25 Aug 2011 Charlie Jacobs and Leap of Joy The Fieldstone Summer Showcase hosted its first major class of the week on the Grand Prix Field with the $7,500 Open Welcome Stake. Charlie Jacobs of Boston, MA, rode Leap of Joy to first place in the class and was second on Flaming Star. The Fieldstone [...]

25 Aug 2011 24.08.2011 | 20:15 – 20:45 hours | Eurosport Int. Jumping Competitions (CSI 4* and 5*) in Portugal 24.08.2011 | 20:45 – 20:50 hours | Eurosport Riders Club Magazin 25.-28.08.2011 | Clipmyhorse.de Turnier der Sieger 2011 – CSI4* Münster, Germany 25.08.2011 | 08:30 – 09:00 hours | Eurosport Int. Jumping Competitions (CSI 4* [...]

25 Aug 2011 The 63rd CSIO5* Rotterdam is starting today and will last until 28 August. The German riders participating in Rotterdam are: Ludger Beerbaum with Gotha FRH, Caresse und Quibell Marco Kutscher with Allerdings, Satisfaction und Cornet Obolensky Carsten-Otto Nagel with Cazaro, Corradina und Rarität Thomas Voss with Carinjo, Carena und Casillas David Will [...]

25 Aug 2011 German Paul Schockemöhle, former international show jumper, has bought another dressage horse. After he bought Totilas and Bretton Woods, he now has bought Dutch bred Metall (by Ferro). Schockemöhle partly owns Metall, the other part is owned by Dutch breeding station Van Uytert. Metall has been shown at small tour level and [...]

25 Aug 2011 ECCLES AND LOOSER MAINTAIN SUPREMACY AND GERMANY CLAIMS DOUBLE TEAM GOLD  Joanne Eccles Great Britain’s Joanne Eccles and Switzerland’s Patrick Looser maintained the form that clinched their 2010 world titles when winning the Female and Male Individual gold medals at the FEI Open European Vaulting Championships 2011 at Le Mans, France last [...]

25 Aug 2011 Reigning World Champion Harrie Verstappen (NED) will defend his gold medal in Conty. Image: Rinaldo de Craen/FEI. The Driving world will gather in the Picardie region in France this week (24-28 August), when the Ateliers du Val de Selle will host the 15th FEI World Pairs Driving Championship in Conty. Sixty-nine competitors [...]

25 Aug 2011 The starting order dressage taking place on Thursday can be clicked below: http://www.luhmuehlen.de/files/EM_Startlisten/ch-eu_01a_sldre_abst.pdf The starting order dressage to be held on Friday is as follows (please click): http://www.horseweb.de/verwaltung/blink/ch-eu_01b_sldre_abst.pdf « 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 [...]

25 Aug 2011 Many spectators made the most of viewing some of the top sportsmen and women while enjoying fantastic weather. After the competion of the horse in-spection, 70 riders will now start in the dressage phase of the event. Pawel Spisak (POL) decided not to present his horse Wag to the vets. Two horses [...]

25 Aug 2011 The schedule for this week’s Fieldstone Summer Showcase has been revised due to the hurricane conditions expected on Sunday. All MHJ Finals classes for Sunday have been moved to Saturday. Revised schedules are posted at www.showfieldstone.com. The Fieldstone Summer Showcase, an “AA” rated and Jumper 4 rated horse show, is held at [...]

24 Aug 2011 Belgian Nation Cup rider Dirk Deemersman has got two new horses at his disposal. After the Belgian family van Eeckhout had already given him the two stallions Cicero and Ciska van Paemel Z for training, two more stallions will be ridden by him now: Esperanto and Gigolo van Paemel. Both are very [...]

24 Aug 2011 Bad luck for Belgian Nations Cup rider Judy Ann Melchior. Last weekend her top mount “As cold As Ice Z” sustained an injury during the horse show in Hachenburg, Germany and will probably need a rest of several weeks. Therefore, the pair will neither be able to compete at the CHIO Rotterdam [...]

24 Aug 2011 For the fifth time after 1975,1979,1987 and 1999 the FEI European Eventing Championships take place in Luhmühlen, Germany.  Eleven nations with a total of 71 riders are going to be expected. Being the host nation Germany has the chance to send 12 young and promising horse/rider combinations besides their well-known top eventers [...]

