16 May 2012 Four Australian riders who were due to compete at the Badminton Horse Trials will start at this weekend’s Saumur CCI3* (FRA) in a bid to impress selectors ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games team selection.  After the cancellation of Badminton, Australia’s overseas based eventers had to revise their plans ahead of [...]

16 May 2012 Timing of the United States’ dressage selection trials rule out Continental Europe competitions before the Olympics, but team coach Anne Gribbons hopes as many as six horsss and riders will be in the squad traveling to England to prepare for the Games. Plans for the U.S. team were outlined by Anne as [...]

16 May 2012 The Belgian chef d’équipe Philippe Guerdat has named his team for the Top League show in Rome, Italy. This show takes place May 24-27. Guerdat takes the complete Philippaerts family to Rome: Ludo and his 19 year old sons (twins) Nicola and Olivier. The Belgian team for Rome: Jos Lansink : Cavalor [...]

16 May 2012 Tomorrow the World Dressage Masters show in München (Germany) will start. One of the competitors is Dutch Edward Gal who will compete Glock’s Undercover. It’s the second internationalshow for this pair. On his website Gal mentions about 11 year old Ferro bred Undercover: ‘Undercover keeps on improving and he was super during [...]

16 May 2012 The second leg of the FEI Top Level Nations Cup is soon to get underway in Rome (24th – 27th May). Five British Riders will travel out with only four being selected to contest the FEI Nations Cup. The squad is as follows: – Scott Brash from Peebles, Scotland and Lady Pauline [...]

16 May 2012 Irish showjumper Denis Lynch sustained a severe fall at the end of the victory lap after winning the Derby at the CSIO***** in La Baule last weekend and had to be taken to hospital. During the first medical check in France no particular injuries were found. Now it has been stated on [...]

15 May 2012 Last Sunday Dutch reigning Olympic champion Anky van Grunsven tweeted that her good old Bonfire (29) was not fit and was stabled at a veterinarian clinic. ‘Most probably a problem with his kidneys. There was blood in his unire.’ Yesterday Bonfire came home again at the Anky Education Center in Erp. ‘The [...]

15 May 2012 The ceremony organised by the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) to light the Olympic Flame was held last week inside the Temple of Hera at the historic ruins of the home of the ancient Olympic Games. Following the traditional ceremonial rites, the Olympic Flame was lit at noon local Greek time (10:00am BST) [...]

15 May 2012 The world-famous stadium of the CHIO Aachen as a completely digital experience? The possibility of saving Janne Meyer’s autograph directly on your iPad?  45 days before the event begins, the organisers of the CHIO Aachen presented innovative developments for the major event. Over the past months an iPad app has been developed [...]

15 May 2012 The highest ranked riders on the international scene (listed below) and the richest prize money in the sport of show jumping set the stage for a thrilling four days of competition as part of the GCT season, the world’s premier show jumping circuit. The Global Champions Tour Grand Prix will take place [...]

15 May 2012 Cutler Farm Dressage, a state-of-the-art dressage facility located in Medfield, MA, is pleased to introduce German-certified trainer and biomechanics expert Dave Thind as trainer and instructor. ‘Cutler Farm Team’ Photo – From left to right: Manager Josh Peters, Donna Cameron and Dave Thind  Thind’s arrival at Cutler Farm marks the revival of [...]

15 May 2012 Rain plagued the Kentucky Horse Park throughout the day on Sunday at the Kentucky Spring Classic, but it did not stop the country’s top competitors as they entered the Rolex Stadium for the $75,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix. As the second U.S. Show Jumping Team Observation Event during the show, the grand prix [...]

15 May 2012 Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) concluded the fifth and final week of its 2012 spring horse show series this weekend with great success. The ESP Spring 5 competition was held on May 12-13 at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. The PBIEC will host more exciting competition throughout the [...]

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14 May 2012 The second round of the Jumping selection series at Linz CSIO4* Austria ended on a high note for the Australians with James Paterson-Robinson and Lanosso finishing fourth in the Grand Prix of Linz, putting themselves front and centre for consideration for the Australian Olympic jumping team. Italian Matteo Giunti won the competition [...]

