Category: horse News

Somerford Park Raise the CIC1* and CIC2* Prize Fund Somerford Park International are delighted to announce an increase in this year’s prize fund across both CIC1* and CIC2*. World renowned producers of equine surfaces, Andrews Bowen sponsor the CIC1* with a total value of £1000, the first three places receiving: 1st    £500 2nd    £300 3rd    £200 Somerford Park’s CIC2** has once again been kindly sponsored by Rookery Park Stud of Nantwich, Cheshire as well as support from Devoucoux with an increased prize fund for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places: 1st…

Looking for somewhere horsey to take the kids this August? If your child is horse mad or perhaps you are just looking for a family day out this August then bring your friends and family along to the NAEC Stoneleigh, Stoneleigh Park in Kenilworth for the British Showjumping National Championships & Stoneleigh Horse Show from 8th – 13th August. With free spectator entry and parking just £5 per car, there will be plenty to keep the whole family entertained. Across the six days of competition the Bar & Bistro will…

Horse of the Year Show sponsor donates tickets to children’s charity Seasoned supporter and sponsor of Horse of the Year Show, Ann Overton- Ablitt who is the owner of the Colne Stud in Colchester, has kindly made the decision to donate her 10 best seat gold tickets for the Show to the Hannah Payne Memorial Trust, a children’s charity for disabled riders. Well known for their continued sponsorship of the Colne Mountain & Moorland Lead Rein Pony of the Year and the Brineton Colne Mountain & Moorland Mini Pony of…

Medals galore for British Charles Owen Eventing squad at the European Championships A thrilling final day of the 2017 European Championships for Ponies sees the British Charles Owen squad bringing home a haul of medals from Kaposvár, Hungary. GB’s Georgina Herrling, who led from Thursday’s dressage phase on a score of 40.9, had no room for error in today’s show jumping, as just one fence down would see the 14 year old moved off the top of the leader board; but a perfect clear round secured her individual gold on…

Harriet Nuttall on high during Hickstead’s Ladies’ Day Harriet Nuttall headed a female one-two in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup, a prestigious national championship held on Ladies’ Day at Hickstead. Harriet has been one of Hickstead’s most consistent performers in recent years, and in June she finished runner-up in the Hickstead Derby for the third consecutive year. But today she took her place at the head of the line-up, scoring her first international win here since taking the British Speed Derby in 2016. “This win ranks alongside the Speed Derby,” said…

Triple Hickstead victory for Brazil’s Yuri Mansur Brazilian rider Yuri Mansur secured a remarkable triple of wins this week when claiming the honours in the €200,000 Longines King George V Gold Cup at Hickstead. The victory came just two days after Yuri was part of the winning team in Friday’s FEI Nations Cup leg. Both wins came courtesy of the 11-year-old mare Babylotte. Today Yuri and his horse were on phenomenal form, producing the only double clear round of the competition to lift the historic trophy. There were 46 starters in…

Inaugural SEIB Rescue Horse Championship Dressage Winner Announced The Inaugural SEIB Rescue Horse Championship awarded at SEIB Trailblazers Championships Congratulations to rider Sarah Finch, owner Jo Morahan and her mare Capalina Z, winners of the inaugural SEIB Rescue Horse Championships for Dressage.  Their story is truly inspirational – following vast odds this determined combination have been challenged with life changing surgery and injury, over coming these dramatic challenges which culminates in their appearance at this year’s SEIB Trailblazers Championships at Stoneleigh Park. Reaching the 2017 SEIB Trailblazer Championships has been an…

Hickstead: Showjumpers take tea with ‘The Queen of British Showjumping’ Teams from the world’s top showjumping nations had afternoon tea by Royal appointment when they met ‘The Queen of Showjumping’ in the grounds of Hickstead Place. Showjumpers from Great Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain, Brazil, Germany and France posed for a regal photoshoot ahead of Friday’s FEI Nations Cup leg at Hickstead showground. While Her Majesty The Queen, who is the official patron of this week’s Longines Royal International Horse Show, was not in attendance, the photoshoot did feature…

Miniature hero standing at just 8.3hh is in training with top equestrian icons Pamela, a Shetland pony who is cared for by the World Horse Welfare, is set to become the smallest equine ever to participate in the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials this year. Already backed by a stellar team of equestrian icons, Pamela is in training and her ‘star rider’ is yet to be revealed! Pamela is already making quite a stir thanks to her stunning good looks and exceptional personality. The first in a series of exclusive…

Brilliant Brazilions Making Sporting History at Hickstead Brazil’s Marlon Zanotelli, Pedro Veniss, Yuri Mansur and Pedro Junqueira Muylaert made sporting history by winning the seventh leg of the FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping 2017 Europe Division 1 series at Hickstead (GBR). According to Veniss, this was the first Brazilian team ever to compete at the world-famous British showground, and the first time for each of the four horses and riders to tackle the notoriously difficult Hickstead fences. And on a truly tough afternoon when wet and windy weather led to Kelvin Bywater’s…

Horse Vets asked to break law and risk UK equine disease status The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) is outraged that its members are being regularly asked to break the law by inseminating imported equine semen that doesn’t have an accompanying health certificate. Such practice not only jeopardises the current high health status of the UK horse population but also risks the professional status of the vets involved. Thousands of shipments of equine germinal product (semen, ova or embryos) are imported into the UK every year.  It is a legal…

