Budapest, Hungary – July 12, 2024 – Eight rounds jumped and eight clears produced gave The Netherlands a decisive win in the second of the two €90,000 Longines EEF Nations Cup Series Semi Final – Budapest CSIO 3*, held on Friday in Budapest, Hungary. This was the qualifier for […]
Ermelo, Netherlands – December 22, 2021 – From January 1, 2022, Jos Lansink will be the new national coach of the show jumping riders of Team NL. The native of Twente thus becomes the successor of Rob Ehrens. Lansink has an extremely impressive track record as a rider and coach […]
Valkenswaard, Netherlands – July 30, 2021 – The Spaniard Sergio Alvarez Moya (ESP) has just celebrated himself as the winner of the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Berlin in the capital of Germany, and preparations for the next German stage of the world’s most prestigious show jumping series […]
Lier, Belgium – September 08, 2019 – Harrie Smolders (NED) and Monaco won the €50,200 Woody Fence Grand Prix CSI 3* last Sunday during the Horseman Masters at the Azelhof Equestrian Center in Lier, Belgium. The Dutchman and Evergate Stables’ 10-year-old bay gelding (Cassini II x Contender) were […]
Mexico City, Mexico – April 11, 2019 – Valkenswaard United’s formidable duo of Bertram Allen (IRL) with Molly Malone V and Alberto Zorzi (ITA) with Contanga took pole position in a tantalising first round of GCL Mexico City. There was an atmosphere of intense focus in Mexico’s capital […]
Lars Kersten (NED) and Dobbey won the €50,950 Grand Prix CSI 3* yesterday during the Winter Masters CSI 3* at the Equestrian Centre de Peelbergen in Kronenberg, The Netherlands. The Dutchman and the 11-year-old grey Dutch Warmblood mare (VDL Ziroccco Blue x Grosso Z) rode to victory by […]
Leopold van Asten (NED) and VDL Groep Beauty won the €26,375 Beeten VD Prize CSI 3* yesterday during the Winter Masters at the Equestrian Centre de Peelbergen (ECP) in Kronenberg, The Netherlands. The Dutchman and the 13-year-old grey Dutch Warmblood mare (For Pleasure x Contender) were supreme in […]
The first of a total of five Longines World Ranking Jumping competitions was the highlight of the day, Friday (01/02/2019), from 4pm at the International Show Jumping Programme CSI 5* at the Glock Horse Performance Center (GHPC) in Austria. With prize money totalling €62,000 euros and a maximum […]
Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) and Dana Blue claimed top honors in the €50,000 RAI Amsterdam Prize CSI 5* yesterday during the Jumping Amsterdam CSI 5*-W in the Netherlands. The Dutchman and the 11-year-old grey Dutch Warmblood mare (Mr. Blue x Hemmingway) were victorious in the 1.50m jump-off […]
Bart Bles (NED) and Israel van de Dennehoeve won the Rabobank Grand Prix CSI 2* yesterday during the IICH Groningen CSI 2* in Zuidbroek, The Netherlands. The Dutchman and the 11-year-old bay Belgian Warmblood mare (Thunder van de Zuuthoeve x Darco) secured the victory by posting two penalty-free […]
First place for Holland on the podium of Casas Novas with the triumph of Maikel van der Vleuten (NED), who lifted the €25,000 Prosegur Trophy CSI 5* yesterday morning during the CSI Casas Novas – A Coruña in La Coruña, Spain. The Dutchman and the grey 10-year-old Dutch […]
Willem Greve (NED) and Zypria S won the €36,300 Van Mossel Prize CSI 4* last Saturday during the Jumping Indoor Maastricht CSI 4* in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The Dutchman and the 11-year-old dark bay Holsteiner mare (Canturo x Lux Z) were the fastest among the three combinations in […]
Stuttgart, Germany – November 15, 2018 – The 49-year old 2014 team world champion and 2015 team European champion, Jur Vrieling (NED) won the 34th International Stuttgart German Masters Horse Show’s opening international jumping class for the Bardusch GmbH & Co. KG Textil-Mietdienste Prize CSI 5*. Jur Vrieling […]
The 2019 Indoor Wierden CSI 2* came to a close yesterday hosting its crown jewel class, the €25,000 NIJWA Groep Grand Prix of Wierden CSI 2*. Forty-eight combinations from 10 countries registered to compete in the 1.45m jump-off challenge. Fourteen combinations qualified for the tiebreaker and the Dutch […]
