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Ireland’s Darragh Kenny opened international competition during the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) with a win in the $32,000 Adequan® CSI3* WEF Challenge Cup Round 1 on Thursday at Wellington International. Kenny and Irwin, an 11-year-old Dutch Warmblood stallion (Kannan x Paladin des IFS) owned by HKC Collection LLC, topped a field of 72 horses for …
Lebanon’s Jad Dana is back on top to start the 2024 season of the Winter Equestrian Festival with a win in the $75,000 Prestige Italia Grand Prix to cap Premiere Week at Wellington International on Sunday. Dana, 28, and ABC Quantum Cruise, owned by Wyndmont, set an uncatchable pace in an eight-horse jump-off during the …
Eighteen-year-old Ansgar Holtgers Jr (USA) could not be caught in the $25,000 Hermès Championship Jumper Classic on Saturday of opening week at the 2024 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). He and Tulum, a fifteen-year-old stallion (Chacco Blue x Captain Paul I), owned by Gut Einhaus, bested a six-horse jump-off designed by Eric Hasbrouck (USA) to take …
In a perfect round-up to a great year of sport in 2023, Germany’s Christian Ahlmann scooped the honours in the ninth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023/2024 Western European League in front of an ecstatic audience at the Nekkerhal in Mechelen, Belgium. There wasn’t an inch of viewing space left around the …
The final day of the London International Horse Show provided a fitting conclusion to what has been a six-day exhibition of equestrian excellence. Notable victories in Show Jumping were achieved by the esteemed John Whitaker in the Six Bar, London International Horse Show Ambassador Jodie Hall McAteer in the Mistletoe Speed Stakes, and the triumphant …
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 …
he future of U.S. show jumping looked bright as junior equitation riders took center stage at Wellington International Wednesday for the WIHS Jumper Phase during ESP Holiday I Equitation. Rising to the occasion in the WIHS Jumper Phase was USA’s Caroline Olsen and Spark of Phoenix, owned by Olsen LLC, with a score of 84. …
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 …
Day four of the London International Horse Show saw the concluding leg of the FEI Driving World Cup Qualifier won by Boyd Exell, and Lorenzo de Luca and Max Kühner took the CSI5* Jumping classes – The Agria Lifetime Equine Snowflake Stakes and The Longines Christmas Cracker. In addition to the range of high-quality Showing …
CSI5* jumping made an exciting return to London International Horse Show with two British riders, Matt Sampson and Ben Maher, winning The Christmas Pudding Speed Stakes and The Champagne-Taittinger Ivy Stakes, respectively. The first leg of the FEI Driving World Cup Qualifier provided thrilling action, and there were impressive jumping performances in the Services Jumping …