26 Sept 2011 113 riders, 12 countries, 166 horses! The entries are now definitively closed for the 4th edition of the International 3-Day event of Lignières-en-Berry (France, 50km south of Bourges in the center of France). This eventing show confirms that thanks to a good organization, well fitted equipments and sense of conviviality, the best [...]

26 Sept 2011 Daniella Dierks – Aber Hallo 29 – Photo:Toni Venhaus If you look at the qualifying scores for the Bates Australian Dressage Championships, it‘s quite obvious who will be the horse and rider combinations to beat. Toni Venhaus, the Event Director passed on the top 10 ranked horses/riders based on these scores. “Most [...]

26 Sept 2011 Emilie Stampfli is only 17 years old and comes from Switzerland. The past weekend was a very special one for her, as she won the EY-Cup held in Donaueschingen, which means the ticket for the EY-Cup final in Frankfurt in December. Emilie rode her ten-year-old French mare Nikita du Luot. Runner-up was [...]

26 Sept 2011 German team coach Ewald Meier was extremely satisfied with the performance of his drivers at the FEI World Driving Championships Lipica, Slovenia. “The fifth gold medal in a row was won by his team”, he explained. In addition, Dieter Baackmann became world champion of the pony pair driving followed by his team [...]

26 Sept 2011 During the past weekend Ulla Salzgeber and her gelding Herzruf’s Erbe rode her first international competition after her break in Donaueschingen, Germany. The pair won the Grand Prix Special with 78.02% followed by triple Olympic champion Anky van Grunsven from the Netherlands riding her 17-year-old Salinero (77.958%). A great performance gave the [...]

26 Sept 2011   Johannes Ehning with Salvador V – photo: Karl-Heinz Frieler “It is a quite nice feeling to leave Ludger Beerbaum behind”, remarked a smiling Johannes Ehning, who had just won the Grand Prix in Donaueschingen. The 28-year-old Johannes, brother of Marcus Ehning, rode the fastest jump-off round in 48.32 seconds with his [...]

26.9.2011 1° Daniel Etter SUI Constanzia 0/0 36,87 2° Simon Delestre FRA Whisper 0/4 36,19 3° Alexander Kumps BEL Cru d´Avril Z 1 76,26 4° Alexander Auer GER Coco Chantal M 2 79,92 5° Alexander Schill GER Nolita 4 66,3 6° Niklaus Rutschi SUI Casablanca 4 72,23 7° Celine Stauffer SUI Oser Jurassien 4 72,74 [...]

Last weekend the FEI World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses took place at the Zangersheide stud in Lanaken, Belgium. Below is a list of the winners in the categories of 5, 6 and 7-year-old horses: Results 5-year-old horses: 1. Gladys (BWP)                  Yves Vanderhasselt (BEL)                      0/0/36,41 sec 2. Cafés Champus (OS)     René Tebbel (GER)                                   0/0/36,45 [...]

26.9.2011 1° Shane Carey IRL Zandiego U 0/0 32,94 2° Emmanuel Deknudt BEL Candice vd Windeweg Z 0/0 33,78 3° Hendrik Denutte BEL Fikke van de Kranenburg 0/0 33,99 4° Guy Beyers BEL Faro SM van het Paardenveld 0/0 34,29 5° Sam Polleunis BEL Elias P 0/0 34,82 6° Shane Carey IRL Carlton Homeboy 0/0 [...]

26 Sept 2011 Swedish Team, winner of the FEI Nations Cup pormotional League Final With its victory in the FEI Nations Cup Promotional League Final of Barcelona the Swedish Team will compete next year in the Top League. Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Angelica Augustsson, Svante Johansson and Rolf-Goeran Bengtsson, members of the winning team, achieved the best [...]

26 Sept 2011 The U.S. Pony Drivers defended their third-place marathon finish – driving a confident cones phase to secure a Team Bronze medal at the 2011 FEI Pony World Driving Championships in Lipica, Slovenia. Their three-phase total of 402.3 guaranteed Bronze behind driving powerhouse nations, Germany, who won on 359.4, and The Netherlands on [...]