Blue Cross Foals Search for Special Homes Nine Blue Cross foals are now being weaned and will soon be ready to be rehomed. The eye-catching collection of little cobs were born to neglected mares who were nursed back to health by the charity and went on to safely give birth to their bonny babies. Amica, April, Daiquiri, Eddie, James, Jep, Jester, Micky and Munchkin are estimated to make between 13.3hh to 15hh. They are all well handled and have passports and microchips. Although the sires of the foals are unknown…

Prize-money to double at the SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials SsangYong Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials is delighted to announce that prize-money levels in the both the CCI3* and CIC3* classes will be doubled this year – and that winning riders will have the use of a SsangYong Tivoli for a year. The first prize in the CCI3* will be £16,000, making it much the most valuable CCI3* prize in Europe, and the total prize-fund will be more than £50,000. The first prize in the CIC3* will be £5,000…

SEIB Trailblazers Championships 2017 SEIB Trailblazers Championships 2017 series has enjoyed another thrilling year of qualifying rounds and competitors have their sights firmly fixed on competing at the prestigious Championship Finals at Stoneleigh Park 28 July – 5 August. Trailblazers two Master Classes, supported by Supreme Products, will be taking place over the course of the week. We are thrilled to welcome Graham Fletcher on Thursday 3 August at 7pm, he will be sharing his wealth of experience in producing horses from novice through to international and Olympic level. Graham will focus…

Win £1,000 Sponsorship with Equitheme Equitheme, the leaders in competition and leisure wear for horse and rider, are looking to expand their team and the search is on to find one lucky rider to be a part of their ambassador squad and win £1,000 worth of gear. Whether you are a show jumper, event rider or dressage maestro, the leading French flag ship brand want to hear from you! In France, the rider team include Olympic team gold and individual silver medallist Astier Nicholas, Victor Levecque, François Lemiere, Amandine Mazzoni…

Claire Salmon, Chair of the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) has resigned from her role it was announced yesterday (20.07.2017). In resigning, Claire, had raised significant concern over the cutlure, governance and interaction of some of the Member Bodies. An independent investigation is to be commissioned to answer the questions raised by the former Chair. The BEF operates under the rules set out by the UK Sport and Sport England Governance Code. Statement regarding BEF Announcement In response to the statement issued by the BEF Board yesterday, to provide some clarification…

Martin Collins Lay Foundations with Longines Global Champions Tour Martin Collins are delighted to announce that they have been awarded the contract to provide the surface for the Longines Global Champions Tour 2017, London Chelsea. The event will take place at the prestigious Royal Hospital Chelsea in the heart of London, marking the return of the Tour to the United Kingdom. The high calibre event will feature the sport’s Olympic and World Champions as well as members of the London 2012 Olympic Games gold medal team. For the first time…

Michael Jung’s Debut Wins Leg 4 of The Event Rider Masters #ERMeventing Germany’s Michael Jung has further established himself as the master of modern Eventing, by winning Leg 4 of the Event Rider Masters, at Haras de Jardy, just outside Paris. The current European and Olympic champion, and FEI world number 1, added another prestigious title to his CV by securing the top spot on the ERM podium, whilst also debuting in the series.  Riding the exciting nine-year old Star Connection, Jung produced a precision timed piece of cross country…

Para-Equestrian Dressage – British athletes set to make championship debuts #britishathletes #dressage #para-equestrian The British Equestrian Federation has, announced the UK Sport National Lottery funded para-equestrian dressage squad, which will compete at the Longines FEI European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden (21-27 August 2017). Spearheading the team is triple 2016 Paralympic medallist Sophie Wells with her European 2015 multi-medallist C Fatal Attraction; the all-female quartet is completed by three athletes who each receive their first call-up to a senior squad, with Natasha Adkinson, Suzanna Hext and Julie Payne set to make…

Scunthorpe entrepreneur launches equine psychotherapy business following UKSE investment A Scunthorpe-based entrepreneur has launched an equine-orientated therapeutic service centre after receiving £1000 from the UK Steel Enterprise (UKSE) Kickstart Fund. Business owner Joanne Wagstaff has over ten years’ clinical experience as a trained and accredited psychotherapist in the equine psychotherapy industry. The business is a therapeutic service for people of all ages who require emotional and/or psychological intervention. Specialising in allowing individuals to solve their own problems given the right conditions to do so, Joanne has expanded her psychotherapist team…

Christopher Bartle, gave an exceptional presentation at Stubbing Court The eventing world’s “man of the moment”, Christopher Bartle, gave an exceptional presentation at Stubbing Court Training Ltd (SCT)’s second “Winning Ways” seminar on Wednesday, 28 June at the Van Dyk Hotel, Chesterfield. Christopher, the new coach to the British eventing team, spoke on a subject close to his heart: “What makes an outstanding coaching session?” His talk was one of four superb presentations at the seminar for Chesterfield-based training company SCT’s apprentices and employers. Christopher was followed by an excellent…

Horse Sanctuary Express Equine Welfare Crisis to Countess of Wessex On Thursday 29 June, Sue Burton, the Founder of Remus Horse Sanctuary, along with the Mayor and Mayoress of Chelmsford and the Mayor of Brentwood, welcomed Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex to highlight the equine welfare crisis in this country. The Countess, who joined the charity as a Patron in 2013, visited the Sanctuary for a tour of the facilities, and to learn more about issues such as: tethering, cruelty and neglect, indiscriminate breeding and abandonment, and elderly…