Freshly-ranked World No. 2 rider Simon Delestre displayed his winning form on Friday evening in Basel, Switzerland at CSI Basel aboard Chesall, topping a 10-horse jumpoff on an action-packed day of 2016’s first international show jumping competition. Delestre and Chesall, an 11-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Casall x Milva IV), who spent 2015 racking up top placings […]
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After a fantastic December of top results, France’s Simon Delestre has jumped two positions up the Longines FEI World Rankings to take over the position of World No. 2 rider. Delestre overtakes Kent Farrington of the United States, who despite winning the IJRC Top Ten Final at CHI Geneve on December 10th, falls two positions […]
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The two CSI5* Longines ranking classes presented on Friday at the Madrid Horse Week CSI5* in Madrid, Spain, mirrored each other as a pair of French riders shut out the Germans to claim the top two checks of the day. France’s Roger Yves Bost prevailed in the €25,000 Prize of Mitsubishi 1.45m CSI5* with Pegase de Murier, a […]
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Simon Delestre of France rides his borrowed horse Exilio into the Birds Nest arena in Beijing, China on October 23, 2015 during a familiarization session (due to Chinese quarantine restrictions, foreign riders are not allowed to bring their own horses to China.) Delestre is one of 11 international riders who are taking part in the […]
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The Longines Equestrian Beijing Masters is taking place from October 23rd-25th, in the Olympic stadium in Beijing, the “Bird’s Nest”! This year’s fifth edition of the show is also remaining true to its exceptional concept: The best 21 riders in China compete against 11 international top riders, who are lent horses for the competition. Pictured above […]
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