Michael Jung

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Jung Wins $20,000 Horseware Indoor Eventing Challenge at The Royal

Reigning Olympic champion Michael Jung of Germany claimed victory in his $20,000 Horseware Indoor Eventing Challenge debut on Saturday night, November 5, at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 94th Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, ON. Jung, who won individual gold and team silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, thrilled […]
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Jung Switches Horses for Rio

Michael Jung of Germany, the 2012 Olympic eventing double gold medallist, will not be riding Takinou as planned at the Rio Olympics. “Today I have to write the worst news of the year,” said Jung on his Facebook page. “Takinou has suffered a febrile infection [fever] after his victory in Aachen and cannot fly to […]
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Michael Jung Rides into History at Badminton

There were happy scenes at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), fourth leg of the FEI Classics™ 2015/2016, as a sell-out crowd watched the phenomenal Michael Jung (GER) La Biosthetique Sam FBW make history. He is the first German to win the 67-year-old event and, in the process, has become only the second winner […]
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Jung Widens the Gap After Rolex Cross Country

Michael Jung of Germany attacked the cross-country course at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Land Rover, as if it weren’t raining and the ground wasn’t muddy. The result was that Fischerrocana FST finished the fastest of the 63 horses that started the course. The combination of Jung’s winning dressage ride and the fast cross-country […]
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Michael Jung Leads Dressage at Kentucky

Michael Jung (GER) and his wonderful mare FischerRocana FST were in a class of their own at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event (USA), third leg of the FEI Classics™ 2015/2016, where their flawless performance has put them at the head of the leaderboard after the Dressage phase. Last year’s winners have a 5.3 penalty lead […]