Category: Eventing News

Isabel White’s Kuno SMH gallops off with win at NEXGEN Finals Isabel White has a serious eventing star of the future on her hands in Kuno SMH, who won the Sulby Hall Stud six-year-old event horse championship at the prestigious NEXGEN finals at Hickstead, West Sussex yesterday (23/09/2021). The Grand Slam VDL son, known at home as “Rolex”, received a winning mark of 84.48 from judges Pippa Funnell and Les Smith, leaving Isabel well clear of the rest of the high-quality field. Isabel, 22, said: Tim and Antonia Brown brought…

Gemma Tattersall Engaged After Bicton Proposal Gemma Tattersall is engaged after a Bicton proposal. Winning her first ever  CCI5* title at the Chedington Bicton Park Horse Trials, Gemma also received an unexpected surprise at press conference afterwards. The one-off event in Devon was the first 5* event to run on UK soil in two years. Leading an an all-female top three, the first time this has been achieved in 18 years, the event was made extra special by her husband-to-be’s gesture. Gemma was taking part in the press conference in…

Foal to Five Star On the final day of the Chedington Equestrian Bicton Park 5*, the Devon crowd was treated to top class action from a limited but talented field of some of the World’s best riders. Giving them the first all-female top three at a British 5* event in 18 years. The only rider to complete on their dressage score, finishing on 27.9 penalties was Great Britain’s Gemma Tattersall onboard Chris and Lisa Stone’s Chilli Knight, a horse she saw being born as a foal. The combination jumped an…

The Jockey Club is keen to make this 2021 Blenheim Horse Trials better than ever! Blenheim Horse Trials is set to return in 2021 and for the first time will be organised by The Jockey Club. The trials will once again take place in the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire from Thursday 16th September to Sunday 19th September inclusive. A pinnacle of the eventing calendar, the fixture includes FEI-accredited and internationally-recognised competitions; a CCI4*-L (four-star Long) and CCI4*-S for eight and nine-year-old horses (four-star Short). The Jockey Club operates…

2021 Young Eventers Programme due to open applications Applications open 14th June The programme has been extended into a 2-year programme to offer enhanced support to the selected riders Upper age limit has been raised to 28-years-old The 2021 Young Eventers Programme will open for applications on the 14th June, the Windrush Equestrian Foundation have announced. The applications for the 2021 intake will then be open until the 14th July 2021. Taking inspiration from British Equestrian and owing to the programme not opening for new applications in 2020, the Young Eventers…

Tim Price and the Windrush Equestrian Foundation have this evening (10th May, 2021) announced the retirement of their beloved Wesko, from top level competition. The eighteen-year-old CCI5* Champion was being prepared for the delayed Tokyo Olympics but has sadly sustained a minor injury during his meticulous early season preparations. Tim Price paid tribute to his “best mate”: It was going to be a bit of a push for an eighteen-year-old to make the final four at the Olympics later this year and sadly is just wasn’t mean to be.  We have…

New Cross Country Training Facility Opens in South Oxfordshire A brand new equestrian training facility called Chiltern Cross Country (CXC) has opened for hire near Woodcote in South Oxfordshire. Designed by British Eventing and FEI International course builder, Adrian Ditcham, who built and project-managed the cross-country course for the London 2012 Olympics, Chiltern Cross Country caters for horses and riders of a range of abilities. There are 80 cross-country fences varying in height from 60cm to 100cm, with a mix of challenging and inviting obstacles, including an impressive water complex.…

Oasby Elite an Outright Success with Leading Riders Taking the Honours IT was a showcase of the country’s leading riders at Oasby Elite, the first event of the season, with many of the major players heading to the Lincolnshire venue. Organised by the team at BEDE Events, Oasby Elite saw more than 150 horses taking part in five strong Open Intermediate sections. The line-up was second to none with many riders bringing their top horses to compete, get their season started and make their way around Stuart Buntine’s pipe-opener cross country…

Oasby Elite Cross Country Available on H&C Livestream The cross country phase of Oasby Elite will be available to watch thanks to the Horse & Country (H&C) Livestream on Monday, March 22. Organised by BEDE Events, spectators can watch the action at this popular one-day event online from 11.30am as the sport looks set to return after what has been an incredibly difficult 12 months since the coronavirus pandemic began.  Oasby Elite attracts major names in the sport. Top lady riders including Laura Collett, Pippa Funnell, Piggy March and Ros…

