The Irish will be first to go in tomorrow’s fifth leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ 2011 following the draw which took place at the German venue this afternoon. The wet weather has failed to dampen spirits at the Soers Arena, and the draw press conference was a lively affair, although some of the team […]
Waylon Roberts finished in 13th place in the Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational CIC 2*, held July 4–6, 2011 in London (GBR) held on the site of the equestrian events for the 2012 Olympic Games. Roberts, of Port Perry, ON, riding Blockbuster III, a 14-year-old British- bred bay gelding that Roberts co-owns with Boogie Machin, earned […]
After a first week marked by unprecedented success and record attendance, the Blainville Equestrian Park gets set for the second week of the Classique Internationale Blainville, from July 13 to 17. More than 200 Hunter Jumper classes are scheduled to take place in the different arenas. Renowned riders such as Liubov Kotchekova from Russia, as […]
Sweden holds the lead in the 2011 FEI European Promotional League series following consistently good results over the past few weeks. Carrying 49 faults, they have a good advantage over the Italians and Swiss who are playing cat-and-mouse in second and third places respectively, but with only a single point separating them. The battle for […]
Ukraine and Japan will both be represented in the Olympic Jumping events at London 2012, following their success at the Olympic qualification event held in Aachen (GER) on 10 July. Ukraine secured a team slot and Japan one individual place during Sunday’s qualifier for Olympic Groups C – Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia […]
Rising stars, and many with familiar names, shone brightly at the FEI European Jumping Championships for Children, Juniors and Young Riders 2011 staged in Comporta (POR) over the weekend. Nicola and Olivier Philippaerts, twin sons of long-time Belgian senior team rider Ludo Philippaerts, were members of the victorious Belgian Young Rider side, and 18 year […]
The FEI, CHIO Aachen and Aachen School of Course Design (ASCD), which are collaborating for the first time on a two-day Symposium to help the growth of national, regional, FEI 1* and 2* competitions around the world, have a small number of tickets left for the 18-19 July event in Aachen (GER). “The Symposium will […]
The first week of the Classique Internationale Blainville ended with the 1.40m Québec Grand-Prix Jumping. Thanks to the support of the Government of Québec, the event came with a $40,000 prize. 37 rider-horse teams stepped up to the starting line, including Québec natives François Lamontagne, Laurence Addison, Stéphanie Morier, Mélissa Marcotte, Nicolas-Xavier Bélanger and Nicolas […]
Captain Canada, Ian Millar (CAN), captured the Akita Drilling Cup on the last dry day of the Spruce Meadows ‘North American’ tournament. Twenty five horse and rider combinations took to the international ring to compete for the $50, 000 dollar prize. The course designed by Werner Deeg (GER) proved to be a challenge, as only […]
The final event of the Spruce Meadows North American tournament, the Cenovus Classic, saw 18 horse and rider combinations tackle the historic course originally designed by Pamela Carruthers (GRB) in 1985. A crowd of 38, 915 watched as Shane Sweetnam (IRL) rode to victory aboard his 10 year old Swedish Warmblood stallion, Traffic Boy. “When […]
