WHAT 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,…
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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 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 ReadingPress Release for CSIO Rome Piazza di Siena by Louise Parkes David Will posted the eleventh German win and became the tenth German rider to clinch the coveted Rolex Grand Prix of Rome at Piazza di Siena in Italy today. This is a title every top showjumping athlete wants to…
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 ReadingFEI Press Release by Louise Parkes An interview with James Cunningham Wofford is not something to be taken lightly. Any attempt at leading the conversation fails miserably, because you are talking with a man with the most exceptional communications skills and extraordinary stories to tell. There’s a sense of riding…
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…
Continue ReadingFEI Press Release by Louise Parkes Kevin Babington had just had his hair cut when I spoke with him last week, and in these strange times that’s a cause for major celebration. Around the globe people have been prevented from keeping their curls under control due to pandemic lockdowns. But…
Continue ReadingFEI Press Release by Louise Parkes Riders and sports fans all around the globe are pining for the cut-and-thrust of FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ this year. Since it was first staged back in 1909, war is the only thing that has ever stopped this great annual tournament in its tracks,…
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