4 Jan 2012 The Winter Auction of Hanoverian riding horses will be held in Verden on January 20 to 21, 2012. 99 dressage, show jumping and pleasure horses will be put up for auction. The auction candidates will move into their stalls in the new stables of the Niedersachsenhalle on January 9. Selection and compilation [...]

3 Jan 2012 According to the German press agency Christian Ahlmann’s mount Taloubet Z has got a German owner just in time before the end of 2011. This is the only possibility for Ahlmann to be able to compete Taloubet Z during the London Olympics. The combination was extremely successful last year winning the world [...]

3 Jan 2012 What a sad start of the new year for the German national stud of North Rhine Westphalia, the Landgestüt Warendorf! Yesterday, the Westphalian foundation stallion Florestan I passed away at the age of 26 years. The stallion stopped breeding already three years ago and since then enjoyed his retirement. The stallion Florestan [...]

3 Jan 2012 German dressage rider Sanneke Rothenberger decided to sell her fourth dressage horse Van the Man. The daily work with four dressage horses is too hard to combine with the time required for her university studies. As stated on the homepage of the Rothenberger barn, Sanneke is completely busy training her three horses [...]

3 Jan 2012 For the first time a FEI European Driving Championships will take place for young drivers, juniors and children. This event will be held in Wiener Neustadt, Austria from 10 to 15 July this year. A test event is planned for the month of April. The location is the Military Academy located in [...]

3 Jan 2012 The breeding stallion Indoctro tops the USEF (United States Equestrian Federation) ranking for show jumpers, based on the results of their offspring. Indoctro has 431207 points, followed by Darco (370124). Many of Indoctro’s children are very succesful. International top horses by Indoctro are: Indigo – Margie Engle – Grand Prix Imothep – Candice [...]

3 Jan 2012 Everyone will remember something different from 2011: exactly how long seven-hundredths of a second can be, the vast desolation of the Abu Dhabi desert, the joy of going undefeated or the nagging ache of defeat. Whatever you recall, 2011 was a year of tremendous success for the USEF High Performance programs. When [...]

3 Jan 2012 The Alltech National Horse Show, 129th edition, scheduled for the Alltech Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on October 31 through November 4, 2012, today announced the line-up of judges for the Hunter divisions and the ASPCA Maclay National Championship for this year’s event. The debut of the Alltech National Horse Show last November [...]

3 Jan 2012 Equestrian Sport Productions (ESP) announces that the USEF Young Rider Forum will be held at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) on Friday, January 6 at 5 p.m. The USEF Young Rider Forum is held in conjunction with the 2012 George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session presented by USHJA and Adquan, [...]

2 Jan 2012 The German national coach of the four-in-hand drivers (horses and ponies) will resign from office at the end of 2012. This means the end of a very successful era, as the German drivers collected 23 gold medals, 25 silver medals and 19 bronze medals at international competitions under the management of the [...]

2 Jan 2012 As we reported earlier, Gregory Wathelet’s horse Copin van de Broy was moved to the stable of Marcus Ehning. Fabien Schreiber, the owner of the 9-year-old Copin van de Broy, had entrusted Marcus Ehning with the training and the presentation of the stallion. But Belgian Gregory Wathelet also received a new horse [...]

2 Jan 2012 The third selection of the GMB KNHS/KWPN Stallion Competition kicked off in Zuidbroek, Groningen, with L-class dressage. Thanks to an outstanding performance by President’s Jack Sparrow (Johnson out of Kiara s.Wolkentanz II, breeder: H. Schmidgall of Wuestenrott (GER.)) under Edward Gal, the stallion won the class with 86.5 points. Praised for his [...]

2 Jan 2012 The number of Global Champions Tour events in 2012 will increase. There area a total of 13 legs of the Global Champions Tour with locations spread over Europe, Middle East and China.   « back to the news overview INTERNATIONAL NEWS« back to the news overview PORTUGUESE NEWS  Interesting Links to that [...]

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2 Jan 2012 Saudi Arabia’s equestrian Show Jumping team, Saudi Equestrian, gained official qualification to the London 2012 Olympic Games (27 July – 12 August) at the CSI-W4* Doha (QAT) on Friday 30 December 2011. 15 teams, each with four riders, are now qualified in the equestrian team Show Jumping competition, which takes place over [...]

