held on Friday, as Sunday is devoted to the Nations’ Cup (where eight teams will compete). This year’s Grand Prix was (almost) exclusively for women, with three of them in the top five!. For this […]

Italian Trifecta! Emanuele Gaudiano Rules as Italians Put on Show at the Morocco Royal Tour

Rabat, Morocco – October 12, 2023 – With the Nations Cup on the line, the Rabat leg of the Morocco Royal Tour featured a major event on the first day, the €26,200 Wilaya Rabat Sale Kenitra Prize CSIO 4*-W, a qualifier for the Grand Prix World Cup, which […]

Riders & Horses for the Morocco Royal Tour CSIO 4*-W

Rabat, Morocco – October 12, 2023 – It`s showtime for showjumping again during the 2023 Morocco Royal Tour. The event has moved on to the stunning Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in the capital of Morocco for Nations Cup CSIO 4* and CSI 4*-W action. Once again Abdelkebir […]

Elian Baumann is the Best in Winning Round Challenge CSI 4*-W at the Morocco Royal Tour – Tétouan

Tétouan, Morocco – October 08, 2023 – Besides the €98,000 H.R.H The Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan Grand Prix CSI 4*-W, another major competition took place on Sunday during the first leg of the 2023 Morocco Royal Tour CSI 4*-W in Tétouan. Earlier in the day, the €26,200 Prix […]

Simon Delestre & Olga van de Kruishove Do the Double in the €52,600 Prix de Dakhla CSI 4*-W

Tétouan, Morocco – October 07, 2023 – A double double for Simon Delestre (FRA), who had won the same €52,600 Prix de Dakhla CSI 4*-W last year, and who repeated this victory on Saturday evening in Tetouan with Olga van de Kruishoeve… with whom he triumphed the day […]

Simon Delestre & Olga van de Kruishoeve Power to First in the Prix de la Marche Verte CSI 4*-W

Tétouan, Morocco – October 06, 2023 – Things got serious on Friday at the 2023 Morocco Royal Tour with the running of the €26,200 Prix de La Marche Verte CSI 4*-W, a qualifier for Sunday’s World Cup Grand Prix CSI 4*-W. It was also the first class in […]

Morocco Royal Tour: The Kick-off for a World-Renowned Tour

Tétouan, Morocco – October 05, 2023 – The kick-off was given at 1:45pm: the 2023 Morocco Royal Tour is underway. Forty-six competitors in the CSI 1* and seventy-three (!) in the CSI 4* representing eighteen nations and three continents. Yes, the Moroccan circuit has established its international credentials! […]

Riders & Horses for the Morocco Royal Tour CSI 4*-W at Tétouan

Tétouan, Morocco – October 04, 2023 – It’s almost showtime for showjumping at the 2023 Morocco Royal Tour and the first of three weeks of competition gets underway this Thursday at the Royal Guard in Tétouan, Morocco. National equestrian hero Abdelkebir Ouaddar (MAR) leads a star-studded list of participants […]