World famous stallion Relevant owned by Gestut Vorwerk and their nephew Krone is back in Grand Prix-sport. The three judges Louky van Olphen, Els Mouw and Mara de Bel very much agreed on the win of Marlies van Baalen making her first Grand Prix-appearance with Relevant at the national contest in Maren-Kessel. more...

Laying the groundwork with a personal best in the grand prix, it was no surprise that Jan Brink and Bjorsells Briar went on to an overwhelming triumph in the FEI World Cup Freestyle, bringing the ecstatic crowd of over eight thousand in Stockholm's Globen arena to their feet more...

Anky van Grunsven and Keltec Salinero won the FEI World Cup Qualifier on home ground in Maastricht this afternoon in fine style with an 82 per cent score. The reigning world cup champions had been working on improvements and fine-tuning since Aachen, and reaped the benefits here. more...

Australia's Heath Ryan became the second rider this season (after Canada's Cindy Ishoy) to secure a place at the 2006 FEI World Cup Dressage Final when he won the Pacific League Final last weekend in Werribee, Victoria. more...

Celebrating the best of British sports horse breeding in 2005, the British Breeding Breeders’ Awards are once again taking place at London’s Grange City Hotel. Set for Saturday 14th January, 2006, the evening is open to all and will be compered by renowned more...

Equine Breeding Values Using the data from the Young Horse Evaluations series, the preliminary findings
of this research indicate that sex has shown to be a significant factor, with the highest scores being
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Former Consultant Director of Breeding Graham Suggett was elected Director of Equine Development by the British Equestrian Federation (BEF) Council recently. During his four years in post as Consultant Director of Breeding, Graham devised and implemented the BEF’s Young Horse Evaluations scheme to identify and nurture potential talent in four year old horses, and the groundbreaking Breeders’ Quality Mark to recognise high standards of record keeping in breeding establishments. Graham has been a driving force more...

For the first time in the twenty-seven year history of the American Grand Prix Association, one of the coveted year end awards will go to a rider from Europe. Ellen Whitaker of Great Britain, with a sensational Winter Equestrian Festival, held off a late season charge by Jaime Guerra to secure the AGA Rookie of the Year title for the 2005 season. more...

The 2005 American Grand Prix Association Horse of the Year is Madison, owned by Alexa Weeks and ridden by Kent Farrington. Madison bankrolled a total of $85,650 for the season championship. Madison and Farrington started out the 2005 season with a fabulous Florida tour that began with February placings in the $50,000 Kilkenny/ICH International Cup, CSI 3* and more...

Margie Engle of Wellington, Florida stormed to a remarkable and record setting ninth American Grand Prix Association Rider of the Year title, edging Kent Farrington by twenty-three points for the 2005 season win. Third place finisher, Laura Kraut, finished twenty-five points off the pace more...

Over 500 partygoers gathered at the British Eventing “Jive ‘05” Ball held at the International Centre, Telford on 19 November where a host of sporting achievements was recognised and annual trophies awarded. Three team Gold Medals and a full complement of Gold, Silver and Bronze Individual medals were the toast of the evening as well as 22 national champions and our annual trophy winners. Presented by BE’s Chief Executive Peter Durrant, this year’s annual trophies went to: more...

The line-up for this year’s Olympia World Cup Dressage Qualifier (13-19 Dec) just couldn’t get better with the news that the greatest dressage rider of this generation, Anky van Grunsven (NED), will be riding at the show. Anky will be riding either IPS Krack C or Keltec Salinero, more...

Five great riders and three horses were today inducted into The British Horse Society Equestrian Hall of Fame. Dressage stars Lee Pearson MBE and Carl Hester, top show jumper John Whitaker MBE, and Event riders Pippa Funnell MBE and Lucinda Green MBE, joined the 15 existing laureates in the Hall of Fame, while famous horses Primmore's Pride (Pippa Funnell's former mount), Arko III (ridden by Nick Skelton) and Shear H2O (ridden by Olympic Gold medallist Leslie Law) joined the 13 existing equine laureates. more...