24 Aug 2011 From 25 to 28 August, Europe’s top eventing riders and horses are going to compete for the most sought after medals at the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships in Luhmühlen. For Wednesday 24 August, on the eve of the event, the organisers are planning a dazzling opening ceremony with riders, fans and [...]

24 Aug 2011 ARD and ZDF will be broadcasting the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships. Both TV stations are scheduling an hour each for covering the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships. The following broadcasting times are planned: ZDF Sport extra,    Saturday, 27 August, 16.00h – 17.00h: summary cross country ARD Sport extra,    Sunday, [...]

24 Aug 2011 2010 Champ Bon Chance Returns for More in 2011 (Photo: Fire&Earth Photography) The future of dressage in the United States will be on full display this weekend in Wayne, IL, as many of the nation’s top up-and-coming horses vie for coveted USEF National Championship titles. Champions will be crowned at the Lamplight [...]

24 Aug 2011 The 2011 FEI World Pair Driving Championship get underway this week in Conty, France, and three American drivers are set to make their International Championships debut. Led by Chef d’Equipe Chester Weber and Coach Michael Freund, the U.S. will be represented by Katherin Dancer, Misdee Wrigley-Miller and Joe Yoder. These three drivers [...]

24 Aug 2011 BRITAIN CLAIMS TEAM TITLE, GERMANY’S FULLGRAEBE IS INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION Freya Fullgraebe with Oje Oje Great Britain secured team gold, while Germany’s Freya Fullgraebe took the individual title at the the FEI European Young Riders Eventing Championship 2011 which was staged against the spectacular backdrop of Blair Castle in Scotland (GBR) over the [...]

24 Aug 2011 Next weekend the last round in the Nations Cup will take place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dutch team trainer Rob Ehrens has a clear goal: ‘I am team trainer for seven years now and I could never win in Rotterdam. I would like to change that!’ The Dutch go with Jeroen Dubbeldam [...]

24 Aug 2011 The eighth and final leg of the FEI Nations Cup™, which will take place on Friday 26 August in Rotterdam (NED), will be broadcast LIVE on FEI TV, the official FEI video platform, according to the following schedule: 1st Round: 17.15 – 18.45 CEST (15.15 GMT – 16.45 GMT) 2nd Round: 19.00 [...]

24 Aug 2011 Clarke Johnstone Clarke Johnstone (NZL) was celebrating with a large bottle of champagne, part of his spoils from Haras du Pin (FRA), where he finally sealed victory in the FEI World Cup™ Eventing 2011. “I’ve just flown five horses from New Zealand to England, so I’m not really in credit at the [...]

23 Aug 2011 Team Gold and Individual Silver Winner Licensed for KWPN Breeding This week, the Stallion Selection Committee voted to recognize Carl Hester’s KWPN-registered stallion Uthopia for KWPN breeding. The sensation of the FEI European Championships in Rotterdam was the unarguable bay wonder that won the team gold and two individual silver medals for [...]

23 Aug 2011 Difficult times for German team coach Otto Becker. The current No. 4 of the world ranking list, Christian Ahlmann had to withdraw from the European Jumping Championhips in Madrid taking place from 13 to 18 September 2011. The reason for his withdrawal is a tendon irritation of his horse Taloubet Z, who [...]

23 Aug 2011 Customers paid Euro 71,000 for the Hanoverian Figo V The Hannoveraner Verband hosted Europe’s biggest foal auction: 291 foals were offered for sale and sold at an average auction sales price of approx. Euro 6,900. Figo V was the most expensive  foal and sold at Euro 71,000. The top-priced foal of the [...]

23 Aug 2011 Christina Kelly and Camirage won the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix Victory at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show (Photo: Heather Bellock/PMG). It was a beautiful and sunny afternoon at the Kentucky Horse Park as the final day of the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show commenced. Today, top jumper riders turned out to compete [...]

23 Aug 2011 Exquis Nadine, the 16 year old mare bred by TCN Partout, said goodbye to the sport after the Grand Prix freestyle at the European Championships in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) yesterday. She came 11th and Dutch Hans Peter Minderhoud was happy with this moment, which was her last in the sport. On his website [...]

23 Aug 2011 Inspite of the disappointing results for German Matthias Alexander Rath and World famous stallion Totilas, which is owned by Paul Schockemöhle, there will be no changes in rider for the horse. This was mentioned by Paul Schockemöhle himself yesterday. ‘Of course it was not what we had hoped for in Rotterdam’, Schockemöhle [...]

