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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 …
With all the authority that she carries as the most consistently successful athlete in the sport of Dressage, Germany’s Isabell Werth strutted to victory with Emilio at the third leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League in Stuttgart (GER). In a competition in which multiple rising stars and established performers produced …
Backed by one of the best crowds on the circuit, Boyd Exell (AUS) and his slick, super-speedy horses raised the roof at the FEI Driving World Cup™ in Stuttgart to take his third win out of three in this series. Indoor Driving has been at Stuttgart since 1994 when the great Michael Freund (GER) went …
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 …
What promised to be the new season’s closest contest lived up to expectation as the two favourites Boyd Exell (AUS) and Bram Chardon (NED) went head-to-head at Jumping Indoor Maastricht (NED). Until the final moments, it looked like Bram – after three fast, clear rounds – was going to dominate, but a rare lapse from …
It was a strategic masterclass from reigning champion Boyd Exell (AUS) as the FEI Driving World Cup™ 2023-24 Series got underway in Lyon (FRA). Throughout the competition, Boyd had such prowess in the large arena at Equita Lyon that even when a ball rolled in his final drive-off, he could stick to his gameplan and …
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 …
Giving Tuesday is coming soon. And given the accelerating dire situation with wild horses, advocates have to ask themselves some really hard questions: Will I continue to fund methods that are well proven as colossal failures for decades? Will I fund nonprofits promoting or who engage in the experimental chemical sterilization and selective breeding of …