Steve Guerdat of Switzerland has obtained the ride on Big Red, the 11-year-old Westfalian gelding (Ludwig Von Bayern x Lamoureux I) that is owned by Gerardo & Alfonso Pasquel. Previously ridden by Denmark’s Nikolaj Hein Ruus and the USA’s Richard Spooner, Big Red recorded notable finishes under both riders. With Hein Ruus, he jumped clear with just […]
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Following the final event of the North American League at Live Oak International on February 28, the qualified U.S. riders are already planning their upcoming weeks that will lead up to traveling to Europe for the 2016 Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final. This year’s Final will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from March 23 – […]
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Week seven of the 2016 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), sponsored by Suncast®, concluded on Sunday featuring the $86,000 Suncast® 1.50m Championship Jumper Classic at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, FL. The win went to Richard Spooner (USA) aboard Little Valley Farms’ Chivas Z, with Eduardo Menezes (BRA) and Caruschka 2 in […]
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With the close of the final leg of the inaugural Longines FEI World Cup Jumping North American League’s West Coast sub-league at HITS Thermal CSI3*-W on February 13 also comes the finalization of the region’s standings. With a total of 14 events in the new League, equally split between the continent’s two coasts, the top […]
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Continuing Wednesday’s competition at Spruce Meadows, the $34,000 ATCO Energy Solutions Cup saw 38 entries compete over a 1.50m speed track set by course designer Santiago Varela. In his first trip ever to Spruce Meadows, Chile’s Samuel Parot jumped to victory aboard his own Couscous van Orti, a 13-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding (Nabab de Reve […]
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