HITS has announced the 2006 Indio Desert Circuit in Indio, California. Now in its fifteenth consecutive year, the Indio Desert Circuit will once again offer an exciting six weeks of hunter/jumper competitions. In addition to the excellence in show management that equestrians have come to expect from HITS, 2006 brings some changes sure to please competitors. Most importantly, in 2006 HITS is switching over to EuroFelt footing in all the rings in Indio, and making some positive changes to the layout of the site. With exciting competitions to watch, more...

Former World Breeding champion DiMaggio has produced another graded son. His honours were added to when Don Amore, owned by Lynn and John Wickes, stood reserve champion at the British Warm-Blood Society grading.
The four-year-old Don Amore was bred by DiMaggio's owner and former rider Suzanne Davies. He was bought last more...

Woodlander Stud's success continued at the British Warm-Blood Society (BWBS) grading when Lynne Crowden's home-bred Woodlander Bombay Sapphire stood champion of the six stallions graded into the studbook.
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Seven stallions gained the approval of the judges from the Dutch KWPN at the Scottish Sport Horse grading day.
One of them, Vision, achieved the top licensed status. This stunning Dutch-bred colt by Flemmingh out of a Ferro mare was bought by Caroline and Gordon Ironside of the Morayfirth Stud as a foal. more...

Catherston Stud's latest stallion proved a winner at the British Warm-Blood Society (BWBS) grading at Hartpury College. The three-year-old Deanes San Ciro Hit was the "overall champion" in the view of German judges Dr's Haring and Senkenberg, who described him as "an outstanding type with lots of male expression more...

In September 2005 at the FEI World Breeding Jumping Championships for Young Horses in Lanaken (Belgium), Cryozootech presented "Pieraz-Cryozootech-stallion", the clone of Pieraz, twice world champion in endurance. Equine specialists present were given the opportunity to evaluate the horse and observe the obvious health and good condition of the animal. more...

The Philippines Toni Leviste won the Manila South East Asian World Cup League Final riding Globe Platinum Maktub today, beating Hong Kong's Charlotte Morse and O'Jasper in a two-horse jump-off. more...

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After decades of service to the equestrian industry, the United States Equestrian Federation proudly tips Tiffany’s sterling silver hat to one of eventing’s stand-out stars, Walter Straus, the recipient of the 2005 USEF Lifetime Achievement Award and the Jimmy A. Williams Trophy. This unparalleled award is given to the horseman more...

Germany's Marcus Ehning won the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup Jumping 2005/2006 series in front of an ecstatic home audience of 8,700 spectators in Stuttgart. German runners were dominant, with Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum slotting into second spot ahead of Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst in third, more...

An emotional Isabell Werth (36) received the ovations of the crowd at the Stuttgart Masters when she was honoured with the first prize for the Grand Prix in which she scored a new worldrecord of 79,958% riding Satchmo. “I am simply overwhelmed and very happy”, Isabell said. more...

Heath Ryan claimed the Pacific League World Cup Dressage Final at the Werribee Show ‘Dressage and Jumping with the stars’. Heath Ryan from New South Wales scored with the Greenoaks Dundee more...

Olympic and European champion Anky van Grunsven and her husband Sjef Janssen traveled to Japan to promote the ANKY® Technical Casuals. Their trip was very successful. One day before the CDI*** started in Miki-Hyogo, they visited the Miki Horse Park as well and took some time to meet the Japanese riders who travel quit often to Europe and now were visited by Europeans. more...

On January 11-12, 2006, Dawson and Nye Auctioneers and Appraisers will be auctioning off trophies, paintings, silver, pictures, rugs, and other household effects from the house of equestrian legend and current U.S. Show Jumping Chef d’Equipe George Morris. The auction will be held in Morris Plains, New Jersey, at the auction house of Dawson and Nye. more...

Malaysia swept all five gold medals in equestrian in the 2001 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games. Now Malaysia will be out to sweep the two gold medals at stake the Games in Manila at the end of the month. (The sport was not contested at the Vietnam Games two years' ago). The show jumping competition, open to both men and women riders, will offer the individual and team golds. more...

