Team France were convincing winners of today’s opening leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2016 series at Al Ain (UAE). In a competition that proved tough for some, but which also exposed some very exciting new talent, the side led by Chef d’Equipe Philippe Guerdat cruised to victory ahead of Qatar, while Switzerland […]
In a thrilling finale to the at Opglabbeek in Belgium today, the host nation’s Max Sebrechts clinched individual gold ahead of Colombia’s Isabela Lemos Campo in silver while Waled Alghamdi from Saudi Arabia clinched the bronze. These Championships. which are designed to encourage and develop young talent, were well supported throughout the 34-leg qualifying series […]
The return of golf to the Olympic Games has been controversial, before a single ball is putt. During the British Open in July, the world’s best female golfer, Inbee Park, slammed the Rio qualification process for excluding so many top players. No country can have more than four players of either sex. This will work […]
World No1 Scott Brash (GBR) edged closer to the Longines Global Champions Tour lead tonight winning his third Grand Prix of the 2015 season riding the phenomenal Hello Sanctos. Scott took the extraordinary triple win of the season under floodlights in the big grass arena in Cascais, Estoril, which delivered sporting drama as many of […]
The Qatari team were in a class of their own when earning both a place at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping Final and a qualifying spot for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with victory at today’s second leg of the Furusiyya 2015 series in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In a fascinating contest, it […]
Global Champions Tour: On September 29th, GCT sent out a promotional video of Scott Brash and Ludger Beerbaum effusing about a new GCT teams concept set to “revolutionize” their sport. I have to say I felt they were busking it a bit, the absence of detail leaving the rumour-mill to hypothesize that riders can be […]
The newly-crowned world champions from The Netherlands stormed to victory at the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2014 Final at Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain tonight. On the crest of a wave following their gold-medal-winning performances at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy last month, they oozed class and confidence as […]
With Olympic and European gold already in the bag, the British will be bidding for a clean sweep of team Championship titles when Jumping gets underway at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Normandy, France in 10 days’ time. But while their side boasts both the Longines world number one rider, Scott Brash, and number […]
Nick Skelton’s London 2012 team gold medal winning horse, Big Star, will make his comeback return to competition from injury at Royal Windsor Horse Show, which takes place May 14-18, 2014. The 11-year-old has been out of action since sustaining an injury last August as he was preparing for the Spruce Meadows Masters. He was […]
FEI President HRH Princess Haya welcomed more than 300 delegates to the third FEI Sports Forum, which opened at the prestigious IMD business school in Lausanne (SUI) today. Addressing delegates from 70 National Federations, representatives of the FEI Associate members, experts, guests, FEI Bureau and Technical Committee members, and FEI staff, the FEI President stressed […]
