Wiesbaden: Since 2008 the equestrian horse portal ClipMyHorse.de has been responsible for making sure that people throughout the world can be virtually live by the German Federal Championships for Young Horses in Warendorf which takes place at the beginning of September. ClipMyHorse.de will also bring the best of German horse breeding to the screen this [...]

From 9th to 12th September 2010 the Dressage Deluxe National Dressage Championships will be held at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. The programme promises to consist of various highlights: Laura Bechtolsheimer will campaign her WEG reserve horse Andretti H in the Grand Prix class. Moreover, Richard Davison with Hiscox Artemis and Emile Faurie with Elmegardens Marquis will [...]

A horse lorry caught on fire in Ayrshire, England, as it had just set off for its journey to the British Dressage Area Festival (28 – 29th August). The horse lorry owned by Dressage rider Laura Wood, thankfully had no horses on board and was being used as transport for all the equipment, – feed, hay, tack [...]

Have you heard about the unique and incredible culinary experience during the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games? Cookin’ in the Bluegrass: A Celebrity Chef Dinner Series is hosted by the James Beard Foundation and the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation. Cookin’ in the Bluegrass will feature nightly celebrity chef dinners during the 16 days of [...]

CULPEPER, VA (August 30, 2010)– It was the same old story for Second Hand News and Jessica Van Brocklin as they secured the top prize for the consecutive second week in the $5,000 Devoucoux Hunter Derby at the Constitution Classic at HITS Commonwealth Park, in Culpeper, Virginia. Van Brocklin shows in the Amateur-Owner Hunters under [...]

Peter Leone of Greenwich, CT won the $20,000 Nicolock Time Challenge with his mount Nevval De La Batia in 65.516 seconds on Opening Day at the Hampton Classic Horse Show. Sloan Coles and Annie 66 ranked second with a time of 66.095 seconds and Olympic Gold Medalist Leslie Howard with Jeans Glove Varnel were third with [...]

Julia Mestern is the new German National Eventing Champion winning the CIC*** in Schenefeld with her mount Schorch. With 39.0 points in dressage Julia had been on the fifth place. Then she had clear rounds in the cross as well as in the show jumping. Only 0.2 points more in the score meant the second [...]

Germany has announced their riders of the eventing team representing Germany at the WEG. The team is set up as follows: Andreas Dibowski -  Butts Leon or FRH Fantasia Michael Jung  -  Sam Ingrid Klimke  -  Butts Abraxxas Frank Ostholt  -  Mr. Medicott Dirk Schrade  -  Gadget de la Cere Simone Deitermann  -  Free Easy NRW Ingrid Klimke, Frank Ostholt and [...]

MORELAND HILLS, OH – August 27, 2010 – The prestigious Cleveland Autumn Jumper Series, including the American Gold Cup and the North Coast Jumper Classic, will return to the Cleveland Metroparks Polo Field in just a few weeks. After a year’s absence the two-week show jumping spectacular returns Wednesday, September 8. The highlight of the [...]

Saugerties, New York – August 27, 2010 – HITS Shows, Inc. announced today that media credentials are still available, but space for those wishing to cover the 2010 Pfizer Million Weekend, is rapidly dwindling. The application for Pfizer Million Press Credentials is available online. The weekend’s events include the $50,000 FEI World Cup Qualifier/Pfizer Million [...]

Michael Jung was crowned the HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing Champion for 2010 at the last event of the season, Schenefeld (GER), where he emphasised his domination of the series by finishing second, third and fourth behind the winner, Julia Mestern (GER) on FRH Schorsch. After 12 events in 10 countries and three continents, Jung, [...]

1 Int. Dressage Competition CDI-W – Intermediate II – Pl. Horse Rider Score 1. Randon Michał Rapcewicz (POL) 70,895% 2. Ekwador Katarzyna Milczarek (POL) 68,684% 3. Desperados 11 Falk Rosenbauer (GER) 68,579% 4. Santiago 199 Sylvia Zimmer (GER) 67,158% 5. Leo Af Magnushoj Nina Hofmann (SWE) 67,053% 6. Rudi’s Memory Michelle Hagman (SWE) 66,579% 7. [...]