23 Aug 2011 BAHRAIN AND UAE TAKE YOUNG ENDURANCE HORSE TITLES Gold medal winner (8-year-old): Persepolia Larzac (Salman Isa Al Radhi) from Bahrain Horse and rider combinations from Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates claimed the titles at the FEI World Endurance Championships for Young Horses which took place at Compiegne in France last Friday. [...]

23 Aug 2011 The hand of history will be resting heavily on some of the 71 riders heading for this week’s HSBC FEI European Eventing Championship in Luhmühlen (GER) on 25-28 August, as anticipation mounts for what promises to be an enthralling competition. Host nation Germany, the reigning Olympic Champions, were World Champions in 2006, [...]

23 Aug 2011 Kyle King of Ocala, FL, kicked off the three-week Rocky Mountain Classic show jumping series by winning the $50,000 CSI2* G2 Financial Group Grand Prix on Saturday, August 20. The Rocky Mountain Classic show jumping tournaments are taking place at Anderson Ranch in Calgary, AB. Course designer Werner Deeg of Germany ensured [...]

23 Aug 2011 © ESI Photography. Laura Linback and Whittaker MVNZ on course in the $40,000 HITS Grand Prix, presented by Pfizer Animal Health. Laura Linback of Mundelin, Illinois and Woodrun’s Whittaker MVNZ, whom they call “Fred” in the barn, had an amazing week at HITS Culpeper. Last Friday, they captured the win in the [...]

23.8.2011 1° Gianluca Palmizi ITA Corjulana 0/0 46,22 2° Roberto Turchetto ITA Wasorka 0/0 46,55 3° Andrea Bracci ITA Bercy van de Worfthoeve 0/0 47,98 4° Francesca Capponi ITA Stallone 0/0 49,06 5° Antonio Alfonso ITA Celeste Z 0/0 49,89 6° Melanie Gruber ITA Quiberon W 0/0 56,12 7° Ignace Philips BEL Pablo de Virton [...]

23 Aug 2011 McLain Ward placed first and second in the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic during the Kentucky Summer Horse Show to take over the lead in the Hagyard Challenge Series standings. Photo: Rebecca Walton/PMG. McLain Ward continues to hold the lead in the 2011 Hagyard Challenge Series after claiming the first and second place [...]

22.08.2011 15 Int. Vaulting Comp. Female Junior Pl. Horse Rider Points 1. Royal Salut Fritz Daniela (AUT) 7.672 2. Pinot Noir 5 Wild Lisa (AUT) 7.481 3. Harley Stoppazzini Silvia (ITA) 7.414 4. Weltoni RS von der Wintermühle Knauf Corinna (GER) 7.292 5. Klintholms Ramstein Bendixen Sheena (DEN) 7.264 6. Letitia 5 Meier Gianna (GER) [...]

22 Aug 2011 After his victories in Copenhagen and Sandillon French show jumper Frank Schillewaert continued his successful season winning yesterday’s Grand Prix at the CSI3* Royan, France aboard his mount Marquis De La Lande. He finished the jump-off round in 44.15 seconds and was rewarded with  a cheque amounting to 16.800. Euro Runner-up was [...]

22 Aug 2011 Swedish Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and his stallion Carusso La Silla were the winners of yesterday’s Grand Prix at the CSI2* Roggel, The Netherlands. The pair had the fastest second round ahead of Mathijs van Asten with Credence Z and Eric van der Vleuten with his 8-year-old mare Zandorra Z. For results please click: [...]

Barclays Wealth CCI*** Final Results Pl. Horse Rider D XC T XC F S Total 1. CALICO JOE Andrew Nicholson 50.4 – - – 50.4 2. LEBOWSKI Beanie Sturgis 59.6 – - – 59.6 3. RUTHERGLEN Andrew Hoy 42.3 19.60 – 4 65.9 4. SHADY GREY Andrew Nicholson 50.0 – - 16 66.0 5. WILLOW [...]

22.8.2011 1° Gianluca Palmizi ITA Corjulana 0/0 46,22 2° Roberto Turchetto ITA Wasorka 0/0 46,55 3° Andrea Bracci ITA Bercy van de Worfthoeve 0/0 47,98 4° Francesca Capponi ITA Stallone 0/0 49,06 5° Antonio Alfonso ITA Celeste Z 0/0 49,89 6° Melanie Gruber ITA Quiberon W 0/4 56,12 7° Ignace Philips BEL Pablo de Virton [...]

