18 May 2013 The Furusiyya Round of the Day award is presented to the horse & rider combination who is judged to have best displayed qualities such as harmony, partnership, balance and skill throughout their two rounds; values represented and embodied by Furusiyya. Janika Sprunger riding, Paloubet D’Halong produced one of only two double-clear rounds of [...]

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18 May 2013 Determined Dutch win first leg of Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Europe Division 1 at La Baule The Netherlands won through when standing firm while those around them crumbled in the closing stages of the opening leg of the Europe Division 1 section of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 series at [...]

17 May 2013 What did the CHIO showground look like in the old days? Has there always been a Judges‘ Tower? Was there a roof over the grandstands 20 years ago and where did you buy things from at the time? Was there already a CHIO Village, which riders did you manage to take pictures [...]

17 May 2013 Although thunderstorms disrupted competition throughout the day at the Kentucky Horse Park, the clouds parted as the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic got underway during the Kentucky Spring Classic. Sixteen horse and rider combinations advanced to the tiebreaker, creating a speed duel for the winning prize. Kent Farrington proved to have all the [...]

17 May 2013 It was all about teamwork for top amateur polo player Marc Ganzi of Wellington and Prince Harry as they led Sentebale Land Rover to a 4-3 victory over St. Regis in the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup on a rainy and chilly Wednesday in Greenwich, Connecticut. Winning team from left to right, [...]

17 May 2013 Their debut went well, but after success came disappointment. “GLOCK’s Romanov must have stood on something, as his hoof started bleeding and so to be on the safe side there’s only one thing for it: get the vet to treat it and stop Romanov from starting here,” said a disappointed GLOCK rider [...]

17 May 2013 The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the following four horse-and-rider combinations to the U.S. Dressage Team for the Aachen CDIO5* held during CHIO Aachen in Germany, June 26-30, 2013. Additionally, two Small Tour combinations have been named to represent the U.S. in CDI4* competition. In 2013, the United States will [...]

17 May 2013 The sixth qualifier of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 will take place at the La Baule CSIO 5* in France this Friday 17 May attracting a field of eight teams. The starting order, which was determined by a draw held at La Baule today, will be as follows: 1.    The [...]

16 May 2013 Another rider who changed his nationality: the German show jumper André Schröder will ride for Azerbaijan in the future. In 2007, André Schröder was the European champion of Junior Riders in Germany and is one of the most talented German riders of the young generation. His team mates in the Azerbaijan team [...]

16 May 2013 German show jumper Marco Kutscher wil not be able to ride for a few weeks, as he sustained an injury. The double European champion of 2005 injured his thigh muscle, which needs some weeks to cure. Source: PSI   « back to the news overview INTERNATIONAL NEWS« back to the news overview [...]

16 May 2013 Swiss show jumper Christina Liebherr has got a new mount in her stable. The 9-year-old grey Top Gun (Limotas x Corofino) had been internationally presented by Holger Wenz before. The pair ranked fourth at the CSI3* Bremen, Germany where Holger Wenz earned precious world ranking points. A great number of buyers had [...]

16 May 2013 Today marked the conclusion of Prince Harry’s tour of the United States, culminating with the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup in Greenwich, Connecticut. There was Royal jubilation as The Sentebale Land Rover team was victorious in a close match, which saw Prince Harry scoring the winning goal. The Sentebale Land Rover team [...]

16 May 2013 The heat was on as the Kentucky Spring Classic got underway today at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY.  Five riders produced double clear rounds during the 1.45m Open Jumpers, but it was the last do so that proved to be the fastest. Abigail McArdle and Cosma 20 broke the beam [...]

16 May 2013 Horses and Stars is the Glock Horse Performance Center’s motto. While the focus will naturally be on the top horses and riders from 16–19 May 2013, there will be no lack of interest outside the dressage arena with international music, cinema and television celebrities. Treffen With the outdoor season now in full [...]

16 May 2013 Custom Saddlery is proud to recognize one of their Most Valuable Riders, Heather Blitz and her horse Paragon, for being one of only 10 dressage athlete/horse combinations to be awarded a United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) training and competition grant to be used in 2013.  These grants were awarded in order for [...]

