Category: Showjumping News

FEI Dressage World Cup 2022/2023 Western European League, written by Louise Parkes Frederic Wandres and Duke of Britain FRH produced a brilliant Grand Prix Freestyle performance to clinch victory in the fourth leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2022/2023 Western European League in Madrid (ESP). Friday had saw the German pair already show their strength when winning the Grand Prix by a considerable margin. And this evening they strutted their way to the top of the scoreboard once again with a personal-best result of 84.830% to clinch the all-important maximum…

Longines FEI Jumping World Cup 2022/2023 Western European League – written by Louise Parkes Madrid is a happy hunting ground for Julien Epaillard. The French rider came out on top in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Western European League qualifier twelve months ago with Billabong du Roumois, and today he did it all over again with another 10-year-old, the extraordinary mare Caracole de la Roque. At the 2021 Spanish fixture he was on a roll throughout the week before recording that victory and this year he was on flying form…

In a thrilling display of horsemanship and elite sport, Daniel Deusser aboard Scuderia 1918 Tobago Z has been crowned winners of the coveted 2022 €1.25 million Longines Global Champions Tour Super Grand Prix Champion in front of a sell-out crowd at the GC Prague Playoffs. Daniel Deusser is the only rider to have qualified for every single LGCT Super Grand Prix since 2018, yet has never been on the podium before. On his fourth attempt, he finally turned his luck around to climb to the top of the podium.  German…

Longines FEI Jumping World Cup 2022/2023, North American League – written by Catie Staszak It had been seven months since Lillie Keenan (USA) had jumped internationally in the United States when she met her stallion Agana van het Gerendal Z for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Las Vegas (USA). She received a warm homecoming when she recorded her first career World Cup victory, besting a six-horse jump-off before a packed crowd Saturday night at the South Point Hotel.  Keenan was the last to jump-off over Anderson Lima’s (BRA) 1.60m short…

Guts and raw talent. It was a battle right up to the last fence as Miami Celtics held under immense pressure to be crowned the 2022 GCL Super Cup Champions. Taking the lions share of the €4.5million prize purse after an evening full of thrilling drama and elite sport coupled with a sell-out crowd at Prague’s O2 arena for the 2022 GC Prague Playoffs.  In the high adrenaline Final, young talent Miami Celtics team of Bertram Allen, Michael G Duffy and U25 rider Edouard Schmitz beat Valkenswaard United’s years of…

Longines FEI Jumping World Cup 2022/2023, written by Louise Parkes Every season the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup series throws up some exciting new talent, and on Sunday, 25-year-old Richard Vogel and the 10-year-old stallion United Touch S wowed their home crowd with a superb win in the fifth leg of the 2022/2023 Western European League in Stuttgart (GER).  Taking on a stellar field of opponents in a tense and thrilling 13-horse jump-off, the pair who were both making their debut at this level of the sport set an impossible…

Henrik Von Eckermann and King Edward reign supreme in Verona  Longines FEI Jumping World Cup 2022/2023 Western European League, written by Louise Parkes World number one Henrik von Eckermann and his super-steed King Edward showed the pure class that helped them earn Team gold for Sweden along with the Individual title at this summer’s ECCO FEI Jumping World Championships when posting a definitive victory at the fourth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2022/2023 Western European League in Verona, Italy on Sunday. On a tough day at the office,…

Olympic champion Ben Maher won the Breen Equestrian All England Grand Prix on Sunday (11 September), just beating the 2021 winner Nicole Lockhead Anderson by a matter of milliseconds. Riding the nine-year-old grey mare Enjoy CKZ, Ben made the most of his penultimate draw in the jump-off to go just 0.06 seconds ahead of Nicole and Miss Aragona PS and take the lead. Ben’s Tokyo team-mate Holly Smith was last to go with Don Vito II, but a fence down ended Holly’s hopes of winning, and left Ben at the…

Speechless Kukuk Wins Longines Global Champions Tour of Rome As Maher & Ahlmann Go Head to Head in Championship Race Rome was a game changer for the 2022 Championship race!  In a thrilling finish to the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Rome, Christian Kukuk aboard his impressive stallion Mumbai finished top of the podium and earnt his golden ticket to the LGCT Super Grand Prix this November at the GC Prague Playoffs. With a blistering time of 42.68 seconds, Kukuk finished ahead of two-time LGCT Champion Ben Maher…

Maikel van der Vleuten Sizzles in Longines Global Champions Tour of London Final Salute in Champagne Piaff TrophyContinuing his epic form, French rider Maikel van der Vleuten closed the Longines Global Champions Tour of London in style denying the crowd of a home win as he piloted the lightning-fast homebred Elwikke to victory and winning the Champagne Piaff Trophy on an edge-of-the-seat gallop to the last. Escorted by the scarlet-coated Chelsea Pensioners, van der Vleuten stood proudly in front of the Royal Hospital Chelsea for the prize giving, taking the win ahead of British…

