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Bolivia is poised to compete at the highly anticipated Pan American Games 2023 in Santiago (CHI) from 20 October to 5 November, with two exceptional riders, thanks to the support of FEI Solidarity. This support has been instrumental in nurturing equestrian talent in Bolivia, from grassroots development to championship-level performance. Pan American Qualification through South …
The $25,000 BarnWalkers Grand Prix wrapped up competition for ESP Fall II. A total of thirty-four competitors tried their hand at the course, with eleven returning for the jump-off. Besting the field of talent and earning both the blue and red ribbon was Canada’s Erynn Ballard. Ballard had a total of five entries in the …
Ireland’s Richard Howley made it a magical double of back-to-back victories when, just a week after coming out on top at the opening leg in Oslo (NOR) last Sunday, he did it all again at the second leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League in Helsinki, Finland. Once again, there …
With a spectacular ride against the clock, and from a 40-strong startlist sprinkled with multiple champions, it was Ireland’s Richard Howley who reigned supreme with the 12-year-old gelding Consulent de Prelet Z in the first leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League in Oslo, Norway. The new season could hardly …
Ahead of a six-horse jump-off for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Sacramento (USA), Robert Blanchette (IRL) strategized with his peers. While his fellow riders began to formulate complex plans, he decided to keep things a bit simpler. “I said, ‘I’m going to run like [heck] and see what happens,’” Blanchette said. He and his …
Fresh from his gold medal performance in the Team competition on 4 October, Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Alsharbatly and 12-year-old stallion, Skorphults Baloutendro, took gold at the final equestrian competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games, with UAE’s Omar Abdul Aziz Al Marzooqi and Dalida Van Zuuthoeve and Abdulla Al Marri and James V.D Oude Heihoef winning …
The Asian Games’ Team Jumping competition concluded with Saudi Arabia winning gold, Qatar taking silver, and the UAE team in bronze medal position. Defending champions Saudi Arabia put forward a strong team made up of Abdulrahman Alrajhi, Meshari Alharbi, Ramzy Al Duhami, and Abdullah Alsharbatly. Both Alsharbatly and Al Duhami were on the 2018 (Jakarta-Palembang) …
Team Germany posted a convincing victory on the last day of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2023 at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain with their zero scoreline giving them a two-fence advantage over their nearest rivals from France, Belgium, and Brazil, who filled the next three placings. But it was …
Jos Lansink’s world-class Dutch team had to pull out all the stops to beat Australia for the Challenge Cup at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2023 at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain. Carrying four faults apiece, it came down to a duel between the two sides in a second-round jump-off …
Team Great Britain got off to a flying start when topping the first round of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2023 at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain with the only zero scoreline of the afternoon. Foot-perfect runs from pathfinder Tim Gredley (Medoc de Toxandria), Robert Whitaker (Vermento), and anchorman Harry …