FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes He is young, talented, ambitious and has a superb string of horses. Could 22-year-old Harry Charles become only the third-ever British rider to claim the coveted Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ title when the 42nd Final gets underway in Leipzig (GER) next week? In…
Continue ReadingFEI PRESS RELEASE – by Louise Parkes Being more Jessica…. With two Olympic and three European gold medals all collected over the last eight months, Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl and TSF Dalera BB look hot favourites to take the FEI Dressage World Cup™ title when the 2021/2022 Final gets underway…
Continue ReadingA Tribute to Leonidas ll – featuring Gabriele Pochhammer……
Continue ReadingFEI 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 ReadingFEI Talking Horses Kyra Kyrklund, six-time Dressage Olympian for Finland, multiple Nordic and Finnish champion in Dressage, Jumping and Eventing, six-time FEI Dressage World Cup™ finalist and winner of the FEI World Cup™ Final with Matador in 1991 talks to Louise Parkes about her life and times. A hugely popular…
Continue ReadingFEI Talking Horses, by Louise Parkes Horses and Courses…. As the FEI celebrates its centenary this year, some of the biggest names in modern course design talk about the changes and challenges in the sports of Jumping and Eventing. They may have their very different styles and their own personal…
Continue ReadingThe Netherlands proved unbeatable in the Young Riders category at the FEI Dressage European Championships 2021 for Young Riders, Juniors and Children which came to a close at Oliva Nova in Spain yesterday. However Germany dominated both the Junior and Children’s podiums in a week of great sport. Young Riders…
Continue Reading“FEI Talking Horses”, by Louise Parkes As the FEI celebrates its centenary, one man’s name stands out when it comes to the development of equestrian sport over the last 100 Years – journalist, historian, art collector and creator of the FEI World Cup™ Jumping series Mr. Max Ammann….. There are…
Continue ReadingFEI Talking Horses press release by Louise Parkes He’s a horseman, a sports fan, a legal expert and successful businessman, and as 2021 dawns Israel’s Ken Lalo is filled with anticipation. Because, for the very first time, his country will be represented by a Jumping team at the Olympic Games…
Continue ReadingThe news that Ireland’s Darragh Kenny will no longer compete the brilliant string of horses owned by America’s Ann Thompson sent a shudder through the sport today. The 32-year-old Offaly native has risen to the no. 7 spot in the Longines World Rankings, thanks in no small part to the…
Continue Reading