26 Sept 2011 Last weekend in Lausanne (Switzerland) the names of the Olympian and Para Olympian judges have been named. Judges Olympic Games: – Leif Törnblad (Denmark) – Maribel Alonso (Mexico) – Jean-Michel Roudier (France) – Gary Rockwell (USA) – Wim Ernes (The Netherlands) – Evi Eisenhardt (Germany) – Chair man: Stephan Clarke (Great Britain) [...]

26 Sept 2011 SWEDEN WINS FEI PROMOTIONAL LEAGUE FINAL IN BARCELONA CLIFF-HANGER The Swedish team came out the winners at the Promotional League Final in Barcelona, Spain this afternoon and will now rejoin the elite eight-nation FEI Nations Cup™ series in 2012.  But, on a roller-coaster afternoon, it took a monumental effort from last-line Swedish [...]

25.09.2011 24 ESCON Spring Club – Large Tour Int. Jumping Competition Table A in two Phases – 1.40 m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. For You Seidlitz, Jennifer GER 0/0 37.02 2. Double O Seven II Straumann, Flaminia SUI 0/0 40.41 3. Vyacint Klaas, Ann-Christin GER 0/0 42.19 4. Fundskerl Dahlman, Jenni FIN [...]

25.09.2011 10 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.40m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Perle Condeenne GARMENDIA ECHEVERRIA Jesus (ESP) 0/0 19.47 2. Othello D’Auge ALVAREZ AZNAR Eduardo (ESP) 0/0 19.76 3. Pms Candy Girls SCHURTENBERGER Niklaus (SUI) 0/0 20.27 4. Whisper SUGITANI Taizo (JPN) 0/0 20.29 5. H&M Cash In FREDRICSON Peder (SWE) 0/0 20.33 6. [...]

25.09.2011 08 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.40m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Pero Z Hillock Carey Shane (IRL) 0 62.03 2. Isky de Baussy Delmotte Nicolas (FRA) 0 63.18 3. Qruella M Ericsson Linnea (DEN) 0 63.39 4. Vichy Karolyi Alejandro (VEN) 0 65.85 5. Chica Bouvard Frédérique (FRA) 0 66.04 6. Lancero Carey Shane [...]

25.09.2011 09 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.50-1.55m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Ad Norson MIRANDA Alvaro (BRA) 0/0 36.38 2. Avenzio 3 SUGITANI Taizo (JPN) 0/0 37.47 3. Cornet D’Amour VENISS Pedro (BRA) 0/4 35.87 4. Tyson THIJSSEN Leon (NED) 0/4 38.22 5. H&M Arctic Aurora Borealis FREDRICSON Peder (SWE) 0/8 38.38 6. Rackel Chavannaise [...]

25.09.2011 06/2 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.55-1.60m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Atlete Van T Heike LAMAZE Eric (CAN) 0/0 55.71 2. Nectar Du Plessis LATHAM Rutherford (ESP) 1/1 59.45 3. Ronaldo RIBAS Carlos (BRA) 4/0 48.93 4. Sanctos Van Het Gravenhof OFFEL Katharina (UKR) 4/0 52.92 5. Carpe Diem O’CONNOR Cian (IRL) 0/4 55.08 [...]

25 Sept 2011 Today the Promotional League final takes place in Barcelona. The starting order will be as follows: Italy Ukraine Russia Canada Sweden Spain Poland « 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 Übersicht

25 Sept 2011 Front View From South Shore Blvd. Mark Bellissimo, Managing Partner of Wellington Equestrian Partners announced today that WEP has acquired the commercial building and the 18 acre commercially zoned property that lies opposite the Old Polo Stadium on South Shore Blvd.    The property currently has a 20,000 sqft building and it is [...]

25 Sept 2011 Olympic Champion Eric Lamaze continued his winning streak by claiming the Grand Prix Ciutat de Barcelona Copa SEAT at the hundredth edition of CSIO Barcelona. Riding Atlete Van’t Heike, Lamaze was the only rider from 45 entries to post two perfect clear rounds. Spain’s Rutherford Latham placed second after making two time [...]

25 Sept 2011 The Brasilian Alvaro Miranda won with Ad Norson the Copa de SM la Reina – Trofeo Longines after performing a fantastic jump-off. Taizo Sugitan from Japan went second riding Avenzio 3, while Pedro Veniss and Cornet D’Amour were third. The third competition day of CSIO Barcelona started with the Nespresso Cup, a [...]

