23 Dec 2011 The Saudi Equestrian team in Doha comprised four riders – HRH Prince Abdullah, HH Prince Faisal, Kamal Bahamdan, and Khaled Al Eid – and their respective horses – Senorita, Aphrodite van het Texelhof, Noblesse des Tess, and Van Hoeve. Photo: Saudi Equestrian’s team (from right to left): Kamal Bahamdan, HH Prince Faisal [...]

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22 Dec 2011 Another possible candidate for the London Olympics is leaving Germany: German eventer Peter Thomsen sold his 11-year-old Parko to a young rider in Italy. According to the German eventing portal www.buschreiter.de a 22-year-old Italian acquired Parko as a “school master”. Thomsen confirmed that his chances for Olympia 2012 are not in danger, [...]

22 Dec 2011 The Jumping Mechelen horse show celebrates its 31th edition this year and gathers several disciplines in the Nekkerhal from Monday 26 until Friday 30 December. The highlights of the show are the three World Cups Dressage (CDI-W), Driving (CAI-W) and Jumping (CSI5*-W), the CSI2* as well as the CSI under 25. This [...]

22 Dec 2011 On November 6, 2011, the Olympic champion Hickstead (Hamlet out of Jomara ster pref s.Ekstein) passed away following a competition in Verona. In 2008, the year he earned his Olympic title with Eric Lamaze, Hickstead was proclaimed the KWPN Horse of the Year. Last year, his breeder, Jan van Schijndel of Maren-Kessel, [...]

22 Dec 2011 Air Jordan Z (Argentinus x Matador), who was owned by Leon Melchior (Zangersheide stud) and Jan Tops, has been sold to Italy. According to www.studforlife.com , the 15-year-old Oldenburg stallion was sold to the Bigliardi brothers. Air Jordan Z was successful in the Grand Prix of Deauville, Valkenswaard, Braunschweig and Arezzo. He [...]

22 Dec 2011 German dressage rider Isabell Werth rode all competition during the international competition in Frankfurt (Germany) with a helmet. Werth made a statement that safety should always be first priority. On her website she said: ‘Horses are simply living beings, and when you are on them they can react in a way you [...]

22 Dec 2011 Australia will welcome back world-renowned cross-country course designer Mike Etherington-Smith (GBR) to the Sydney course for the 2012 Sydney Three-Day Event. Etherington-Smith will design the CCI 3* course which will be held at the Sydney International Equestrian Centre, 26-29 April 2012. Mike Etherington-Smith, one of the world’s leading cross-country course designers, was [...]

22 Dec 2011 British dressage rider Carl Hester, who won the European team champion title last summer, bought a 5-year-old event horse. It is called Beautiful Pleasure by For Pleasure out of a Ramiro Z mare. Hester started as an eventer, but did not keep this discipline due to the risks and switched to dressage [...]

22 Dec 2011 The Dressage Foundation has announced that a total of $10,000 has been awarded to U.S. dressage instructors through the Major Anders Lindgren Scholarship program. Due to the recent restructuring of the scholarship guidelines, to provide up to three scholarships per year for the recipients to train in the United States, interest was [...]

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21 Dec 2011 Spanish show jumper Sergio Alvarez Moya (aged 26) got engaged with the daughter of Amancio Ortega, who is supposed to be the richest man in Spain. He is involved in the textile industry and owns labels such as Zara and Massimo Dutti. Marta Ortega is a show jumper as well and presently [...]

21 Dec 2011 The 2011 World Cup – Australian League winner was Jamie Kermond. – who was so far ahead on points he did not need to compete in the final competition at the Summer Classic in Sydney. Jamie will head overseas in January, firstly to the USA and then Europe in his bid for [...]

21 Dec 2011 Stalwart British owners Lord and Lady Harris and Lord and Lady Kirkham have purchased a new horse for Scottish rider Scott Brash, with next years Olympics in mind. Scott, 26, based in Peebles is the number one showjumper in Scotland. He was a member of the British Team at the World Equestrian [...]

