TOKYO 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 ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Dressage Day 3 FEI Press Release – Tokyo (JPN), 27 July 2021 by Louise Parkes Tonight’s victory for Germany in the Dressage team event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will go down in the history books. For the last 27 years the country that…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – Dressage Day 1 FEI Press Release – Tokyo (JPN), 24 July 2021 by Louise Parkes It may have been a long time coming, but the opening day of Equestrian Dressage at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games more than lived up to expectations. Emotions ran high…
Continue ReadingTOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES – DRESSAGE PREVIEW FEI PRESS RELEASE, 20 July 2021 Can Germany make it a fabulous 14? by Louise Parkes Germany has a long and formidable record in Olympic Equestrian Dressage. Since the team competition was first introduced in Amsterdam (NED) in 1928, when the German side…
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 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 ReadingLongines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ report for FEI by Louise Parkes The weather was hot and the excitement was intense as Team Germany won through at the third leg of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2021 series at Sopot in Poland this afternoon. The 1,200 spectators permitted to attend…
Continue ReadingLongines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ report for FEI by Louise Parkes Team Jumping lived up to it’s reputation for edge-of-the-seat excitement when Switzerland won through in a thriller at the second leg of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2021 Division 1 series at La Baule in France today. The…
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 ReadingLongines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ report, by Louise Parkes Sweden pipped Germany in a third-round showdown against the clock to win the opening leg of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2021 Division 1 series at St Gallen in Switzerland today. On a dramatic day of top sport in the…
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