1st Jan 2012 On Saturday the Darco son Copin van de Broy moved to the stable of Marcus Ehning. The stallion had won the “Sires of the World” competition as well as a World Cup qualifier in Mechelen (Belgium) with Gregory Wathelet yesterday. The owner Fabien Schreiber entrusted Marcus Ehning with the training and presentation [...]

1st Jan 2012 The horseweb team wishes all our visitors and customers a happy and prosperous New Year full of joy and happiness. We would like to thank you for your loyalty and your interest in our daily up-dated equestrian news, our horse and transporter market as well as our numerous categories. 2012 will definitely [...]

1st Jan 2012 FOURTH-IN-A-ROW WIN FOR BOYD EXELL Boyd Exell proved to be of a different class again in the sixth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Driving in Mechelen, Belgium. Exell remained untouched throughout the competition and stayed far ahead of his rivals Tomas Eriksson (SWE) and IJsbrand Chardon (NED). 
Mechelen is Boyd’s fourth [...]

1st Jan 2012 The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has secured the final qualifying slot for the Jumping competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Saudi Arabia earned its qualification on the basis of the team’s combined classification among the FEI Olympic Group F teams – Africa and the Middle East – at the Alltech FEI [...]

31 Dec 2011 National Reined Cow Horse Association leading rider Todd Crawford has made history once again, becoming the association’s first $2 Million Rider. Crawford, who won the 2006 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, has also been named the American Quarter Horse Association Professional Horseman of the Year. His earnings in the National Reining Horse Association [...]

31 Dec 2011 Now it is about time to conclude the last horse deals regarding London 2012 before the end of the year. As stated on the portal www.studforlife.com,  British show jumper Robert Smith sold his Olympic hope horse to Saudi Arabia. The 12-year-old Talan (Concorde x Burggraf) and Smith were successful in numerous Nation [...]

31 Dec 2011 38 riders started in the Rolex FEI World Cup class in the Mechelen Nekkerhal. Eight riders qualified for the jump off. Earlier this week Gregory won the Sires of the World. Gregory : “I considered the sires of the world as a training class and I didn’t go as fast as possible. [...]

31 Dec 2011 During Jumping Mechelen in Belgium Australian driver Boyd Exell showed to be back in the winning mood. In London he was not in top shape two weeks ago but now he won the warming up. And how! In an amazing time of 95,94 seconds. Much faster than number second, Dutch IJsbrand Chardon [...]

31 Dec 2011 WATHELET WINS ON HOME TURF AT MECHELEN Gregory Wathelet scooped the honours for the host nation when coming out on top at the eighth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2011/2012 series at Mechelen in Belgium this afternoon.  And he did it in style, throwing down an impossible target when [...]

30.12.2011 E Int. Jumping Competition Table A 1m30 2 Phases FEI art. 274.5.3 – CSIU25-A Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Esprit vd Wellington Pieter Clemens BEL 0/0 29.30 2. Chablie Valerie Van de Poel BEL 0/0 29.50 3. Diamond Crest Kelly O` Connor IRL 0/0 31.54 4. Dolores van’t Paradijs Astrid Rooms BEL [...]

30 Dec 2011 Equine Canada and Dressage Canada are taking an industry-wide leadership role by requiring all dressage riders to wear helmets in competition. Commencing in 2012, a national rule change will require all riders to wear helmets for all levels of Equine Canada sanctioned dressage competition.    The rule for January 1, 2012 is [...]

30 Dec 2011 Canadian Olympian, Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON has been named the Dressage Canada Red Scarf Equestrian Athlete of the Month for November 2011.   For two days in a row Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON and  Breaking Dawn captured first place in the dressage competition at CDI3* Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, presented [...]

30 Dec 2011 The very popular Judge My Ride’s web site and Facebook page provides equestrians from all corners of the globe the opportunity to upload jumping photos and videos and have them judged and commented on by the most esteemed International judges, riders and trainers in the sport. Bernie Traurig, EquestrianCo ach.com founder and president, [...]

30 Dec 2011 The 8 best teams of the selection for the Landbouwleven Darco Cup, a team competition for three horses of the same sire were invited to the final at the Mechelen horse show on thursday. The victory went to the Hearbreaker team with Jan Geukens on Firstbreaker jumping the 1 m 10 course, [...]

