Scott Brash and Hello Jefferson win Longines FEI Jumping World Cup class at London international Horse Show The Longines FEI Jumping World Cup saw 38 starters from 14 different nations go head-to-head as they vied for FEI World Cup points to qualify for the Final in Omaha in April 2023. Renowned Portuguese course designer, Bernardo Costa Cabral, described the highly challenging 13 fence track as the “perfect recipe”, complete with twists, tight turns, and a testing but achievable first round time allowed of 68 seconds. With faults accumulated throughout the course, just seven…

And just like that, Day 1 of the London International Horse Show was complete, and what a day it was! The famous LeMieux Puissance wall took centre stage at ExCeL London on the opening day of the 2022 event, with Guy Williams and Joseph Trunkfield jumping 2.15m to win. Earlier in the day, Harry Charles started off the 2022 edition of the London International Horse Show in style, with a victory in the Voltaire Design Under 25 British Championship with his mount Chavira.  The Afternoon Performance saw world individual double gold medallists Lottie…

Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2022/2023 Western European League, written by Louise Parkes Making the very best of her last-to-go draw, Sweden’s Angelica Augustsson Zanotelli galloped to victory in the second leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2022/2023 Western European League series in Helsinki, Finland on Sunday. Riding the feisty 12-year-old mare Kalinka van de Nachtegaele the 35-year-old rider was tenth to go in the jump-off but only saw pathfinder, Belgium’s Gilles Thomas, take his turn before her. I didn’t watch the others, but Marlon (her husband and fellow…

Dressage concludes at the FEI Eventing World Championship 2022 – written by Louise Parkes As the Dressage phase of the FEI Eventing World Championship 2022 at Pratoni del Vivaro (ITA) drew to a close today Great Britain lost the advantage on the Individual leaderboard, but their spectacular team total of 69.2 set a new World Championship record and they go into tomorrow’s cross-country phase still well in command of the team rankings.   When Tom McEwen scored 25.6 with his Tokyo Olympic team gold and individual silver medal-winning ride Toledo…

The focus of the international show jumping world is on Calgary, Canada, from 7–11 September for the CSIO Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament. Regarded as the leading equestrian event in North America, it culminates on Sunday week when the world’s leading horse and rider combinations contest the five-star Grand Prix, the CP ‘International’, presented by Rolex, one of the four Majors that comprise the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping. Rolex has been the Presenting Sponsor of the Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ since 1989 as part of its 65-year association with equestrianism. The alliance…

After a nail biting finish to a truly epic event, the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials culminated in an historic first win for Great Britain’s Piggy March on board the indefatigable Vanir Kamira, Amy Powell reports. Entering the arena on the final day of competition with two fences in hand over their nearest rivals, March and “Tilly” (as she is known at home) had a job on their hands to navigate a show jumping track which had only produced seven clear rounds throughout the day. The combination are capable of…

Tom’s Table Toppers at FEI Land Rover Blair Castle International Horse Trials Four-star long-format An activated mim clip at fence 15 (a safety device on some cross-country fences to help prevent falls which result in 11 penalties if activated by horses) by dressage leaders Oliver Townend and Cooley Rosalent handed the lead in the four-star long format to Oliver’s Tokyo Olympics team-mate Tom McEwen and Martin Belsham’s Luna Mist after today’s cross-country phase. Tom and Luna Mist completed with two time penalties giving them a total score of 31.9 and…

Houghton Hall proves a happy hunting ground for home talent written by Eleanore Kelly A team consisting of multi-medalled riders and young talent, scored a home win at Houghton Hall, in the second leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup. Team GB finished on a three-phase score of 114.0 penalties, a narrow margin over an all-female US team in second on 117.9. Sweden, another all-female quartet, were not far behind on 122.0 penalties, and are now Series leaders on 160 points after a third placing in the first leg, Pratoni…

Michael Jung on top at Land Rover Kentucky Horse Trials following the dressage phase In a surprise to absolutely no one, a familiar name, Germany’s Michael Jung, sits atop the leaderboard in the CCI5*-L at the conclusion of the dressage phase at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN. Jung has already won this competition three times (in addition to collecting a plethora of Olympic and world championship medals along the way), so it felt familiar when he and fischerChipmunk FRH put in a characteristically near-perfect test…

Tamra Smith had a long trip from California to make it to Kentucky, but Fleeceworks Royal made it worth her while by stepping out as the early leader in the CCI5*-L competition at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN™. The gray Holsteiner mare, owned by Judith McSwain took the lead with a score of 32.9, but she’s less than a point in front of second-placed Colleen Rutledge on Covert Rights who scored 33.8. Doug Payne on his 2020 Tokyo Olympic mount Vandiver stand third with 34.9.…

Sun shines on the Eventing Spring Carnival with familiar faces gracing the turf The who’s who of the eventing world turned up last weekend to take part in the Eventing Spring Carnival on the magnificent Thoresby Estate, in Nottinghamshire. With a spectacular array of classes taking place over three days, it was definitely worth basking in the sunshine that filled the estate to watch more of this year’s eventing circuit get underway. Warner Hotels Friday Friday started with three novice sections, followed by the CCI-2*S and the Intermediate, all coming…