13 Jan 2012 The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has awarded the 2011 ‘Hunter Sire of the Year Award’ to the world-record breaking Elite and Premium Hanoverian stallion White Star (Weltmeyer/Glücksstern/Grande).  The German stallion is set to arrive in the United States during February 2012, and will standing at Black Pond Veterinary Services in Norwell, [...]

13 Jan 2012 The 12th annual KWPN Select Sale will take place on Saturday, February 4, following the KWPN Stallion Show Powered by Massey Ferguson. True to tradition, the auction will once again serve as the final act of the KWPN’s four-day extravaganza in the Brabanthallen at ’s-Hertogenbosch. The collection of 27 stallions for this [...]

12 Jan 2012 The sport lost one its great Grand Prix stars over the New Year break. Dr Wilfried Bechtolsheimer’s Giorgione was put to sleep after a major attack of colic just short of his 31st birthday. Gino, as the B’s called him at home, was the horse who launched Carl Hester’s illustrious dressage career [...]

12 Jan 2012 A new horse arrived in the stable of Dutch show jumper Harrie Smolders. He acquired half of the BWP approved stallion Cluysenaer (Calido I x Heartbreaker). Smolders and the 10-year-old grey stallion will give their debut in Switzerland the coming weekend at the CSI5* Basel. Cluysenaer’s former rider was his owner Benny [...]

12 Jan 2012 In April 2012, German show jumper Susanne Behring (Bulle, Switzerland) will return to Germany and take new duties as a training manager in the stables of national coach Otto Becker in Sendenhorst starting April 2012. The 44-year-old Behring worked in Switzerland for 16 years, where she successfully trained Christina Liebherr, who won [...]

12 Jan 2012 The stallions approved by the selection committee in 2011 will be presented to the public on Thursday evening, February 2 (jumpers), and Friday evening, February 3 (dressage horses), at the KWPN Stallion Show powered by Massey Ferguson. These approved “D-year” riding horse stallions will perform under saddle in groups of three or [...]

12 Jan 2012 Today, the CSI5* Basel, Switzerland  (Swiss) kicks off – one of the most highly endowed indoor equestrian tournaments in the world. The total purse exceeds CHF 900.000. Riders will take part in a total of 16 competitions, including the events for amateurs. 9 of the 11 international competitions count towards the world [...]

12 Jan 2012 Bad luck for Swiss jumper Martin Fuchs just before the start of the CSI Basel. His 16-year-old grey Principal suffered a colic on Wednesday morning and had to be operated. The 19-year-old rider will have to go without his top mount until spring time. Martin Fuchs’ second mount Ideo is also injured [...]

12 Jan 2012 Christopher Schofield (GBR), former Chairman of Great Britain’s Young Rider Selectors programme, passed away on 4 January at the age of 90. Many young British Eventing riders enjoyed success during his leadership of the Young Rider Selectors programme, including William Fox-Pitt, Tina Cook and Pippa Funnell. Jane Holderness-Roddam, who secured team gold [...]

12 Jan 2012 The World Dressage Masters Palm Beach presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach is excited to announce a sponsorship agreement with the equestrian apparel company 2kGrey. Founded by Grand Prix dressage rider Karen Lipp and Kris Zagoria, 2kGrey will launch its brand new line of breeches at the WDM Palm Beach. The [...]

12 Jan 2012 Cian O’Connor and Everything Capture First G&C Farm 1.45m Jumper Victory The FTI Consulting Winter Equestrian Festival (FTI WEF) kicked off competition today with hunter/jumper classes in 10 rings. In the International Arena, Olympian Cian O’Connor (IRL) scored the first win of the season with Everything, owned by Abdulla Humaid Al Muhairi, [...]

12 Jan 2012 The KWPN organizes a Guided Tour especially for its foreign visitors. Each year, we visit several world-class equestrian facilities in Holland, by bus. This year’s Guided Tour is scheduled for February 5th, the Sunday following the KWPN Stallion Show powered by Massey Ferguson in the Brabanthallen in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Anky van Grunsven The [...]