30 Dec 2011 Until now Nina Fagerström is the best rider of the Mechelen horse show. She was fourth, second and first in the previous classes. Tonight she won the Grand Prix Topsport Vlaanderen on Viva. Viva is a KWPN mare, born in 2002 from Corrado x Nimmerdor. Nina : ” I’m riding Viva now [...]

30 Dec 2011 The prize list for the six-week 2012 HITS Arizona Winter Circuit in Tucson, Arizona is now available online. This year’s circuit will be highlighted by a host of qualifying opportunities for the three richest hunter/jumper classes in the nation. “We’re looking forward to another great series with beautiful weather,” said Joe Dotoli, [...]

30 Dec 2011 The popular Swedish dressage rider Patrik Kittel came second in the freestyle kur during Jumping Mechelen in Belgium. The Solos Carex bred stallion scored tens for piaffe and transitions passage-piaffe-passage but missed the last bit in his front. The score went up to 80%. Kittel: ‘The best shape we don’t need yet. [...]

29.12.2011 C Int. Jumping Competition Table A 1m40 2 Phases FEI art. 274.5.3 – CSIU25-A Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Don Juan Suus Kuyten NED 0/0 33.66 2. Dundee de Litrange Liv Guillaume Ruant BEL 0/0 33.98 3. Lady Macbeth DH Jonas Vervoort BEL 0/0 34.19 4. Catho Nele Dewandel BEL 0/0 35.12 [...]

29 Dec 2011   Nouma d’Auzay ( Carthago x Quidam de Revel x Le Tot de Semilly), the jewel of the famous Auzay Breedfarm, owned by Patrick Blancaert, will join Amy Graham’s stables in Belgium. He will come there to support Bella Baloubet (Baloubet du Rouet x Landadel x Capitano), the young and talented Australian [...]

29 Dec 2011 The Palms West Community Foundation is pleased to partner with the Wellington Classic Dressage for their first competition of the 2012 Challenge Series.  This qualifying competition will be held at the Palm Beach County Jim Brandon Equestrian Center, located at 7500 Forest Hill Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL.  The competition will [...]

29 Dec 2011 Dutch dressage rider Hans Peter Minderhoud was very satisfied when he left the arena after his Grand Prix test with Withney van het Genthof during the Belgian international show Jumping Mechelen. Hans Peter will ride the Olympic selections with the black Ferro bred stallion and got a personal best yesterday. He scored [...]

29 Dec 2011 The eyecatcher of the Grand Prix during Jumping Mechelen in Belgium is Dutch Patrick van der Meer with his shooting star Uzzo. Recently they have made their wold cup début in Frankfurt (Germany) aboard the 10 year old son of Lancet. Then the score was 68% but yesterday the duo scored 71,574%, [...]

29 Dec 2011 CORNELISSEN AND PARZIVAL ARE MIGHTY AT MECHELEN Defending series champions, Adelinde Cornelissen and Jerich Parzival from The Netherlands, scored an emphatic victory on their seasonal debut at the sixth leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2011/2012 series in Mechelen, Belgium today.  With a performance that oozed class and confidence, [...]

29 Dec 2011 Dutch rider Adelinde Cornelissen rode Jerich Parzival in his first World cup qualifier of the season to victory with 85,325 %. The main goal of the season for Adelinde are of course the Olympic Games. She will only ride the World cup qualifier in Amsterdam and then the final in ‘s Hertogenbosch [...]

28.12.2011 II Int. Jumping Competition Table A 2 Phases 1m45 FEI 274.5.3 – CSI2* Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Blast off Erika Lickhammer SWE 0/0 26.30 2. Wineda Joe Clee GBR 0/0 27.03 3. Damira Sven van Dijck BEL 0/0 28.09 4. Apple Juice Rob De Bruyn NED 0/0 28.27 5. Urano Thierry [...]

28 Dec 2011 Just a few days are left before the Olympic deadline is over. All horse changes have to be finalized and registered with the new owners until 31 December 2011 to be enable the riders to start during the Olympic Games for the country of the new owner. Therefore, Rodrigo Pessoa’s sponsor, the [...]

28 Dec 2011 The British rider Joe Clee, living in Belgium for many years now, was in super shape today. In the afternoon he won a 1 m 45 table A on time of the CSI2* on Diablesse de Muze. In the class for stalliions of 6 years old he rode Vedet de Muze, a [...]