14 May 2012 The Belgian show-jumper Jos Lansink rode to victory at the international equestrian show in the Peking Olympic Stadium. He narrowly won the jump-off in the “Beijing Equestrian Masters“ ahead of the Chinese rider, Xiaokelati Abayi. The show was co-organised by the Aachener Reitturnier GmbH (ART). Ludger Beerbaum with ART General Manager Michael [...]

24 Int. Jumping Competition CSI3* 1,60m in two rounds Grand Prix € 35.000.- Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. NEPTUNE BRECOURT MONETA LUCA MARIA ITA 0/0 42,47 2. CASTLEFIELD ECLIPSE ESTERMANN PAUL SUI 0/0 43,00 3. ALA DEL CASTEGNO TONALI MASSIMO ITA 0/0 43,79 4. RANDAL LIBERATI EMILIANO ITA 0/0 43,86 5. UPTOWN BOY SPRUNGER [...]

14 May 2012 The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) has announced the dates and locations for the 2013 Great American Insurance Group/USDF Regional Dressage Championships, presented by SmartPak and supported by Merial, for each of USDF’s nine regions. Region 1 (October 17-20) at Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, VA Region 2 (September19-22) at Lamplight Equestrian [...]

14 May 2012 The two brothers – Marcus and Johannes Ehning – took turns in winning and made their trip to the Hardenberg-Burgturnier to a successful family outing. Prize-giving ceremony with Marcus Ehning receiving the ‘Golden Whip’. Photo: Stefan Lafrentz Marcus Ehning and his 10-year-old Belgian stallion Copin van de Broy won the legendary 1,60 [...]

81 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* 1,25m with jump-off Bronze Big Tour Final Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Laretto B Carey, Shane IRL 0/0 28,85 2. Urban Hero T Hansén, Josefin SWE 0/0 29,76 3. Whoopie 28 Nilsskog, Anette Sofi NOR 0/0 30,05 4. Little Rocks Sister Løkken, Stine Bergersen NOR 0/0 30,24 5. Piece [...]

14 May 2012 Traditionally, the Grand Prix Longines of La Baule brings the Jumping International de France to a close. The public made the right decision by arriving early to ensure that they could take advantage of every moment of this exceptional sporting occasion. The 49 rider and horse combinations that took part in the [...]

14 May 2012 Rain plagued the Kentucky Horse Park throughout the day at the Kentucky Spring Classic, but it did not stop the country’s top competitors as they entered the Rolex Stadium for the $75,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix. As the second U.S. Show Jumping Team Observation Event during the show, today’s grand prix event featured [...]

Trofeo Ambulancias Finisterre 07 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* 1,30m accumulator Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. FELIX DE VIALONNE Stephan LAFOUGE FRA 26.00 66,72 2. OLYNE DES QUINZE Filipe MALTA DA COSTA POR 24.00 62,96 3. SOUTHBOUND Florence BELLM GBR 24.00 63,01 4. XAVINA DE SOFELGUERA Ricardo CATALÁN NIELSEN ESP 24.00 64,93 5. FERRARI VD [...]

14.5.2012  Grand Prix (35.000.-€) 1° Luca Moneta ITA   Neptune Brecourt 0/0 42,47     2° Paul Estermann SUI   Eclipse 0/0 43,00     3° Massimo Tonali ITA   Ala del Castegno 0/0 43,79     4° Emiliano Liberati ITA   Randal 0/0 43,86     5° Janika Sprunger SUI   Uptown Boy 0/0 [...]

19 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.50m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Royal Dream Van Den Brink Dennis (NED) 0/0 43,33 2. UB One Bunting Mark (GBR) 0/0 43,96 3. Chanel vh Lambroeck Batillat Guillaume (FRA) 0/0 44,5 4. Corrito Zanotelli Marlon (BRA) 0/0 44,55 5. Warwick Bril Roelof (NED) 0/0 51,62 6. Bamako De Muze [...]

Int. Jumping Comp. 1.45m Pl.  Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Dante de Joter Amaral Filipe (BRA) 0/0 42,11 2. Valley Poels Caroline (NED) 0/0 43,49 3. Voloma Savback Nicolina (SWE) 0/0 44,84 4. Don Camillo van Paemel Ribas da Costa Thiago (BRA) 0/0 44,85 5. Winchester Schuttert Frank (NED) 0/0 45,96 6. Econoom van het [...]

