Like father, like son? Tinka’s Star, a colt foal by Big Star out of Tinka’s Serenade, feels his oats at The Equerry Bolesworth International Horse Show CSI4* ahead of the Bolesworth Elite Auction on Friday, June 16, 2017. Tinka’s Star (lot 9) is one of a select group of elite foals and yearlings that will be […]
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Horse & Hound broke the news on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 that Olympic gold medalists Nick Skelton and Big Star will retire from the sport of show jumping. Their official retirement ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at the Royal Windsor Horse Show CSI5*. “I have always stated that when Big Star […]
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CHI Geneva released a statement this afternoon announcing the withdrawal of Olympic Gold medalist combination Nick Skelton and Big Star from competition at the CHI Geneva CSI5* starting December 8th-11th, due to a sprained fetlock. Wanting to avoid any risk to the 13-year-old stallion, Skelton has decided to rest Big Star for six weeks meaning that […]
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It is with great delight, that British Showjumping are announcing that the current National 6 year-old Championships will be renamed the Big Star Championships for 2017 and beyond. London 2012 Team Gold and Rio 2016 Individual Gold medal winner, ridden by Nick Skelton OBE and owned by Gary & Beverley Widdowson, made history this summer […]
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The winner of the FEI Award for Best Groom 2016 will named from the list of four nominees during the FEI Awards Gala that will take place on Tuesday November 22nd. Among those four names is long-time groom of 2016 Olympic Individual Gold medalist Nick Skelton, Mark Beever. Mark Beever’s nomination description released today from […]
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