Bertram Allen (IRL) continued a successful debut season at the Winter Equestrian Festival with a victory in the Bainbridge CSI5* with Lafayette van Overis.
Show Jumping
Swiss rider Martin Fuchs showed why he is ranked number two in the world with a win aboard Stalando 2 in the Equinimity WEF Challenge Cup at WEF.
Beezie Madden and Jiva won the Douglas Elliman Real Estate while Georgina Bloomberg topped the Bainbridge Companies riding new mount Balotelli 5.
The FEI scrapped ranking points won at a controversial jumping venue in France, but the FFE finds it ‘painful’ the shows went ahead in the first place.
A total of 48 countries will be represented in equestrian at the Olympic Games, with Luxembourg, Pakistan and Israel making their debuts.
Qatari jumpers claim that shisha smoked in the hotel where they stayed during their Olympic qualifying show may have been ‘spiked’ by rivals.
At the official half-way mark of the HITS Ocala Winter Circuit, Week V was full of top hunter and jumper competition and Mid-Circuit Champion Awards.
Across six continents, horses and riders have been competing in 15 leagues throughout the FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 season.
Sri Lankan show jumper Mathilda Karlsson loses her Olympic ticket and others drop in the world ranking as FEI decides classes should not have been approved.
The sixth week of the Winter Equestrian Festival closed with Grand Prix victories for Mexico’s Carlos Hank Guerreiro and Peter Lutz (USA).