Reminding us that with horses, nothing is predictable. . . Sergio Alvarez Moya’s Arrayan gave the prizegiving procession more than they bargained for after winning the €100,000 Grand Prix Renault CSI5* on Saturday, May 6, 2017 in Versailles, France. Luckily no horses, humans nor presenter’s wig were harmed during this privegiving. Read more about how Moya […]
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A jam-packed weekend of equestrian sport ended on a high note for Todd Minikus on the derby field at Equestrian Village in Wellington, Florida on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Minikus won the $216,000 Ariat CSI4* Grand Prix aboard Babalou 41, topping a three-horse jumpoff that featured Sergio Alvaraz-Moya of Spain in 2nd place with G&C […]
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Following the choice made by the Spanish show jumping chef d’equipe, Eric van der Vleuten, and Spanish Equestrian Federation’s technical supervisor, Marco Fusté, Spain’s show jumping team for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games has been confirmed as follows: Eduardo Álvarez Áznar on the 11-year-old, Selle Francis stallion Rockfeller de Pleville Bois Margot (L’Arc De Triomphe x Apache […]
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After Red Star d’Argent’s sensational winter campaign with Ireland’s Darragh Kenny in the irons, the 11-year-old Selle Francais gelding’s owners have sold the talented horse (Quickstar x Jalisco B) to Saudi Arabian rider Abdullah Al Sharbatly. The purchase transaction was finalized in advance of the $130,000 Engel & Volkers CSI4* Grand Prix at Week 11 […]
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The first significant Olympic deadline of the year, January 15th, 2016, was marked by a flurry of horse sales, purchases and ownership transfers. Per the FEI Sports Forum in April 2013, a horse entered for the equestrian events at the Rio Olympic Games must have been registered with the FEI as property of the owners […]
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