21 Dec 2011 According to Matthias Alexander Rath his top dressage horse Totilas has fully recovered from his injury. Rath intended to participate at the Frankfurt International horse show last weekend, but unfortunately the stallion had to have a two weeks’ break due to a leg injury. Being back in shape Totilas is now being [...]

21 Dec 2011 Another horse transfer took place this December. Michel Robert’ crack, Kellemoi de Pepita (Voltaire x Jalma of Mesnuls) has joined the stables of the Qatar show jumper Sheik Ali Bin Khalid Al Thani. Before Kellemoi de Pepita came to Michel Robert, the mare was ridden by Julien Gonin. With Michel Robert in [...]

21 Dec 2011 Molly O’Neill Sweeney of Hockley, Texas, will be honored as the 2011 recipient of The EQUUS Foundation Humanitarian Award presented by The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF). The presentation will take place on January 14, 2012 at the USEF Pegasus Awards Dinner during the Federation’s Annual Meeting in Cincinatti, Ohio. Photo courtesy [...]

21 Dec 2011 International Horse Sport Palm Beach is ready to launch its 2012 season with new footing in all of the rings at The IHS Champions Park at Equestrian Estates, site of the Palm Beach Dressage Derby and IHS Series Shows. The first to view and approve this tremendous upgrade was an elite committee [...]

21 Dec 2011 During the Geneva International Horse Show, Best Communications and Management (BCM), the publishers of the equestrian yearbook L’Annee Hippique, once again awarded the annual L’Annee Hippique Best Events and Riders of the Year awards. Members of the International Riders Clubs voted for Best Events (Indoors and Outdoors) and for the Rider of the [...]

21 Dec 2011 Alvaro De Miranda from Brazil on Ad Rahmannshof winner of the last competition at the CSI5* La Coruna. The partnership managed an impeccable performance which took them to victory in the last competition of the indoor edition of the CSI La Coruna. Alvaro de Miranda commented on the very good qualities and [...]

20 Dec 2011 On the final day of the international show in  La Coruña (Spain) Alvaro de Miranda Neto claimed victory of the Grand Prix. The Brazilian show jumper won € 28.000. He competed Mogeno and was faster than Bernardo Alves aboard Bridgit and Belgian rider Gregory Wathelet aboard Kronos d’Ouilly. 1,55m  85.000.-€ 1° Alvaro Alfonso de Miranda Neto [...]

20 Dec 2011 After a week of thrilling competition, fabulous displays and first-class hospitality Olympia 2011 closed with an edge-of-the seat class. Although British riders had dominated both the international show jumping and dressage, it was Ireland’s time to shine before the Grand Finale when Dermott Lennon and Loughview Lou Lou claimed the Olympia Grand [...]

20 Dec 2011 The U.S. Para-Equestrian Team continued to make strides in qualifying for the 2012 Paralympic Games by winning Team Gold at the 2011 Melbourne CPEDI3* held in conjunction with the Saddle World Dressage Festival. The U.S. was represented by Donna Ponessa, Becca Hart, Erin Alberda, and Mary Jordan all riding borrowed horses at [...]

20 Dec 2011 The FEI has set up a new system to allow external parties to submit suggestions for consideration for the 2013 Equine Prohibited Substances List. The move has come about following substantial feedback from veterinarians, athletes and horse owners requesting that substances are removed or added to the List, switched from the Controlled [...]

20.12.2011 02 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.40m Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. WINA F Borja VILLALÓN PURAS (ESP) 0/0 32,82 2. EVITA XV CH Dehlia OEUVRAY SMITS (SUI) 0/0 33,79 3. BAMIRO Fabienne LANGE (BEL) 0/0 34,93 4. CARA MIA VON AARHOF Bronislav CHUDYBA (SVK) 0/0 35,16 5. CRUSELLA Diana MARSA LAFARGE (ESP) 0/0 35,38 [...]