Marcus Ehning claimed the victory in last night’s jumping competition and in the GCT overall ranking. He was completely overwhelmed and got standing ovation from the Brazilian crowd. Marcus Ehning became the King of Rio, when in the early morning hours (European time) he claimed the victory in the GCT-Final competition and also claimed the [...]

presented by: Class CI5 – Final Global Champions Tour 2010 – OI – Table A 1m60 with two rounds with jump-off Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Noltes Küchengirl Marcus Ehning (GER) 0/0/0 33.23 2. All Inclusive NRW Denis Lynch (IRL) 0/0/0 33.50 3. Cevo Itot du Château Edwina Alexander (AUS) 0/0/0 34.01 4. Ronaldo [...]

Marcus Ehning, already winner of the World Cup earlier this year, today won the biggest single prize in any of the Olympic equestrian disciplines. As the leader of the GCT rankings he received a cheque for 300’000 Euro this evening in Rio de Janeiro. But as if that was not enough he also won the [...]

Bridgehampton, NY – The 35th annual Hampton Classic Horse Show returns to Bridgehampton, NY, August 29-September 5.  The Hampton Classic is one of the most prestigious horse shows in the nation and features competitors at every level from young children in leadline to Olympic veterans in the Classic’s feature event, the $250,000 FTI Grand Prix [...]

LEXINGTON, KY—28 days to go—The build-out for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games has reached less than a month to go, and construction crews have taken over the Kentucky Horse Park to prepare it for the 16-day event. Dozens of RV trailers have been moved into the Campground and will be used by grooms (equine caretakers) [...]

It is becoming a regular thing to talk to Simon Delestre after GCT speed classes and today he won the opening Accumulator class on this year’s undisputed GCT Queen of Speed Orphee D’Illion. The tiny mare who is an easy quiet person at home but a tiger in the ring scored a maximum 65 points [...]

The symbol for the Athina Onassis International Horses Show is a flying horse but the journey to Rio is a long one for most of the humans so how do the horses fare on the journey? Some of the leading rider’s grooms told the GCT how their equine charges are managed. Josie is the groom [...]

Tonight’s two part class in Rio was a glowing tribute to mares as they filled the top four places in a fourteen horse jump off. The Prix Bradesco was a winning round class so the best 20% went through to the second round against the clock where all of them started on zero. There was [...]

presented by: Class CI3 – Bradesco – Table A 1m45 with one winning round Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Sabrina 327 Marcus Ehning (GER) 0/0 39.63 2. Nifrane De Kreisker Roger-Yves Bost (FRA) 0/0 39.96 3. Tinka’s Serenade Billy Twomey (IRL) 0/0 40.73 4. Souvenir 29 Philipp Weishaupt (GER) 4/0 40.95 5. Daslu Replay [...]

The second class of the evening carried a hefty 125,000 Euro total prize money and the 44 competitors were faced with a 1.55 jump off class to decide who got the cash. Uliano Verzanni may have been slightly kinder than usual although the double at six caused enough trouble, as fifteen horses got through to [...]

The Italian fashion house Gucci has decided to extend their sponsorship of the Gucci Masters in Paris for another two years. This year’s Gucci Masters will take place from 3 to 5 December 2010 at the Parc des Expositions Villepinte. « back to the news overview INTERNATIONAL NEWS« back to the news overview PORTUGUESE NEWS [...]

The Belgian show jumper Marc Van Dijck fell off his mount Valencia during the Belgian horse show in Vilvoorde and broke his collarbone. This accident most probably means that Marc Van Dijck will not be able to join the Belgian team at the World Equestrian Games. « back to the news overview INTERNATIONAL NEWS« back [...]

Today, the “Athina Onassis International Horse Show” starts in Rio de Janeiro. The best show jumpers  of the world will ride in numerous competitions fighting for 1.000.000 Euro. The Athina Onassis International Horse Show in Rio de Janeiro comprises the final leg of the Global Champions Tour. Due to the points on their account Germany’s [...]

In 29 days, World Champions of eight equestrian sports will be contested at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, and whether you’re a horse enthusiast or someone who has never touched a horse, we can bet you don’t know about every single discipline. We’ve covered Dressage, Driving and Endurance, and now we’ll give you an [...]

The HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing for 2010 climaxes at Schenefeld in Germany this weekend (August 27-29) as riders bid to boost their rankings in this valuable US$180,000 series. The world-beating German squad will be at Schenefeld in their entirety,   as it is a compulsory selection trial before they head to the Alltech FEI World [...]

