Leipzig, Germany – Olympic Show Jumping Champion Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, riding Hickstead won the second of three legs of competition comprising the 2011 Rolex FEI World Cup Final on Friday, April 29, in Leipzig, Germany. On Thursday’s opening day of competition, Lamaze and Hickstead had one rail down [...]
While the Royal Wedding has already passed this story of a humble trainee drummer horse and his journey from a rescue group to the royal military unit is truly heart warming. - One horse training for the Royal Wedding this week had humble beginnings. Digger, a trainee drum horse for [...]
Lexington, KY - For the first time in the history of the Western saddle sport of reining, a collection of the world's best reining athletes slid into the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY, to contest the inaugural five-star reining competition known as the CRI5* - [...]
Frenchman Nicolas Andreani and Germany’s Simone Wiegele were the winners in the first round of the inaugural FEI World Cup™ Vaulting event at Leipzig in Germany this evening. In the Male section Andreani, bronze medallist at last year's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Kentucky, pipped world champion Patrick Looser [...]
Title defender Boyd Exell from Australia has won the warm up round of the FEI World Cup™ Driving Final in Leipzig this evening. The current four-in-hand World Champion was the only driver who finished the course in a clear round. Sweden’s Tomas Eriksson came second driving his brand new marathon [...]
Lexington, KY - April 29, 2011 - Shawn Flarida, Craig Schmersal and Tom McCutcheon—all members of the U.S. gold-medal team at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games—grabbed the top four places tonight in the HorsePower Inc. CRI5* at the Ariat Kentucky Reining Cup. This was the debut of the [...]
Following two days of dressage at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, second leg of the HSBC FEI Classics™, America’s Tiana Coudray is in pole position with her Jersey Fresh CCI*** 2010 winner Ringwood Magister. The duo earned the best marks from the judges for a penalty score of 40.8. “The [...]
Brett Parbery on Victory Salute won with a great score (Picture Franz Venhaus)The Grand Prix CDI 3*, supported by the Australian Sports Commission, was always going to be the one to watch. This competition was the first time that both Brett Parbery and Rachael Sanna would have competed since representing [...]
The FEI Reem Acra World CupTM Dressage is not even over yet, or the summer championships are already asking for action and preparation. This week on April 27th the few remaining tickets for the closing day of the FEI European Dressage Championships 2011 in Rotterdam were sold. On Sunday August [...]
Leipzig, Germany - The Reem Acra FEI World Cup Final got underway Thursday evening with the Grand Prix presented by Sparkasse. The U.S. sent three combinations to the arena in Hall One of the Leipzig Exhibition Hall. The American horse/rider combinations did not disappoint in the field of 17. First [...]