25 Sept 2011 Yesterday, the Grand Prix Dressage was on schedule at the CDI4* Donaueschingen, Germany. The victory was claimed by Ulla Salzgeber and her 12-year-old Herzruf’s Erbe. This German combination scored over 76%. Dutch Anky van Grunsven got  74,915% and ranked second. German Uta Gräf got the third prize after riding her test aboard Le Noir (72,553%). Today, the Grand Prix [...]

25 Sept 2011 ITALY TO LEAD THE WAY AT PROMOTIONAL LEAGUE FINAL IN BARCELONA The Italian team will be pathfinders as the much-anticipated FEI Nations Cup™ Promotional League Final gets underway at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain tomorrow afternoon.  A total of seven nations will battle it out for the last remaining [...]

24.09.2011 09 Int. Jumping Competition Table C (1.45 m) Pl. Horse Rider     Time 1. Royale’s son Rieskamp-Goedeking, Tim GER   66.90 2. Sisi Helmig, Ann-Kathrin GER   68.33 3. AD Cintrica Bormes Schwizer, Pius SUI   68.46 4. Faible Lafayette Schmid, Adrian SUI   69.82 5. Dimball VH Scheefkasteel Ehning, Johannes GER   [...]

24.09.2011 04 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.40m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Qruella M Ericsson Linnea (DEN) 0/0 36.91 2. Pero Z Hillock Carey Shane (IRL) 0/0 37.25 3. Lipton de l’Othain Wylde Peter (USA) 0/0 38.9 4. Damgaardens Extens Ericsson Linnea (DEN) 0/0 39.99 5. Lancero Carey Shane (IRL) 0/0 40.39 6. Olympique Libellule [...]

24 Sept 2011 At the world championships in Lipica (Slovenia) German Dieter Baackmann is in the lead after dressage for pair driving. Het got 39,68 penalties and Stephan Koch, from Gremany as well, was the only one who stayed a bit close with 41,47. Jennifer Matheson from the USA is third with 46,08 penalties. On [...]

24 Sept 2011 The American drivers were on a mission Friday at the FEI World Pony Driving Championships in Lipica, Slovenia. After the completion of the driven dressage, held over two days, the US stands in third place in the Team Championship behind Germany and The Netherlands heading into the Marathon. Individual honors are also [...]

24 Sept 2011 The second day of CSIO Barcelona started today with the victory in the AK Damm Trophy of the Spanish rider Eduardo Álvarez Aznar riding Othello D’Auge. Second of this speed and handiness tour was the British David McPherson with Chamberlain Z, while Peder Fredricson from Sweden on Holliday Kig went third. CSIO [...]

24 Sept 2011   Stephen Clarke (GBR) President of Ground Jury London 2012 Olympic Games The Ground Juries for Dressage at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Final 2012 have been announced following blind draws at the FEI’s headquarters in Lausanne (SUI) today (23 September). Leif Törnblad [...]

23.09.2011 04 Int. Jumping Competition Table A (Faults/Time) (1.45 m) Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Popcorn Paterson-Robinson, James AUS 0 80.54 2. Liv Grete Muff, Theo SUI 0 81.26 3. Cash Junior Bruggink, Gert-Jan NED 0 81.95 4. Camina II Hough, Lauren USA 0 87.47 5. Monte Cristo III Clark, Olive IRL 0 [...]

23 Sept 2011 Domain Zangersheide is presently the centre of the show jumping world (22 to 25 September). On the programme today the first qualification of the FEI World Breeding jumping championships for young horses, the Belgian championships jumping and the presentation in hand for the Zangersheide stallion approvals. In the FEI World Breeding Jumping [...]

23 Sept 2011 The Business Development Board of Palm Beach County (BDB) honored Mark Bellissimo, founding partner and largest investor in Wellington Equestrian Partners (WEP), which owns and operates the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC), with its “Economic Development Leadership Award” during the festivities in the Venetian Ballroom at The Breakers during the BDB’s [...]