Olympic Jumping athlete Bert Romp, a member of the Dutch gold medal team at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, has died following an accident in Middelbeers in the Netherlands where he was coaching. He was due to celebrate his 60th birthday on 4 November. The accident happened on 3 […]
The Longines China Tour of Beijing Great Wall took place as a CSI 3* tournament last week for the very first time at the foot of Great Wall of China. It was a premiere that a high-level equestrian event could be held in the historic Ju Yong Guan […]
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 […]
Jeroen Dubbeldam (NED) and Gioia van het Neerenbosch won the €25,000 Brinkhoff’s No. 1 Prize CSI 4* yesterday during the DKB Riders Tour at the Turnier der Sieger CSI 4* in Munster, Germany. The Dutchman and the 12-year-old chestnut Belgian Warmblood mare (Nagano x Skippy II) claimed top […]
Kevin Jochems (NED) & Captain Cooper won the €200,000 Longines International Grand Prix of Ireland CSI 5* yesterday during the Dublin Horse Show CSIO 5* in Ireland. Seven combinations had qualified for the jump-off with the Dutchman and the 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Namelus R x Corland) […]
Pim Mulder (NED) & Diabolo won the Rabobank Trophy CSI 4* last Saturday during the Jumping the Driehoek – CSIO Ommen 4* in The Netherlands. The Dutchmand and the 10-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Clinton x Chin Chin) were the only ones to clear the wall for the […]
The first class of the Longines Global Champions Tour of London kicked off with a win from World Number 1 Harrie Smolders (NED), the Dutch rider claiming the first victory at the Royal Hospital Chelsea aboard his speed horse Zinius. Jérôme Guery (BEL) & Hercules By Immofluisteraar Smolders clinched […]
Jur Vrieling (NED) & Zypern III €30,500 Gemeente De Wolden Grand Prix CSI 2* last Sunday during the C.H. de Wolden CSI 2* at the Jantje Broek Dekker Arena in De Wolden, Drenthe, the Netherlands. Jur Vrieling (NED) & Zypern III The Dutchman and the 11-year-old bay Holsteiner […]
It was also a great day for Eric van der Vleuten (NED), who did not disappoint his fans in La Coruña. The rider proved his skills and claimed the victory in the €25,000 Dachser Trophy CSI 4*, riding Wunschkind 19, a horse that took him to victory with […]
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 […]
Marc Houtzager (NED) & Sterrehof’s Edinus won the €93,000 Gaston Glock’s Championat yesterday during the Horses & Stars at the Glock Horse Performance Center (GHPC) in Treffen, Austria. The Dutchman and the 9-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Padinus x Columbus) were victorious in the 1.55m two-round contest by […]
Harrie Smolders (NED) today secured his place in the Longines Global Champions Super Grand Prix after a spectacular win in Hamburg, Germany. Packed grandstands witnessed the 2017 LGCT Champion and World Number 1 take a brilliant LGCT Grand Prix win with top stallion Don VHP Z, finishing just […]
Leopold van Asten (NED) & VDL Groep Beauty won the €25,450 Van Mossel Automotive Group Prize CSI 3* yesterday during the CSI Eindhoven 3* the Netherlands. The Dutchman and the 12-year-old grey Dutch Warmblood mare (For Pleasure x Contender) triumphed in the 1.50m class by leaving all the […]
Dutch Olympian Harrie Smolders has secured the number one spot of the Longines World Ranking for the first time in his career, taking the reins from Olympic silver medallist Kent Farrington (USA) who held the position since May 2017. Smolders, who turns 38 next week, made his Olympic […]
Harrie Smolders (NED) & Capital Colnardo won the $60,000 Kingsland Masters One Trophy CSI 5* last Saturday during the Longines Masters of New York CSI 5*/2* at the NYCB Live – Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The Dutchman and the 13-year-old bay Holsteiner stallion (Colman x […]
The final competition of the Shanghai Longines Global Champions Tour saw a familiar face on the winner’s step, as 2017 Champion Harrie Smolders (NED) rounded out the weekend with a win in the Massimo Dutti Trophy. Lightning fast as ever, the flying Dutchman made a formidable return to […]