11 Jan 2012 In the latest world individual dressage rankings, Adelinde Cornelissen kept her number one spot with Jerich Parzival. Meanwhile, Carl Hester moved up two spots from number 4 to number 2 with Uthopia, while Laura Bechtolsheimer dropped from second place to third with Mistral Hojris. The highest ranked American pair is Steffen Peters [...]

11 Jan 2012 After Copin van de Broy and Cornado NRW team world champion Marcus Ehning received a further new mount.  This time the Danish brothers Andreas und Christian Schou placed the 12-year-old Champion FP (by Champion du Lys x For Pleasure) at his disposal. Andreas Schou trained the stallion up to Grand Prix level. [...]

11 Jan 2012 2012 started with good news for Swiss show jumper Pius Schwizer. He will be able to keep the ride of the 10-year-old Verdi III for the next two years. Verdi’s owner Max Hauri had received attractive offers for the Dutch gelding. Now Verdi had been acquired by the Swiss couple Andrea Sigrist [...]

11 Jan 2012 It is with sincere regret that Equine Canada reports that Akaash Maharaj has announced his decision to stand down from his post as our Chief Executive Officer.  Akaash accepted the position of CEO in 2008, stating that he would remain in the role for one quadrennial cycle. “The years have rushed by [...]

11 Jan 2012 The FEI has today given final sign-off on the footing that will be used for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Equestrian Events at Greenwich Park. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) conducted footing tests at a site near Preston in the north of England on 20 [...]

11 Jan 2012 Mason Phelps will host his new radio show on Thursday, January 12, 2012. Mason Phelps Radio is pleased to announce that its first segment will be held this Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. EST on W4CY.com. This week’s show will be co-hosted by Media Personality Steve Williams, and will feature [...]

10 Jan 2012 Olympian Peter Leone Presents Soon to be Released Book to Annual Meeting of the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association in Orlando Peter Leone presents to the IHSA Board. Olympian Peter Leone joined members of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Board of Directors at their annual meeting held in Orlando, FL to celebrate [...]

10 Jan 2012 Equestrian Australia have received an invitation from the United States Equestrian Federation for a team of 4 rider/horse combinations to compete in a Nations Cup event to be held at the CSIO4* Wellington, Florida, on 29 February – 4 March 2012. Equestrian Australia will be sending a Chef d’Equipe to accompany the [...]

10 Jan 2012 In the first international dressage show of the year in Drachten, which drew competitors from 22 countries, the KWPN-approved stallion IPS Painted Black (Gribaldi out of Litchy elite pref prest sport-dres by Ferro, breeders: Van de Valk-van Anholt of Ommel) made a lasting good impression. His rider, Morgan Barbançon of Spain, the [...]

10 Jan 2012 Van Manen Stud has notified the KWPN of Democraat’s death. The stallion was euthanized due to age-related infirmities. The Pion son was approved by the KWPN in 1988. In 2000, he was granted definitive approval based on the quality of his eleven-year-old offspring, although the stallion had been exported by that time. [...]

10 Jan 2012 The premiere of Steven Spielberg’s new movie ‘War Horse’ took place last Sunday at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. ‘War Horse’ is one of the most talked-about equestrian movies to be released in years. And the war horse “Joey” (Sultan) appeared himself walking along the red carpet. Sultan is one of [...]

10 Jan 2012 Last weekend Saudi Arabian show jumper Abdullah Al Sharbatly claimed victory of the World Cup qualifier in Dubai riding his new mount Larkhill Cruiser. The vice world champion of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al Sharbatly competed the Irish-bred Larkhill Cruiser (by Cruising-Crosstown Dancer), whom he took over from Irish Cian O’Connor only last [...]

10 Jan 2012 The popular helmet awareness campaign Riders4Helmets will be hosting the 3nd Riders4Helmets Safety Symposium on January 14th, 2012, at the Hilton Airport Hotel, Australian Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL (International Room), from 8.30am to 5pm. The symposium is being sponsored by Tipperary, Charles Owen, Samshield, Ovation, One K Helmets, GPA, Equine Risk [...]