15 May 2013 Thanks to the Bechtolsheimer family, Dressage at Hickstead in collaboration with the FEI (International Equestrian Federation) is pleased to announce that it will host a CDIO3* 1-4 August 2013. Along with the Royal International Showjumping, this now makes the show a CHIO; one of only three in the world. The FEI have [...]

15 May 2013 The Old Salem Spring Horse Show continued today with the beginning of competition for a second week at Old Salem Farm. The week is full of fun events to watch and participate in for equestrians and spectators alike. You can see the “Who’s Who” of the show jumping world on the Grand [...]

15 May 2013 Nordic Lights Farm has kicked off the spring show season in style, traveling to Europe to be based out of London with Olympian Lauren Hough. Amateur rider Eirin Bruheim represented her home country of Norway at Jumping Antwerp in Belgium and the Flanders Spring Classic at Jumping Lummen. During the prestigious CSI** [...]

15 May 2013 It took precise riding and a talented mount to be at the top of the standings during Sunday’s $75,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show. Richard Jeffery’s challenging track yielded only two clear rounds, but it set the stage for a speedy jump-off between Meagan Nusz and Reed Kessler. [...]

15 May 2013 Pilot season for FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage series begins this week at Vidauban The Domain Equestre de Grands Pins, at Vidauban in the south-east of France, plays host to the opening leg of the much-anticipated pilot season for FEI Nations Cup™ Dressage next Friday, 17 May. Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven with Aurelio A total [...]

15.05.2013 The CHIO Aachen 2013 (June 21st – 30th) begins in just a few weeks time. People, who can’t make it live, will be able to follow the events at the Soers in Aachen on public television. In addition to live broadcasts, ARD and WDR will also showing reports and summaries on the World Equestrian [...]

14 May 2013 Marc Ganzi, one of the world’s top amateur polo players, will compete alongside Prince Harry on Wednesday, May 15th in the Sentebale Royal Salute Polo Cup in Greenwich, Connecticut. Marc Ganzi Audi team captain. Photo credit David Lominska. Ganzi and six other polo players will compete with the Prince in the invitation-only [...]

14 May 2013 In 466 days’ time, Normandy will be living to the rhythm of the seventh edition of the biggest event in equestrian sports. It’s true that the event may still appear a long way off. However, recruitment of volunteers for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2014 in Normandy, to be held from [...]

14 May 2013 Dutch and a Spaniard coming to the GLOCK HORSE PERFORMANCE CENTER The Dutch fans are just as striking as the star riders from the land of the tulips. Orange is everywhere and if they win, the horses have even been known to wear bell boots in the same colour. Here two famous [...]

14 May 2013 This year’s CHIO partner country is turning the Opening Ceremony of the World Equestrian Festival into a royal affair! Because Denmark, one of the oldest monarchies in Europe, will be travelling to Aachen with everything that the Royal Family has to offer: The famous golden carriage of the Danish Royal Family will [...]

14 May 2013 The term Recognized Affiliate Association is reserved for one organization acknowledged by the United States Equestrian Federation to represent an International Discipline or the National Breed or Discipline that has a body of rules which has been approved by the USEF Board of Directors for inclusion in the Federation Rule Book. The [...]

14 May 2013 Lauren Hough and Tackeray finished strong amid a field of world class talent at the Alltech Royal Windsor Grand Prix over the weekend. They were quick and clear through the first round, and were one of seventeen combinations that returned for the jump-off. As the last to ride they had a chance [...]

14 May 2013 French overcome determined Dutch to make it a Furusiyya double at Drammen Just seven days after coming out on top in Lummen, Belgium, French riders recorded their second win of the inaugural Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping series at Drammen, Norway today.  However this time they were pushed just about as close as [...]

