The Irish rider finally hoisted the trophy at Hickstead for his win aboard Can Ya Makan after nearly two decades of trying.

The Frenchman and the son of the great Hickstead won the 5* feature class at A Coruña in Casas Novas, Spain.

McLain Ward retires his good mare Clinta, 40th anniversary of Jumping Mechelen is cancelled, Hickstead looks good to go.

In addition to being inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, Lamaze received the Order of Sport, Canada’s highest sporting honour.

Williams began the Al Shira’aa Jumping Championships with a pair of wins and ended the show by claiming top spot in the £15,000 feature.

The 2021 event will proceed on its scheduled July dates but as a CSI2* instead of a 5* and be primarily aimed at British-based riders.

Promoter Dane Rawlins has reluctantly dismantled the UK’s premier CDIO facility after subsidizing the running costs from personal funds.

The filly Cergy LVP Z was sold online to undisclosed Canadian clients for 46,000 euro, while a Hickstead colt is headed to South Africa.

The powerhouse show jumping team of Eric Lamaze and the stallion Hickstead are one of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame inductees for 2020/21.

The prize money for three of the biggest jumping competitions at the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen, held May 29th-June 7th, 2020, has been doubled.