08 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.45m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. THE SIXTH SENSE FRÜHMANN Thomas (AUT) 0/0 38,18 2. QUINTENDER 2 GUNDERSEN Henrik (DEN) 0/0 38,3 3. PHEBUS DU GRASSET OFFEL Katharina (UKR) 0/0 39,63 4. MOBILY LIL MAJD VENISS Pedro (BRA) 0/0 40,43 5. CHAIRMAN LS LA SILLA MICHAN Alberto (MEX) 0/0 41,86 [...]

06 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.30/1.40m Pl. Horse Rider Faults  Time 1. CHELSEA BLUE KOZA Paulina (POL) 0 63,72 2. CRAZY QUICK SKRZYCZYNSKI Jaroslaw (POL) 0 71,56 3. BANJO BOY KOZA Paulina (POL) 0 71,95 4. BE MY GUEST HANULAY Juraj (SVK) 0 72,46 5. TAILORMADE PIA BLUE PEDERSEN Soren (DEN) 0 72,49 6. QUIDAM’S CHERIE [...]

14.05.2012 10 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* Table A on time 1.35m FEI Art. 238.2.1 – Small Tour Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time  1.  KEDEHOP DE BREVE  Said ABOURA (JOR)  0  61.90  2.  ULITA  Anne VAN VULPEN (NED)  0  66.88  3.  ELISA  Ivo BIESSEN (NED)  0  68.45  4.  MONACO  Melvin GREVELING (NED)  0  68.62  5.  AMBERLINA [...]

13.05.2012 14 Int. Jumping Competition Table A 1.15m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. T.Allias Curnius BARTIN Vincent FRA 0 64.07 2. Alanis W AL MARRI Abdulla UAE 0 64.25 3. Zavira GEORGES Emily CAN 0 66.89 4. Ramses d´auge EPAILLARD Susana ESP 0 69.28 5. Rhapsodie de Montsec DE PONNAT Evrard FRA 0 [...]

13.05.2012 14 ESCON Spring Club – Small Tour Int. Jumping Competition Table A in two Phases- CSI Amateure rt. 274.5.3, 1.15 m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Samba Oelek Tippkötter, Ricarda GER 3 71.71             20 ESCON Spring Club – Large Tour Int. Jumping Competition Table A with [...]

75 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* 1,15m with jump-off Bronze Small Tour Final Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1 Laretto B Carey, Shane IRL 0/0 33,18 2 Wolsbroek Magnussen, Mina NOR 0/0 36,24 3 Hard To Beat Roland, Julie von Hafenbrädl NOR 0/0 39,11 4 Catch Your Dreams Yde, Simon DEN 1.00 55,23 5 Charly Chocolate [...]

TROFEO WARSTEINER 04 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* 1,30m speed & handiness Pl. Horse Rider Time 1 115AMOUR DU BOIS Luis Sabino GONÇALVES POR 48,06 2 135FELIX DE VIALONNE Stephan LAFOUGE FRA 48,38 3 045VOLKERT Ricardo CATALÁN NIELSEN ESP 48,52 4 074EDESA´S REQUIN Ivan CAMARGO POR 48,83 5 109RITCHIET DUCAS Jérôme GACHIGNARD FRA 48,91 6 021ALLETE [...]

13 May 2012 The Kentucky Spring Horse Shows began on Wednesday, and one of the highlight events was the kick off of the 2012 Hagyard Challenge Series, sponsored by the Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. The Hagyard Challenge Series consists of seven grand prix classes to be held during the 2012 show series at the Kentucky [...]

13 May 2012 Fifteen rider and horses combinations were entered in the Derby of the Pays de la Loire Region, a class which is always spectacular and emblematic of the Jumping International de France of La Baule. This year was no exception to the rule. Loyal to the Derby, the hopes of France’s Julien Epaillard [...]

12.05.2012 19 ESCON Spring Club – Large Tour Int. Jumping Competition Table A – CSI Amateure Art. 238.2.1, 1.40 m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. BMC Sensation Thomas, Christina GER 0 59.72 2. Petty Marowsky, Alexandra GER 0 59.81 3. Linus Bauer, Hans-Helmut LUX 0 61.39 4. Coco Mademoiselle Bauer, Hans-Helmut LUX 0 [...]

