London, England – December 15, 2023 – Five-star jumping made an exciting return to London International Horse Show CSI 5* and three British riders stole the spotlight on the opening day, Guy Williams (GBR), Matt Sampson (GBR) and Ben Maher (GBR), winning the €30,000 LeMieux Puissance CSI 5*-W, The […]
North Salem, New York, USA – May 19, 2022 – New York’s early-morning rain was gone in time for Thursday’s featured competition at the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, with open jumpers and top-level hunters returning to beautifully decorated rings for the first awards of Week 2. Flying […]
London, England – December 16, 2021 – The first day of the 2021 London International Horse Show CSI 5*-W came to an end in grand fashion with the running of the LeMieux Puissance CSI 5*-W and a win by the host nation. In the end, Guy Williams (GBR) […]
Windsor, Berkshire, England – July 01, 2021 – The Puissance rounded off a spectacular day of national Show Jumping action in Windsor’s famous Castle Arena, with a duo of greys out-jumping their rivals in the five-round competition. From the six starters, four made it through to the fourth […]
Driehoek, The Netherlands – August 02, 2019 – There are not many events in the Netherlands where equestrian sports and entertainment are so seamless and that happens during the Jumping de Driehoek – CSI Ommen 3*. The audience was on their tiptoes not to miss anything that happens […]
Falsterbo, Sweden – July 13, 2019 – Mathieu Billot (FRA) and Dassler won the €20,000 Somersby Puissance CSI 5* last Saturday during the Falsterbo Horse Show CSIO 5* in Falsterbo, Sweden. The Frenchman and the 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Douglas x Cassini II) were the only ones to […]
New York, New York, USA – April 27, 2019 – Italian Olympian Emanuele Gaudiano (ITA) showed the crowd what it takes to clear a height of 2.01 meters and win the Lamborghini Masters Power Six Bar competition last Saturday. As the fences rose with each round so did the excitement […]
Matt Sampson (GBR) has reflected on the “amazing” experience of Puissance glory at the TheraPlateUK Liverpool International Horse Show. Yorkshireman Matt and challenger Michael Pender (IRL) shared the top prize after they both jumped 2.20 metres (7ft 3in) to clear the famous red wall in a class sponsored […]
A thrilling €27,000 Cayenne Puissance class CSI 5* had the crowd roaring with excitement at Olympia, The London International Horse Show CSI 5*-W when four combinations took on the 7ft 4in wall in the fifth and final round. Only two, however, managed to leave all the bricks intact: […]
The 60th Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) continued on Friday, October 26, with some of its most exciting competition yet, featuring the $25,000 Land Rover Puissance were Aaron Vale of Williston, FL, and Finou 4. The classes were part of a full schedule of exciting competition and entertaining exhibitions […]
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 […]
Luca Maria Moneta (ITA) & Wywace won the €20,000 Somersby Trophy – Puissance CSI 5* last Saturday during the Falsterbo Horse Show CSIO 5* in Sweden. The Italian and the 11-year-old Swiss Sport Horse (Wind Dancer x Wagenaar) earned the victory as the only combination to clear the […]
Irish star Shane Breen produced a record-breaking performance to win a memorable Equerry Bolesworth International Puissance on Friday night. Bolesworth’s International Arena was at its majestic best in glorious sunshine as a capacity crowd witnessed a truly outstanding exhibition of power and precision jumping. Shane and 18-year-old puissance […]
Hong Kong was blessed with its first mild day in weeks on Day 2 of the Longines Masters of Hong Kong, but the competition in the arena remained just as fierce, kicking off with a whole new competition for the Asian leg of the intercontinental series in Hong […]
Puissance winners Chris Megahey (IRL), Holly Smith (GBR) and Louise Saywell (GBR – picture) all paid tribute to this year’s Liverpool International Horse Show after they produced a thrilling Saturday night finale. A capacity crowd at the Echo Arena Liverpool revelled in a high-class competition that saw all three riders – Chris on Seapatrick Cruise Cavalier, […]
Laura Renwick (GBR) & Top Dollar VI won the €27,000 Cayenne Puissance class CSI 5* last night at Olympia – The London International Horse Show CSI 5* in England. Renwick and the 8-year-old chestnut Anglo-European Sport Horse (Dollar du Murier x Darco) were the only ones to overcome […]
All-time legend of showjumping Nick Skelton (GBR) & Lastic clearing the height of 2.32 meters to break the British Puissance record at the 1978 Olympia Horse Show in London, England. Photo: © Archives Olympia – London International Horse Show
Mark Van den Top (NED) and 9-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding Diabolo (Clinton x Chin Chin) soaring high to clear 2.10 meters and win the Puissance class last week at Indoor Wierden CSI 2*. Source: Press Release by Wendy Scholten for Indoor Wierden Photo: © FotoTrailer
Aaron Vale (USA) and Finou earned their second-consecutive WIHS Puissance victory on Friday night, this year clearing 6’7” to take the win in the $25,000 International Jumper Puissance, presented by The Boeing Company. “It’s the horse,” said Vale on the secret to tying with McLain Ward in 2016 […]
The traditional Horse of the Year Show CSI 3* is on this week 3* in Birmingham, England and the Puissance competition there is the perfect setting for amazing pictures such as this one in one of the events there in the past. Photo: © Horse of the Year […]