20.12.2011 Freitag/ Friday 1,45m  23.000.-€ 1° Roger-Yves Bost FRA Castle Forbes Cosma Shiva 0 60,76 2° Philippe Rozier FRA Ideal de Roy 0 61,14 3° Pedro Veniss BRA Norlam des Etisses 0 61,99 4° Marco Kutscher GER China Blue 0 62,28 5° Michel Robert FRA Catapulte 0 63,56 6° Richard Spooner USA Wandor van Mispelaere [...]

20.12.2011 19 Int. Jumping Comp. 1.60m THE OLYMPIA GRAND PRIX Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Loughview Lou-Lou Lennon, Dermott (IRL) 0/0 37.84 2. Rackel Chavannaise Anon, Manuel (ESP) 0/0 38.08 3. Murkas Nevada Charles, Peter (GBR) 0/0 39.21 4. Embassy II Dreher, Hans-Dieter (GER) 0/0 40.36 5. VDL Groep Verdi Van der Vleuten, Maikel [...]

19.12.2011 1° Alexandra Carter RSA Cyrina Z 0/0 29,62 2° Hendrik Jan Schuttert NED Una Bella S 0/0 29,88 3° James Peeters BEL Bengale 0/0 30,7 4° Frans Wijlaars NED Udo 0/0 30,95 5° Alexander Kumps BEL Cru d´Avril Z 0/0 33,11 6° Morten Djupvik NOR Valle Blanche 0/4 29,3 7° Balazs Krucso HUN Ally [...]

19 Dec 2011   Stefanie Bistan (AUT) with Juvina The young generation celebrated the European Youngster Cup final in Frankfurt yesterday. The Young Masters League (1.45 m) competition was won by Austrian 19-year-old Stefanie Bistan riding the 10-year-old grey mare Juvina. The pair is a ‘dream team’ for just a short while. Runner-up was Marcel [...]

19 Dec 2011 Another farewell was celebrated in Frankfurt on Sunday evening saying good-bye to Lars Nieberg’s 17-year-old Hanoverian mare Lucie. From now on Lucie will retire from show jumping and will become a breeding mare. Lars Nieberg and Lucie rode their last Grand Prix in Frankfurt yesterday. Photo: Dirk Böser « back to the [...]

19 Dec 2011 Christian Ahlmann and Codex One 38-year-old Christian Ahlmann and Codex One (Contendro x Glückspilz) won the Frankfurt Grand Prix yesterday evening receiving a speedy Subaru and a big applause from the visitors. From 33 participating riders ten pairs stayed clear and qualified for the jump-off of the 1.55 m competition. Ahlmann was [...]

19 Dec 2011   Farewell of Mac Kinley in Frankfurt German show jumper Mario Stevens retired his 18-year-old gelding Mac Kinley (Goodwill x Nimmerdor) at the ‘International Festhallen Turnier’ in Franfurt before the Grand Prix started on Sunday evening. The gelding is still in top shape, but Stevens feels that the successful horse has deserved [...]

19 Dec 2011 John Whitaker, the most experienced rider at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, raised the roof when he produced a round of daring brilliance to snatch the H&M Ivy Stakes from his younger rivals. “The horse has been jumping well all week, and I’ve just been biding my time patiently,” said John. [...]

19 Dec 2011 Alvaro De Miranda from Brazil on Ad Rahmannshof winner of the last competition at the CSI5* La Coruna. The partnership managed an impeccable performance which took them to victory in the last competition of the indoor edition of the CSI La Coruna. Alvaro de Miranda commented on the very good qualities and [...]

19 Dec 2011 The Swiss rider ends up taking the first prize after a thoroughly sought and tightly fought victory. At last a female victory in this last day of the indoor edition of the CSI A Coruña, Dehlia Oeuvray Smits from Switzerland made it to the first place of the 2* Banco Pastor Grand [...]