1° Nicolas Delmotte FRA Luccianno 0/0 36,33 2° Dominique Joassin BEL Dark de la Hart 0/0 37,36 3° Delphine Simmler FRA Premier de Falaise 0/0 38,16 4° Penelope Leprevost FRA Topinambour 0/0 41 5° Christophe Grangier FRA Pres d´Ici 0/0 42,18 6° Patrice Delaveau FRA Katchina Mail 0/4 37,62 7° Romao Duarte POR Lalique 0/4 [...]

22 Aug 2011 Great Britain’s young riders claimed team gold at the FEI European Young Rider Championships at the Blair Castle Horse Trials, with Ireland taking silver and Germany bronze. Willa Newton, riding Neelix, also collected individual silver. She added just 2.4 time-faults to her dressage score and was kept her cool under pressure for a faultless showjumping clear. [...]

22 Aug 2011 American show jumper Mario Deslauriers won the Grand Prix at the CSI3* Hachenburg, Germany aboard his Urico (Zandor Z x Fedor). During the second round he was 1,5 seconds ahead (0 / 0 /42.27 seconds) of Swedish Henrik von Eckermann (0 / 0 / 44,01 seconds), who rode Coupe de Coeur (Calido [...]

22 Aug 2011 Carl Hester, 44 years old and nestor of the British dressage sport, has said that after winning the European title with the British dream team at the European championhips in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) that there will be full attention at their team in the pre Olympic year. ‘In London it will be [...]

22 Aug 2011 Christina Kelly and Camirage won the $40,000 Bluegrass Festival Grand Prix Victory at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show. Photo By: Heather Bellock/PMG. It was a beautiful and sunny afternoon at the Kentucky Horse Park as the final day of the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show commenced. Today, top jumper riders turned out to [...]

22 Aug 2011 Yann Candele and Azzaro took top honors in the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show. Photo By: Heather Bellock/PMG. Another incredible crowd turned out at the Rolex Stadium tonight at the Kentucky Horse Park, this time the spectators watched riders compete for the top prize during the $25,000 [...]

22 Aug 2011 With the historic Alltech National Horse Show preparing for its Lexington debut this fall, horse enthusiasts and members of the community are invited to attend an informational program about the show and the experiences that will be available to spectators during the five-day event. Free and open to the public, Alltech’s popular [...]

22 Aug 2011 Le Grand Complet – Haras du Pin Clayton Fredericks and Chris Burton offer a total victory to Australia in the last FEI Eventing World Cup leg The current world number 6 at the FEI rankings, Clayton Fredericks, won the last FEI Eventing World Cup leg in Le Pin, Normandy, France, riding Dunges [...]

22 Aug  2011 CORNELISSEN IS THE FREESTYLE QUEEN On the podium after the Grand Prix Freestyle which brought the FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 to a close in Rotterdam (NED) today: L to R – silver medallist Carl Hester (GBR), gold medallist Adelinde Cornelissen (NED) and bronze medallist Patrik Kittel (SWE).  Photo: FEI/Peter Nixon. The [...]

21.08.2011 03 Int. Jumping Competition Table A with one Jump Off (1.40 m) – Finale Youngster Tour Pl. Rider Horse Faults Time 1. Marc Bettinger GER Zander 0/0 40.27 2. Robert Whitaker GBR Catwalk 14 0/0 40.76 3. Katharina Offel UKR Lacrimoso 0/0 40.80 4. Andrew Ramsay USA Zerly 0/0 40.86 5. Christoph Brüse GER [...]

21.08.2011 12 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.45m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Carusso LS La Silla Bengtsson Rolf Goran (SWE) 0/0 36,50 2. Credence Z Van Asten Mathijs (NED) 0/0 38,06 3. Zandorra Z Van der Vleuten Eric (NED) 0/0 38,17 4. Pikeur Gamble Brinkmann Klaus (GER) 0/0 38,93 5. Cornet d’Amour Veniss Pedro (BRA) [...]

