Verona, Italy – November 10, 2023 – The final competition of the opening day at Jumping Verona 2023 produced a brilliant 13-horse jump-off in which Frenchman Simon Delestre(FRA) and the young mare Olga van de Kruishoeve galloped to victory ahead of Germany’s Daniel Deusser (GER) and Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z. Uliano Vezzani’s (ITA) 13-fence first-round track […]
Lyon, France – November 04, 2023 – The twenty top-ranked pairs from Friday’s Longines Grand Prix took part in the prestigious €100,000 Equita Masters CSI 5*-W, presented by Hermès Sellier, organised over two rounds on Saturday evening at the Longines Equita Lyon CSI 5*-W & CSI 2*, Concours […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – October 28, 2023 – Christian Kukuk (GER) had just missed out on a podium position in the 2023 LGCT Championship season race but he did stamp his ticket to the LGCT Super Cup by winning the €515,800 Longines Global Champions Tour of Riyadh CSI […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oslo, Norway – October 15, 2023 – With a spectacular ride against the clock, and from a 40-strong startlist sprinkled with multiple champions, it was Ireland’s Richard Howley (IRL)who reigned supreme with the 12-year-old gelding Consulent de Prelet Z in the first leg of the Longines FEI Jumping […]
Oslo, Norway – October 14, 2023 – Simon Delestre (FRA) stole the spotlight on Saturday at the 2023 Agria Oslo Horse Show CSI 5*-W & CSI 2*, guiding Dexter Fontenis Z to victory in the main class of the day the NOK $1,000,000 Rikstoto Grand Prix CSI 5*-W. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Coruña, Spain – July 19, 2023 – The A Coruña stage of Longines Global Champions Tour looked like it was going hand Maikel van der Vleuten (NED) the last leg up towards his first ever LGCT title. The dutchman, alongside 8 other riders, qualified for the jump-off and as […]
A Coruña, La A Coruña, Spain – July 16, 2023 – In a story that couldn’t be imagined, Victor Bettendorf (LUX) and Simon Delestre (FRA) tied for first in the €100,000 Sensormatic Trophy CSI 5*. With some of the best riders in the world fronting up to the […]
La Baule, France – June 08, 2023 – It’s summer and the busiest week for showjumping this year is upon us filled 19 events taking place in Europe and the Americas. The 2023 edition of the Jumping International de La Baule CSIO 5* promises to steal the spotlight, […]
Madrid, Spain – May 13, 2023 – First to go in round 1, first to go in the jump-off and first overall! Simon Delestre (FRA) and I Amelusina R 51 took top honours in the historic 47th Copa El Rey presented by Caser Group Helvetia on the penultimate day […]
Paris, France – March 19, 2023 – Welcomed by a guard of honour made up of Hermès saddle artisans, the legendary horse and rider pairing, Hermès Ryan and Simon Delestre (FRA), entered the ring in what must surely have been one of the most moving laps of honour […]
Doha, Qatar – February 24, 2023 – The 2023 edition of the Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab CSI 5* concluded last Saturday with three FEI-classes. Right after the Grand Prix CSI 2* and serving as the prelude to the €410,000 Commercial Bank Grand Prix CSI 5*, presesnted by […]
Doha, Qatar – February 24, 2023 – The second day of showjumping action at the 2023 CHI Al Shaqab 5* came to an end with France flying towards first place. In the Jumping €26,200 Speed Challenge CSI 5* Table C class, over a course of fences set at […]
Mechelen, Belgium – December 27, 2022 – They say showjumping is a sport of combinations and it sometimes provides us with remarkable results. Simon Delestre (FRA) drove away victoriously at the 2022 Jumping Mechelen CSI 5*-W & CSI 2* on Tuesday. The Frenchman, powered by Dutch horsepower provided […]
Geneva, Switzerland – December 08, 2022 – Thursday afternoon at the 2022 CHI of Geneva began with French rider Simon Delestre (FRA) partnering Iniesta V to victory in the Prix Swiss Wine Genève CSI 5*, a Table A against-the-clock event in two sections. Delestre and the 2013 bay Dutch Warmblood / Royal […]
Verona, Italy – November 04, 2022 – Simon Delestre (FRA), the Frenchman ranked number seven in the world, set the crowd alight at Jumping Verona 2022 this evening with a brilliant win with Dexter Fontenis Z in the €51,300 Kask Jump-off Challenge CSI 5*-W. A total of 14 […]
El Jadida, Morocco – October 23, 2022 – Each stage of the Morocco Royal Tour has its personality. In El Jadida, the riders have the chance to ride in a large indoor arena in a decor of lights and blue finery that characterizes this hall with its special […]
Valkenswaard, The Netherlands – July 31, 2022 – The closing day of thrilling action at Tops International Arena Summer Event Three ended with flying Frenchman Simon Delestre (FRA) and lightning fast Dexter Fontenis Z stealing the win in the €100,000 Grand Prix of Valkenswaard CSI 4* . Delestre […]
Oliva Nova, Spain – January 30, 2022 – The third and last week of Spring MET I 2022 concluded with a French victory in the CSI3* 1.50m Grand Prix presented by CHG – Construcciones Hispano Germanas S.A. – as Simon Delestre (FRA) and the 9-year-old gelding Dexter Fontenis Z […]
La Coruña, Spain – December 11, 2021 – After a super fast jump-off, it was Simon Delestre (FRA) and Cayman Jolly Jumper who came out on top in the €230,000 Longines Grand Prix CSI5*-W on Saturday during the CSI Casas Novas – A Coruña CSI 5*-W at the […]
Ratières, France – December 03, 2021 – The second week of the Hubside Jumping Valence Winter Tour continued on Friday at Haras des Grillons de Ratières, in Drôme, and Frenchman François-Xavier Boudant (FRA) was the fastest, associated with his gelding of ten years old, Brazyl du Mezel. The […]
Verona, Italy – November 09, 2021 – The brilliant little Hermes Ryan showed horses half his age how it should be done when galloping to victory for Simon Delestre (FRA) this afternoon in the third leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2021/2022 Western European League series […]
Verona, Italy – November 08, 2021 – On a dramatic afternoon in Verona, Italy today, Simon Delestre and the evergreen 16-year-old Hermes Ryan galloped to victory in the third leg of the 2021/2022 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Western European League. Germany’s Kendra Claricia Brinkop (GER) took the […]
Lyon, France – October 30, 2021 – This morning, the CSI 5* at the Longines Equita Lyon International Equestrian Competition opened with a 1.50m class against the clock sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim. Forty-five couples started the class to battle it out for the victory and register their name on […]
Grimaud, France – October 14, 2021 – René Lopez (COL), the boss at Grimaud! In front of 29 other competitors, the Colombian won the big class of the day, the €30,000 Hubside Speed Challenge CSI 5*, once again with his excellent Stalognia. The first day of competition ended in […]
Grimaud, France – September 26, 2021 – Steve Guerdat (SUI) 1st, Peder Fredricson (SWE) 2nd, Simon Delestre (FRA) 3rd, it would be difficult to dream of a better podium to bring this second week of the Hubside Fall Tour to a conclusion ! Riding Victorio des Frotards, the […]
