Your Fearless Editor ‒ who works from home and normally lives like a hermit ‒ is off on another adventure in far-flung Qatar.
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The 19th Asian Games are taking place at Tonglu Equestrian Center in Hangzhou, China; Qatar and UAE rounded out the podium.
Your Fearless Editor is once again headed east ‒ way east ‒ to cover the CHI Al Shaqab in Qatar. Come along on my adventures in the desert...
Allegations that Moroccan ‘spiked’ the tobacco smoked in a hotel shisha bar are unproven; Egypt loses its Tokyo team jumping result.
Lamaze was one of seven to qualify for the jump-off at Al Shaqab; Niels Bruynseels (BEL) won while Lorenzo de Luca (ITA) was second.
The German rider guided Dominator 2000 Z to win the 410,000 euro finale in Doha, edging Olivier Robert (FRA) and Niels Bruynseels (BEL).
Qatari jumpers claim that shisha smoked in the hotel where they stayed during their Olympic qualifying show may have been ‘spiked’ by rivals.
The culmination of the CSI3* competition at CHI Al Shaqab, in Doha, Qatar, featured a completely Qatari field in the 40,000€ grand prix, save for two Jordanian riders. From the 19 starters, just five went clear to force a jump-off. The first four all had rails, and in a thrilling finish it was the final […]
Saturday afternoon’s finale, the 100,000€ Grand Prix Freestyle, wrapped up an exciting two days of dressage at CHI Al Shaqab in Doha, Qatar. While Nathalie zu Sayn Wittgenstein of Denmark was the odds-on favourite to take the class as she did last year aboard Digby, fellow countrywoman Lone Bang Larsen did not go down without […]
The CDI5* dressage competition got underway at the CHI Al Shaqab in Doha, Qatar, on Friday, March 14th. This is the second year a CDI has been held here; in 2013 it was a 3*, but was upgraded and bolstered with huge prize money, offering a 40,000-euro Grand Prix, a 60,000-euro Special and a 100,000-euro […]