10 Jan 2012 Twenty one nations are celebrating their Olympic qualification yesterday, 9 January, which marks the 200-day countdown to London 2012 and 100 years of equestrian sport in the Olympic movement. Eleven countries have now secured the opportunity to join the nine nations already qualified at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2010 in [...]

9.1.2012 1 Abdullah Al Sharbatly KSA Larkhill Cruiser 0/51.07 2 Marion Hughes IRL Heritage HHS Fortuna 0/54.67 3 Latifa Ahmed Al Maktoum UAE Peanuts de Beaufour 4/55.48 4 Andre Sakakini ITA Hollerith 4/56.91 5 Ahmed Ali Al Junaibi UAE Picobello Wodiena 7/69.79 6 Khaled Al Eid KSA Vanhoeve 8/60.16 7 Abdullah Al Marri UAE Randor [...]

9 Jan 2012 As we already reported last week, Edwina Tops-Alexander has added a new horse to her talented stable. Tops-Alexander has purchased Titus, previously ridden by Guy Williams (GBR). The 12-year-old gelding carried Williams to a team bronze medal at last year’s European championships and will make a great back-up horse to Edwina’s current [...]

9 Jan 2012 On Saturday, 19-year-old Morgan Barbançon from Spain made her Grand Prix debut on the 15-year-old KWPN stallion IPS Painted Black (Gribaldi x Litchy x Ferro) and won the Grand Prix Special. In the Grand Prix competition she ranked second behind Dutch Edward Gal on Interfloor Next One at the inaugural CDI3*Drachten. Morgan [...]

9 Jan 2012 The KWPN Stallion Show powered by Massey Ferguson  in ’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, serves as the final event of the stallion selection process. From February 1-3 (Wednesday – Friday), qualified riding horse stallions will be presented in the second round viewing. The selection committee will evaluate the horses in the open ring and in [...]

68 Int. Jumping Competition 1,35m with jump-off Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Vdl Groep Zimba Maikel van der Vleuten NED 0/0 35.33 2. Eurocommerce Philadelphia Annelies Vorsselmans BEL 0/0 35.95 3. Soraya Maaike Koopmans NED 0/0 36.43 4. Wittinger Jur Vrieling NED 0/0 36.65 5. Unita 10 Rolf-Goran Bengtsson SWE 0/0 43.09 6. Landlady [...]

9 Jan 2012 Spanish show jumper Pilar Lucrecia Cordon, who ranked 22nd during the European Championships , had been disqualified, as her mount SF Nuage Bleu (Fildor de Largival) was tested positive on the substance Mepivacaine (a local anesthetic). However, her disqualification has no impact on the Spanish show jumping team, as Pilar Lucrecia Cordon [...]

9 Jan 2012 On 7 January, FEI president Princess Haya gave birth to her second child – a baby boy called Zayed. Her husband, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, had spread the news in Facebook and Twitter. Haya’s daughter Aljalila was born on 2 December 2007. Congratulations and best wishes from Horseweb! « back [...]

9 Jan 2012 As last year, German Jörg Kreutzmann won the Grand Prix at the national competition in Gahlen, Germany. He rode Sauternes ter Vlucht and was the only rider staying clear (0/36.67 sec) in the jump-off, which only three riders had reached. Runner-up was Katharina Offel with Charlie (4/37.90 sec) followed by Tobias Thoenes [...]

9 Jan 2012 The CSI2* Neustadt/Dosse Grand Prix was won by German Holger Wulschner  riding his 12-year-old Oldenburg-bred stallion Little Liberty. The pair stayed clear and needed 34.50 seconds for the jump-off round. Runner-up was his compatriote Carsten-Otto Nagel with the 12-year-old Holstein-bred gelding Cazaro (0 / 34.77 sec). Janne-Friederike Meyer and her 11-year-old Holstein [...]

9 Jan 2012 The Belgian dressage rider Hannelore Volders, also known as model for Pikeur, had a terrible accident last June. She came back from a show and got out the truck. Then she got stuck while the truckdriver was parking. She broke several ribs, her shoulder and her collarbone. Last weekend, after months of [...]