14 May 2013 The CSIO 5* of France of La Baule will welcome 64 riders and 177 horses, coming from 19 nations, in nine 5 star events of the Longines Jumping International of La Baule’s program 2013. FEI Nations CupTM presented by Longines: Friday, May 17th 2.05pm GERMANY / Chef d’equipe : Heiner Hengemann  Katrin [...]

14 May 2013 The following German riders have been nominated for the CSIO 5* La Baule (FRA) taking place from 16 to 19 May: Katrin Eckermann, Lars Nieberg, Patrick Stühlmeyer, Holger Wulschner and Tim Rieskamp-Goedeking « back to the news overview INTERNATIONAL NEWS« back to the news overview PORTUGUESE NEWS  Interesting Links to that News:Lars [...]

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13 May 2013 Todd Minikus and Legacy Stables’ Uraguay won the highlight event of the first week of the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, the $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix presented by Suncast. They were fastest in the jump-off to beat Darragh Kerins (IRL) on E-Muze Yek and Christine McCrea (USA) with Romantovich [...]

13 May 2013 Valentina Truppa, Carabiniere Scelto, riding Fixdesign Eremo del Castegno, scored the second place with 75.05% in the Nürnberger Grand Prix by AXJ in the World Dressage Masters contest, in München (GER). «We are very happy! Today Fixdesign Eremo del Castegno was great, despite the weather» said Enzo Truppa. Now Valentina’s focus moves [...]

13 May 2013 It took precise riding and a talented mount to be at the top of the standings during today’s $75,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix at the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows. Richard Jeffery’s challenging track yielded only two clear rounds, but set the stage for a speedy jump-off between Meagan Nusz and Reed Kessler. Nusz [...]

13 May 2013 Deafening celebrations broke out at 17.15 in the Hamburg Derby arena and the sensation was perfect: 31 year-old Gilbert Tillmann from Grevenbroich won the 84th German Show Jumping Derby, presented by Tchibo, with 19 year-old Irish gelding Hello Max.  Right around the stadium the spectators were beside themselves with excitement… Gilbert Tillmann [...]

13 May 2013 Fabienne Lütkemeier and Qui Vincit Dynamis – photo by Thomas Hellmann The youngest rider in the final of the German Dressage Derby was the winner of the coveted blue ribbon: Fabienne Lütkemeier, a 23 year-old student from Paderborn, triumphed in the final with horse exchange ahead of Olympic rider Anabel Balkenhol (Münster) [...]

13 May 2013 Hamburg’s spectators showered the winner with applause: Christian Ahlmann from Marl did several victory laps, waved, laughed and enjoyed the huge enthusiasm of the fans packing out the Derby ground.  The cheers were a result of a first-class achievement with eleven-year-old stallion Codex One. Three flawless rounds and 49.33 seconds in the [...]

12 May 2013 Capturing a ribbon was no easy task during today’s $20,000 Bluegrass Classic at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show. Forty-two entries gathered at the Rolex Stadium to compete in the 1.45m Open Jumper event, but when 23 qualified for the tiebreaker the results came down to a foot race. Besting the clock and [...]

12 May 2013 Pablo Barrios has taken an early lead in the 2013 Hagyard Challenge Series. Barrios took home the top spot during Thursday’s $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic. The Venezuelan native rode Zara Leandra to a dominating first place finish with a double clear effort in 38.258 seconds. Pablo Barrios won Thursday’s $25,000 Hagyard Lexington [...]

12 May 2013 Emanuele Gaudiano (Italy) was clearly delighted, Nuno Palma e Santos (Portugal ) visibly proud. One triumphed on the show-jumping course, the other in the dressage arena, and the spectators were beside themselves. Gaudino won the Deutsche Kreditbank AG Prize with Holstein gelding Chicago, and with it the second qualification to the 84th [...]

11 May 2013 French overcome determined Dutch to make it a Furusiyya double at Drammen Just seven days after coming out on top in Lummen, Belgium, French riders recorded their second win of the inaugural Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping series at Drammen, Norway today.  However this time they were pushed just about as close as [...]

