At 21, Nayel Nassar stunned onlookers at the Spruce Meadows North American tournament, beating Olympians and seasoned vets in the $35,000 Progress Energy Cup July 5. Nassar rides for Egypt and is based in Palo Alto, CA, where he is a third-year student at Stanford University studying economics. He was born in Chicago, and raised […]
Show jumper Margie Engle is expected to be released from the hospital today following surgery on her right leg. Engle broke her ankle and the fibula on June 28 when she fell off on course in a 1.30m WPTZ News Channel 5 class at the Lake Placid Horse Show in Lake Placid, NY. “He misjudged […]
Olympic veteran McLain Ward (USA) and Rothchild posted two clear rounds to win the $35,000 PwC Cup, a 1.60m FEI class at the Spruce Meadows North American Tournament, July 5. The course, designed by Michel Villancourt (CAN), had 15 jumping obstacles and 495 meters of track. This win, aboard the 11 year old Warmblood gelding, […]
U.S. riders Rich Fellers, Richard Spooner and Reed Kessler rocked day one of the Spruce Meadows North American, winning three big classes at the event, which kicked off July 4 and runs through July 8 in Calgary. On July 5 it was countryman McLain Ward and Rothchild that won the $35,000 1.60m PwC Cup, while […]
Thirty-one-year-old French rider Kevin Staut scored a surprise win at the Grand Prix of Monaco, capping one of the most unpredictable tournaments of the 2012 Global Champions Tour. Staut triumphed on the Belgian-bred gelding Reveur de Hurtebise, even though horse and rider have only been a team for a mere two months. He was last […]
FEI course designer Marina Azevedo is the brains behind two of the most exciting show jumping tracks of the year―the USEF Olympic observation grand prix at the Del Mar National Horse Show. The $100,000 Hermés Grand Prix on May 5 and the $50,000 Surfside Grand Prix on May 3 are destined for the record books. […]
Gerco Schröder hit the GCT jackpot, beating Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Edwina Tops-Alexander in the Grand Prix of Cannes on June 16. The Dutch rider hit the gas early in the jump off on his stallion Eurocommerce London, accelerating to the finish in 34.22, beating Bengtsson (SWE) and Casall La Silla and Tops-Alexander (AUS) and Cevo […]
Today’s USEF ranked list for the U.S. Olympic reveals who got their tickets punched for London 2012: Rich Fellers, Beezie Madden, Reed Kessler, McLain Ward and Charlie Jayne are poised to ship out as the U.S. Show Jumping Team. Sitting at No.’s 4 Ward and Antares F have Jayne and Chill RZ breathing down their […]
Rich Fellers and Flexible aced their fourth and last Olympic observation event of 2012, winning in the $200,000 CN Grand Prix CSI-W at Spruce Meadows in Calgary on Saturday, June 16. The pair topped a field of 36 including 11 U.S. Olympic long list contenders. Kent Farrington and Uceko placed second, Reed Kessler and Mika […]
The North American Junior and Young Rider Championship Zone 10 team finals took place at the Blenheim June Classic I, June 6-10 at the Rancho Mission Viejo Riding Park in San Juan Capistrano. Both Junior and Young Riders rode towards a cumulative high point standing over the course of the week. By Sunday, the top […]