Distinguished British actor and enthusiastic horseman Jeremy Irons is supporting the 2010 awards organised by the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), the governing body of horse sport. He is calling on the equestrian community to nominate deserving individuals before the 30 August deadline. Irons, whose acting career spans theatre, TV and cinema, is well known for [...]

presented by: Class CI2 – Petrobras – Table A 1m50 with one jump-off Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Taloubet Z Christian Ahlmann (GER) 0/0 36.51 2. BMC van Grunsven Simon Jeroen Dubbeldam (NED) 0/0 38.06 3. Prezioso S Lauren Hough (USA) 0/0 39.73 4. Levito Lars Nieberg (GER) 0/0 40.56 5. Bridgit Bernardo Alves [...]

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today presented eight Singaporeans with the Olympic Order in Silver in recognition of their contribution to the success of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. The recipients of the Olympic Order in Silver were: · Mr TEO Chee Hean, President of the Singapore National Olympic Council and Deputy Prime Minister [...]

Denis Lynch and Billy Twomey will be amongst the world’s top 30 show jumpers who will compete in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this weekend in the final leg of the 2010 Global Champions’ Tour. A bonus of one million Euro will be split up amongst the top 18 riders and a competition price money of [...]

According to Lisa Hales, the owner of the World Class stallions Arko III and Russel II,  William Whitaker will be employed at Shaw Farm Stud working together with Lisa Hales. William will also have the chance to work with top class horses of Neil Jones. The aim is support William to secure a place in [...]

Lexington, KY – Short listed Para-Equestrian athlete Holly Bergay has had to withdraw her horse from consideration for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. Per the USEF Selection Procedure for the US Para-Equestrian Team, this horse rider combination has been replaced and Erin Alberda (Woodinville, WA) has moved up into the tenth spot on [...]

East Dorset, VT – The big winner at the 2010 Vermont Summer Festival proved to be 22-year-old Hillary Dobbs of Sussex, NJ. Throughout the six-week competition that ran from July 7 through August 15, 2010, Dobbs and her mount, Marengo, scored three major victories. The first of Dobbs’ wins came in the $30,000 Battenkill Grand [...]

Oliver Townend has decided to withdraw Ashdale Cruisemaster as a non-travelling reserve for the Great Britain eventing team at the World Equestrian Games, Kentucky. Focus is now on preparation for qualification at the 2012 Olympics. Oliver will be at Burghley next weekend to defend his title on board the grey Carousel Quest. Source: www.horsus.nl « [...]

The Brazilian show jumpers – above all Rodrigo Pessoa, Olympic Champion and repeated World Cup winner will take their participation at the 54th International S.D. Fürst Joachim zu Fürstenberg-Gedächtnisturnier Donaueschingen from 19 to 19 September 2010 as final test and check-up before they leave for the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. For more information please [...]

Saugerties, NY – August 25, 2010 – – With just two weeks remaining before the most exciting day in American show jumping, it’s time to make those final plans for tickets and tables for the inaugural Pfizer Million in Saugerties, New York. With that in mind, and knowing there are many stables, groups and organizations [...]

Saugerties, NY – August 25, 2010 – – An already spectacular day in Saugerties, New York, got just that much more impressive with the announcement that the West Point Cadet Equestrian Team will kick off the dazzling opening ceremonies on Sunday, September 12th, prior to the start of the richest show jumping event in the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY—30 Days to Go—With just one month to go until the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, ticket sales and hospitality purchases are ramping up as spectators from around the world prepare to witness world championship competition in eight equestrian sports. Dressage Freestyle Price Level A has officially sold out for the world championship final [...]

SHOW JUMPING’S BIGGEST PRIZE TO BE DECIDED IN RIO Over fifty show jumpers including many of the World’s top 30 showjumping riders are arriving into Rio to compete for 620’000 Euro in show prize money and to decide who will head the GCT rankings and carry off the winner’s share of the One Million Euro Bonus. [...]

Saugerties, NY – August 24, 2010 – The inaugural Pfizer Million, with the richest purse in show jumping, scheduled for Saugerties, New York, on September 12th, will play host to a world class line-up of the country’s best horse and rider combinations. That already glittering roster of stars got even brighter this weekend when HITS [...]

Kyra Kyrklund, the successful Finnish dressage rider, who participated at five Olympic Games and who won the silver medal at the World Championships in Stockholm and the World Cup Final in Paris, has been elected President of the IDRC. Kyra replaces Margit Otto-Crepin who was President of the International Dressage Riders’ Club for 12 years. [...]

