The Aquece Rio International Horse Trials, the test event that wound to a close at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Centre yesterday, has been widely acknowledged as a successful preparation for next year’s Rio 2016 Olympic Games, with the opportunity to test field of play, stabling and cross country operations. Also tested were results, scoring and […]
The FEI Tribunal has maintained the two-month provisional suspensions on the three Swiss jumping horses Nino des Buissonnets (FEI ID FRA45550) and Nasa (FEI ID FRA45675), ridden by Steve Guerdat (SUI), and Charivari KG (FEI ID 102ZB26), ridden by Alessandra Bichsel (SUI). Two-month provisional suspensions were imposed on the horses on 20 July after they […]
The British made history at the FEI European Pony Championships 2015 in Malmo, Sweden when claiming all gold in Dressage along with both the Jumping and Eventing team titles. Only the individual Jumping and Eventing gold medals evaded their grasp, going to French rider Justine Maerte and Germany’s Calvin Bockmann respectively. The British victory roll […]
The stage was set at Angelstone on Saturday night for the first of three majors this season. ‘The Champions’ featured 20 starters with the class getting underway at 9:00 o’clock, under the lights. Visiting course designer Manuel Esparza built a course that would test the scope of the field, while emphasizing speed, an advantage to […]
The biggest names in show jumping will be competing in a thrilling team competition this Friday evening in Valkenswaard. Star riders including Ludger Beerbaum, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, Eric Lamaze, Kevin Staut, Edwina Tops-Alexander, Sheikh Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani, Lauren Hough, Maikel van der Vleuten, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Doda de Miranda and Gregory Wathelet will be in […]
Schuyler Riley (USA) and Dobra de Porceyo were the winners of the inaugural class of the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping North American League at the Bromont International, when 16 horse-and-rider combinations took on the challenge. Sunny, blue skies welcomed a large crowd of almost 5,500 that flocked to the international-level event at the newly […]
As the equestrian events close at the Pan Am Games in Toronto, competitors are preparing to head west to Thunderbird Show Park in Langley. The facility will be hosting two summer tournaments in mid-August, centering around the $126k Longines FEI World Cup Qualifier on August 16th. Leading riders from the USA, Canada, Egypt, Venezuela and beyond […]
Marcio Jorge (BRA) and Coronel MCJ were popular and convincing winners of the Aquece Rio International Horse Trials, the test event that wound to a close at the Deodoro Olympic Equestrian Centre today. In front of a huge contingent of voluble fans, Jorge steered the talented grey to a supremely confident clear over the coloured […]
Marcio Jorge (BRA) and his compatriot Marcelo Tosi still hold the advantage at the Aquece Rio International Horse Trials, but it is Jorge at the head of the field after cross country not yesterday’s Dressage leader Tosi. Eight horses were clear around the 20-fence 3.2km course designed by Pierre Michelet, the Frenchman behind the track […]
Kelly Soleau of Marlborough, CT, and her own Itty Bitty kicked off the final week of competition at the Vermont Summer Festival with a win in the $10,000 Overland Welcome Stake, presented by Manchester Designer Outlets, on Thursday, August 6. The Vermont Summer Festival continues through Sunday, August 9, at Harold Beebe Farm in East […]