12.05.2012 7 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* Table A with one Jump Off 1.35m FEI Art. 238.2.1 – Small Tour Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time  1.  NOBLE  Michel HENDRIX (NED)  0/0  38.65  2.  ULITA  Anne VAN VULPEN (NED)  0/0  39.23  3.  AMADEUS  Tom BRINKMAN (NED  0/0  40.86  4.  ELIOT DWS  Manuel FERNANDEZ SARO (ESP)  0/0  40.94 [...]

12.05.2012 9 Int. Jumping Competition Table A 1.15m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Melisandre DE FOUCHER Guillaume FRA 0 59.41 2. Alanis W AL MARRI Abdulla UAE 0 61.21 3. Scarlet du Haut Noyal LAGIER Mélanie FRA 0 62.95 4. T.Allias Curnius BARTIN Vincent FRA 0 63.08 5. Tissimo LEMAL Alice FRA 0 [...]

68 Int. Jumping Competition CSIYH* 1,30m against the clock Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Babouche vh Koningshof Z Ludvigsen, Silje NOR 0.00 69.41 2. Bellarina Emanuelsson, Emma SWE 0.00 71.18 3. Billy Jazz Gjendemsjø, Iselin Håhjem NOR 0.00 72.10 4. Engas Naranja Endresen, Stein NOR 0.00 72.79 5. Carrera Røsholm, Maia Stange NOR 0.00 [...]

01 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* 1,30m against the clock Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1 AMOUR DU BOIS Luis Sabino GONÇALVES POR 0.00 54,96 2 OURAL DE’EMIRALIA Diana MARSA LAFARGE ESP 0.00 56,48 3 FELIX DE VIALONNE Stephan LAFOUGE FRA 0.00 57,09 4 EDESA´S REQUIN Ivan CAMARGO POR 0.00 58,41 5 ASS Bernardo MOURA POR [...]

09 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.45m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Willow Schaper Danny (NED) 0/0 33,67 2. World Wide Wiering Harrie (NED) 0/0 33,75 3. Royal Dream Van Den Brink Dennis (NED) 0/0 34,41 4. Va-vite Spits Patrick (BEL) 0/0 34,48 5. Enjoy Appelen Jeroen (BEL) 0/0 34,89 6. Diblesse Quigley David (IRL) 0/0 [...]

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12 May 2012 WATHELET WINS IT FOR BELGIUM IN THRILLING TWO-WAY JUMP-OFF AT LA BAULE In a super-tight fight to the finish, the Belgian team came out on top at the opening leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ 2012 series in La Baule, France this afternoon.  It took three tough rounds of jumping to decide [...]

12 May 2012 Marion Hughes, Bruce Goodin and Luis Sabino Gonçalves: the winners of the three first classes of the event The foreign riders have being the main characters of the first day of the International Jumping Show of Toledo. Ireland, New Zealand and Portugal have won the three classes celebrated today. Irish Marion Hughes [...]

12 May 2012 Portugal, Spain and France are represented in the podium of the first class of the International Jumping Show of Toledo. The Spanish Diana Marsá gets the second position, and the French Stéphan Lafouge the third one. The Portuguese Luis Sabino Gonçalves has been the fastest rider in the Opening Trophy of the [...]

12 May 2012 The 2012 Kentucky Summer Series will return this summer, and Kentucky Horse Shows LLC has extended the second week, the Kentucky Summer Classic to include Tuesday, July 31, 2012. The Kentucky Summer Horse Show will be held July 25-29, 2012 and will be followed by the Kentucky Summer Classic running from Tuesday, [...]

12 May 2012 Equine Influenza (EI) is a virus commonly found throughout the world. Often it exists without causing any symptoms of disease. If ever signs of disease do occur it usually does so within 3 days of contact. The FEI Veterinary Regulations require that all horses are strictly vaccinated. A horse competing at the [...]

12 May 2012 Tonight marked the first of two Observation Events during the Kentucky Spring Horse Show, where the victory went to long listed rider Beezie Simon aboard Simon during the $50,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic. Only two horse and rider combinations were able to complete the course without jumping or time faults, but after a [...]

