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In addition to hosting the world’s best international Show Jumping competitors, London International Horse Show will also welcome some of the sport’s rising stars at ExCeL London from 13-18 December. The Yeti Under-25 British Show Jumping Championship will kick off the Jumping action at the 2023 Show on Thursday 14 December, featuring some of the …
The long-awaited $146,000 Flagler Insurance CSI3* Grand Prix kicked off Sunday morning with a field of thirty-nine competitors. Only four advanced to the shortened track. Dylan Daly (IRL) and the Double C Stables-owned Cinderella Z produced two clear rides with a 39.79 second jump-off, leading the pack to earn the triumph. Continuing on with competition …
On a day of fabulous sport and wild celebrations, Kevin Staut and Beau de Laubry Z won the fifth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League series in Stuttgart, Germany. The home crowd may have been hoping that one of their own would take the top step of the podium, …
Conor Swail (IRL) spent the last two seasons of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League at the top of the standings. But through the first four legs of the 2023-24 season, he uncharacteristically had yet to make the podium of a World Cup event. But ahead of the league’s fifth leg in …
The ever-popular Markel Jockeys Jumping in aid of The Injured Jockeys Fund class returns to London International Horse Show on the evening of Monday 18 December. The Show, which takes place from 13-18 December at its new home of ExCeL London, is a true equestrian Christmas extravaganza filled with top-level competition and entertainment. This unique …
Great Britain’s Ben Maher and Dallas Vegas Batilly snatched a sensational victory in the fourth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League series in Verona, Italy. In the eight-horse second-round jump-off, it seemed reigning European champion Steve Guerdat from Switzerland had it in the bag after scorching around the twisting …
Daniel Bluman (ISR) has claimed wins on the North American League before, but with the 12-year-old mare Gemma W, he — on three occasions — held the role of the bridesmaid. He and the remarkably consistent grey were runners-up a year ago in Toronto (CAN) and Washington (USA). A week ago, they were second again …
Shane Sweetnam (IRL) may have been born in Cork (IRL), but for more than a decade, he’s held a summer residence in Lexington (USA), directly adjacent to the Kentucky Horse Park. That made a win in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Lexington, held in the venue’s Alltech Arena, especially meaningful. Besting an 11-horse jump-off …
Brazil’s Stephan de Freitas Barcha came into the Individual Jumping medal-decider at the Pan American Games 2023 in Quillota, Chile in third place and climbed up to the top step of the podium with a stunning performance from his mare Chevaux Primavera Imperio Egipcio. On a day when only four clear rounds were posted from …
The London International Horse Show 2023, which runs from 13-18 December, has announced details of the final Masterclass in the LeMieux Masterclass Series. ‘The Jump Up!’ will be hosted by London International Horse Show Ambassador Jodie Hall McAteer on Monday 18 December at 11.30, with a focus on jumping up to that next level of …