The buzz is building for tomorrow’s $2.6 million Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final 2015 at FC Barcelona’s Real de Polo. Spaniard Alvarez Moya had determination written all over his face as he promised, “when it comes to the Furusiyya Final in my home country I will be giving it 100 per cent!” He’ll have to: he’ll be going […]
It was a spectacular Spruce Meadows National tournament for Ashlee Bond and Little Valley Farms, landing in the money seven times in the International Arena over five days of competition, June 4-9. The strong performance also earned the Los Angeles-based rider and her mare Wistful the National’s Canadian Championship and a $15,000 bonus for their […]
A 25-year-drought, and then two years running! Beezie Madden and Simon are show jumping’s new world champions, winning the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, April 28. The pair from Cazenovia, NY, rose to the top on the strength of a grueling week of contests at the Scandinavum Arena that drew the top […]
Eighteen-year-old U.S. Olympian Reed Kessler added yet another accolade to her impressive year with a win in the $100,000 President’s Cup Grand Prix at the 54th annual Washington International Horse Show (WIHS). Kessler and Cylana topped an impressive list of international competitors her first time competing in the class. Brazil’s Paulo Santana and Taloubet finished […]
At 19, Olivier Philippaerts of Belgium has become the youngest show jumper in history to win the $1 million CN International Grand Prix, Sept. 9 at the 2012 Spruce Meadows tournament in Canada. In a generational twist, his father Ludo came in third. The USA’s Beezie Madden and Simon placed second in the 1.60m contest. […]
Germany bounced back from its disappointing Olympics with a stellar BMO World Cup win at Spruce Meadows, jumping to victory in a super-tough class that saw the U.S. finish fifth (a tie with Canada) and 2011 champions France unable to advance to the second round. So commanding was the Deutscheland lead that anchors Christian Ahlmann […]
The Chantilly leg of the Global Champions Tour featured nine U.S. show jumpers in the grand prix, with Beezie Madden making it all the way to No. 2 on Simon. It was Hans-Dieter Dreher of Germany that triumphed at the July 21 grand prix on his dark bay stallion Magnus Romeo, but with a week […]
The top eight teams from Sunday’s jumping will contest three coveted medal slots today. The U.S. barely squeeked by, riding in on a two-way tie for seventh. A stellar performance combined with the frontrunners spilling an abundance of rails could see the USA atop the podium, though admittedly, it’s a longshot. But hey, Germany and […]
A strong performance by Saudi Arabia and a resurgent team USA were the big news out of day two of Olympic Show Jumping, the highlight of which was a second clear round from Rich Fellers and Flexible. Saturday’s contest was the first of three rounds with scores that will count toward team medals. After round […]
The Netherlands led the pack in the first day of Olympic show jumping Aug. 4 and will be a force to contend with as the group moves on to team competition Aug. 5-6. Germany, the U.K. and Switzerland also did very well. The U.S. got off to a strong start with clean rounds by McLain […]
