Langley, British Columbia – May 25, 2025 – Charlie Jones (GBR) scored the biggest win of his career in the $116,000 Grand Prix CSI 4* – 1.55m on the final day of the Canadian Premier at Thunderbird Show Park. The 26-year-old rider has been building a partnership with Capitale […]
Langley, Canada – May 23, 2025 – Daniel Coyle (IRL) doesn’t ride for second place, as is evident this week at the 2025 Canadian Premier. The Irish Olympian has now taken two international victories with Farrel, owned by Ariel Grange. The duo snagged both Wednesday’s Speed Challenge CSI […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada – May 21, 2025 – Six years ago, Ariel Grange’s Farrel proved himself a winner at Thunderbird Show Park. He was just 9 years old on that occasion. Now, at age 15, the Dutch Warmblood gelding (Cardento 933 x Stakkato) made an impressive comeback […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada – September 21, 2024 – The final international event on Thunderbird Show Park’s 2024 calendar is the CSI2* BCHJA Fall Finale. But it might be better known as The Chawke Show after this week. Husband-and-wife team James (IRL) and Jacqueline Chawke (CAN) swept the international division, […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – August 18, 2024 – James Chawke (IRL) and Daido van’t Ruytershof Z entered the Fort Grand Prix Arena with a slightly new look on Sunday, but they produced the same result as the week prior—a Grand Prix victory. In a King Edward-esque tack […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – August 17, 2024 – When Tiffany Foster (CAN) brought Com Es Ta into the Fort Grand Prix Arena for the $10,000 Kubota Canada Winning Round CSI 3*competition, she decided to let the mare loose. Foster set out to use the Summer Fort […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – August 16, 2024 – As James Chawke (IRL) went over his plan for the jump-off with Nacara van Berkenbroek Z in the $31,100 Keg Qualifier CSI 3* 1.50m, his peers surmised that the winner would do eight strides to the final fence. […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – August 15, 2024 – Simon Nizri (MEX) found himself in a two-horse race for victory Thursday in the YETI Challenge CSI 3* at Thunderbird Show Park. Though there was little time to spare in his warm-up, he made sure to watch Ayla […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada – August 14, 2024 – Katie Laurie (AUS) and Cera Caruso were excellent pathfinders in the $31,100 George & Dianne Tidball Legacy Welcome CSI 3*. Jumping first in the 31-strong field, they not only showed their competitors how to execute a clear round over Joey Rycroft‘s […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada – August 11, 2024 – James Chawke (IRL) is still learning about his 10-year-old Zangersheide mare, Daido van’t Ruytershof Z. After winning Wednesday’s Tbird Speed Challenge CSI3* 1.45m, Chawke shared that he thought the quick-footed bay would make a useful ranking horse. But she might have […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada – August 10, 2024 – When Ayla Martinoff (CAN) drove her trailer out of Thunderbird Show Park in July, she was riding a high—and a three-class win streak with Calloway. This week, they’re back at tbird and picked up right where they left off. Making […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada – August 09, 2024 – Tiffany Foster (CAN) did not get to be the no. 1 ranked female rider in the world by resting on her laurels. But even by equestrian standards, her work ethic borders on super human. The three-time Canadian Olympian arrived in Langley on […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada — August 08, 2024 — When Katie Laurie (AUS) posts about the striking chestnut Pretty Women on Instagram, she includes the hashtag #perfectprincess. They’re not simply sweet words, though. It’s strategy. “If she knows you love her, she tries her heart out,” said Laurie. “She’s […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada — July 07, 2024 — It was a winning weekend at the Western Family for Ayla Martinoff (CAN). Hot off a win in Friday’s Highland Farms Ltd Welcome and a pair of second place finishes in the YETI Welcome and the Langley Grand Prix the week […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – June 30, 2024 – Kassidy Keith (CAN) started a streak Sunday on closing day of the West Coast Classic. After winning Saturday’s feature class in the “Seize the Day” Speed Derby with Evita, she made it a double aboard her longtime