23 Sept 2011 Roger Yves Bost mit Nifrane de Kreisker – Photo by Karl-Heinz Frieler French Nation Cup rider Roger Yves Bost won the first international jumping competition at the CHI Donaueschingen, Germany yesterday. The 45-year-old show jumper won the opening class of the Medium Tour with his 13-year-old Clinton offspring Castle Forbes Vivaldo. Bost [...]

23 Sept 2011   The hundredth edition of the CSIO Barcelona could not have begun better for Spanish riders: Cayetano Martinez de Irujo won the first competition of the day (RCPB Opening Special Prize) and Pilar Cordón riding Carddimgton 4, was sixth in the second, the Martini Cup. Cayetano Martínez de Irujo Cayetano set the [...]

23 Sept 2011 Rider Acceptances for Abu Dhabi It will be a thrilling conclusion to the Global Champions Tour in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates November. 24-26th. The Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is proving to be a big drawcard for the leading professional riders with the Grand Prix alone presenting 285,000 euros [...]

23 Sept 2011 The U.S. Team ready for competition in Lipica. Photo by Marie de Ronde.   The U.S. drivers put in incredible performances on the first day of competition at the FEI World Pony Driving Championships. Competition got underway in Lipica, Slovenia, with the Pony Pair Championship and the first section of the Pony [...]

23 Sept 2011 Over 3000 athletes from over 40 countries will compete at the ParaGamesBreda (PGB), which are held from October 6 to 9 in The Netherlands.   In the next edition, the equestrian sport is part of the program for the first time. More than hundred riders from 18 countries have entered for the equestrian [...]

23 Sept 2011 Two favourites for the Olympic team dressage title, which will be at stake in August 2012 in London, are coming to Holland on October 30-31th to give a clinic with some of their best horses. The English riders Carl Hester and his student and stable mate Charlote Dujardin were the sensation at [...]

23 Sept 2011 SEVEN NATIONS LINE OUT FOR FEI PROMOTIONAL LEAGUE FINAL IN BARCELONA The line-up for the next year’s FEI Nations Cup™ series will be decided on Sunday following the all-important Final of the 2011 FEI Promotional League which takes place in Barcelona, Spain.  The winning team will earn a place in the 2012 [...]

23.09.2011 03 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.50m Trofeo La Vanguardia Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Cocoshynsky GAUDIANO Emanuele (ITA) 0 57.32 2. Carpe Diem O’CONNOR Cian (IRL) 0 60.47 3. Oz De Breve RENWICK Laura (GBR) 0 60.62 4. Böckmanns Lazio RIVETTI Cassio (UKR) 0 60.83 5. Jesus De La Commune MONETA Luca Maria (ITA) [...]

23 Sept 2011 ©ESI Photography. New Jersey’s Missiaen Jenkins and her own Caro Z competing in the $2,000 Adult Working Hunter Stake at the 2011 Marshall & Sterling League National Finals at HITS-on-the-Hudson. In 2012, HITS will offer the $250,000 3′ HITS Hunter Prix Final in conjunction with the $1 Million Grand Prix and Diamond [...]

22.09.2011 13 EUROPEAN YOUNGSTER CUP Young Masters League Int. Jumping Competition Table A (Faults/Time) – 1.40 m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Cuckoo Schmid, Maximilian GER 0 65.91 2. Nikita du Luot Stampfli, Emilie SUI 0 68.79 3. Delloren Baum, Franziska GER 0 70.38 4. Sir Henry Sennekamp, Lena GER 0 70.39 5. [...]

22 Sept 2011 British show jumper Guy Williams will be „well-equipped“ for the indoor season, as he took over two new horses. He acquired the 8-year-old stallion „der Senaat“ (Burggraaf x Präsident) from Nick Vriens. Guy Williams intends to present the stallion at the CSI*** Moorsele for the first time. Moreover, Williams bought the 10-year-old [...]

22 Sept 2011 This morning Maximilian Schmid won the opening jumping competition of the EY-CUP (Young Master League / 0/65,91 sec) riding the 13-year-old gelding Cuckoo.  The pair was nearly three seconds faster that Swiss Emilie du Lot Stampfli on Nikita (0/68,79 sec). Franziska Baum and Dolloren (0/70,38 sec) ranked third followed by Lena Sennekamp [...]

