FEI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR PONIES 2021 FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes Quality performances were the order of the day at the FEI European Championships for Ponies 2021 in Strzegom, Poland where France claimed Team and Individual gold in both Eventing and Jumping, and Germany dominated the Dressage podium. Dressage…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Team Jumping Final Tokyo (JPN), 7 August 2021 Photo Caption: FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes It’s almost a century since Sweden last won Olympic Jumping Team gold, and when they did it tonight they did it with both style and grace. A magnificent performance…
Continue ReadingFEI Press Release by Louise Parkes It was a tough day at the office for many of the nations competing in the Team Jumping Qualifier at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Baji Koen Equestrian Park today. But for Team Sweden it was just another walk in the park. Since…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Jumping Individual Final Tokyo (JPN), 4 August 2021 FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes “I don’t know what was more pressure, this or getting married in two weeks!”, said Great Britain’s Ben Maher as he clutched the Individual Jumping gold medal he just won at…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Jumping Day 1 Tokyo (JPN), 3 August 2021 FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes There was an edge-of-the-seat start to Jumping at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games today, with fluctuating fortunes in the opening first Individual competition. Only 30 of the 73 starters could qualify…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Eventing Team and Individual Final Tokyo (JPN), 2 August 2021 Photo Caption: Germany’s Julia Krajewski has entered the equestrian history books as the very first female athlete to take the Individual Olympic Eventing title following victory with Amande de B’Neville at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic…
Continue ReadingWHAT THEY HAD TO SAY….. Sam Watson (Flamenco) – Those devices are there to look after us and I fu approve not only because they do that but because they make you ride precise and accurate, and it was the one time I let adrenalin go – there’s the fence,…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Eventing Cross-Country Tokyo (JPN), 1 August 2021 FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes World number one, Great Britain’s Oliver Townend, regained the individual lead he established on the first day of the Dressage phase with a perfect ride on Ballaghmor Class on Cross Country day…
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