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Thirty-six of the sport’s best horse and rider combinations came forward to contest the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Qualifier with the hope of securing valuable points to qualify for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup Final in Riyadh in April 2024. With six past winners in the field, as well as the reigning individual …
Less than two weeks after the Swedish Warmblood Tornado was made a permanent member of Skylar Wireman’s (USA) string, the pair topped the first Longines FEI Jumping World Cup of their respective careers. In front of an enthusiastic crowd at Fort Worth’s Will Rogers Coliseum (USA), 19-year-old Wireman and Tornado bested a six-horse jump-off and …
In a puzzling competition that seemed to defy any logic, Britain’s Harry Charles and his 10-year-old gelding Sherlock won through with a thrilling last-to-go run at the seventh leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League at A Coruña in Spain. Even the super-talented 24-year-old rider, who has twice made the …
On an afternoon filled with thrills and surprises, German star Marcus Ehning galloped to victory with his relatively new ride Coolio 42 at the sixth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League in Madrid, Spain. From a starting field of 39, a total of 10 made the cut into the …
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 …
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 …
Headed to the final fence of the jump-off in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Washington (USA), Katie Dinan (USA) admitted she wasn’t sure how many strides she was working on. What she did know was that pulling was not the answer. “A good distance showed up right away jumping into the last line, and …