RK Previous Rider Name NF Points 1 1 KING, Mary GBR 601 2 2 FOX – PITT, William GBR 586 3 3 NICHOLSON, Andrew NZL 513 4 4 FRENCH, Piggy GBR 481 5 5 FREDERICKS, Clayton AUS 468 6 6 TOWNEND, Oliver GBR 403 7 11 TINNEY, Stuart AUS 381 8 7 SCHRADE, Dirk GER [...]

9 Jan 2012 Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) is pleased to announce that the prize lists for the highly anticipated inaugural 2012 Global Dressage Festival (GDF) are now available on the website www.globaldressagefestival.com under the link for dressage show information on the main homepage.   “The prize lists for this season’s competitions are ready for viewing,” [...]

RK Previous Rider Name NF Points 1 2 BENGTSSON, Rolf-Göran SWE 3372 2 1 LAMAZE, Eric CAN 3291 3 3 WARD, Mclain USA 3078 4 4 SCHWIZER, Pius SUI 3033 5 5 BEERBAUM, Ludger GER 2947 6 7 TOPS-ALEXANDER, Edwina AUS 2822 7 8 LYNCH, Denis IRL 2820 8 6 STAUT, Kevin FRA 2770 9 [...]

9 Jan 2012 The All England Polo Club at Hickstead is delighted to announce it will host the prestigious International Arena Polo Test Match on Saturday 3rd March. As the only arena polo game played at an international level in the UK, the match is not to be missed – with teams from America and [...]

08.01.2012 D11 Int. Dressage Competition Pony’s – Final Kur Pl. Horse Rider Points 1. TC CHAMP OF CLASS DVB Sanne VOS (NED) 929.50 2. DEN OSTRIKS DAILAN Jelle PEETERS (NED) 894.50 3. EQUESTRICONS EPIASCER Lavinia ARL (BEL) 858.00 4. KLOOSTERS ELTINO Alexandra SORENSEN (DEN) 850.00 5. BOTICELLI Lotte MEULENDIJKS (NED) 844.00         [...]

08.01.2011 11 Finale Youngster-Tour – Youngster-Tour for 7 Years old Horses Int. Jumping Competition Table A in two Phases (1.40 m) FEI Art. 274.5.3 – CSIYH1* Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Catoki’s Cannon Luther, Hauke GER 0/0 31.48 2. Catan Meyer, Tobias GER 0/0 33.00 3. Que Pasa Stevens, Mario GER 0/0 33.45 [...]

8 Jan 2012 After the tendon injury which the 17-year-old Sapphire sustained last March, the number one horse of American show jumper McLain Ward will compete at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington. This will be the first show jumping competition for the mare after a break of nine months. The Winter Equestrian Festival will [...]

8 Jan 2012 The new FEI Rolex ranking list has been issued. Current European show jumping champion Rolf Göran-Bengtsson from Sweden has taking over the lead in the FEI Rolex Ranking. Eric Lamaze from Canada holds the second place now. There are no changes in the third, fourth and fifth place, as they are still hold [...]

8 Jan 2012 From 20 till 22 January the Dutch international show Jumping Amsterdam is on the program of many show jumpers. Almost the complete Dutch Olympic squad members wil compete at Jumping Amsterdam. Besides them  Roger-Yves Bost (FRA), Penelope Leprevost (FRA), Phillipe Rozier (FRA), Guy Williams (GBR), Steve Guerdat (SUI), Beat Mändli (SUI), Jessica [...]

8 Jan 2012 Lauren Sammis and Sagacious HF competing at the 2011 Collecting Gaits Farm/USEF Festival of Champions at Gladstone. (Photo courtesy of Sue Stickle) Pan Am Gold Medalist Lauren Sammis and Sagacious HF, a KWPN gelding owned by Al Guden and Hyperion Farm, have arrived in Wellington and are looking forward to a great [...]

07.01.2012 19 Bronze Amateur-Tour Int. Jumping Competition Table A in two Phases (1.15 m) EI Art. 274.5.2 – CSIAm-B (1. Phase Faults, 2. Phase Faults and Time) Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Lugano Heck, Christian GER 0/0 31.21 2. Lauricio Eggersmann, Friederike GER 0/0 31.62 3. Kandor Keulen, Peter BEL 0/0 32.20 4. [...]