 22 Sept 2011 She is only 18 years old – and a real newcomer in show jumping from the United States. Lucy Davis spent some time in Germany from 2009 on to learn from Markus Beerbaum and his wife Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum how to become better and better in riding. She stayed at the Beerbaum farm [...]

22 Sept 2011 The royal horse show event – CHI Donaueschingen Every year Donaueschingen is venue of one of the most prestigious horse shows and Mecca of the best horse riders and all horse lovers. Furthermore, it is a highlight for rinding clubs and local up-and-coming horse riders. The International HRH Prince Joachim of Fürstenberg [...]

22 Sept 2011 Lipica Stud Farm, the homeland of world famous white Lipizzaner horses, hosts the first Equestrian World Championship ever in Slovenia taking place from 21st to 24th September, welcoming the top pony single, pair and four-in-hand drivers in the world. Yesterday the opening ceremony of World Driving Championships for Ponies started in the [...]

22 Sept 2011 The Rolex One to Watch – August 2011   Katrin Eckermann riding Carlson 46 in the Nations’ Cup first round at the FEI European Jumping Championships for Children, Juniors and Young Riders 2011 staged in Comporta (POR) – Photo: SPORTFOT/Rolex The Rolex One to Watch for August 2011 is German rider, Katrin Eckermann. [...]

21 Sept 2011 The 10-year-old mare Nayana (Royal Feu x Narcos) will from now under the saddle of French show jumper Penelope Leprévost. Nayana’s career started with French rider Eric Levallois. After a serious accident of the French Nations Cup rider his compatriot Patrice Delaveau took over the mare. During the past two years Delaveau [...]

21 Sept 2011 Calgary – The two German international course builders Marco Hesse and Andreas Hollmann have successfully passed their “level 3 course builder” exam during the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows, Canada. With the new title Hesse and Hollmann are authorized to build the courses at CSI and CSIO events from one to five stars as [...]

21 Sept 2011 The members of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria are shocked.  Last Monday, one of their riders Harald Bauer (aged 43) committed suicide on the premises of the riding school. He was found by a cleaner. Until now no information has been given regarding the motive of this tragedy. Source: www.heute.at / [...]

21 Sept 2011 Megan Bryant, winner of the 2010 Cinderella Award, presented by Lesley Sullivan Presented at the Bates 2010 Australian Dressage Championships – Photo:Jenny Carroll   Over the four days of competition at the Bates Australian Dressage Championships there are a number national awards that are up for grabs. These trophies have been won [...]

21 Sept 2011 The European Championships are just over for a few days now and the next big event already gives notice of a spectacular starting field. Ludger Beerbaum has announced his participation at the German Classics in Hanover, Germany taking place from 20 to 23 October, which is also the sixth leg of the [...]

21.9.2011 1° Erwan Auffret FRA Lipton Polka 0/0 44,3 2° Clement Boulanger FRA O´Brion du Plessis 0/0 44,4 3° Francisco Jose Musa BRA Premiere Xindoctro Metodo 0/0 44,9 4° Cédric Angot FRA Olympic de Chamant 0/0 45 5° Bernardo Alves Resende BRA Bridgit 0/0 46,5 6° Nadine Traber SUI L´Amour 0/0 49,1 7° Bertrand Darier [...]

21 Sept 2011 Interview with Carl Hester For more than 20 years Carl Hester is a big name in Dressage. He was riding at the Olympics several times, at the World and European Championships – and he won medals there! But never he made people look so stunned like at the European Championships in Rotterdam! [...]

21 Sept 2011 Dressage At the Saugerties CDI-W, Catherine Haddad-Staller proved dominating in the grand prix taking the top two spots with Winyamaro and Cadillac 35 respectively. Winyamaro proved just a hair better than his stablemate in the grand prix, scoring 68.660% to Cadillac’s 68.553%. Based in Germany, Haddad-Staller has spent most of the summer [...]

21 Sept 2011 The U.S. brings a wealth of championship experience to Lipica, Slovenia, this week for the FEI World Driving Championships. The seven drivers that will represent the U.S. have competed in a total of 13 World Driving Championships and have claimed 14 USEF National Championships as a group. Miranda Cadwell, Shelly Temple, Laurie [...]