19 Dec 2011 Susanne Miesner & Fabian Scholz – Initiator der CSW Let’s Rock! The fourth edition of Classical Sales Warendorf will be carrying the motto ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’, and the date of the auction has now been announced. On March 29, 2012, twenty carefully-selected dressage horses will be offered for auction at the Wietelshof, [...]

19 Dec 2011 ‘It’s strange NOT to have a saddle under me’, Belgian Peter de Clercq has said after his 80 hour ride. For the charity Serious Request Music for Life he established this official word record. Every two hours Peter rode another horse. When he was asked how he could ride for almost four [...]

19 Dec 2011 Isabelle Leibler and Watson 108 National Young Rider Dressage Championships. Photo: SusanJStickle.com. Isabelle Leibler and Watson 108 came in second in Sunday’s B Final in the Freestyle, representing the U.S. at the FEI Young Rider World Cup Dressage Final in Frankfurt, Germany. Leibler (Greenwich, CT) scored 68.700 on the 14-year-old Westphalian gelding, [...]

19 Dec 2011 MAHER PRODUCES THE X-FACTOR AT OLYMPIA Great Britain’s Ben Maher produced a stunning performance from the nine-year-old Tripple X to win the seventh leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2011/2012 series at Olympia in London, Great Britain this evening.  In yet another of this season’s super-exciting showdowns, the 28 year [...]

19 Dec 2011 TRUPPA TOPS THE LINE-UP IN FRANKFURT Valentina Truppa won the fifth leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2011/2012 series in Frankfurt, Germany today with a great performance from Eremo Del Castegno. The 25 year old rider from Monferrato in Northern Italy, a prolific winner already in her career, pinned [...]

THE H&M SPEED STAKES 12 Int. Jumping Competition 1,40m speed & handiness Pl. Horse Rider Time 1. Milena Maher, Ben GBR 49.15 2. Koby du Vartellier Schwizer, Pius SUI 49.99 3. Limelight de Breve Renwick, Laura GBR 50.73 4. Osiris du Goyen Muff, Werner SUI 50.91 5. Lolita N Dreher, Hans-Dieter GER 53.42 5. Hello [...]

17.12.2011 10 EUROPEAN YOUNGSTER CUP (Young Masters League) . Silver Final Int. Jumping Competition Table A Art. 238.2.1, 1.45 m Pl. Horse Rider   Faults Time 1. Rival Smith, Jason GBR 0 49.73 2. Can Fly Hinz, Alexander GER 0 51.98 3. Quassia Sitte Schmitz, Robin SUI 0 53.35 4. Chakichak Oppermann, Daniel GER 0 [...]

18 Dec 2011 Kathie Offel, who rides for the Ukraine, was the winner of the BHF Bank prize yesterday riding Fidji Island (For Feeling x Wanderer). The 10-year-old mare is stationed at Kathie Offfel’s and Jochen Scherer’s barn only for a few weeks now. The mare was brought to Kathie Offel via German jumper Armin [...]

18 Dec 2011 Roger-Yves Bost and his mare appeared unbeatable in a very tight competition against the clock with Sergio Álvarez Moya following close behind at a mere two seconds from winning. The French rider Roger Yves-Bost and his mare Castle Forbes Cosma lead the way again tonight after winning the 5* La Caixa Trophy [...]

18 Dec 2011 The visitors at the ‘International Festhallen Turnier Frankfurt ‘ saw a convincing performance of German dressage queen Isabell Werth yesterday morning winning the Grand Prix de Dressage aboard Don Johnson, the qualifier of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage. Werth, who rode with helmet instead of her top hat, piloted the [...]

18 Dec 2011 This year is a special year for the Nürnberger Burg-Pokal, the unique dressage series for 7 to 9-year-old dressage horses. The Nürnberger Burg-Pokal is celebrating its 20th anniversary! The competition had been created by Hans-Peter Schmidt, President of the Bavarian Equestrian Federation and Member of the German Equestrian Federation (FN) and has [...]