11 May 2013 Ted Dwyer, former coordinator of the FEI World Cup™ Jumping Pacific League and international course designer and judge, has died in Australia just days before his 90th birthday. Ted lived in Young, New South Wales together with his wife, Judy and their two sons on a farm that had been in his [...]

10 May 2013 Below click for general information of the Pferd International taking place in Munich from 9 to 12 May 2013: Starting order and results Participating riders Time schedule   « back to the news overview INTERNATIONAL NEWS« back to the news overview PORTUGUESE NEWS  Interesting Links to that News:horseweb.tv – Die aktuelle Live-Stream [...]

10 May 2013 The fifth qualifier of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2013 will take place at the Drammen CSIO 3* in Norway this Friday 10 May attracting a field of eight teams. The starting order, which was determined by a draw held at Drammen today, will be as follows: 1. Sweden 2. Netherlands [...]

10 May 2013 The 2013 Hagyard Challenge Series kicked off with a big win for Venezuela’s Pablo Barrios and Zara Leandra during the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic. Topping an 11-horse jump-off at the Kentucky Horse Park during the Kentucky Spring Horse Show, the duo made a dash for the cash that was uncatchable with a [...]

10 May 2013 Hamburg – Marc Houtzager from the Netherlands very much liked the brand new Mercedes-Benz CLA on Wednesday.  Now he has one and all he has to do is reach an agreement with his horse’s owner.  Not everyone manages to get a new car in 44.40 seconds. “I’m really happy, I need a [...]

10 May 2013 Hamburg – It is Hans-Dieter “Hansi“ Dreher’s  first time competing at the German Show Jumping and Dressage Derby in Hamburg and he started well..  The show jumper from Eimeldingen in Baden-Württemberg won the opening show jumping, the Eurogate Container Terminals Prize, with Canberra R, a nine-year-old mare, in a penalty-free 63.35 seconds. [...]

10 May 2013 Hamburg – Anabel Balkenhol (Münster), Fabienne Lütkemeier (Paderborn) and Bianca Kasselmann (Hagen a.T.W.) have conquered the final of the German Dressage Derby in Hamburg. Anabel Balkenhol achieved the ultimate feat – first and second place in the Grand Prix de Dressage, the Helenenhof Prize – with her Olympic horse Dablino FRH and [...]

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9 May 2013 In the American finals in Wellington Athina Onassis de Miranda had already scored a fine third place on Camille Z. In the Spanish finals in Madrid, de Copa del Rey (1.55m) she finished third again, this time on AD Babouche vh Gehucht Z (Baloubet du Rouet). Babouche is was bred by the [...]

9 May 2013 The Kentucky Spring Horse Shows are getting underway today at the Kentucky Horse Park, and one of the highlight events will be the kick off of the 2013 Hagyard Challenge Series, sponsored by the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. The Hagyard Challenge Series consists of seven grand prix classes to be held during [...]

9 May 2013 The USET Foundation is pleased to announce that this year’s recipient of the Pinnacle Cup Trophy at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI**** is Bruce O. Davidson, Jr. of Riegelsville, PA, and Ocala, FL. Davidson, known as “Buck,” rode Ballynoe Castle RM to a fourth place finish at the prestigious event and [...]

9 May 2013 The top horses and riders from across the country have returned to the Kentucky Horse Park this week for the start of the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows. The first day of competition kicked off with the Open Jumper divisions in the Rolex Stadium. Olympian Reed Kessler led the way in the 1.45m [...]

8 May 2013 The 2013 Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows kicked off competition today on the beautiful show grounds in North Salem, NY. They are welcoming more than 1,000 horses to the two-week competition, which runs May 7-12 and May 14-19. The show has invested in their grounds in recent years and their efforts [...]

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8 May 2013 The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has named the  following four horse-and-rider combinations to the Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team for the Aachen CICO3* held during CHIO Aachen in Germany, June 27-29, 2013. Additionally, two combinations have been named as reserves. This will be the first time the United States has fielded [...]