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The inaugural FEI Young Riders Dressage World Cup final takes place next month but British riders will not be attending Laura Bechtolsheimer and Maria Eilberg have been invited to represent Britain at the inaugural FEI Young Riders World Cup in Frankfurt (16-18 December). more...

Eventing’s latest Royal ambassador takes the sport into the mainstream once again as Zara Phillips wins the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year Award.
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Britain’s first Olympic eventing gold medal winner in 32 years is upping sticks to live, work and train in America more...

It was a wonderful weekend for Magherafelt's John Higgins as he won three top prizes at Cavan's International Indoor Horse Show. The Co Londonderry rider started off well by taking the Four-Year-Old Qualifier on his father's Keeford Topcat and then went on more...

Mayo's Cameron Hanley racked up his first win of the weekend at the horse show in Linz, Austria on Saturday. The only Irish competitor at the two-star event, 32 year-old Hanley brought out his talented ten year-old grey mare Night Dancer for the two-phase class, which they won with slightly more than a half-second margin over Leichtenstein's Fidel Vogt, in runner-up position. more...

The Bonn based Sonja Bolz won the Piaff Forderpreis Finals at the CDI Stuttgart. Aboard Nadine Capellmann's former Grand Prix horse Cockney, Bolz scored 69.122% and 68.958%. Danish Andreas Helgstrand topped the leader board in the Grand Prix. Aboard Cavan, he scored 71.833% more...

6 of Canada’s top young riders scored top performances at the Mexico CDIJ/CDIY Invitational being held in Mexico City, November 10-12, 2005. The invitational, which saw competitors representing Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and the United States, was organized in a similar fashion to the more...

With a knock down price of 44,000 euro, the Weltruhm-daughter Warina was the top horse of the November-auction. 95 Hanoverian horses were sold at an average auction sales price of 12,543 euro. Following the fantastic Hanoverian Stallion Licensing Auction, the Hanoverian Society already assumed that the excellent results achieved at all auctions in 2004 would probably be bested this year, and it did more...

Bernadette Pujals and her stallion Vincent did win the Grand Prix de Dressage of CDI3* Mexico. Unfortunately Bernadette Pujals had to make the decision to retire in the Freestyle on Saturday because of problems with the tongue of her horse, coming over the bit. more...

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The current controversy about training methods and their influence on, the horse, makes clear that there is an urgent need for scientific evidence and information. Crucial question is whether the practice of forcing the horse to adopt an extremely deep and compact posture, called by some the 'Rollkur' is acceptable. However, it is not a new method and far from the only one being questioned. more...

Never there has been so much dressage in the Globe as will be next week during Stockholm International Horse Show. Swedish star Jan Brink and Björsells Briar will do their only start in the World Cup during the winter season. The Swedish dressage riders will not only appear in the competition arena, more...

Together with the ‘German Masters’ in Stuttgart this weekend a wonderful fair is organized surrounding the arena in the Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart. Tickets for the show include the admittance of the fair. Highlight of the German Masters more...

Malaysia completed the FEI World Dressage Challenge today at the Selangor Turf Club Equestrian Centre.
Zehan Marissa was the only Malaysian competitor in the Prix St George test, which she performed on Chagall Jr with a score of 55.00% not enough to trouble Claudia Kaufman of Thailand who leads the class with a score of 61.63% more...

William Fox-Pitt heads the BE rider rankings for the fifth year in a row, while Toytown is the most successful horse of the 2005 season William Fox-Pitt dominated the British Eventing top 100 rider rankings yet again this season, during which he notched up an impressive 1554 points and was crowned the inaugural BE Premier League champion. more...

The Egyptian Equestrian Federation is organizing “The Egyptian International Show-Jumping Competitions” from 23 November to 11 December 2005. The International competitions will be organized under the supervision of the FEI. more...

The show in Oldenburg is still like it was at most shows years ago: enthusiastic, crowded, busy, with a lot of locals and farmers visiting the sport on all levels. Lower levels, rural activity and international topsport characterized the show of Oldenburg. Dressage competitors had to get up early, but were invited also late at parties for the locals which accompanied the show. “Tradition to enjoy together is the nicest”, the program stated. more...