18 Dec 2011 Roger –Yves Bost on Castle Forbes Cosma defeats fellow countryman Philippe Rozier by 38 hundreths of a second and wins the first 5* competition of the opening day. A total of sixty participants took part in this 1.45 mts. show-jumping competition celebrated at Casas Novas Equestrian Centre during the CSI5* La Coruna [...]

18 Dec 2011 Yesterday evening the World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders 2011 took place in Frankfurt, Germany at the International Festhallen Turnier Frankfurt.  German Sanneke Rothenberger won the International dressage kür competition aboard Deveraux OLD with a mistake-free performance. The pair scored 79,100%. The 19-year-old Sanneke, who already won ten gold medals at [...]

18 Dec 2011 French rider Simon Delestre’s audacious early round on the young mare Whisper in a mammoth 14-horse jump-off paid off in the Santa Stakes at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. It is unusual to win a jump-off class from such an early draw but Simon, 30, who was second to go, set [...]

18 Dec 2011 Guy Williams’s week at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, is just getting better and better. He is now 12,500 euro better off as a result of emerging best in the winner-takes-all Renault Christmas Masters for the seven leading riders in the show. He produced a blistering round on the eight-year-old grey [...]

18 Dec 2011 American Richard Spooner and his mount Cristallo scorched to victory today in the second round of the most important competition of the XXIII CSI 5*, The Telefónica Grand Prix. Spooner did not make for any allowances living his rivals with a slim chance at improving his 40.17 seconds, 2,3 seconds faster than [...]

18 Dec 2011 Isabelle Leibler and Watson 108 National Young Rider Dressage Championships. Photo: SusanJStickle.com. Isabelle Leibler and Watson 108 performed flawlessly Friday while representing the U.S. at the FEI Young Rider World Cup Dressage Final Grand Prix, and are moving forward to the B Final on Sunday in the Freestyle. “We were mistake free [...]

18 Dec 2011 The Gold United States Para-Equestrian Team (Pictured Left to Right: USEF Director Pam Lane, Chef d’equipe Missy Ransehousen, Rebecca Hart, Erin Alberda, Mary Jordan, and in front is Donna Ponessa). Photo: Lindsay Y McCall for the United States Para-Equestrian Association (USPEA). When the United States Para-Equestrian Team flew Down Under for the [...]

THE RENAULT CHRISTMAS MASTERS 09 Int. Special Jumping Competition Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Depardieu van T Kiezelhof Williams, Guy GBR 0 24.37 2. Whisky Mac IV Brash, Scott GBR 0 24.63 3. Dundee vd Dwerse Hagen Schwizer, Pius SUI 0 24.78 4. Campbel Ehning, Marcus GER 4 27.65 5. Tackeray Maher, Ben GBR [...]

17.12.2011 17 Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Int. Dressage Competition – Grand Prix de Dressage Pl. Horse Rider   Points   1. Don Johnson Werth, Isabell GER 1764.5   2. Whisper Theodorescu, Monica GER 1724.0   3. Diva Royal Schneider, Dorothee GER 1712.0   4. Eremo Del Castegno Truppa, Valentina ITA 1707.5   5. [...]

THE EARLS COURT OLYMPIA CHRISTMAS CRACKER 05 Int. Jumping Competition 1,55m with jump-off Pl. Horse Rider Faults Time 1. Rackel Chavannaise Anon, Manuel ESP 0/0 37.15 2. Sabrina Ehning, Marcus GER 0/0 37.40 3. H&M Tornesch Baryard-Johnsson, Malin SWE 0/0 37.56 4. Odie de Frevent Charles, Peter GBR 0/4 36.29 5. Tripple X III Maher, [...]

17 Dec 2011 Peppermill, John Whitaker’s top horse, looks set to be out for at least a year with a tendon injury. The 14-year-old, who suffered a tendon injury last year, has damaged the opposite foreleg this time. Peppermill, who is owned by Rebecca Stones, returned to competition in June after nearly a year out due [...]

