The French rider Kevin Staut won the “Longines Equestrian Beijing Masters”. He asserted himself at the “Bird’s Nest”, the Olympic Stadium in Peking, against ten international and 21 Chinese riders. Ludger Beerbaum from Germany came second, Jane Richard Philips from Switzerland ranked third. The best Chinese competitor was Meimei Zhu in fourth place. As a […]
Popular Australian rider Sam Griffiths produced a superb display of horsemanship in today’s Jumping phase to win his first major title, the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), fourth leg of the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014, with Paulank Brockagh, the mare that he co-owns with Dinah Posford and Jules Carter. In a competition of extraordinary twists […]
Team Canada continues to dominate the North American, Central American and Caribbean League of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping, after picking up their second consecutive win of the series on May 9 at the CSIO4* Coapexpan in Mexico. Team members Kara Chad (Calgary, AB), Ian Millar (Perth, ON), Jonathon Millar (Perth, ON), and Chris […]
Paul Tapner (AUS) is on course to win his second Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), fourth leg of the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014, after a dramatic day of Cross Country action. The 38-year-old Australian, second after Dressage on the mud-loving Irish gelding Kilronan, tackled the track early in the day and looked beatable when he […]
Canada clinched their second victory in a row in the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2014 series after a thrilling head-to-head with the U.S. at Coapexpan, Mexico. Just four teams lined out in the second of the three qualifiers in the North America, Central America and Caribbean League, and the Canadians won through in a […]
CornerStone will host its annual CDI-W CornerStone Spring Into Dressage competition, which will act as the official test event for the 2015 Pan American Games, from June 6 to 8 at the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park in Palgrave, ON. With next year’s Pan American Games in Toronto just over a year away, CDI-W CornerStone […]
Stylish American rider Clark Montgomery thrilled the capacity crowd at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), fourth leg of the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014, when he deservedly took the lead. His dressage test was a model of balance, consistency and harmony despite the wind that has battered the Gloucestershire site all day. Montgomery, 32, was […]
In a competition filled with drama, Finland snatched the honours at the opening leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Europe Division 2 series at Linz in Austria. Drawn neck-and-neck at the halfway stage of the competition, and still battling it out going into the closing stages, it seemed that either the host nation […]
A trio of brilliant Dressage tests lit up a wet and blustery afternoon at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), fourth leg of the FEI Classics™ 2013/2014. Two Australians, Paul Tapner and Lucinda Fredericks, both former Badminton winners, flank Britain’s Francis Whittington as the only riders to break the 40-penalty barrier after the first […]
At the last stop of their European tour, Canadian riders once again achieved top results , with scores in the 70s, against top international competitors at CPEDI 3* Mannheim, GER, held May 3-6th. Continuing their winning streak from the week before at CPEDI 3* Moorsele, Lauren Barwick of Aldergrove, BC and Equine Canada’s 13-year-old Oldenburg […]
