The experienced pairing of Simone Deitermann (GER) and Flambeau H3 became the first European combination to post a win in the 2009 HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing, leading the qualifier at Marbach (GER) from start to finish. Deitermann, 28, scored 32.3 in the Dressage, establishing a clear lead of nearly 5 penalties over compatriot Dirk […]
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The FEI has announced the composition of the Ethics Panel formed to assess and further investigate practices among members of the German equestrian team. The Panel will be chaired by former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Lord Stevens (GBR). David O’Connor (USA), Olympic champion and President of the United States Equestrian Federation, Ken Lalo (ISR), chairman of […]
Oliver Townend realised a lifelong dream when he won the 60th anniversary Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials and, at 26, became the youngest British rider to win since the likes of Ginny Elliot and Lucinda Green in the 1980s and 1970s. Townend, a hugely successful and hard-working rider on the national circuit in Britain, not […]
Karin Donckers lit up a blustery arena with a typically soft and supple Dressage test on Gazelle de la Brasserie at The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), the second leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™, and became the first Belgian rider to lead the field at this event. The combination, who lay 2nd […]
Emily Baldwin (GBR) and Drivetime produced an assured and expressive test to deservedly take the lead with 42.3 penalties after the first day of dressage at The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), the second leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. Baldwin, 28, who finished 25th last year, has 1.5 penalties in hand over the […]
2008 Olympic Silver Medalists Mac Cone, Jill Henselwood and Ian Millar will join many of Canada’s top Grand Prix riders at the Caledon Equestrian Park this month. “As the new season begins at the Caledon Equestrian Park, we are delighted that so many of our equestrian athletes have chosen to show with us this spring,” said […]
A century of sporting history will be celebrated when the much-anticipated first leg of the inaugural Meydan FEI Nations Cup™ series takes place in La Baule (FRA), in ten days’ time. It was in 1909 that the indoor London Olympia and outdoor San Sebastian shows first hosted military team jumping competitions and, 100 years on, […]
Aurora, ON – Horse Sport is proud to present Olympic Gold medalist Heike Kemmer on September 25, 26 & 27 at Stirling Farm in King City, ON. Heike earned her first gold medals at the 1983 European Championships for Young Riders and has remained consistently competitive over the last three decades. Most recently, she was a […]
On Saturday, May 2, approximately 80 members of ten Central Ontario Pony Clubs took part in the Central Ontario Regional Quiz at Sutton District High School in Sutton. Quiz includes a written test, a visual test where competitors have to identify strange, obscure and unusual horsy objects by sight (older competitors often have to read […]
Zara Phillips (GBR), the reigning World Champion, will take centre stage at this weekend’s 60th anniversary of The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (7-10 May), the second leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™, her cross-country performance on her gold medal partner Toytown eagerly awaited by the traditionally huge crowd at Badminton. Toytown, now 16, performed […]
