Eventing

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Tom McEwen leads Pau CCI 5* wire to wire; Canada’s Holly Jacks 12th

At the top of the provisional leaderboard after the dressage test, still in the lead after the cross-country competition, and after a splendid clean sweep in the show-jumping competition this afternoon, British rider Tom McEwen rode to victory, winning his first CCI 5*-L on his French Saddle gelding, Toledo de Kerser. He came in ahead […]
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Ocala Jockey Club hosts International Olympic Qualifying Event

With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games taking place in the summer of 2020, athletes in all Olympic disciplines are hard at work to qualify. Equestrian disciplines are no different, and the Ocala Jockey Club International 3-Day Event, Nov. 14-17, is proud to serve as the only Olympic qualifying Event in the Southeast USA for 3-Day […]
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Tougher Sanctions for Dangerous Riding, Abuse and Blood in Eventing

Tougher new sanctions for dangerous riding, abuse and blood on the horse will apply from January 2020 in FEI eventing, if agreed by the FEI General Assembly in Moscow next month. Eventing now has more field-of-play sanctions for horse abuse and dangerous riding than any other horse sport, including the troubled discipline of endurance, though […]
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Holly Jacks-Smither scores 5* personal best dressage with Morris at Pau

Canadian eventer Holly Jacks-Smither started off the Les Etoiles de Pau CCI5*-L on October 25th with her partner, 14-year-old Thoroughbred gelding More Inspiration, in the best possible fashion, scoring a personal best 36.0 pp at this level of competition. The pair currently sit 29th on the leaderboard among 42 starters going into Saturday’s cross-country test. […]
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Colleen Loach finishes second in CCI3*-L at Fair Hill International

Erin Sylvester and Paddy the Caddy ended their long history of competing at Fair Hill in style winning The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship. Joining her in the victory circle was Woods Baughman aboard C’est La Vie 135 as The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI3*-L Eventing National Champions at Fair Hill International. Erin Sylvester (Cochranville, PA) […]
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Waylon Roberts Tops CCI4*-L Leaderboard at Fair Hill International

Colleen Loach moves up to 2nd in CCI3*-L After a nail-biting day of exciting cross-country action at The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day Event (FHI), a few new names grace the top of the leaderboards. The CCI4*-L division saw a major shuffle in the standings, after overnight leaders had trouble on Derek di Grazia’s […]
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Colleen Loach and Waylon Roberts top Canadians after Fair Hill Dressage

At the end of a busy day wrapping up the dressage phase of The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day (FHI), two new riders took over the top of the leaderboards. Mara DePuy and Congo Brazzaville Z moved into first in The Dutta Corp./USEF CCI4*-L Eventing National Championship with their 28.6, while Alexa Gartenberg and […]
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Day One of The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day Event

Canada’s Jessica Phoenix and Watson GS currently 9th in CCI4*-L Dressage took center stage on the blustery first day of The Dutta Corp. Fair Hill International Three-Day (FHI), with both FEI divisions and young horse classes kicking off the championship event. Will Coleman, of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Dondante (owned by Team Rebecca LLC and The […]
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Australian Eventer Suspended for Alleged Sexual Abuse

Australian 4* eventing rider Callum Buczak has become the first person to be provisionally suspended while criminal proceedings are ongoing for alleged sexual abuse under the FEI’s new safeguarding procedures. Buczak, 28, was charged in August with rape. Initially the national federation, Equestrian Australia, declined to suspend him while the case was ongoing in the […]
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Germany wins FEI Eventing Nations Cup Boekelo; Sweden take series title

In the thrilling finale to the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2019 series at Boekelo, The Netherlands today, Team Germany posted their fourth win of the season while league leaders Sweden held on to take the series title. However some of the biggest smiles were on Swiss faces when they pulled Olympic qualification out of the […]