12 May 2012 The La Baule Organising Committee Veterinary Advisors and the FEI have been constantly monitoring horses at the French event following a confirmed case of Equine Influenza in a horse that was competing in Le Touquet (FRA) last weekend. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) swab testing, a “super-sensitive” forensic type test for viral infections. [...]

12 May 2012 The FEI Nations Cup provided spectators with a wonderful show at the Stade François André in La Baule. Belgium and the Netherlands battled it out to the extent that both nations had to take part in a jump-off to decide which one would be the winner. It was Switzerland that opened the [...]

11.05.2012 5 Int. Jumping Competition Table A 1.45-1.50m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Bon Ami II BRASH Scott GBR 0 61.84 2. Bijou van de vijfheide WILLIAMS Guy GBR 0 62.18 3. Verdi III SCHWIZER Pius SUI 0 62.41 4. Da Vinci’s Price O’CONNOR Cian IRL 0 62.87 5. Queen de la Cour [...]

04 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.45m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. UPPIE DE LIS FREIMÜLLER Paul (SUI) 0/0 35,94 2. AL HAWAJER ARIZONA PIE 9 MOHAMMED Bassem Has (QAT) 0/0 36,25 3. WESSEL JUNQUEIRA MUYLAERT (BRA) 0/0 36,86 4. DORENTA DEVOS Pieter (BEL) 0/0 37,06 5. APHRODITE VAN HET TEXELHOL SHALAN Prince Faisal (KSA) 0/0 [...]

11.05.2012 2 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* Two Phases Table A/A 1.35m FEI Art. 274.5.3 – Small Tour Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1.  VAN META  Siebe KRAMER (NED) 0/0  28.68 2.  ENSOR  Tim FRANSSEN (NED) 0/0  29.18 3.  SLY  Tim FRANSSEN (NED) 0/0  29.46 4.  WENDER  Lauren HESTER (USA) 0/0  29.68 5.  AMADEUS  Tom BRINKMAN [...]

11.05.2012 01 Int. Jumping Competition Table A – CSI3* Art. 238.2.1, 1.40 m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Candida Most, Michael GER 0 52.12 2. Fermoso Smitz, Dieter GER 0 52.63 3. Cayenne Ehning, Johannes GER 0 53.10 4. Sundance Stroman, Amke GER 0 53.62 5. Oscar du Rozel Ehning, Johannes GER 0 [...]

Youngster Tour 6 & 7 year old horses 01 Int. Jumping Competition CSIYH1* 1.30m against the clock Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. CHELSEA BLUE KOZA Paulina POL 0.00 65.01 2. GULDENBOOM REMBRANDT PHILIPS Ignace BEL 0.00 68.81 3. FORRY DELUXE WERNKE Jan GER 0.00 69.78 4. AAGJE DE BIOAGRICO CATTEBEKE Frederik BEL 0.00 70.68 [...]

11 May 2012 An equine virus is presently circulating in the Normandy, so that the French team changed their horses for the Nations Cup taking place in La Baule this weekend. The team decided to implement these precautions in order not to risk the health of their top horses three months before the Olympic Games [...]

11 May 2012 The Austrian Olympic Committee has announced the nomination of dressage rider Victoria Max-Theurer with Augustin OLD and the eventer Harald Ambros with Quick. It is possible that Renate Voglsang will also receive the ticket for London. Source: PSI magazin « back to the news overview INTERNATIONAL NEWS« back to the news overview [...]

03 Int. Jumping Comp. 1,35m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Ubertus Salvador Javier (ESP) 0 64,21 2. Wianta W Van Den Brink Dennis (NED) 0 64,91 3. Umit Vermeir Wilm (BEL) 0 64,92 4. Arlette II Bunting Mark (GBR) 0 65,16 5. Arena UK Lando III Whitaker Ellen (GBR) 0 66,09 6. Darco Two [...]

