Kyle King of Ocala, FL, kicked off the three-week Rocky Mountain Classic show jumping series by winning the $50,000 CSI2* G2 Financial Group Grand Prix on Saturday, August 20. The Rocky Mountain Classic show jumping tournaments are taking place at Anderson Ranch in Calgary, AB. Course designer Werner Deeg of Germany ensured a thrilling […]
Ian Millar of Perth, ON, proved why he is a nine-time Olympian, taking first and second in the $75,000 CSI2* Brookstreet Grand Prix to end the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments’ two-week run at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON. Heavy rains moved through the area just prior to the competition on […]
The Netherlands’ Adelinde Cornelissen was in a class of her own as she claimed her second gold medal in two days when winning the Grand Prix Freestyle at the FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 in Rotterdam (NED) this afternoon. Yesterday she was super-cool when topping the Grand Prix Special, despite an error of course that […]
Colombia’s Roberto Teran dominated at the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments, taking four out of the top nine spots in the $10,000 ATCO Jumping Derby held Saturday, August 20, at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON. In the ultimate test of fitness and bravery, only 10 horses managed to finish the course […]
Adelinde Cornelissen defended her title in style when recording her second successive victory in the Grand Prix Special at the FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands today. On the afternoon she claimed gold with Jerich Parzival at Windsor in Great Britain two years ago she set a new world-record with her sparkling […]
For the second Friday in a row, 21-year-old Jordan MacPherson of Toronto, ON, was the big winner at the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments taking place at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON. MacPherson and Piccobello topped a 15-horse jump-off for victory in the $10,000 Ottawa Rental and Supply Ltd. Open Welcome, […]
Sweden, Spain and Denmark qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games as a result of their placings in yesterday’s FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 team competition. Sweden finished fourth on a score of 214.437%, Spain was fifth (211.580%), and Denmark sixth (209.985%). The three leading nations at the Championships had already achieved Olympic qualification. Gold […]
Antipodean riders Clarke Johnstone (NZL) and Chris Burton (AUS) are making absolutely sure of their FEI World Cup™ Eventing bonus by travelling to the last event in the 2011 series, which is underway at Haras du Pin (FRA) today. Both riders are now based in Britain, where they are making quite an impact on the […]
The inaugural two-day Symposium hosted by the FEI, CHIO Aachen and Aachen School of Course Design (ASCD) last month was “a vital step forward in the organised growth of national, regional, FEI 1* and 2* Jumping competitions”, according to John Madden, Acting Chair, FEI Jumping Committee. The Symposium, entitled “How to develop, organise and sustain […]
Elizabeth Gingras and Kilimanjaro climbed to the top of the Talent Squad competition held Thursday, August 18, at the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments at the Nepean National Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON. Gingras of Edmonton, AB, and Kilimanjaro were one of three horse-rider combinations to jump clear over the challenging track set by […]
