Great Britain was once again the main winner on the final day of the JYSK FEI European Para-Dressage Championships in Herning (DEN). British riders took three gold and two silver medals across the five Grades in the individual Freestyle competition. Natasha Baker, double London 2012 gold medallist and individual champion yesterday, started the winning streak, […]
Roger Yves Bost became only the fifth French rider to claim Individual European gold when galloping to victory in the PSI FEI European Jumping Individual Championship final at Herning in Denmark. Great Britain’s Ben Maher went into the final competition with the narrowest of leads, but a fence down in this afternoon’s opening round saw […]
FEI Honorary Delegate and former Royal Dublin Society President Frank O’Reilly (IRL) passed away earlier this month at his home in Rathmore, Co Kildare, Ireland at the age of 90. Born in Dublin in November 1922, Francis Joseph Charles “Frank” O’Reilly was the only son of a medical doctor. He was educated at St Gerard’s […]
There’s been a theatrical touch to just about every moment of the ECCO FEI European Championships 2013 in Herning, Denmark, but nothing could surpass the pure drama of the Blue Hors FEI European Dressage Grand Prix Special won by Olympic champions Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro from Great Britain. The pressure was at boiling point, with […]
Today, August 23rd, marks the one-year countdown to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy. In just 12 months, some 900 riders, drivers and vaulters and their horses from over 60 countries, 500,000 visitors, at least 1,500 media representatives, and thousands of volunteers will gather in Normandy for the world’s greatest equestrian event […]
In a thrilling final showdown, the Olympic gold medalllists from Great Britain added the PSI FEI European Team Jumping Championship title to their honours list when pipping the defending champions from Germany in Herning, Denmark. And a gutsy Swedish side battled through to snatch the bronze in a competition that kept spectators on the edges […]
It was a dramatic day of team competition at the JYSK FEI European Para-Dressage Championships in Herning (DEN), with the Grades Ia, II and III riders being put through their paces. London 2012 triple gold medallist Sophie Christiansen (GBR) and compatriot Anne Dunham dominated the Grade Ia competition. Christiansen and Janeiro 6 claimed the honours […]
Germany claimed team gold for the 22nd time at the Blue Hors FEI European Dressage Championship in Herning, Denmark. In a tense battle, it fell to reigning Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Champion, Helen Langehanenberg, to clinch it with her last-to-go ride. And she did so with cool conviction when steering the brilliant Damon Hill […]
Two great tests from multi-medalled veteran, 44-year-old Isabell Werth, and team rookie, 23-year-old Fabienne Lutkemeier, have given Germany the advantage after the first part of the Blue Hors FEI European Team Dressage Championship in Herning, Denmark today. Going late into the evening, Werth stamped her authority on the leaderboard when posting the highest first-day score […]
The reigning Olympic champions from Great Britain snatched the lead in the PSI FEI European Team Jumping Championship in Herning, Denmark today when the French lost their grip on pole position. Lying second overnight, the British produced three fabulous clear rounds over the super-tough track designed by Frank Rothenberger and Bo Bak Andersen that really […]
