Posts tagged as: Beezie Madden

Madden and Simon New World Champs

Beezie Madden and Simon jump before a crowd packed to the rafters.

A 25-year-drought, and then two years running! Beezie Madden and Simon are show jumping’s new world champions, winning the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final in Gothenburg, Sweden, April 28. The pair from Cazenovia, NY, rose to the top on the strength of a grueling week of contests at the Scandinavum Arena that drew the top […]

U.S. Jumpers Set for Sweden

Flexible looks very careful as he clears a vertical jump with Rich Fellers.

Eleven of the United States’ best show jumping riders are heading to Gothenburg, Sweden in hopes of being named the 2013 Rolex/FEI World Cup Final champion. Included in the U.S. contingent is reigning champion Rich Fellers. In addition to Fellers, riding under the supervision of the newly installed U.S. show jumping team chef d’equipe Robert […]

Spruce $1 Mil Youthquake

Mounted on horseback, Olivier Philippaerts collects his trophy.

At 19, Olivier Philippaerts of Belgium has become the youngest show jumper in history to win the $1 million CN International Grand Prix, Sept. 9 at the 2012 Spruce Meadows tournament in Canada. In a generational twist, his father Ludo came in third. The USA’s Beezie Madden and Simon placed second in the 1.60m contest. […]

Le Grand Tour

Nick Skelton and his grey gelding Carlo jumping.

The Chantilly leg of the Global Champions Tour featured nine U.S. show jumpers in the grand prix, with Beezie Madden making it all the way to No. 2 on Simon. It was Hans-Dieter Dreher of Germany that triumphed at the July 21 grand prix on his dark bay stallion Magnus Romeo, but with a week […]

Team USA Assesses Its Rounds

McLain Ward and his great grey hores, Antares F

The top eight teams from Sunday’s jumping will contest three coveted medal slots today. The U.S. barely squeeked by, riding in on a two-way tie for seventh. A stellar performance combined with the frontrunners spilling an abundance of rails could see the USA atop the podium, though admittedly, it’s a longshot. But hey, Germany and […]

Saudi Team Leads Olympic Jumping

A grey horse leaps over a Liverpool

A strong performance by Saudi Arabia and a resurgent team USA were the big news out of day two of Olympic Show Jumping, the highlight of which was a second clear round from Rich Fellers and Flexible. Saturday’s contest was the first of three rounds with scores that will count toward team medals. After round […]

Dutch Rock While U.S. Rolls Day 1 of Olympic Jumping

Rich Fellers and Flexible sail over an oxer.

The Netherlands  led the pack in the first day of Olympic show jumping  Aug. 4 and will be a force to contend with as the group moves on to team competition Aug. 5-6. Germany, the U.K. and Switzerland also did very well. The U.S. got off to a strong start with clean rounds by McLain […]

Jumpers Trotted Out at Olympics

Rich Fellers and Flexible make a dashing duo at the veterinary jog.

Ninety show jumping horses from 26 countries got their first glimpse of the main arena for the Olympic Games in Greenwich Park when they were presented before the Ground Jury at the jog on Aug. 2. The The U.S. Team looked sharp under the care of veterinarian Dr. Tim Ober, farrier Dr. Todd Meister, physiotherapist […]

USEF Jumps to Olympics

You can see the whites of their eyeballs, showing grace under pressure: Rich Fellers and Flexible

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 […]

McCrea Gold, Madden Silver at Pan Ams

GUADALAJARA, Mexico – In a sport of inches it came down to 7/100ths of a second. Beezie Madden had led the 2011 Pan American Games since Wednesday, and when she landed past the last fence in the second round of the day it seemed Individual Gold was secure with her fifth clear round of the […]

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