The Dubai Equestrian Club has announced that it will be hosting the world’s richest ever annual jumping show. In it’s inaugural year, in 2006, The Maktoum Challenge, 11th-13th January, will be offering a staggering prize fund of $1,250,000 (US) and will play host to the top 20 international show jumpers,* alongside an FEI World Cup Jumping Competition for the Arab League. more...

A French lab has announced that the clone of top showjumping gelding E.T. will be born next summer, sparking a debate over commercial sport horse cloning. He won two world cups, ended fourth at the Atlanta Olympics and landed 120 podia in a decade. There was only one thing top showjumper E.T. couldn't do — father foals. But now a French laboratory is creating a clone more...

Brazil wins the ultimate event of the 2005 season. Sweden is promoted to Samsung Super League status. The last competition of the Samsung Nations Cup Series took place on 11 November 2005 in the beautiful surroundings of the Haras El Capricho, 70 km away of Buenos Aires (ARG). Teams from Argentina, Brazil and Chile participated on a course built by Olympic course designer Olaf Petersen. The home team dominated the first round with just one time penalty from both Lucas Werthein on Warren and Martin Dopazo on El Capricho Nalvaro, and finished with 10 points more...

Nadine Capellmann's Hanoverian gelding Elvis VA has won the 2005 Otto Lörke Prize, which honours Germany's most successful upcoming Grand Prix horse of the year. Elvis VA won the Nurnberger Burgpokal Finals at small tour level last year in Frankfurt, and has shown his potential in the Grand Prix ring in 2005 by placing at the top of the leader board at several important shows such as at the CDIO Aachen more...

A pony mare gained 85.9% at the Sports Pony Studbook Society grading. Sapphire Blue, a former member of the British pony event team, thus attained elite status. Anne Bosanquet's 16-year-old is by the Thoroughbred Shantamar out of a part-bred Connemara. She was bred in Scotland by Ann Salveson, also breeder of the advanced eventer Beckett, another by Shantamar. more...

Many leading European warmblood breeds were founded through the introduction of Cleveland Bay blood, and Yorkshire-based Lisa Whitaker is hoping her four-year-old Pembridge Rocket might fit the bill in Britain. more...

Two of the four horses forward atthis year's NaSta performance test were awarded class one (elite) passes by the judging panel of Jane Goldsmith, Peta Roberts and Andrew Bennie. The first was the Australian-bred Anglo Arab eventer more...

After travelling from Suffolk to the Sports Pony Studbook Society grading at Heart of England EC for compulsory BSJA assessment, Colin Bailey was surprised when his stallion Matcho gained the highest marks and the championship. The seven-year-old Matcho was bought in February. Although bred in Germany, he is from the best British bloodlines. more...

This year's Scottish Three-Year-Old Loose Jumping Championship attracted 31 entries, writes Jackie Low-Mitchell. English judges Jean and Steven Davenport and Dutchman Jaap Werners had a hard job to assess a strong entry at Dabbs in Fife, butthe £l,000 prize stayed in Scotland courtesy of the attractive filly Viona. more...

A dressage stallion, Centyfield Stud's Hamlet Frydenlund, came out top of the first ever British Knabstrupper grading at Cranswick Stud in Leicestershire. The three Danish judges gave more...

The registered New Forest stallion Wayland Loganberry is the first of his breed to be graded with the Sports Pony Studbook Society. The son of Wayland Cranberry was reserve champion at the grading, gaining 82.8%. He was described by the judges as "a super sport pony" and was awarded nines for type and general impression. Loganberry also gained BSJA approval from judge Geoff Glazzard. more...

Katrina Igoe's four-year-old Winergy Burghley Young Event Horse champion, Pebbly Aga Khan, gained a unique double when Hayley Hankey rode him to become "visiting champion" in Ireland's Future Event Horse League finals,
Organiser Lars Bjoerk invited Burghley's top two four- and five-year-olds to compete more...

The performance of a number of show jumpers has upgraded them on the BSJA's stallion list.
Guy Williams's ride, OleanderV; Pall Mall H, who is currently with Peter Charles; Questro2, partnered by James Davenport, and Ubiesco, who is rapidly becoming more...