partner […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada – June 19, 2024 – Earlier this month at Thunderbird Show Park, Tiffany Foster (CAN) announced the retirement of her longtime partner Brighton from international sport. “There will never be another horse like Brighty for me. Anyone who knows him knows how special he […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – June 01, 2024 – James Chawke (IRL) admits, he doesn’t know so much about Liaraldra. He learned Sunday that the 8-year-old Royal Dutch Sport Horse – Dutch Warmblood (KWPN) mare can most definitely win. One of the last to jump in the Tbird […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – May 31, 2024 – The West Coast Cup CSI 4* – 1.45m Friday morning proved to be quite a numbers game, and Nayel Nassar (EGY) caught on quickly. Colm Quinn’s (IRL) first round track tested riders with a robust track and a […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada –June 03, 2024 – When Charlotte Jacobs (USA) first sat on Rincoola Milsean as an 8-year-old, she wasn’t at all sure what heights the tiny, 15.2-hand Irish Sport Horse gelding would be able to reach in the sport. But she knew she liked […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada — June 01, 2024 —Heading into the Odlum Brown BC Open at Thunderbird Show Park, James Chawke (IRL) had never before won an international competition at the four-star level. He’s now won two—with two different horses. After capturing Thursday’s CSI 4* 1.45m speed competition with […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — May 31, 2024 — The jump-off of the $62,500 FOBI Qualifier CSI 4* Friday at Thunderbird Show Park was a who’s who of elite show jumping talent. Among the 10 athletes to advance to Colm Quinn‘s (IRL) shortened track in the Thunderbird Arena […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – May 31, 2024 – With one horse-and-rider combination remaining in the $31,100 Qualifier CSI 4* – 1.45m at Thunderbird Show Park, it appeared as if Nayel Nassar (EGY) would lead another victory lap aboard Ivory TCS, who had won the Winning Round CSI […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – May 26, 2024 – As Erynn Ballard (CAN) prepared to walk into the Thunderbird Arena for the jump-off of the $340,000 Major League Grand Prix of Vancouver CSI 5*, she verified her plan with her business partner, Ilan Ferder. “I’m going fast, […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – May 25, 2024 – The Trelawny Trailblazers ended the 2023 Major League Show Jumping season as the overall champions, dominating the league with 148 points—nearly 30 more than the runners-up, Team Roadrunners. Entering the 2024 season, their roster appeared largely unchanged, with […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – May 25, 2024 – Johnny Pals (NED) has been carefully managing Chacco’s Girl‘s schedule, and he decided that if the jump-off got too large in the Wyndham St John Memorial Grand Prix CSI 2* – 1.45m, he’d save his mount for another […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – May 24, 2024 – Conor Swail (IRL) has always felt at home at Thunderbird Show Park. The County Down native was based out of Ontario when working his first North American job at Lothlorien Farm, and he’s made winning a habit over the […]
Langley, British Columbia — May 24, 2024 —When it comes to Major League Show Jumping, the stakes are most definitely raised.The MLSJ circuit made its debut in 2021, and the annual North American five-star show series kicks off its fourth season this week in Langley at tbird’s Canadian Premier, which has become the venue’s biggest […]
Langley, British Columbia, Canada — May 03, 2024 — You’d be hard pressed to find a sport more difficult to predict than show jumping. That is, unless you’re watching Kassidy Keith (CAN) and Havana jump 1.40m at Thunderbird Show Park. “I would say that at 1.40m, Havana is always on […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – April 21, 2024 – Kassidy Keith (CAN) doesn’t always win in the Grand Prix ring at Thunderbird Show Park, but when she does, it’s often with Havana. The veteran pair started their 2024 season at tbird’s April Season Opener the same way they ended […]
Langley, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – September 22, 2023 – Two fences from home in the first round of the Tbird Grand Prix CSI 3* Saturday at Thunderbird Show Park, a clear round looked unlikely for Uma O’Neill (NZL) and Clockwise of Greenhill Z. Heading toward the penultimate vertical, […]