61 Int. Jumping Competition CSI2* 1,25m in 2 phases Silver Small Tour Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Agathe Ludvigsen, Silje NOR 0/0 26.98 2. Vanquish Endresen, Benedikte Serigstad NOR 0/0 27.22 3. Pedro VII Johannessen, Astrid Rebecca NOR 0/0 27.40 4. Fernando Kvernes, Linn NOR 0/0 29.44 5. Faithfull Sørensen, Julie Paludan DEN 0/0 [...]

11 May 2012 On the first day of the CSIO5* La Baule the following competitions were held: Class 1 – Prix Echo de la Presqu’île (CSIO 5*) Victory for Albert Voorn and Eurocommerce Lexington Albert Voorn was the winner of this special two phase competition with Eurocommerce Lexington. This was the great way that the [...]

01 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.40 – 1.45m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Eurocommerce Lexington VOORN Albert (NED) 0/0 31.47 2. Queen de la Cour GAUTIER Alexis (FRA) 0/0 31.65 3. Noah de Bacon KAWIAK Igor (POL) 0/0 32.01 4. Premier de la falaise HUREL Jerome (FRA) 0/0 32.24 5. Woklahoma ZOER Albert (NED) 0/0 [...]

11 May 2012 So the line-up of the teams at today’s Nations Cup in La Baule will be as follows:   Rider Horse SWITZERLAND: Steve Guerdat Werner Muff et Claudia Gisler Pius Schwizer Nasa Kiamon Touchable Carlina     IRELAND: Shane Sweetnam Jessica Kürten Cian O’Connor Denis Lynch Amareto Darco Vincente Blue Loyd Lantinus   [...]

11 May 2012 The second of four 2012 US Show Jumping Team Observation Events takes place this weekend at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show held at the Kentucky Horse Park. Fifteen members of the USEF Long List for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games are set to contest two Observation Event [...]

11 May 2012 SWISS FIRST INTO THE ARENA AS FEI NATIONS CUP™ 2012 GETS UNDERWAY AT LA BAULE The Swiss team will be first into the ring when the FEI Nations Cup™ 2012 series gets underway in La Baule, France tomorrow afternoon (11 May), while the host nation has drawn the coveted last-to-go spot. The [...]

ESCON Spring Club – Medium Tour 15 Int. Jumping Competition CSI-Am 1,25m against the clock Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Sultan Zett Steinmetzer-Dubiel, Diana GER 0.00 54.56 2. Jet-Set Girl Hoffmann, Carolin GER 0.00 61.01 3. Be Happy Heine, Uwe GER 0.00 63.12 4. Bellini Wiebelt, Ralph GER 0.00 69.08 5. Cairo Ali, Tahar [...]

11 May 2012 It was a great day for the team from Plain Bay Farm as student Reed Kessler won the 1.40m Open Jumper class, and trainer Katie Prudent placed second, as well as claiming her own victory in the 1.35m Open Jumpers. In the 1.40m Power and Speed event at the Kentucky Spring Horse [...]

10 May 2012 The 8-year-old KWPN warmblood stallion Florenciano (by Florencio I-Havidoff) will be trained by Hubertus Schmidt. Photo by Tanja Becker: Florenciano and Hermann Burger In 2007, the bay Florenciano finished the 30-day stallion performance test in Münster-Handorf with the record mark of 9,75. He was then ridden by Hermann Burger and Ingrid Klimke, [...]

10 May 2012 The online portal www.dressursport-deutschland.de reported that Jürgen Koschel senior will from now on support chef d’equipe Jonny Hilberath by coaching the German Olympic dressage team until the London Olympic Games. Johnny Hilberath had been appointed as chef d’equipe following the sudden death of Holger Schmezer during the 2012 World Cup finals in [...]

10 May 2012 Last Wednesday the Swedish Olympic Committee officially nominated the Swedish dressage riders Patrik Kittel and Tinne Vilhelmson for the London Olympic Games. The two have definitely received the desirable tickets to London. Swedish chef d’equipe Bo Jenå has now to select one more rider for the Swedish Olympic team. Norwegian Rose Mathisen [...]

10 May 2012 United States Dressage Olympian Guenter Seidel proved he is not only worthy of Olympic medals, but also worthy of winning the Premier Sportsmanship Award during the Del Mar National Horse Show. Seidel, a longtime supporter of the Del Mar National Horse Show, thrilled the Del Mar audience by competing his fabulous horse [...]