Category: horse News

SMOKIN’! New Cordonera Boots from the Spanish Boot Company These gorgeous boots are brand new for spring from equestrian and country fashion online retailer, The Spanish Boot Company. The Cordonera Boot is styled in a warm tobacco coloured leather and pays homage in its design to traditional equestrian boots with a curved top, cream lace-up front and full inside zip detail with popper clasp close detail. Finished with a beautiful brogue detail across the toe and Good-year welted leather sole, these unisex boots, made by traditional craftsman in Valverde Del…

Eqclusive Ltd announce three new sponsored riders. Eqclusive Ltd are incredibly proud to announce three new sponsored riders will join their team. Amy Woodhead, Nuno Baptista and Sarah Charnley will join the company that is accustomed to looking after top class riders from around the globe. First to be introduced is Amy Woodhead, a talented dressage rider based in Grimsby. After an incredible three and a half years working with Carl Hester, Amy, at just twenty-five years old, has recently returned home to Grimsby, where she has revamped her family-run riding…

Top Entries Compete at 2018 AGDF 11 National Show The 2018 Adequan Global Dressage Festival continued with a national horse show on March 24-25 at the Equestrian Village held at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center, and top entries competed for impressive scores. Horses procured through Danish Olympian Andreas Helgstrand on opposite sides of the planet converged on the AGDF show grounds to showcase their burgeoning talent. 2012 London Olympic Games rider David Marcus of Canada won Saturday’s grand prix with 69.348% on his own 10-year-old Dimaggio gelding, Dean Martin. This…

LGCT – The final day of the Longines Global Champions Tour of Mexico City was a scorcher in all senses of the word, paving the way for second leg of the 2018 Championship race.   LGCT wraps up for Mexico City. With every day on the Longines Global Champions Tour of Mexico City providing world-class sport and spell-binding action, the stakes were raised once again for the big-money concluding 1.55m jump-off class. In a turbo-charged display of horsepower it was Pieter Devos of Belgium who landed a momentous win, just…

Longines Global Champions Tour   Scott Brash and his superstar 17-year-old mare Ursula XII won the opening LGCT Grand Prix of 2018 in phenomenal style, becoming the first athlete to qualify for the new Longines Global Champions Super Grand Prix later this year. #LCGT #ScottBrash The two-time LGCT Champion delivered a lightning fast round setting up the tantalising prospect of a historic Championship treble. “I’m ecstatic about this win,” said Scott shortly before he topped the podium in an emotional prize giving. “Ursula is 17 and this win means a…

The Organizing Committee of the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018 (WEG) is proud to announce the non-profit organization Brooke, Action for Working Horses and Donkeys, has been chosen as the “Official Charity for the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon 2018” taking place at Tryon International Equestrian Center in North Carolina, USA this September 11 through 23. The WEG, which takes place every four years, is the major international championship event for the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) regulated-disciplines of Jumping, Dressage and Para-Equestrian Dressage, Eventing, Driving, Endurance, Vaulting and Reining.…

The 2018 Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) season blasted off in style with a victory for Eduardo Alvarez Aznar (ESP) in the opening one-round 1.45m speed class in Mexico City. Mexico’s vibrant capital welcomes many of the top names in show jumping for the season opener of the LGCT and GCL team series at the start of four days of world class competition. This week’s classes are held in the vast lush turf arena at the Campo Marte equestrian venue in the Avenue Paseo de la Reforma, which hosted the…

Carl Hester MBE and Charlotte Dujardin OBE to ride at Royal Windsor Royal Windsor Horse Show is delighted to announce that leading British Dressage riders, Carl Hester MBE and Charlotte Dujardin OBE will join the competitive line-up at the Show this May (9 – 13) when it celebrates its 75th year. The Al Shira’aa Grand Prix and Freestyle to Music, taking place on the evenings of Thursday 10 and Friday 11 May respectively, will attract some of the world’s greatest riders as they head to the private grounds of Windsor…

NEW Micklem Muzzle Net Great news for Head Shakers as Equilibrium products launch the Micklem Muzzle Net Equilibrium Products, the company that launched the original Net Relief Muzzle Net, has added two new bridle designs to the range. The Micklem Muzzle Net and Grackle Muzzle Net are now available with a choice of 3 colours of nose nets to suit all horses. A ‘mix and match’ combination is also offered on the original Net Relief Muzzle Net so horse owners can choose their preferred colour and size. Headshaking can be one…

British Horse Council – A New Voice for the Horse World Two existing horse world organisations have combined their strengths to form a new body, the British Horse Council, to speak to government departments with one voice. The new body has come about as a result of the decisions of the British Horse Industry Confederation and the Equine Sector Council (for Health and Welfare) to join forces. In practice the two organisations have been working together on a range of issues such as the horsemeat scandal, horse passports and rates…