The British dressage rider Laura Bechtolsheimer had an extremely successful run at the CDI 4* in Cappeln, Germany. Laura and her 15-year-old Michellino gelding Mistral Hojris finished the last competition before the start of the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky (only 35 days to go!) with two victories: She won the Grand Prix Kur with [...]

Lexington, KY – August 24, 2010- After five exciting Hagyard Lexington Classic Grand Prix classes at the Kentucky Horse Shows, Pablo Barrios earned the 2010 $50,000 Hagyard Challenge Series Leading Rider Award.  Barrios began the series by winning the May 13th Hagyard Lexington Classic grand prix at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show.  Barrios claimed the [...]

LEXINGTON, KY—31 days to go – The popular show MythBusters tests the validity of urban legends and myths—and now we’re going to do the same. We are going to challenge some of the biggest rumors and myths about the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. (Note: the following are actual myths). Myth five: “You have [...]

Lexington, KY – August 24, 2010 – An incredible crowd turned out at the new Indoor Ring  Friday night to watch riders compete for the top prize during the $50,000 CSI-W Hagyard Lexington Classic at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show. It proved to be an interesting night when the first four riders all completed clear [...]

Marcelo Chirico (URU) and Links Hot Gossip were the stars in Singapore today, clinching individual gold in a jump-off against Mario Gamboa (COL), who had to settle for silver, while Dalma Rushdi H Malhas (KSA) won out in a six-way jump-off for the bronze on another scorching day – inside and outside the YOG Jumping [...]

SAUGERTIES, NY (August 24, 2010) — Todd Minikus and Little Annie, owned by Todd Minikus LTD, captured Sunday’s $40,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health, to highlight the Winston National at HITS Commonwealth Park in Culpeper, Virginia. The win marked Minikus’ eighth Grand Prix needed to become eligible for the Pfizer Million and [...]

WHAT:             One month to go Ticketing and Operations update WHEN:             Wednesday August 25, 9 a.m. WHERE:           United States Equestrian Federation office, Kentucky Horse Park WHO:              Jamie Link, CEO World Games 2010 Foundation Mrs. Jane Beshear, First Lady of Kentucky *Various Games officials on hand for interview availability WHY:               With one month to go, several [...]

01 International competition against the clock (1.20 m/1.25 m) Youngster Tour Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Why Not Grant Wilson (AUS) 0.00 58.04 2. Pegase d’Anoux Guillame Liccardi (FRA) 0.00 59.79 3. Wirbelwind 182 Markus Wenz (GER) 0.00 60.83 4. Dream of Glorie VD Kruishoeve Fréderic Bouvard (FRA) 0.00 61.12 5. Yahoo van Vliegeren [...]

KWPN, the Royal Warmblood Studbook of the Netherlands, has signed an agreement of intent to base itself at Ermelo which is the home of the Dutch equestrian federation. KNHS President Martien van den Heuvel and KWPN Chairman Henk Visser are both confident that the agreement would be approved by all parties. The members of the [...]

Lexington, KY – Accomplished High Performance Dressage competitor Jeremy Steinberg of Kirkland, WA has been appointed as the inaugural USEF National Dressage Youth Coach. The 1996 NAJYRC Gold Medalist, Steinberg’s career developed from the Young Rider ranks into successfully training and competing horses at all levels from Young Horse to Grand Prix, including international competitions [...]

Carian Scudamore, British show jumper and team gold winner at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore is not able to ride the individual competition due to his 12-year-old gelding Mighty McGyver going lame. The same situation occurs to the Italian Valentina Isoadi. The riders are competing with borrowed horses and the rules of the Olympic [...]

The British show jumper Tim Gredley decided to give up competitive riding in order to be able to concentrate on his family business, the Unex Group. The Unex Group is a property developing company which also owns the Towerland Equestrian Centre. Gredley’s top mounts Omelli, Cleopatra, Varmisch and Utopia already moved to the stud of [...]

For the first time in history a female athlete from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has competed at an Olympic event. Dalma Rushdi Malhas, a member of the Saudi Youth Olympic Games Team, participated in the Equestrian competition this week. Her participation has been facilitated by the FEI working in conjunction with the IOC to [...]

FRENCH DOMINATE PODIUM AT FEI WORLD YOUNG ENDURANCE HORSE CHAMPIONSHIPS 100th Anniversary of Compiègne celebrated in style French riders were in sparkling form when taking all three medals in the Eight Year Old division, while only Spain’s Monica Comas Molist stopped them from doing the same in the battle for the Seven-Year-Old honours at the [...]