The United States Dressage Federation (USDF) 2006 FEI-Level Trainers' Conference, January 15-16, will feature internationally recognized dressage trainer, coach, and competitor Hubertus Schmidt. The conference will consist of two full days of live demonstration at High Meadow Farm in Loxahatchee, FL. more...

Elizabeth Winter Becomes Fellow of The British Horse Society: One of Youngest Members at 38 British Horse Society examiner Elizabeth Winter has passed the Fellowship Examination at the age of 38 to earn her place in an elite group of equestrians - The British Horse Society Fellows. more...

Equestrian Entertainment Partners (EEP) announced today the broadcast schedule for its original programming, Inside Horse Sports, featuring a special presentation of the 2005 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, 3pm EST, Friday November 25, and a five-part mini-series, Eventing: The Ultimate Horse Sport, airing on consecutive Fridays starting December 2 on RFD-TV. more...

Highly gifted talents for International success, made by P.S.I. After our extremely successful Jubilee Auction in 2004, the preperations for the XXVI P.S.I. Auction, which will take place on the 10th & 11th of December 2005 at the See- and Sport Hotel in Ankum, are running at full speed at this very moment. more...

The show jumping world is prepared to pay the most for British-bred horses according to recent research by British Breeding Show jumpers are prepared to pay the most for British-bred sport horses, with an average purchase price of just under £8,000, according to recent British Breeding research. more...

The Equestrian Federation of Australia hosted the second Regional FEI Dressage Forum from 24 to 25 October 2005 in Sydney. The forum was a huge success with around 250 participants from the region. The first day was devoted to presentations by the FEI Dressage Committee Chairman, Mariette Withages, who spoke about the evolution of Dressage and Rules. The FEI Sports Director Michael Stone informed the public about the FEI and the FEI Development plan and Coaching System. more...

The three decisions of the FEI Judicial Committee are now available from the FEI website, section Legal/Horses:
- Positive Medication Case, Quietude ridden by Cathleen Calvert (CAN), CSI-W Los Angeles (USA)
- Positive Medication Case, Buehler ridden by Susanna Bordone (ITA), CIC-OG3* Punchestown (IRL)
- Positive Medication Case, O.Cor D'Emilion ridden by Henk Van de Pol (NED), CSIO5*/CSIOJ Lummen (BEL) more...

The Half Bred Horse Breeders Society limited annual 3yo loose jumping competition gets underway next week with the first qualifyer at Mossvale on Tuesday, November 15 2005 starting at 7.30pm sharp. The judge on the opening night will be Barry O'Connor, who along with Conor Swail, runs a large yard in Malahide, County Dublin. The second and final qualifyer is the following week on Tuesday, November 22 at the Moy when international rider Jack Doyle will be the judge. more...

British Grand Prix rider Carl Hester has a new horse at his disposal. In search for a successor for Escapado, Hester travelled to Holland to shop for horses and found the KWPN licensed stallion Utopia. He tried out the dark bay stallion at the owner's place and decided to buy straight away. more...

Cindy Ishoy claimed the Canadian League World Cup Dressage Final in front of a packed house at the Royal Horse Show, held as part of the 83rd Royal Agricultural Winter Fair running November 4-13, 2005, at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto. Ishoy, riding her German-bred gelding Proton, earned a score of 71,70% to narrowly edge Evi Strasser, who scored 71,175%, into second place. more...

President of the IAEJ Susan Jane Anstey (nee Scott) passed away peacefully after a short but courageous battle with cancer on Wednesday, November 9, 2005, at her home, Wyndstone Farm, in Nobleton, Ontario, Canada, with Michael and Jennifer by her side. She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Anstey, her sister, Alice Ferrier, her loving partner of 24 years, Michael Van Every, and their families. more...

Swedish Dressage rider Jan Brink has been nominated to the Swedish sports equivalent of the Oscars. The double bronze medal-winning Brink is nominated as Male Sportsman of the year. The other three nominees are Swedish soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic, ice hockey player Henrik Lundqvist and the speedway World Champion Tony Rickardsson more...