17 Dec 2011 Riding Satisfaction FRH the current European Teams Champion puts an end to an exciting opening day. Of the 34 participants taking part in the NH Hoteles Trophy competition only ten managed to classify for a very fast and disputed jump-off, with the final victory going to Germany by the hand of Marco [...]

17 Dec 201 British team member Guy Williams and leading Swiss rider Pius Schwizer shared the honours in the 6,000 euro Alltech Christmas Puissance, an annual crowd favourite at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. As the tension mounted, they were the only two in the field of eight who made it to the fifth [...]

17 Dec 2011 The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) is proud to announce the names of five equestrians who have been selected to receive the year’s most coveted awards. Presented by the USEF, the Lifetime Achievement Award, Junior Equestrian of the Year, and the Pegasus Medals of Honor will be presented during the Pegasus Awards [...]

17 Dec 2011 The seventh leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping and the fifth leg of the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage will take place on Sunday, 18 December, in London-Olympia (GBR) and in Frankfurt (GER). The press kits containing the competition timetable, results from the previous qualifiers, the updated standings along [...]

16.12.2011 19 FEI World Cup Dressage Final for Young Riders 2011 present by Schenker Deutschland AG Int. Dressage Competition Pl. Horse Rider   Points   1. Deveraux OLD Rothenberger, Sanneke GER 1396.0   2. Donna Romma Aspnäs, Elin SWE 1372.0   3. Blue Boy Nevermann-Torup, Carina DEN 1353.5   4. Lord de Nicole Rios Arias, [...]

16 Dec 2011 The first golden ribbon was won by Derin Demirsoy from Turkey riding the 15-year-old Swedish warmblood mare Madick. The 19-year-old show jumper stayed clear finishing the course in 53.64 seconds. Derin DEMIRSOY (TUR) -  Photo by Ursula Puschak Runner-up was Laura Klaphake from Vechta, Germany with Qualdandro (0/55.95), who qualified for the [...]

16 Dec 2011 “Awareness and ride fair” presented in Geneva “Awareness and ride fair” is a very exhaustive publication for the first time lays out to equestrian sportsmen and women, to officials, to organizers and to representatives of the media an approach for the practice of a clean sporting discipline. This guide is written in a [...]

16 Dec 2011 Equine Canada has concluded its inquiry, prompted by an Appeal filed with the federation by Lorraine Stubbs against Dressage Canada, concerning her status as chair of the Dressage Canada High Performance Committee. The report of this inquiry is available at http://bit.ly/sIpVuC. According to Equine Canada, they are posting this report publicly to [...]

16 Dec 2011 Fast and furious, as predicted, the first extreme driving showcase at Olympia did not disappoint. Within seconds of the competition starting the crowd was behind their favourite driver, exhorting them to go ever faster. And the drivers obliged. In the first round, Koos de Ronde from the Netherlands was the first to [...]

16 Dec 2011 Ben Maher riding Milena in The Christmas Speed Stakes “She’s a lovely mare, very adjustable,” explained Ben. “It was a course on which you had to go quickly from the start. We managed to pick up a rhythm and get on a good stride – some courses go for you all the [...]

16 Dec 2011 Dermott Lennon, Ireland’s 2002 World Champion, produced a thrilling finale to the Christmas Pudding Stakes this afternoon at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. The penultimate rider in the 10-horse jump-off, he shaved more than a second off the stiff target set by Olympia favourite John Whitaker, whose dashing display on the [...]

16 Dec 2011 To reach the highest level of excellence in equestrian sport takes talent, perseverance, a tremendous spirit and often, unwavering courage. In 2011, six horses have shown the world those qualities and more. And on January 13, the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will bestow two of them with the prestigious title of [...]

16 Dec 2011 On December 14 in Roosendaal, the approved KWPN stallion Crespo VDL won the L-class in the second GMB KNHS/KWPN Stallion Competition. The judges, Emile Hendrix and Teus van den Brink, rewarded the Canturo son out of Renaissance (s.Candillo, breeder: J.P. Lass in Leck) with an 8.5 for his jumping style. Crespo VDL [...]