Germany’s Marco Kutscher has sustained a leg injury, which will keep him from riding over the next month. Having strained an upper thigh muscle, that was previously weakened, during the Grand Prix in Hamburg, Marco has elected to take some time away from competition after doctors advise to rest the strain. So Marco’s team of(…)
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Although thunderstorms disrupted competition throughout the day at the Kentucky Horse Park, the clouds parted as the $25,000 Hagyard Lexington Classic got underway during the Kentucky Spring Classic. Sixteen horse and rider combinations advanced to the tiebreaker, creating a speed duel for the winning prize. Kent Farrington proved to have all the answers with Venus,(…)
The summer show season is quickly approaching, and Hunter’s Moon Farm, under the guidance of head jumper trainer Olympian Mario Deslauriers, is poised for a strong effort at top competitions. Located only 28 miles from New York City on Long Island’s prestigious Gold Coast, Hunter’s Moon Farm is a 60-acre facility offering top-notch training and(…)
Location: Longines Global Champions Tour of Hamburg, Germany Subject: Four-time Olympic medallist and six-time European Champion Ludger Beerbaum waits for the Longines GCT Grand Prix walk
Frenchman Matthieu Mougeot is our Guest Blogger this week from the lovely La Baule, France. The first Division 1 Furusiyya Nations Cup event will take place this week in France and it will be an important event for France, Ireland, Great Britain and Switzerland, as each of these countries have nominated La Baule as one(…)
The following riders have confirmed to compete in Wiesbaden so far: Australia Julia Hargreaves Edwina Tops-Alexander Belgium Cindy van der Straten-Marie Gregory Wathelet Brazil Alvaro de Miranda Canada Tiffany Foster Switzerland Jane Richard Flaminia Straumann Germany Christian Ahlmann Ludger Beerbaum Daniel Deusser Hans-Dieter Dreher Marcus Ehning Max Kühner Janne-Friederike Meyer Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum Philipp Weishaupt David(…)
Well it seems only natural that the lovely Simon, should be our featured Horse of the Week. This horse has been the top-international pick of not one leading jockey, but two. Having earned his claim to fame with Olympic Gold medallist Jeroen Dubbeldam, Simon has become one of those horses who has earned high regard(…)
Gilbert Tillmann celebrates a dream come true after winning the 84th German Jumping Derby at Hamburg with the 19-year-old Irish Sport Horse Hello Max, as captured on camera by Karl-Heinz Frieler. It came down to a jump-off with Carsten-Otto Nagel and Lex Lugar, but the farrier from Grevenbroich in North Rhine-Westphalia was more than a(…)
Location:Longines Global Champions Tour of Hamburg, Germany Subject: Emma Lindgren (Groom of Christian Ahlmann) and Jenny Lagerqvist (Groom of Daniel Deusser) enjoy the spoils of their rider’s first and second place in the Longines GCT Grand Prix of Hamburg
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Location: Longines Global Champions Tour of Hamburg, Germany Subject: Longines GCT Grand Prix of Hamburg winner Christian Ahlmann offers his bottle of champagne to his supportive owner Marion Jauß, who owns both Codex One and Lorena 111, during the
It took precise riding and a talented mount to be at the top of the standings during today’s $75,000 Commonwealth Grand Prix at the Kentucky Spring Horse Shows. Richard Jeffery’s challenging track yielded only two clear rounds, but set the stage for a speedy jump-off between Meagan Nusz and Reed Kessler. Nusz had all the(…)
French chef d’equipe Philippe Guerdat must be overjoyed by his back-to-back wins this month for the exciting Furusiyya Nations Cup season. FEI’s Louise Parkes tells us all about the French win in Drammen. Just seven days after coming out on top in Lummen, Belgium, French riders recorded their second win of the inaugural Furusiyya FEI(…)
Todd Minikus and Legacy Stables’ Uraguay won the highlight event of the first week of the Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Shows, the $50,000 Old Salem Farm Grand Prix presented by Suncast. They were fastest in the jump-off to beat Darragh Kerins (IRL) on E-Muze Yek and Christine McCrea (USA) with Romantovich Take One. Along(…)
NATIONS CUP RIDERS GERMANY/ Chef d’équipe : Heiner HENGEMANN – Katrin ECKERMANN : Carlson, Firth of Lorne, Nababde Revel. – Lars NIEBERG: Leonie W, PepeHeguy, Casallora – Patrick STUHLMEYER: Lacan, Lord Lohengrin, Chasmo – Holger WULSCHNER: Cavity G, Cha Cha Cha G, Caprice de Dieu, Fine Lady – Tim RIESKAMP-GOEDEKING: Lautermann, Chopin, Corvin, Quapitola de Beaufour BELGIUM/Chef d’équipe : Kurt(…)
Capturing a ribbon was no easy task during today’s $20,000 Bluegrass Classic at the Kentucky Spring Horse Show. Forty-two entries gathered at the Rolex Stadium to compete in the 1.45m Open Jumper event, but when 23 qualified for the tiebreaker the results came down to a foot race. Besting the clock and the course was(…)
Many of the teams that will be heading for the opener of the 2013 Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup series in La Baule next weekend have been announced. La Baule is one of the eight Furusiyya Nations Cup events this year for the Division 1 teams to earn points. Each team must nominate four events where(…)
