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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Riding Emma Waldfogel’s King’s Peak, Petaluma, CA-based rider Hope Glynn vaulted into the lead during round two of the 3’3″ HITS $500,000 Diamond Mills Hotel & Tavern Hunter Prix Final this afternoon, Sept. 7. The third placed horse and rider combination, Jenny Karazissis and Undeniable, are also from California. Karazissis is based at Far West […]
West Coast riders John Pearce (Chianto), Duncan McFarlane (Mr. Whoopy) and Nayel Nassar (Lordan), join a host of superstars participating in the HITS Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix tomorrow, capping the HITS-on-the-Hudson summer season. These include Margie Engle on Royce, Candice King on Campbell VDL and Jill Henselwood (CAN) on George. McLain Ward and Peter […]
California riders occupied three of the top four slots in round one of the HITS $500,000 Diamond Mills Hunter Prix today in Saugerties, New York. Calabassas-based Jenny Karazissis and Undeniable, owned by Kelly Straeter, led the field of 81 with a blue ribbon in round one of the 3’3″ test. Part two takes place tomorrow, […]
The Queen of England personally names all her Thoroughbreds. This was one of the tidbits revealed in a lengthy CNN article about Queen Elizabeth II’s passion for horse racing. Although Britain’s royal family boasts many generations of horse lovers who have participated in everything from fox hunting to polo to Thoroughbred racing, it was only […]
The heart-pounding excitement of the HITS Zoetis $1 Million Grand Prix will be webcast live and free to viewers on HRTV.com, Sunday, Sept. 8, beginning at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET. For the third year, HRTV will be presenting this cornerstone event, the culmianation of the HITS-on-the-Hudson circuit in Saugerties, NY. (Click here to watch.) […]
