Bitless bridles are also now permissible in lower levels as one northern European country reacts to the challenge of 'social licence'.
Ludger Beerbaum
All the German Olympic show jumping horses and their riders have a connection to Ludger Beerbaum; "That makes me a little proud."
A few weeks before his 60th birthday, the most successful German show jumper ever announced his retirement from the sport at CHIO Aachen.
The former Olympic champion show jumper feels vindicated over ‘barring’ allegations; any method of touching a horse’s leg now banned.
Mark and Tara Rein's Rome Gladiators team of Nina Mallevaey, Zoe Conter and Shane Breen finished in third spot.
Erynn Ballard will be the sole Canadian competing against a roster of the world's top jumping competitors April 14-16.
The German Olympian was caught on video repeatedly subjecting horses to this illegal and painful form of 'training'.
Ludger Beerbaum recently announced that he will retire from the German show jumping team, following the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Finals in Barcelona, Spain, in September. As president of the Longines World Equestrian Academy, Beerbaum will support the development of the show jumping market in the Asia, including the Longines Equestrian Beijing Masters, which he […]
Legendary German show jumper Ludger Beerbaum, winner of four Olympic gold and one bronze medal (the latter at these Rio Olympics), two golds, one silver and one bronze World Championship medals, and six gold, three silver and two bronze European Championship medals, has announced his retirement from the national team. The Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup […]
World number one Scott Brash and world number two Ludger Beerbaum have spoken about a new era of “exciting” new football-style club competitions heralding the start of a show jumping revolution in 2015. In an exclusive interview (see video below), the global stars of the sport previewed the spectacular new Club League, which will take […]