France has won the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Jumping Final, marking a climactic close to the first-ever season of the Fédération Équestre International’s newly-configured Nation’s Cup series, now one of the richest circuits in the world thanks to a four-year pledge of support by the Saudi Equestrian Fund. From Sept. 26-29 the Olympic arena of […]
Jenni Martin-McAllister ruled the day at the $30,000 Los Angeles International Grand Prix, earning the blue ribbon on Casseur de Prix at the Sept. 22 event. Justin Resnik was second on Carisma Z. In other news, show producer the Langer Equestrian Group announced that the Los Angeles International Jumping Festival will veer from 30 years […]
A raft of high-profile show jumping horse sales has the industry talking. Most recent and splashy of the news is Dutch entrepreneur Jan Tops’ purchase, at a reported $14.8 million (€11 million), of Palloubet d’Halong, a 10- year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by Switzerland’s Hansueli Sprunger and until recently under saddle to his 26-year-old daughter, […]
There were fireworks in Vienna tonight, the penultimate stop on the 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour, as the USA’s Laura Kraut maintained her No. 1 GCT circuit ranking despite a valiant effort by Portugal’s Lucinda Diniz, who wound up fourth. Gerco Schröder (NED) and London topped the podium for the GTC Grand Prix of Vienna […]
The World Cup has booked a return engagement in Las Vegas for 2015! The Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final and the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Dressage Final will take place at the Thomas & Mack Center, April 15-19, 2015. The announcement was made today (Sept. 18) by the Fédération Équestre International (FEI), the […]
The Longines Global Champions Tour has added the “diamond city” of Antwerp, Belgium, to the 2014 circuit. Antwerp will welcome the world’s Top 30 riders for several days of top-level GCT competition, with details to be revealed at an Oct. 1 press conference at the MAS” Museum in Antwerp. The 2013 Longines GCT heads for […]
California’s Lucy Davis won the Grand Prix of Lausanne today, while countryman Laura Kraut kept hold of her circuit crown on the Swiss leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour. After a dramatic second-round showdown Kraut managed to keep her lead over Christian Ahlmann (GER)and Luciana Diniz (POR). But it was 20-year-old Davis, of Beverly […]
Belle du Seigneur is Swiss novelist Albert Cohen’s sweeping masterwork set on the brink of WW II. When we saw still photos from the film, released to U.S. theaters in June, we were intrigued: two of the most beautiful actors in the world, riding on the beach and strolling seductively in equestrian garb. We had […]
The FEI is holding a “test event” to review judging procedures for dressage freestyle competitions. Designed to increase consistency and accuracy in judging, this special event will take place on the premises of the German Equestrian Federation at Warendorf on Sept. 24. The event will be held at grand prix level and will feature 20 […]
Talk about timing! Belgian rider Pieter Devos won the $1 Million CN International Grand Prix on his first trip to Spruce Meadows, Calgary, AB. “It’s a dream come true,” said Devos. “To win here is great, but to win the grand prix is unbelievable,” the 27-year-old rider noted on completing his Sept. 8 blue ribbon […]