28 Dec 2011 The sixteen best combinations of the first round of the competition for Belgian bred horses were allowed to start in the second round. In the second round, a table A on time only Alexander Kumps and Cru d’Avril jumped clear. Cru d’Avril Z is a son of Carthago, his grandmother is Déesse [...]

28 Dec 2011 After the Prix St. Georges Adelinde Cornelissen also won the Grand Prix for the Reem Acra FEI World Cup. On her top horse Jerich the number one rider of the FEI ranking scored 78,851. Swedish Patrik Kittel rode Watermill Scandic H.B.C. with 75,489 % to second place and Nadine Capellmann finished third [...]

28 Dec 2011 The number one dressage rider of the FEI ranking, Adelinde Cornelissen took a great start in Mechelen. On her 11 year old KWPN mare Tiara she won the Prix. St. Georges with 72,211 %. Danish Fie Skarsoe finished third on One Night Stand with 71,816. Best Belgian rider was Philippe Jorissen with [...]

27.12.2011 D1 Int. Dressage Competition – Prix St. Georges (2009) Pl. Horse Rider   Points   1. Tiara Adelinde Cornelissen NED 72.211 2. One Night Stand Fie Skarsoe DEN 71.816 3. Agneta Philippe Jorissen BEL 71.053 4. Beau Geste Jana Kun GER 71.026 5. Johnson Hans Peter Minderhoud NED 69.658 6. Cote d´Azur Helen Langehanenberg [...]

27 Dec 2011 All Mechelen competitions can be watched live on www.horse-live.com. The live-stream covers the competitions from both arenas. « 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

27 Dec 2011 British show jumper Guy Williams and his 8-year-old mount Depardieu Kiezelhof experience a very successful end of this year. Last week the pair won the Masters in London at the Olympia horse show and yesterday they won the Masters in Mechelen, Belgium. Guy Williams had the fastest clear round and left Ludo [...]

27 Dec 2011 28 Flemish riders started in the Flemish championship, a 1 m 45 class but certainly worthy of a championship. This together with the short time allowed was the reason that only five riders qualified for the jump off. The victory went to Koen Vereecke on his 11 year old Belgian Warmblood Allegro [...]

27 Dec 2011 Dutch dressage rider Hans Peter Minderhoud would love to go to London and he looks very forward to 2012, he let know in an interview with Rabosport. He shows Nadine which has been retired recently. Hans Peter: ‘I wanted her to say goodbye when she still was fit. Five years she has [...]

27 Dec 2011 Sixteen lady riders, of the 34 starters,  qualified for the jump off in the Queens Cup, so it was necessary to go very fast to earn some money. Victory went to the Swedish Erika Lickhammer on Blast Off. The 29 yr old girl was riding the 11 yr old KWPN geldingonly  for [...]

27 Dec 2011 Nicola Philippaerts was elected talent of the year by the “Vlaamse Liga Paardesport” (Flamish equestria ligue). Olivier Philippaerts and eventer Vincent Martens finished second. Nicola Philippaerts won the individual gold medal at the European Championships for young riders in Comporta earlier this year. Sport personality of the year is Ingmar De Vos, [...]

26.12.2011 S1 Int. Jumping Competition Table A 1m40 with jump off FEI art 238.2.2 – CSIW-5 only for ladies Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Blast off Erika Lickhammer SWE 0/0 36.36 2. Surefire Pilar Cordon ESP 0/0 36.70 3. Mouse Nina Fagerström FIN 0/0 37.31 4. Valley Caroline Poels NED 0/0 37.32 5. [...]

The horseweb team enjoyed working with you again this year. We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year. Your horseweb team The horseweb team (from left to right): Bisera Stamenkovik – Administration, Beate Kressner – Int. Press / Sales, Lauredo – top horse of the Krieger family Helmut Gerard [...]

26 Dec 2011 Spectacular horse sales have been concluded throughout this year 2011. We have reported from horse transactions from one country to another and from new riders, who get accustomed to their new rides. But what’s the outcome of these deals? Let’s start with one of the latest horse deals. Beezie Madden’s (USA) sponsor [...]

26 Dec 2011 As stated on the online portal studforlife.com, Silvana de Hus is sold to Haras des Coudrettes and Kevin Staut will remain the rider of Silvana. The mare was owned by Kevin Staut’s sponsor Xavier Marie at Haras de Hus. Patrice Delaveau, who is the main rider of Haras des Coudrettes initiated the purchase [...]

