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October 13, 2023 – Lexington, KY – The second of three weekends of 2023 Great American Insurance Group (GAIG)/United States Dressage Federation (USDF) Regional Championships, held across a total of nine USDF regions, offered more riders the chance to pick up qualifying berths for the 2023 US Dressage Finals presented by Adequan® at the Kentucky …
Christoffer Forsberg with Hippo’s Sapporo wins the CCI4*-L class, the most demanding competition at Strzegom October Festival. Christoffer Forsberg was third after dressage, went double clear in the cross-country and showjumping, and won the with a score of 30.5 penalty points. Belgian Julien Despontin jumped up into second with Clever Man Waf after a faultless …
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 …
There’s really no such thing as a ‘feral wild horse’; it’s an oxymoron. So why do some people and agencies keep using that tag? Recent news that 6,500 Wind River wild horses were rounded up is distressing to say the least. It’s a move designed to make room for the more profitable use of public …
This will be the last international „equestrian triathlon” event in Poland this year. Over 380 horses, 10 cross-country tracks and world-class riders – Strzegom October Festival starts at the hippodrome in Morawa on October 12th. Riders from 30 countries will compete in 10 international classes from two- to four-star level in both short and long …
Venturing outside Hungary for the first time since the event was established in 2016, the 7th FEI Driving World Championship for Young Horses was held at the superb equestrian centre Parc Equestre Fédéral at Lamotte-Beuvron, south of Orleans (FRA). It has been a busy time for the French as the event followed the FEI World …
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 …
Team France looks to be serious medal contenders at their home Olympics next year after posting their fourth win of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ Series this season. Stellar two-phase jumping performances gave the nation a decisive win in the final leg of this Series held at Boekelo (NED) this week. France finished on an …
British equestrian athlete Oliver Townend has claimed the top spot in the FEI Eventing World Athlete Rankings with 504 points, a spot he takes from his fellow countrywoman, Rosalind Canter, who held the coveted position for just one month. Townend’s ascent to the summit of the rankings comes as no surprise for the Olympic gold …
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 …