South Australian equestrians Wendy Schaeffer and Megan Jones have been selected in an all-female Australian team to take on the New Zealanders in the Trans Tasman Championship more...

Irish Horse Board and Dressage Ireland Seminars for Breeders and Producers of Young Horses. A unique opportunity to listen to top trainers from Show jumping, Dressage and Horse Trials explain their priorities and show the common ground between these disciplines. With Conrad Schumacher, formerly National Trainer of the multi-medal winning Dutch Dressage team, Marion Hughes, Olympic show jumping team rider and renowned producer of competition horses, and William Micklem, international coach, author and equestrian consultant more...

FHP Prepares for 2006 with State of the Art Footing For Dressage Arenas Olympian, Darren Chiacchia, one of the first riders to cross the finish line on the newly constructed Preliminary course, was more than a competitor at the inaugural event of the Florida Horse Park, Ocala’s premier equestrian facility featuring the Ocala Horse Trails and Sunshine State Driving Event, November 5-6. As a board member of the 500 acre state owned facility managed by the Florida Agriculture Center and Horse Park Authority, Chiacchia, along with fellow board member, world renowned more...

The Hanoverian Verband, the American Hanoverian Society and the two Hanoverian breeding clubs in Canada created a Jumper Breeding Program for North America. more...

The Hanoverian Association proudly presents the equestrian collection of the november auction on november 11/12, 2005 108 riding horses are in the collection
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For the 9th time Hannover is awarded the "Best of all" Trophy of the WBFSH. First place in dressage and third place in show-jumping as well as second place in eventing secured the leading position among riding horse breeds all over the world. more...

THB British Equestrian are to sponsor the BSJA Amateur & Veteran Championships being held at Addington Equestrian Centre, Buckingham from 1st to 4th December 2005. Qualifying shows are now being held throughout the country for this prestigious championship. more...

Matchmakers International, the name behind Harry Hall, Caldene, Masta and Cottage Craft, is to continue its support of the Cleveland Bay Horse Society (CBHS) throughout 2006. The Society, which is a registered charity (Reg. Charity No. 293872), was set up to protect and promote the Cleveland Bay horse which remains on the Rare Breed Survival Trust’s critical list. more...

The Canadian League Dressage World Cup Final and Dressage Canada Grand Prix Freestyle Championship will once again be a highlight of the Royal Horse Show, held November 4-13 as part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at the National Trade Centre in Toronto, ON. Five horse-rider combinations are preparing to go head-to-head in a battle that will not only determine the Dressage Canada Grand Prix Freestyle Champion, but also more...

Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON, won her first Canadian Show Jumping Championship title at the Royal Horse Show held November 4-13, 2005, at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, ON. Twenty-five of the top horse-rider combinations in the country vied for the Canadian Show Jumping Championships being held at the Royal Horse Show over two consecutive days. more...

The sport of show jumping in Ireland looks to the future with the appointment of Robert Splaine as a permanent chef d'equipe Robert Splaine has accepted the position of chef d'equipe to the senior Irish show jumping team for the 2006 season in a move that the Show Jumping Association of Ireland (SJAI) hopes will draw line under the team selection problems of the summer. more...

The Canadian League Dressage World Cup Final and Dressage Canada Grand Prix Freestyle Championship will once again be a highlight of the Royal Horse Show, held November 4-13 as part of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair at the National Trade Centre in Toronto, ON. more...

The Federation Equestre International (FEI) will be appointing three new O-judges as of January 2006. Eurodressage is the first to announce that they will be Jean-Michel Roudier, Katrina Wüst and Leif Törnblad. more...

Established in 1987 and formally opened in 1989, The Show Jumping Hall of Fame and Museum was organized to promote the sport of show jumping and to immortalize the legends of the men, women and horses who have made great contributions to the sport. more...

THE Irish pony team took a joint second place in the Nations Cup at Verona, Italy, on Sunday. France won the team competition with a total of four faults, while Ireland accumulated just eight penalties, level-pegging them with
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Holland's Albert Zoer scored a resounding victory at the third leg of the 2005/2006 FEI World Cup Jumping series in Verona today. Riding the nine year-old Oki Doki, the flying Dutchman secured pole position with a super-fast round in the ten-horse jump-off. more...

