Longines Global Champions Tour has announced a new partnership with McCourt Global as the world’s premier show jumping series continues its expansion. Jan Tops, president of the Tour, and Frank McCourt, chairman and CEO of McCourt Global and former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will work together to bring top-level show jumping to new audiences […]
France’s Patrice Delaveau won the Longines Grand Prix at the Athina Onassis Horse Show, held in Ramatuelle, France, on June 5-7. Thirty-five riders contested the course designed by Belgium’s Luc Musette. But Delaveau won easily on Carinjo*HDC. “I’m really very happy,” said Delaveau. “I came with Carinjo in Ramatuelle to prepare him for an eventual […]
Cevo Itot du Chateau, one of the true legends of modern show jumping, is to retire after a stunning career at the top of the sport. Edwina Tops-Alexander has announced that her world-famous chestnut gelding, a “once-in-a-lifetime horse”, will go into official retirement in July with an impressive haul of championship victories to his name. […]
The key Chinese media always refer to Ludger Beerbaum as the “Father of the German equestrian sport”. Even if the German equestrian sport is actually quite a few years older than the successful sportsman and entrepreneur from Riesenbeck, Westphalia, this reverent title clearly underlines the fact that the role Beerbaum is primarily playing at the […]