The Event Horse Owners Syndicate (EHOS) is gathering pace as they announce an exciting new partnership with event rider Ben Hobday, and fellow owner Jayne Chambers. The Shadow Man Experience welcomes shares in Shadow Man II (stable name Fidgy) – one of Ben’s most promising rides. Following a string of top 10 placings, and the significant British Open Championship win (2019) the 10-year-old Belgium gelding looks set to be one of the most prominent event horses in the country. Shadow Man II  is jointly owned by Ben and Jane Chambers.…

Longines FEI Eventing European Championships Luhmühlen 2019   Team Germany are European team champions once more, as Ingrid Klimke joins an elite group of back-to-back winners. Michael Jung settles for silver and Ireland’s Cathal Daniels soars up the leaderboard to take individual bronze. Sweden and Italy claim Olympic team slots for Tokyo 2020. The popular and ever-gracious Ingrid Klimke (GER) thrilled her mass of cheering, flag-waving supporters by conjuring a faultless Jumping round from her wonderful horse SAP Hale Bob OLD to clinch both the team title for Germany as…

Longines FEI European Eventing Championship at Luhmühlen Michael Jung is on course to make history with a record fourth European title and the German team has a clear advantage over Great Britain after a thrilling day’s Cross Country action. The German team is on course for another rich medal haul on home turf at the Longines FEI European Eventing Championship at Luhmühlen (GER). Brilliant Cross Country performances by Michael Jung (GER) on new ride fischerChipmunk FST and defending champion Ingrid Klimke (GER) with the evergreen SAP Hale Bob OLD, who…

Longines FEI Eventing European Championships Luhmühlen 2019 The German team has a commanding lead over Great Britain going into today’s Cross Country phase Michael Jung (GER), who has smashed pretty much every record in the sport, has just put himself in line for another – a fourth European title on a fourth horse – having taken the lead at the end of the Dressage phase at the Longines FEI European Eventing Championship in Luhmühlen (GER). The double Olympic champion, who never gives away a mark if he can help it,…

Germany’s Michael Jung, the reigning Olympic eventing champion, is set to make his five-star Nations Cup showjumping debut this week at Hickstead. Jung has had a last-minute call up to the German squad of five competing at the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of Great Britain. Although he is best known in the eventing world, Jung also competes up to Grand Prix level in both showjumping and dressage. He is bringing a total of five horses to Hickstead, including international rides Dante RZ and Fischerchelsea. Michael Jung is an absolute…

Eric Winter’s Badminton Course as ‘Cross Country’ As Possible for 2019 Badminton’s Cross Country Course 2019 Revealed… In his third year as Badminton course designer, Eric Winter has kept his philosophy of making his track look as naturally ‘cross country’ as possible. The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials is the World’s Premier 3-Day-Event. An international field of horses and riders compete over three phases of competition comprising dressage, cross country and showjumping, staged in the beautiful grounds of the Badminton Estate in South Gloucestershire (UK). This annual spectacle offers a…

William Fox-Pitt MBE Joins The FEI Athlete’s Committee William Fox-Pitt MBE has become an eventing representative on the FEI Athlete’s Committee. Fifty-two equestrians stood for the FEI athletes committee, from all over the world. Fox-Pitt was elected by fellow athletes, via an online vote, and will join other British representative, reiner Francesca Sternberg, on the committee. Fox-Pitt stated he would like to ensure “significant rider input” to be included in the meetings of the committee. A thankful Cian O’Connor also appreciated the votes of his peers, allowing him to represent…

William Fox-Pitt, the Olympic event rider, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List during June, 2018. Fox-Pitt has been honoured with the award for his services to equestrianism for over thirty years.As well as becoming a European Champion and topping the British eventing leader board multiple times, Fox-Pitt has also represented Britain at five Olympic Games. Fox-Pitt has contributed toward team placings in 3 out of 5 of the Olympic Games he has attended. In a social media post William Fox-Pitt gushed with emotion, with thanks to…

Badminton Cross Country Course 2018 Revealed In his second year as course designer, Eric Winter has taken the traditional line and reversed the direction of the Badminton Cross Country Course 2018. Starting as ever in the main arena over the familiar flower bed, the ASX Starter (1) riders head left to a choice of inviting Rolex Feeder roll top spreads (2), one of very few portable fences on this track. Earthworks have created a mound on the way through the car park where there is an impressive fallen tree on…

Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 2018 Entries have just closed for the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials 2018 and we are in for another thrilling event in May. Last year’s winner Andrew Nicholson (New Zealand) with the evergreen Nereo will again take on double Olympic Champion Michael Jung (Germany) and La Biosthetique – Sam FBW, 2nd twice and winners themselves in 2016. Great Britain’s leading challenger is probably Oliver Townend, another previous Mitsubishi Motors Trophy winner, with his Burghley champion, Ballaghmor Class – he has three other horses to choose…