26 Dec 2011 Pius Schwizer’s new horse is the French champion of the 6-year-old horses.  Rafale des Forêts (L’arc de Triomphe x Echo des Forêts II) will from now on be trained by Pius, who is presently fourth of the world ranking list. Before the mare was passed on to Pius Schwizer, she had been [...]

24 Dec 2011 The prize list for the six-week 2012 HITS Arizona Winter Circuit in Tucson, Arizona is now available online. This year’s circuit will be highlighted by a host of qualifying opportunities for the three richest hunter/jumper classes in the nation. Michelle Parker and Lassila De Moyon soar over the course in the $25,000 [...]

24 Dec 2011 Award-winning equestrian photographer Susan Stickle will be the official photographer at the 2012 World Dressage Masters Palm Beach presented by International Polo Club Palm Beach, which will take place at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center on January 26th to 28th 2012. Stickle, who has photographed the world’s top horses and riders at such [...]

24 Dec 2011 Last summer it was announced that the big Swedish stud Flyinge has got financial problems, so bad that it was unsure if the breeding could go on. Flying is one of world’s oldest active National studs dating back to the 12th century. It is an equestrian centre for breeding, research and training. [...]

24 Dec 2011 The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) has posted the Selection Procedure and Application for the 2012 Show Jumping European Young Rider Tour. In addition, to the Young Rider Tour, there will be a Junior Rider Tour for up to two individual Junior Riders. It is planned that the 2012 Show Jumping European [...]

24 Dec 2011 TRIPLE-GOLD FOR QATAR, DOUBLE-GOLD FOR EMIRATES, AND SAUDI ARABIA TAKES TEAM JUMPING TITLE Jumping Individual: GOLD – Ravenna 323 (Ali Al Rumaihi) QAT; SILVER – Noblesse des Tess (Kamal Bahamdan) KSA; BRONZE – Aphrodite van het Texelhof (Prince Faisal Al Shalan) KSA. The host nation took double-gold in Dressage as well as [...]

23 Dec 2011 Elizabeth Busch Burke, one of the country’s most celebrated equestrian supporters and granddaughter of August A. Busch, Sr., co-founder of Anheuser-Busch, passed away on December 20, 2011, surrounded by her family and friends. Burke was 76. Over her lifetime, Burke’s passion for equestrian sport and her involvement in the hunter/jumper discipline were [...]

23 Dec 2011 The dates and location of the 2012 Adequan/FEI North American Junior and Young Rider Championships presented by Gotham North have been designated. The competition will take place at the Kentucky Horse Park from July 18-22, 2012 – the week before the Olympic Games commence in London. Adequan has returned as the title [...]

23 Dec 2011 The new Mediterranean Equestrian Tour will be held from 14 Februar to 11 March 2012. The location of the new equestrian series is the picturesque Costa Blanca coast of Spain close to the Spanish city of Valencia. The first CSI3* Mediterranean Tour will take place on a spacious area in the middle [...]

23 Dec 2011 The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced the list of recipients of the 2011 Olympic Athlete of the Year trophy this week. British dressage rider Carl Hester was selected from all British equestrians and received this award. The award was introduced in 2005, to mark the BOA’s Centenary Year and the success of [...]

23 Dec 2011 The latest set of giant Olympic Rings has been unveiled on 20 December on the entrance to the Channel Tunnel in France. The Channel Tunnel will be one of the main gateways from Europe to the London 2012 Games. The Rings have been placed at the entrance of the Tunnel in Coquelles [...]

23 Dec 2011 The following modifications have been made in bold/italics/underline to the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines, Protocols for U.S. Riders Wishing to Compete Abroad, and Criteria to Compete in Foreign CSIOs and CSIs for Ch-P-J-Y-U25 Show Jumping and are effective January 1, 2012. Modifications to the Rolex/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List Guidelines [...]

23 Dec 2011 We met in order to clarify the board’s position to all the riders present and Global Champions Tour in order to give full information about the situation. The situation is: Following a request from GCT, the FEI bureau authorize clashes between GCT and Nation Cup Super League for 2012 only under the [...]

23 Dec 2011 Every year in February the Holstenhallen in Neumünster gets into the focus of all dressage fans. From 16 -19 February the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage takes place at the VR Classics and brings the highly-ranked indoor series to Schleswig Holstein, which always ends in a genuine celebration – a very [...]