21.08.2011 21/0 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.45m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Unesco 33 Goosen Mandy (GBR) 0/0 38,55 2. Concordija Eder Stefan (AUT) 0/0 39,99 3. Geronimo 564 Rist Tobias (GER) 0/0 40,60 4. Showman 11 Brenner Andreas (GER) 0/0 40,82 5. Mobily Lil Majd Stenfert Jürgen (NED) 0/0 41,20 6. Rahmannhof `s Bogeno [...]

21.08.2011 05 Int. Dressage Comp. CDI-U25 Pl. Horse Rider Points 1. DESPERADOS Kristina SPREHE (GER) 75.628 2. IPS PAINTED BLACK Morgan BARBANÇON (ESP) 73.349 3. DIVA ROYAL Stella-Charlott ROTH (GER) 72.558 4. CHARMING BOY 26 Sofie LEXNER (SWE) 71.535 5. LUXFORM´S POPEYE Diederik VAN SILFHOUT (NED) 70.907 6. DONNA SILVER Daniel BACHMANN (DEN) 69.907 7. [...]

21 August 2011 After her yesterday’s triumph where she defended her title in the Grand Prix Spécial Adelinde Cornelissen presented another marvellous performance in the Grand Prix Freestyle competition and was rewarded with the gold medal. Adelinde received top marks and all seven judges put her on the first place. The further rankings are as [...]

21 Aug 2011 The Australian domination has been confirmed after the cross-country test today. Although Sam Griffiths lost 10 places due to few seconds over the ideal time (7’16”), Clayton Fredericks (AUS) took over from him riding Be My Guest thanks to a complete clear round in time. Chris Burton (AUS) did the same, as [...]

21.08.2011 15/0 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.35m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Calida K Turturiello Francesco (ITA) 0 59,98 2. Osiris du Goyen Muff Werner (SUI) 0 60,41 3. Sethi de Laubert Grimm Roland (SUI) 0 60,89 4. Win Chin B Formentini Federico (ITA) 0 61,53 5. I know it Bachl Tobias (GER) 0 61,61 [...]

21.08.2011 08 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.45m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Vince Black Wijlaars Frans (NED) 0/0 37,36 2. Wanarchitect Tacken Emile (NED) 0/0 37,85 3. Vittorio Keunen Pieter (NED) 0/0 39,06 4. Navaro Romp Ruben (NED) 0/0 39,41 5. Pikeur Calu Brinkmann Klaus (GER) 0/0 42,39 6. Vivaro B Brocard Ghislain (BEL) 0/0 [...]

21 Aug 2011 Just like two years ago it was Dutch Adelinde Cornelissen woth her Parzival who is the best in the Grand Prix Special. In Rotterdam she scored 82,113% and made it the other riders so hard that they made mistakes. Cornelissen, sho’s Parzival was super, made it quit exciting by riding a mistake [...]

21 Aug 2011 Yann Candele and Azzaro took top honors in the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic at the Bluegrass Festival Horse Show (Photo: Heather Bellock/PMG). Another incredible crowd turned out at the Rolex Stadium tonight at the Kentucky Horse Park, this time the spectators watched riders compete for the top prize during the $25,000 Hagyard [...]

20 Aug 2011 ADELINDE DOES THE DOUBLE ON A DRAMATIC DAY IN ROTTERDAM Adelinde Cornelissen defended her title in style when recording her second successive victory in the Grand Prix Special at the FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands today.  On the afternoon she claimed gold with Jerich Parzival at Windsor in [...]

20.08.2011 05 Int. Dressage Comp. CDI-U25 Pl. Horse Rider Points 1. DESPERADOS Kristina SPREHE (GER) 75.628 2. IPS PAINTED BLACK Morgan BARBANÇON (ESP) 73.349 3. DIVA ROYAL Stella-Charlott ROTH (GER) 72.558 4. CHARMING BOY 26 Sofie LEXNER (SWE) 71.535 5. LUXFORM´S POPEYE Diederik VAN SILFHOUT (NED) 70.907 6. DONNA SILVER Daniel BACHMANN (DEN) 69.907 7. [...]

20.08.2011 08 Int. Jumping Competition Table A with one Jump Off (1.50 m) – Big Tour Pl. Rider Horse Faults Time 1. Albert Zoer NED Sam 740 0/0 38.48 2. Tobias Meyer GER Lucrate D’eau Grenou 0/0 40.09 3. Hans-Dieter Dreher GER Embassy II 0/0 41.23 4. Mario Deslauriers USA Cella 0/0 41.38 5. David [...]

