Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final 2023 FEI Press Release by Louise Parkes The first horse inspection took place today as the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final 2023 got underway at the CHI Health Centre in Omaha (USA). A total of 40 horses from 19 nations came before the…
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 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…
Continue ReadingLongines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ of The Netherlands – by Louise Parkes for FEI In the presence of the former Queen of the Netherlands, Princess Beatrix, Rob Ehrens’ Dutch team did themselves proud when coming out on top in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ in Rotterdam (NED) this evening….
Continue ReadingFEI Press Release by Louise Parkes German big guns out in force Reigning five-time series champion and World No. 1, Germany’s Isabell Werth, heads the sparkling start-list for the FEI Dressage World Cup™ qualifier in Salzburg, Austria this weekend. She will partner Weihegold OLD, the 16-year-old mare with which she…
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 ReadingIt’s been a big news days in Ireland with a number of exciting announcements. Sporting his very healthy-looking Phoenix Park tan, Taoiseach Leo Varadakar confirmed the further lifting of Covid 19 restrictions across the country, Horse Sport Ireland and Showjumping Ireland confirmed that the HSI Premier and ISH Studbook series…
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