In an afternoon that showcased both the present and the future of the sport, Brianne Goutal and Leslie Howard
were the shining stars. New York City´s Goutal won the prestigious ASPCA Maclay in front of a War Memorial Crowd there to appreciate the best under-eighteens and the riders who rose to the top of the pack at the Syracuse Invitational Sporthorse Tournament, the “Final Seven” in the Animal Planet Sport Horse Cup. more...

Margie Engle and Hidden Creek´s Perin won the $75.000 Budweiser World Cup Qualifier of Syracuse in front of a sell-
out crowd at Syracuse´s War Memorial at the Oncenter. Course designer Richard Jeffrey of Bournemouth, England set a large and technically difficult course for the field of 35 riders. Argentina´s Max Amaya said after his eight-fault performance, “The course is very big with lots of tricks more...

Holland's Albert Zoer scored a resounding victory at the third leg of the 2005/2006 FEI World Cup Jumping series in Verona, Italy today. Riding the nine year old Oki Doki the flying Dutchman secured pole position with a super-fast round in the ten-horse jump-off more...

The Cavan Indoor International Horse Show takes place from Wednesday 9th - Sunday 13th November and will certainly be an event not to be missed. Competitors from all over Ireland, the UK and Europe will give spectators at this International Horse Show some superb showjumping and excitement to enjoy. The highlights of this International Horse Show will be more...

Northern Counties will be starting off a little earlier than usual, with the first of its winter shows. These shows will take place at Mossvale Riding Centre, Dromara, of which the first will be on Saturday, November 12, the first of five working hunter shows for horses, followed by the second show on Saturday, December 10. more...

The elite Trakehner stallion Banditentraum has passed away at age 22. Bred by the Böttcher family in Petershagen, Germany, Banditentraum was by Kiebitz out of Beauty (Mozart x Cardinal xx). more...

Silvia Iklé and Salieri CH were the undisputed Champions at the 2005 Swiss Dressage Championships that took place September 23 to 25, 2005, in Zurich, Switzerland. Aboard her Swiss warmblood Salieri CH (by Sinclair out of Lyssa), Iklé won the Grand Prix (72.25%), the Special (72.00%) and the Kur to Music (79.10%) and claimed the national title and gold medal. more...

German Olympic Team member Martin Schaudt will be competing his second Grand Prix horse Loesdau's Loriot for the last time at the CDI Stuttgart, November 18 - 20, 2005. The old bay gelding will begin a new career under Karoline Kniha more...

The National Horse Show and Family Festival returns to the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club on November 30
through December 4, 2005. One of the featured events is the $80,000 Young Jumper Championship Invitational, showcasing the finest rising show jumping stars in the United States. more...

Portugal’s annual celebration of the horse – Golega Horse Fair – is a flamboyant festival for horse lovers and culture vultures alike. Dapple-grey stallions will spring from every doorway, alley and garage, and clatter their way down the darkened streets towards the town centre in Golega this weekend. This small town, 11/2hr north of Lisbon, is the “Portuguese capital of the horse” and celebrates the native Lusitano breed in an annual fair every November. more...

The BSJA will run new intro classes from next year and will categorise show schedules to ensure riders have more opportunities to compete at a level they are comfortable with. In a bid to expand its membership and make the sport more enjoyable, the British Show Jumping Association will introduce a few changes to its class and show schedule from next January. more...

When Eurodressage wrote its report "Global Dressage Forum: Yap Yap for the Elite?" on the 2004 edition of the Global Dressage Forum (GDF), it caused a big stir. The Eurodressage article carried several indictments. The forum's so-called mission was to discuss training methods and techniques and help the sport progress, but to us it seemed all talk and no action, it looked like a social gathering of the dressage 'creme de la creme,' while journalists were ostracized or forced to pay the 500 euro entrance fee for participation. more...