07.01.2012 D6 Int. Dressage Competition Young Riders Pl. Horse Rider Points   1. FLASH Angela KROOSWIJK (NED) 803.50   2. PRESIDENT’S WINSTON Stephanie KOOIJMAN (NED) 802.00   3. URCHIN B Michelle VAN LANEN (NED) 777.00   4. TRAPPEL Lotte JANSEN (NED) 774.50             D7 Int. Dressage Competition Junioren Pl. Horse [...]

7 Jan 2012 Ukrainian millionaire Alexandre Onichenko was back on ‘horse shopping tour’ and found a new suitable horse in France. He acquired the 10-year-old Oslo du Chalet (by Concorde). During the season 2009/2010 French show jumper Simon Delestre presented the mount internationally and also claimed victory of several Grand Prix competitions. Oslo du Chalet [...]

7 Jan 2012 This was pretty unpredictable. Marcus Ehning will from now on ride Cornado NRW. The horse already moved to his stables. The 9-year-old Cornet Obolensky son was ridden by Franz-Josef Dahlmann before, who changed from Otto Becker’s stud to Zangersheide (Belgium). Therefore, the national stud of North Rhine Westphalia searched for a new [...]

7 Jan 2012 Organizers of the World Dressage Masters presented by Axel Johnson Group have been informed that the stallion Totilas and his rider Matthias Rath of Germany will be unable to attend the WDM Palm Beach presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach, which is set to take place January 26th to 28th. “I [...]

7 Jan 2012 Rolf-Göran Bengtsson (SWE) is celebrating after securing the world number one slot in the Rolex Rankings for the first time in his career. The Hong Kong individual silver medallist has also made history by becoming the first Swedish world number one in an Olympic discipline. In the latest Rolex Rankings, published today, [...]

06.01.2012 D1 Int. Dressage Competition Pony’s – Team Competition Pl. Horse Rider Points 1. TC CHAMP OF CLASS DVB Sanne VOS (NED) 839.00 2. DEN OSTRIKS DAILAN Jelle PEETERS (NED) 838.50 3. EQUESTRICONS EPIASCER Lavinia ARL (BEL) 810.00 4. KLOOSTERS ELTINO Alexandra SORENSEN (DEN) 802.00 5. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER Marjan HOOGE (NED) 784.50     [...]

06.01.2012 09 Youngster-Tour for 8 years old Horses Int. Jumping Competition Table A Faults and Time (1.35 m) FEI Art. 238.2.1 – CSIYH1* Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Caravelle Svensson, Denise SWE 0 48.81 2. Luwina P Kowalski, Lisa GER 0 49.09 3. Janosch Lund, Charlotte DEN 0 49.34 4. Romace Kölz, Michael [...]

6 Jan 2012 The Credit Suisse Boneo Park Equestrian Festival and CDI*** is now only three weeks away and anticipation is building after large entries have been received in every class. Horse and rider combinations from across Australia will head to the magnificent grounds of Boneo Park to be judged by leading international judges. With [...]

6 Jan 2012 German show jumper Toni Hassmann is forced to take a break. Toni, who belongs to the German show jumping squad, broke his shoulder joint last Tuesday while falling off a young horse during training. His break might last several weeks. We wish him a speedy recovery! « back to the news overview [...]

6 Jan 2012 HITS, Inc. is pleased to announce that Great American Insurance Group returns as a sponsor of all HITS circuits, as well as the Marshall & Sterling League in 2012. As one of the leading insurance agencies in the nation, Great American Insurance Group has been a proud sponsor of HITS Horse Shows [...]

6 Jan 2012 We reported just recently that two top horses (Talan and Sultan) left Great Britain, as they were sold to customers in foreign countries. Now the British website horse and hound stated that British show jumper Guy Williams also had to give away his mount Titus. The 12-year-old gelding was bought by the [...]