8 May 2013 Dressage – FEI World Individual Dressage Ranking – N° 148 – 30/04/2013 1 CORNELISSEN, Adelinde JERICH PARZIVAL NED 2899 2 LANGEHANENBERG, Helen DAMON HILL NRW GER 2802 3 DUJARDIN, Charlotte VALEGRO GBR 2563 4 SPREHE, Kristina DESPERADOS FRH GER 2517 5 GAL, Edward GLOCK’S UNDERCOVER NED 2474 6 VILHELMSSON SILFVÉN, Tinne DON [...]

7 May 2013 In a nail-biting showjumping finale, New Zealander Jonathan (“Jock”) Paget turned in the performance of his career so far to lift the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials trophy. Lying second overnight, the 29-year-old Badminton first-timer rode an immaculate clear aboard Francis Stead’s Clifton Promise to pile the pressure on the overnight leader [...]

7 May 2013 The 2013 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials came to an exciting conclusion Monday with the final show jumping phase. The CCI4* held annually in Gloucestershire, Great Britain boasted one of the strongest fields outside of championship competition. It was New Zealand’s Jonathan Paget and Frances Stead’s Clifton Promise who collected the winner’s [...]

7 May 2013 A new star was born when New Zealander Jock Paget triumphed in an extraordinary climax to the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), fourth leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™. Paget, who is the first Badminton debutant to win since fellow Kiwi Mark Todd in 1980, had been at great pains to [...]

6 May 2013 The 2013 edition of the “Vincenzo Muccioli Challenge” international show jumping event, originally programmed from 19 to 21 July at Coriano near Rimini, has been cancelled. Behind the decision taken by the San Patrignano Community lies the consideration that, to date, the confirmed financial contributions from sponsors are not sufficient to cover [...]

6 May 2013 Sheridyn Ashwood and Prestige VDL won the Hamilton Island Grand Prix in great style showing new freestyle music and choreography and winning with every individual judge with both technical and artistic marks. Their performance was enthusiastic, elastic and fulfilling all the judges needs to win this prestigious event. Second place to Heath [...]

6 May 2013 Poland’s Olympic combination Katarzyna Milczarek and Ekwador repeated as victors in the Grand Prix Freestyle at Radzionkow, Poland CDI3* last Sunday. Heike Kemmer from  Germany claimed victory of the Special aboard Quantico. Katarzyna and the 13-year-old Polish stallion Ekwador scored 73.375% in their first CDI performance of the year. Canada’s Pia Fortmüller [...]

6 May 2013 With the first points of the championship series on the ranking board, the world’s best riders will be sharpening up their tactics for the second leg in Hamburg. Michael Whitaker, current ranking leader, will be in Hamburg with his horse GIG Amai in a bid to consolidate his position after jumping the [...]

6 May 2013 On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, European University organized a major event in Barcelona on 20 April. Founded in 1973, The European University has developed an approach to the management of companies that offers high quality teaching, a competitive learning environment and a network of campuses in different countries. This broad [...]

6 May 2013 The huge crowd at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials (GBR), fourth leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™, roared home Michael Jung (GER), cheering loudly at the finish of the Cross Country to show their appreciation of a true horseman. However, although the Olympic, World and European champion has retained his lead [...]

6 May 2013 Michael Jung (GER) riding La Biosthetique Sam remains in 1st place after the Cross-Country phase at the 2013 Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials. Jonathan Paget (NZL) riding Clifton Promise is in 2nd place, with Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing challengers William Fox-Pitt (GBR) riding Parklane Hawk in 3rd place, and Andrew Nicholson (NZL) riding Nereo in [...]

6 May 2013 Eric van der Vleuten was wearing his lucky breeches: after winning the Lübzer prize the 49-year old Dutchmen also won the Prize of the Deutsche Kreditbank AG in the jump-off with his horse Wan Architekt. He showed everyone that he can be equally fast being the last starter in the jump-off, just [...]

5 May 2013 The first event of the Longines GCT 2013 has ended with the victory of the British Michael Whitaker riding “Viking” and being the only rider who ended without penalty the two rounds and the jump off. The GP Global Champions Tour is a competition over two rounds with one jump off. 50 [...]