Everyone sat up and paid attention when a relatively unknown Brazilian called Stephan de Freitas Barcha produced two spectacular clear rounds in the super-tough team competition, the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™, at La Baule (FRA) and Falsterbo (SWE) this year. Double-clears at this level of the sport are hard to come by, but while many […]

If defending champion, Switzerland’s Steve Guerdat, can claim back-to-back individual gold in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) then he will be the very first Jumping athlete to do so in the history of the Olympic Games. Since Belgium’s Aime Haegeman steered Benton ll to victory in Paris (FRA) in 1900, no rider has succeeded in coming […]

Great Britain show jumping team member Michael Whitaker was injured in a fall off a horse at his Nottinghamshire farm on July 25th, suffering a cracked rib and bruises. The resilient 56-year-old rider was not down for long, however, planning to ride at Hickstead on Saturday, July 30, although he will have to miss Friday’s […]

The five Canadian show jumpers that have been declared for CHIO Aachen in Germany, running July 8-17, are most likely Canada’s show jumping team for Rio: Yann Candele – First Choice 15, Showgirl Kara Chad – Bella Strade, Bellinda, Gin Tonic v. Haagakkers, Jana van de Elshoeve (YH) Tiffany Foster – Tripple X III, Victor, […]