The Fork at TIEC Returns to Tryon International Equestrian Center Featuring WEG Eventing Test Event  Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) is proud to announce the return of The Fork at TIEC, the FEI CIC 3*/2*/1* and Horse Trials presented by Lucky Clays Farm, on April 4-8. The CIC 3* division of The Fork competition will also serve as the Eventing Test Event in preparation for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 (WEG) in September. General admission and parking are free for all competitions and additional ticketed spectator events will be hosted…

Youth Comes to the Fore at the 2018 Adequan Global Dressage Festival The sixth annual Florida International Youth Dressage Championships (FIYDC) were the highlight of competition on the final day of week 10, Sunday, March 18, of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, Florida. The 2018 Florida International Youth Dressage Championships — presented by Terri Kane, Hampton Green Farm, Sarah Davis, USEF Owners’ Dressage Task Force and Dressage 4Kids — took place alongside senior competition in week 10 at the…

Kristen Vanderveen Punches Ticket to Paris With First Longines Victory in Ocala America’s Paris line up takes shape By Catie Staszak Kristen Vanderveen (USA) was a winner on all fronts at the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Ocala (USA). Not only did she claim her first Longines victory with an uncatchable jump-off aboard Bull Run’s Faustino de Tili, but she also gained the points necessary to qualify for the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in Paris (FRA) in three weeks time. “It’s really very surreal for me right now,”…

Shelly Francis is Back on Top With Personal Best Performance in Week 10 at the 2018 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival Shelly Francis (USA) and Danilo went one better than in the grand prix to clinch the Grand Prix Special CDI4*, presented by Mission Control. She and Danilo scored 73.979%, a new personal best in this test for the pair, who are ranked 42nd in the world. Week 10 of the 2018 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) at Palm Beach International Equestrian Center (PBIEC) in Wellington, Florida, is the largest dressage…

Gornall Equestrian open day Gornall Equestrian – home to international showjumper Jamie Gornall – is throwing open its doors to the public for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at its state-of-the-art training facility, one of the finest in Europe, on Saturday 14 April. Visitors to the yard at Home Farm, in the pretty North Yorkshire village of Kirk Hammerton, between York and Harrogate, will meet Jamie and his stunning competition horses, ranging from talented youngsters to those at Grand Prix level. Many of these are available as breeding stallions throughout the…

Oliver Townend to Defend Succession of Wins at Burnham International World class field to line up at Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market International this Easter Britain’s leading event rider Oliver Townend, will be defending his succession of wins at Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market International’s this easter weekend. Townend has so far claimed victory a remarkable 10 times since 2007 and has this year entered his Burghley winner, Ballaghmor Class. With Burnham Market the opening leg of the Tri-Star Grand Slam with its £50,000 ‘winner takes all’ bonus he will undoubtedly be…

Are you ready to get your Hackath’on for 2018? Equestrians Harry Meade, Richard Waygood, Gemma Tattersall, Charlotte Dujardin and Alice Oppenheimer are lending their support to Brooke’s My Hackathon, the annual challenge for riders across the U.K. to hack 100 miles in 100 days and raise £100 to help improve the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules and the people who depend on them. My Hackathon launches today, and runs until the end of October 2018. Richard Waygood, already a Brooke ambassador and performance manager for the British Eventing…

Equestrian lifestyle magazine, Style Reins is delighted to announce they will be taking a new direction, effective immediately. “My first love has always been with the finer points of the equestrian world and following the amazing success of our VIP subscription boxes we will redefine Style Reins as a luxury brand with our own collection.” Caroline Constable, Style Reins. Although the quarterly magazine will no longer be produced, they will be fulfilling all current obligations. Caroline explains “It’s important to us that we continue to offer aspirational and high-quality content…

Pony Days Return to Remus Horse Sanctuary Remus Horse Sanctuary’s much-loved Pony Days for children will be returning during the school holiday periods in 2018 as follows:   •             Wednesday 11 April •             Wednesday 30 May •             Wednesday 1 August •             Wednesday 15 August •             Wednesday 29 August •             Wednesday 24 October   Remus Pony Days are a fun and educational day for a child, they will learn how to care for a pony and the responsibilities that come with it. Priced at just £45 per child and taking place…

Willa Newton has announced the retirement of her popular event horse, Neelix Willa Newton has announced her Gold medal winning ride Neelix, or ‘Chip’ as he is affectionately known at home, will retire. Chip will spend his retirement days on the Newton’s Hall Place Farm near Melton Mowbray. Irish Sports horse Neelix, who is now 18, and Willa were on the Gold medal winning Team at the Junior Europeans in 2008 and then went on to three consecutive Young Rider European Championships, taking Team Gold and Individual Silver at Blair…