21 Sept 2011 Tobias Bücker of Germany is the title defender in the four-in-hand category © Rinaldo de Craen From 21 to 25 September, the Lipica Stud Farm in Slovenia will host the fifth edition of the FEI World Driving Championships for Combined Ponies. Seventy-seven drivers from 17 nations will compete in the singles, pairs [...]

21 Sept 2011 Pilot Janne Meyer, Veterinarian Patric Kittel Team European Champion, Janne Meyer, on the runway of Hamburg Airport, the World and European Vaulting Champion, Patric Looser, as a member of the Aachen Fire Brigade and the show jumper, Andreas Kreuzer, who surprised everyone by coming third in the Rolex Grand Prix 2011, on [...]

21 Sept 2011   As the only North American leg of the prestigious World Dressage Masters CDI5* circuit, the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach CDI5* presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach will take place January 26 – 29, 2012. Wellington Classic Dressage will once again bring this world-class dressage spectacle to the Jim Brandon [...]

20 Sept 2011 Dressage at its best! Olympic champions, world champions and European champions will meet in Donaueschingen from 22 to 25 September 2011. The starting field is said to be the best since the European Championships in Donaueschingen in 1991. The Dutch dressage queen Anky van Grunsven and her top mount Salinero, with whom [...]

20 Sept 2011 As mentioned on Matthias Alexander Rath’s website, his 16-year-old Oldenburg gelding Sterntaler Unicef will go into his well-deserved retirement. Rath’s younger sister Marie will ride Sterntaler Unicef in the future. The website horses-nl states as well that the pony Prince Z (winner of the silver medal with the Dutch team) was also [...]

16 Sept 2011 This year’s 15th horse show in Bisingen-Hohenzollern, Germany (5 to 9 October 2011) will be broadcast live in the Internet presented by Loesdau, one of the leading German suppliers of equestrian equipment. The live-streams will be realized by hippo performance, the IT partner in equestrian sports, in cooperation with horseweb.de, the leading [...]

20 Sept 2011   Zangersheide offers a treat from 22 to 25 September 2011 in the form of a showjumping competition attended by the elite of the showjumping world. Studbooks, officials active in the equestrian sector, artists and entrepreneurs make sure, by attending this happening, that they can reach their target groups. The atmosphere, ambiance [...]

20 Sept 2011 The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) announces the following updates to the U.S. Show Jumping Squad for the 2011 Pan American Games. Lauren Hough has withdrawn Quick Study from their position as travelling reserve following an uncharacteristic performance at Spruce Meadows in the Grand Prix on September 11, 2011. The first ranked [...]

20 Sept 2011   Maria Eilberg and Two Sox – Photo: British Dressage Yesterday, one of British Dressage’s superstar horses performed his last piaffe, pirouette and passage in front of a packed crowd at the Dressage Deluxe National Dressage Championships. On completion of her test in the Dressage Deluxe Grand Prix Freestyle Championship, his rider [...]

20 Sept 2011 Tomorrow the FEI World Driving Championships 2011 Combined Pony will start in Lipica, Slovenia. These championships are held for the fifth time. Around eighty drivers will compete originating from 17 different countries. There are singles, pairs and four in hand driving. Title defender is Dutch Melanie Beckerin the singles; German Daniel Schneiders [...]

03 Int. Dressage Competition FEI Prix St Georges Pl. Horse Rider Points 1. Wrigley McCusker, Sharon USA 70.158% 2. Renaissance Tyme Strasser, Evi CAN 67.921% 3. Farleight Batchelder, Nora USA 67.079% 4. Sandokan Cheret, Caroline USA 66.368% 5. Degas Irving, Jill CAN 65.105% 6. Delvaux Irving, Jill CAN 64.684% 7. Weis Guy Lawrence, Darrin USA [...]

19 Sept 2011 Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Ninja La Silla – Photo: Manfred Leitgeb   Nobody would have believed that a rider ranking fourth before the last round will become the new European Jumping Champion. The best chances to win the European jumping title had Otto Nagel (GER), Nick Skelton (GBR) and above all Gerco Schröder [...]