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Sweden’s Patrik Kittel concluded an exceptional week of success with victory in the first leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League series in Herning, Denmark. The 47-year-old three-time Olympian has long been master of the art when it comes to Freestyle performances, and with the 11-year-old gelding Touchdown, he pinned an …
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 …
The London International Horse Show has announced a new addition to the LeMieux Masterclass series starring top event riders Pippa Funnell MBE and Tina Cook. Set to take centre stage on Friday 15 December, Perfect Partnerships with Pippa and Tina will pool the knowledge the pair has collected over three decades of riding at the …
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 …