05.01.2012 13 Bronze Amateur-Tour – Int. Jumping Competition Table A (1.15 m) FEI Art. 238.2.1 – CSIAm-B Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Kandor Keulen, Peter BEL 0 49.98 2. Cassimo Unterlandstättner, Anna GER 0 51.78 3. Shakira Keßler, Julia GER 0 52.84 4. Lauricio Eggersmann, Friederike GER 0 56.06 5. Consuelo por Gina [...]

5 Jan 2012 On the last day of 2011, Trakehner stallion Cornus (Ravel / Illuster son) had to be euthanized due to a severe colic at the age of 24. Cornus was also related to the legendary mare Corna and the top sire Consul. Being a successful dressage and jumping horse Cornus also produced precious [...]

5 Jan 2012 Just before the year’s end the last deal of the Saudi Arabian équipe of Stanny van Paesschen went through with regard to London 2012. The Saudi Arabian team acquired the 11-year-old gelding Al Capone (Alcatraz x Carolus) from Spanish rider Antonio Mariñas Soto. The pair won the CSI3* Vimeiro Grand Prix last [...]

5 Jan 2012 British show jumping legend John Whitaker has got a new promising horse in his stud: the 10-year-old KWPN horse Viscount (by Burggraaf). Last season, Belgian jumper Anne Elisabeth Kenes competed Viscount in courses up to 1.40 m. Whitaker intends to ride Viscount at the forthcoming Sunshine Tour. Source: studforlife « back to [...]

5 Jan 2012 British dressage rider Carl Hester commented the rumors about the possible sale of his top dressage horse Uthopia (by Metall x Inspekteur) stating that it was simply not true. Carl Hester won team gold and two individual medals at last year’s European Championships in Rotterdam with the 10-year-old KWPN-stallion. He told horses.nl [...]

5 Jan 2012 British rider Bruce Menzies (from BM Equine Services Ltd based in West Sussex) sold his successful home-bred 10-year-old grey gelding Sultan V (Irco Mena x Voltaire) to Saudi Arabia, as stated on the horse portal www.horseandhound.co.uk. Bruce Menzies was stable jockey for British international show jumper Peter Charles for two years.  He [...]

5 Jan 2012 Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) is pleased to announce that Rolex has signed on as a sponsor for the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL, one of the finest horse show facilities in the world. Rolex will serve as the “Official Timepiece” of the PBIEC, which comprises the show grounds [...]

4 Jan 2012 CSI 2* Neustadt-Dosse (GER) – 5 to 8 January 2012 In Germany the first horse show of the new year takes place in the state of Brandenburg with the 13th edition of the CSI Neustadt-Dosse. In the Grand Prix the participating show jumpers have the chance to collect their first points for [...]

4 Jan 2012 James Arkins and Dreamtime Invader 2011 Tekna Young Rider Selection Series – Photograph:Kim Hasko Tekna is pleased to be supporting Australia’s upcoming riders, as joint-founder of the company Wroxton Innes explains “We here at Tekna are very proud to part of the Tekna Young Rider Selection Series, we feel it is very [...]

4 Jan 2012 America’s most prestigious Dressage Horse Show, Dressage at Devon has continued to grow and evolve over the past 37 years. The show has provided a top show venue for competitors, a unique “Norman Rockwell” style American shopping venue and has benefited various charities over the years. Over the past 21 years, Thorncroft [...]

4 Jan 2012 Dutch dressage rider Adelinde Cornelissen has bought a new Grand Prix horse with the eye to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. It’s the 12 year old Jazz bred Molenkoning’s Travers (Galahad) by Jazz/Blanc Rivage. Travers’ rider, Dutch Kirsten Brouwer started to have lessons from Adelinde two months ago. Kirsten [...]

4 Jan 2012 The eventing portal www.buschreiter.de reported that Andreas Brandt’s 8-year-old mare FRH Escada JS is now placed in the stable of team Olympic winner Ingrid Klimke in Münster, Germany. The Hanoverian mare (by Embassy I/Lehnsherr) was owned by the breeder’s daughter Johanna Stuhtmann. The German Olympic Committee of Equitation (DOKR) was involved in [...]