20 Aug 2011 The team of German riders competing at the FEI European Eventing Championships in Luhmühlen is set. On the occasion of the training camp in Warendorf team coach Hans Melzer announced the German team. Andreas Dibowski and FRH Fantasia will be the first pair starting for Germany followed by Sandra Auffarth with Opgun [...]

20.08.2011 10/0 Int. Jumping Comp. Golden Tour Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Cezanne 34 Goosen Mandy (GBR) 0/0 38,46 2. Even to Heaven Grimm Roland (SUI) 0/0 39,49 3. Clintop 2 Kühner Max (GER) 0/0 44,18 4. Tospy Turvy CH Spirig Ivo (SUI) 0/0 40,97 5. Leticia 12 Kohrock Soenke (GER) Elim. 6. Chayenne [...]

20.08.2011 04 Int. Jumping Comp. two Phases 1.40m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. UB 40 Zuidema Bert Jan (NED) 0/0 30,72 2. Valley Poels Caroline (NED) 0/0 30,92 3. Pikeur Calu Brinkmann Klaus (GER) 0/0 31,27 4. Eurocommerce Lexington Voorn Albert (NED) 0/0 31,69 5. Colino Demirsoy Derin (TUR) 0/0 31,73 6. U2 Van [...]

20.08.2011 04 Int. Dressage Competition CDI-U25 Pl. Nat. Horse Rider Points 1. GERMANY 145.710 PAVAROTTI Victoria MICHALKE (69.921) DIVA ROYAL Stella-Charlott ROTH 70.289 DESPERADOS Kristina SPREHE 75.421 2. SPAIN 142.421 CIOWA Carmen NAESGAARD 67.553 IPS PAINTED BLACK Morgan BARBANÇON 74.868 3. THE NETHERLANDS 141.790 SIRO Danielle HEIJKOOP (67.974) LUXFORM´S POPEYE Diederik VAN SILFHOUT 71.553 BMC [...]

20 Aug 2011 Today at 12.30 the Grand Prix Special will start at the European Dressage Championships in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and the dressage riders will fight for the individual medals. The starting order of the top riders is the following and can be followed live on FEI TV: 16.45 h Adelinde Cornelissen / Parzival [...]

20 Aug 2011 German TV channels ARD and ZDF will be broadcasting the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships. Both TV stations are scheduling an hour each for covering the HSBC FEI European Eventing Championships. The following broadcasting times are planned: ZDF Sport extra,    Saturday, 27 August, 16.00h – 17.00h: summary cross country ARD Sport [...]

20 Aug 2011 The Rolex One to Watch for July 2011 is Italian rider, Antonio Alfonso. Based at the Castello Stables in Rome, Italy, the 33-year-old jumped from number 368 to 218 during July – a move up the Rolex Rankings of 150 places. The Rolex One to Watch is an initiative which identifies the rider [...]

20 Aug 2011 Sweden, Spain and Denmark qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games as a result of their placings in yesterday’s FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 team competition. Sweden finished fourth on a score of 214.437%, Spain was fifth (211.580%), and Denmark sixth (209.985%). The three leading nations at the Championships had already achieved [...]

20 Aug 2011 Antipodean riders Clarke Johnstone (NZL) and Chris Burton (AUS) are making absolutely sure of their FEI World Cup™ Eventing bonus by travelling to the last event in the 2011 series, which is underway at Haras du Pin (FRA) today. Both riders are now based in Britain, where they are making quite an [...]

20 Aug 2011 The inaugural two-day Symposium hosted by the FEI, CHIO Aachen and Aachen School of Course Design (ASCD) last month was “a vital step forward in the organised growth of national, regional, FEI 1* and 2* Jumping competitions”, according to John Madden, Acting Chair, FEI Jumping Committee. The Symposium, entitled “How to develop, [...]

19.08.2011 11 Int. Jumping Competition Table A Accumulator with Joker (1.15 m) – SML – Tour Pl. Rider Horse Points Time 1. Ali Hamed Al Attiya QAT Alegro 84 62 59.23 2. Werner Jösel GER Zatina 5 62 59.55 3. Laura Tiefenthal GER Noble-Queen 60 59.50 4. Yassim Al Attiya QAT Commandor 58 56.56 5. [...]