Reed Kessler and Margie Engle ended the first leg of the 2012 Olympic trials in a tie. Each had one rail on the final day of jumping and finished the four-round contest with 12 points. They decided to forgo a jump off, sparing their horses after an arduous week of competition, splitting the winner’s share […]
Day two of the USEF selection trials for the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2012 Olympic Games concluded with a three-way tie at the top of the standings: Margie Engle, Rich Fellers and Reed Kessler share the No. 1 spot, each carrying eight points heading into Saturday’s fourth and final round. Insofar as today’s […]
The United States Equestrian Federation has released the list of riders that submitted applications for the U.S. show jumping team for the 2012 London Olympics. Included on the list are West Coast riders Cara Anthony, Karl Cook, Saer Coulter, Lucy Davis, Rich Fellers, Duncan McFarlane and Will Simpson. (Ashlee Bond and Kirsten Coe recently relocated […]
Here’s something you don’t see every day. French trainer Michel Robert won the Prix GL on a piebald mare, Catapulte. The class took place March 17 at Saut Hermes, a CSI5* jumping event, March 16-18 at the au Grand Palais, Paris. A 9-year-old Belgian Sport Horse, Robert has been bringing her along for five years. […]
The first riders for the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Final (19 – 22 April) have officially confirmed their trip to Indoor Brabant. In total, 23 entries have been confirmed and there are still 22 invitations outstanding with participants yet to inform the FEI of their plans. Confirmed to compete in the show jumping finals […]
Karl Cook and Uno de Laubry provided a climactic end to HITS Thermal’s four-class World Cup Qualifier series on March 3, nabbing the blue ribbon as the fastest of the four-faulters in a contest in which there were no double clears. The 15-effort course for the $53,000 Chartis Grand Prix CSI-W was designed by Marina […]
Temecula, CA-based rider Susan Hutchison has been named the West Coast representative to the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s 2012 Olympics selection team. Hutchison joins fellow grand prix champions Mark Leone and Chris Kappler to participate in a series of observation events. The trio will be in Wellington, FL, for the March 19-25 selection trials, advising U.S. […]
Show jumping lost a superstar on Nov. 6 when the stallion Hickstead collapsed and died during the fourth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping 2011/2012 series at Verona, Italy. Drawn 22nd of 39 on the startlist, the horse has just completed Rolf Lundi’s 13-fence track with Canadian rider Eric Lamaze. The duo dropped […]
Among the last to go, Beezie Madden and Coral Reef Via Volo blazed to the lead, ending the day first-ranked and vaulting Team USA to the top of the Pan American Games show jumping competition after the first contest of three. Madden and Coral Reef set a blistering pace at 77.53, leaving all the rails […]
Beezie Madden, McLain Ward, Christine McCrea and Laura Kraut are the four riders that have made the U.S. Show Jumping Team for the 2011 Pan American Games. The United States Equestrian Federation has recommended to the United States Olympic Committee the athletes in combination with the following horses for the Oct. 14-30 games, in Guadalajara, […]
