The international show jumpers took center stage on Thursday, October 24, at the 61st annual Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) for their first two competitions of the week durning WIHS Barn Night. In the $50,000 International Jumper Welcome Stake, Jos Verlooy of Belgium rode Varoune to victory, while Israel’s Sydney Shulman topped the $36,000 International […]
It was a big moment for South African Dressage when qualifying a team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Hippisch Centrum in Exloo, The Netherlands. The only country to field a side in the Group F (Africa and the Middle East) qualifier incorporated into the CDI 3* Grand Prix at the Dutch fixture, the […]
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. […]
So, what does 75 days and nearly $2 million get you in the horse show world? We’re about to find out. Just like you, we will be here riding. In fact, at least one person from each of our families and even the daughter of our footing company CEO will be competing. It’s what makes […]
Canadian Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze has welcomed a new show jumping prospect for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games to his barn. Idalville d’Esprit, an 11-year-old bay Belgian Warmblood gelding (Carabas v/d Wateringhoeve x Nabab de Reve), was purchased for Lamaze by Chris and Thea Stinnett of Heathman Farm and will be owned in partnership with […]
Olympic gold medalists and former No. 1 riders in the world rankings make up a star-studded field in the international show jumping division at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, from November 1 through 10, 2019, at Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto, ON. Four days of international show […]
Organisers of Olympia, The London International Horse Show are delighted to announce that a brand-new event, ‘Dressage Unwrapped’ will take place on Monday December 16th. Under the glass roof of Olympia Grand, three of Britain’s most celebrated dressage riders, Carl Hester, Gareth Hughes and Richard Davison will unwrap the secrets of dressage for the Olympia […]
Bryan Balsiger of Switzerland claimed the first leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League in Oslo, Norway aboard the gallant grey gelding, Clouzot de Lassus. In a super-hot 12-horse jump-off, the 22-year-old from Neuchâtel near Lausanne threw down a brilliant round when third to go and, despite their best efforts, […]
Cathrin Dufour (DEN) stole all the limelight at the first leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League in Herning (DEN) this weekend, taking both the Grand Prix and Freestyle. Riding her exciting young Westphalian gelding Bohemian, she posted a whopping 83.022 to win yesterday’s Grand Prix. And today she posted the […]
Today was the last highlight in 2019, in the ring of the HUBSIDE Fall Tour. This afternoon 45 combinations took part in the last 4* Grand Prix of 2019 in Var. Ten of them qualified for the jump-off, completing the 13-fence course built by French course designer Cédric Longis without any difficulties. Although the French […]