Content provided by British Equestrian The British Equestrian jumping team have secured the first World Championship medal in 24 years! Under the floodlights of the Stutteri Ask Stadium, the final battle of jumping team medals at the 2022 Agria FEI World Jumping Championship presented by Helgstrand played out. With the scores tightly bunched and Olympic qualification slots up for grabs, it proved to be an exciting night of top-class sport. A tricky course by Louis Konickx and Quintin Maetens caught out many a top combination, and the leaderboard went through…

A superb win at Hickstead for the French Team, as Marc Dilasser clinches the victory while Team Great Britain finishes in sixth place. Written by Louise Parkes It’s been a long wait for Team France, a total of 24 years since they last succeeded, but they once again lifted the coveted Edward Prince of Wales Cup at Hickstead on Friday, July 29th (GBR) when winning the penultimate leg of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2022 Europe Division 1 series. And hero of the day was 44-year-old Marc Dilasser who,…

The fireworks of the Scott Brash and Ben Maher battles have delivered unforgettable Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of London drama in recent years, but the meteoric rise of a talented group of young Brits will add new sizzle in 2022. But will young brits trigger an upset? As spectators take their seats in the grandstands next to the unique backdrop of Royal Hospital Chelsea, hearts are full of hope and excitement for British victory on home soil. The Saturday showdowns produce an electric atmosphere and all eyes are…

Ireland’s Shane Breen collected another Hickstead title on Saturday 30th July, picking up his third career win in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup. Kelvin Bywater’s challenging 1.50m track caught most competitors out, with just three of the 28 starters producing clears in the opening round. Joe Fernyhough went first with Calcourt Particle, completing the shortened jump-off track in 45.39sec. Scotland’s Nicole Lockhead went next on Miss Aragona PS, delivering a faster clear in 41.38 sec. But Hickstead-based Shane Breen, who won last month’s Al Shira’aa Derby, knows exactly what it…

Belgium’s Gilles Thomas had his first five-star win on Sunday, 31st July 2022 when claiming the historic Longines King George V Gold Cup at Hickstead on board Aretino 13. It was the first time a Belgian rider has lifted the iconic trophy since Jacques Misonne’s win in 1931. The Longines King George V Gold Cup Eight riders made it through to the jump-off in the Longines King George V Gold Cup Grand Prix, with Kelvin Bywater’s cleverly-designed track catching out many of the sport’s leading names. In the second round,…

Stockholm Hearts Steal The Show In Sizzling GCL Ramatuelle / Saint-Tropez Round 1 The dream team pairing of Peder Fredricson and Malin Baryard-Johnsson secured Stockholm Hearts powered by H&M We Love Horses their second pole position of the season after turning up the heat in L’OPERA SAINT-TROPEZ GCL R1. The team fielded their top horsepower of Catch Me Not S and H&M Indiana to put them in the best position for Saturday’s St Tropez showdown. After a challenging GCL first round tested the world’s best on the French Riviera which…

The equestrian industry sure does buzz with great news stories on a daily basis. From horse health news released by leading charities to event previews, horse sales, rider updates and more. Today’s Daily Hoofbeat rounds up just a few bite-sized stories from this week so far. Enjoy! Pony who had eye removed doing well in Redwings’ Care A pony who had an untreated eye injury is recovering in Redwings’ care in Norfolk after having the eye removed. Pickle, as she has been named, had surgery in the Equine Reception Centre within…

Royal Windsor Rolex Grand Prix Sees a New Name Take the Title Words by Amy Powell The pinnacle class of Royal Windsor Horse Show, the CSI5* Rolex Grand Prix, saw the world’s top showjumpers battle it out in front of a packed crowd for a share of the £500,000 prize pot. The 32-strong start list read like a who’s who of the sport’s best, but the taxing track of 14 fences designed by Bernardo Costa Cabral saw its fair share of carnage in the first round with only three progressing…

“It’s my career highlight,” says Harry Charles after winning the 6th Round of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup The crowning glory of Sunday’s performances at The London International Horse Show was The Longines FEI Jumping World Cup (round 6) which concluded with yet another win from Great Britain’s Tokyo Olympian, Harry Charles. Young Charles took the gold with a time of 35.91 seconds and 0 faults in the jump-off, on the 11-year-old bay mare, Stardust. He beat the Netherlands’ Harrie Smoulders on Monaco by just under one second; John Whitaker…

A “Delighted” Harry Charles proves quicker than Marcus Ehning at London International Horse Show British riders dominated the second day at London International Horse Show which was made extra special by Olympian, Harry Charles who took a win in the Champagne Taittinger Ivy Stakes CSI5* class. Charles was awarded the prize after beating the odds riding 15 year old gelding, Borsato (Contendro 1 x Nijinski). This comes on top of the pair’s win at CHI Geneva last weekend. With a time of 34.07 seconds, Charles left Germany’s Marcus Ehning riding…