With six USEF National Dressage Championships and selection for U.S. Dressage Team for the 2012 Olympic Games on the line, the 2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions will be a nail-biter this year. Running the two weeks from June 8-10 and June 14-17, ponies to grand prix contenders will be vying for national titles at […]
France’s Olivier Guillon and Lord de Theize came out on top at the Global Champions Tour in Wiesbaden, Germany, on May 26, narrowly edging out Germany rider Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Bella Donna 66, the horse she hopes to take to the Olympics. The two went head-to-head in a jump-off in the final speed test of […]
British rider Nick Skelton and Big Star produced electrifying double clear rounds in Hamburg May 19 to win one of the toughest Grand Prix of the GCT season so far. Course designer Frank Rothenberger predicted a seriously challenging 1.60m CSI5* competition in Germany and after two rounds of world class show jumping, the jump off […]
Great Britain topped the charts on the second leg of the Global Champions Tour in Valencia, Spain, May 4-6, with Ireland coming in second. The nations took prime podium spots at the GCT Grand Prix of Spain, with GBR’s Ben Maher jumping to victory on Tripple X III in a fast, clear 41.35. Michael Whitaker […]
The global conquest of Rich Fellers and Flexible continues! After the intense test they just weathered in ’s-Hertogenbosch, where on April 22 they were crowned Rolex World Champions, they endured a long flight home to campaign to victory at the $50,000 Surfside Grand Prix, the first of two USEF Olympic observation classes to be held […]
Important loans from the British Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Royal Armouries, as well as rare material from Saudi Arabia, will be seen alongside objects from the British Museum’s collection for the exhibit “The Horse: From Arabia to Royal Ascot.” The collection will be on view at the British Museum from May 24 to […]
The Mitsubishi Badminton Horse Trials have been cancelled for the first time since 1987 due to rain and flooding. The CCI4* eventing competition had been scheduled to take place May 4-7 in England. The news comes as a major disappointment to British eventers preparing for the 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as for countryman William […]
The Saudi Equestrian Fund is providing a fresh infusion of financing to the FEI Nation’s Cup Series, which the Fédération intends to freshen-up and rebrand. Announcing the agreement to 250 delegates at the opening of the Fédération Equestre Internationale Sports Forum in Lausanne, Switzerland, today FEI president HRH Princess Haya informed delegates that the SEF […]
With a single rail down in the show jumping ring, William Fox-Pitt and Parklane Hawk of Great Britain won the 2012 Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event on April 30. The USA claimed second and third, with Allison Springer and Arthur and Boyd Martin and Otis Barbotiere propelled into third on the strength of a clear […]
An arduous cross country course whittled away 20 of 54 starters leaving William Fox-Pitt and Parklane Hawk leading the pack after a flawless performance in phase two of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, April 28 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. Ending the day on a score of 41.3, Great Britain’s Fox-Pitt bumped ahead […]
