Brazil’s Alvaro de Miranda won the 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of The Netherlands, presented by VDL Group, riding AD Rahmannshof’s Bogeno. The CSI5* 1.60m event took place Aug. 17 at Stal Tops in Valkenswaard. The popular rider, known as Doda, set the arena on fire, shaving a full four seconds off the […]
There isn’t much room for improvement on a second-place finish, but Liza Boyd managed it, taking the blue in the $170,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship, Aug. 17 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. It was the fourth appearance at the event for the 34-year-old Boyd, who clinched the win on Brunello, a 15-year-old […]
For the third consecutive year Scott Stewart has claimed victory in the Classic Hunter Round of the $160,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Rolex Stadium on Friday. Stewart and Garfield, owned by Rose Hill Farm, rode to scores of 90, 92 and 92 for a 286 total that was unmatched […]
Stal Tops in the Netherlands is the backdrop for the ninth stop on the 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour, Valkenswaard, and we’re adding this private equestrian estate to our list of the most most beautiful in the world. Tops – an Olympic gold medalist and GCT president – founded the International Concours Valkenswaard here 20 […]
McLain Ward and Zander won the $75,000 AIG Grand Prix, presented by Zoetis, at HITS on the Hudson in Saugerties, NY, July 28. The nine-year-old gelding purchased by Ward and Grant Road Partners a year-and-a-half ago has picked up some impressive wins this past year, including the $33,000 Cargill Cup 1.50m CSI4* at the Spruce […]
Look no further for the most stylish tote bags ever! Rebecca Ray American Couture has created an entire line of handbags and accessories around a love of the equestrian lifestyle – with a bit of canine appreciation thrown in for good measure – and quite frankly they are all beautiful. But our favorite is the […]
A plague-infected ground squirrel was discovered in the Angeles National Forest in California. An excess of fleas tipped public health investigators to irregularity in the creature, which was discovered dead on July 16 with a formal diagnosis issued 10 days later. The squirrel was recovered in the Table Mountain campgrounds near Wrightwood, north-east of Los […]
The USA’s Beezie Madden pulled off a stunning grand prix victory in Chantilly, taking the big prize on her 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour debut in France! Riding Cortes C, she capped two clear rounds with a blazing jump-off time of 41.58 seconds at the July 20 competition. Christian Ahlmann of Germany was about a […]
Colorado rider Rusty Toth and Take A Break, known as “Quake,” won the 58th Tevis Cup Endurance Ride, completing the 100-mile race with a time of 14 hours and 57 minutes on July 20. Jennifer Waitte was second on M Dash Czoe. Only 75 horse and rider combinations, or 47% of the 160 starters, were […]
There was joy and heartbreak as Sweden’s Henrik von Eckermann seized his first grand prix win on the 2013 Longines Global Champions Tour, barely edging out Portuguese rider Luciana Diniz, who placed third in front of her hometown crowd in Estoril on July 6. As the day’s 104 degree temperatures subsided, the excitement built. Von […]