GERMAN JUNIOR EVENTERS SWEEP TO VICTORY German youngsters continued their extraordinary run of form through the 2010 sub-senior FEI Championship calendar as the Junior squad claimed the team title as well as individual gold and silver at the FEI Junior European Eventing Championships in Bad Segeberg at the weekend.  In command from the outset, the [...]

The Danish Equestrian Federation has announced its team for the 2010 World Equestrian Games, In September. Rudolf Zelinger, the Danish Team trainer, has selected the following riders for his squad which is set to rival Great Britain for the Bronze medal. Anne van Olst  -  Clearwater Nathalie zu Saeyn-Wittgenstein  -  Digby Sune Hansen  -  Gredstedgaards [...]

CARY, N.C. (August 23, 2010) As the “Official Equipment Supplier of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games” to be held September 25-October 10, 2010 in Lexington, Kentucky, John Deere will be announcing new initiatives including its new equine web page www.JohnDeere.com/equine. The John Deere Equine web page features specific equipment and machinery recommendations, special offers [...]

Thousand Oaks, CA-August 23, 2010- The United States Para-Equestrian Association would like to thank the owners of each horse that has been named to the nominated entry for the 2010 United States Para-Equestrian Dressage Team.  These horses will have a chance to compete at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ (2010 WEG). As September [...]

The German team is still leading at the FEI European Eventing Championships in Bad Segeberg, Germany. After the cross country round the team of coach Matthias Otto-Erley is in lead with 124.60 penalty points. On the second place is the French team with 137.30 penalties followed by the team of Italy with a total of [...]

After the disappointing third place in the Grand Prix Isabell Werth and her gelding Satchmo gave a great performance in the Grand Prix Special at the CDI 4* Cappeln. The pair won with a score of 75.742%. The Spanish dressage rider Juan Manuel Munoz Diaz earned big applause from the audience riding on the second [...]

The Swedish Dressage team has been announced on the finish of the Swedish National Championships with Patrik Kittel as the team anchor rider. The Swedish Equestrian Federation has announced that national coach Bo Jena has nominated the following riders to represent Sweden at the World Equestrian Games in September: Patrik Kittel  -  Watermill Scandic Tinne [...]

Andreas Kreuzer for Germany onboard Jumex Sport Atlantus (BWP) owned by Jumpmex Sporthorses took the 1.50m class and €6,600 at the CSI 3* in Hachenburg, Germany. Hollands Albert Zoer with Samurai 444 (KWPN) took second place ahead of Daniel Deusser riding Caballero 84 (HOLST). Source: www.horsus.nl « back to the news overview INTERNATIONAL NEWS« back [...]

Britain’s Emily Baldwin spearheaded a competitive international field to win her first ever HSBC FEI World Cup™ event, at the inaugural Haras du Pin (FRA) CIC3*-W, the penultimate competition in the 2010 series. Baldwin, 29, and her 14-year-old Dutch-bred Drivetime, are an experienced combination and are renowned for producing elegant, expressive Dressage tests, so it [...]

The FEI Development Task Force held its second meeting on 19, 20 and 21 August on the sidelines of the first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. The Task Force, formed in May by FEI President HRH Princess Haya, has the job of taking FEI development efforts to the next level by evaluating the mandate for [...]

Another steamy day in Singapore greeted competitors and spectators for round 1 of the Youth Olympic Games Individual Jumping Competition, with all the riders going back to zero scores for a brand new start after the Teams medal decider. Singaporean precision meant that the first competitor from Chile rode into the arena today at exactly [...]

Lexington, KY – August 22, 2010 – New York City’s Georgina Bloomberg outdistanced a starting field of eighteen top show jumpers and then went on to race past five other horse rider combinations in the timed jump-off to win Sunday’s $30,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix at the Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky. Riding her 12 [...]

The last test of this HSBC FEI Eventing Worldcup of Le Pin (FRA) was, as usual, the show jumping. Only 8 riders did a clear round on a course designed by Francis Mas (FRA). A course that Karin Donckers (BEL), finally 2nd, described as « quite big and turning course, almost the same height than in [...]

Countdown to EC Dressage 2011 started Rotterdam, August 21st 2010 – Today the countdown towards the FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 officially started by the launch of the official website www.ecdressage2011.com. Exactly one year from now we know who will be the new European Dressage Champions in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Leading up to the event [...]