Ninety British-bred foals, yearlings, two- and three-year-olds were presented for the inaugural Baileys Horse Feeds/British Breeding Futurity Championships atthe College EC The scheme is like a "Breeders' Cup" for sport horses — the majority of the registration fee is allocated to the prize-fund and shared between successful owners and breeders. At the end of the day's assessments, two chestnut fillies battled for supreme honours more...

Brightwells European Sale of Dressage Horses and Korenbloem £10,000 Dressage Challenge At Addington Manor E.C., Buckinghamshire, Great Britain On Saturday 19 November 2005 An Event not to Miss
In 1998 Brightwells Auctioneers introduced one of the most exciting Dressage Events in Europe. The European Sale of Dressage Horses and The £10,000 Dressage Challenge, originally titled Equilibra and now kindly sponsored by Korenbloem. more...

At Addington Manor E.C., Buckinghamshire, Great Britain On Tuesday 22 November 2005
An Event not to Miss There has never been a sale staged in Great Britain up to this date that has found such talent for the Show Jumping World. You will be able to watch Auction Horses on Tuesday morning and afternoon Loose Jumping and some Under Saddle and then bid for your favoured Horse in the evening more...

2005 USDF National Symposium Offers Exciting Line-Up of Demonstration Riders Featuring Klaus Balkenhol and Dr. Gerd Heuschmann Six Olympians and a host of other top U.S. riders will serve as demonstration riders at the United States Dressage Federation's 2005 National Symposium, "How the Rider Builds the Horse," December 2-4, at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, CA. The weekend will feature instruction by United States Olympic Team Coach Klaus Balkenhol more...

For 3 days (27, 28, 29 October) the Ingliston House Stud, Renfrewshire, was home to the Scottish Equestrian Association (SEA) Equine Fair. Olympic Dressage Coach Ferdi Eilberg (despite nursing an injured shoulder) and John Ledingham, World Class Show Jumping Coach and Irish Team Trainer, put various SEA/sportscotland-funded young riders through their paces in dressage, show jumping and eventing, in front of an attentive audience more...

The British Horse Society (BHS) and the British Show Pony Society (BSPS) will be introducing three new showing qualifications on 17 November. The workshop will take place at Southview EC, Cheshire. more...

The British Horse Society showed its appreciation on 3rd November to the voluntary groups and individuals who have supported the leading equestrian charity's work - at an awards ceremony in London. The BHS presented 15 awards to individuals and groups who have made an outstanding contribution in training, education, safety, access and welfare at the event at Saddlers Hall, City of London. more...

The top show jumpers in the world have received invitations for one of the greatest shows in the world. Olympia, The London International Horse Show, London’s Christmas spectacular, runs 13th-19th December action packed performances, ten of which include some of the finest show jumping to be seen anywhere in the world. more...

BEF’S British Breeding ‘Arm’ Commissions Research Into Demand For British-Bred Horses Following the success of the project “Marketing the British Non Racehorse” British Breeding has commissioned an additional piece of research.
This second study is designed to probe some of the findings highlighted in the first piece of work, as well as providing some useful information as to how the horse owning public of Britain go about buying their horses and the market’s perceptions of the British bred horse. more...

Jill Henselwood of Oxford Mills, ON has had made her way back to the top of the Canadian League World Cup Standings, but now shares the lead with Chris Pratt of Belfountain, ON, who had enjoyed having the top spot all to himself for the past month.With a third place finish in the $65,000 Budweiser Grand Prix de Penn World Cup Qualifier held at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show in Harrisburg, PA, on October 22, Henselwood earned enough more...

At the “Fiera cavalli” (Equestrian Festival) of Verona, (Saturday, November 5 in the Bellini room, at 11am), “Drugs Off” will be presented. It is a new and innovative project in the fight against drugs - an innovative, new way to promote the social and cultural values of equitation and spearhead the fight against ´doping´ in equestrian
competitions. more...

The BHS has changed the rules governing entry into the PTT exam to make it accessible to mature individuals with industry experience. The British Horse Society has made it possible for certain individuals to take their preliminary teaching test without passing their stage two riding exam first. more...

Hickstead's popular British Jumping Derby Meeting will be held at the end of June next year as part of a new contract for TV coverage with the BBC The popular British Jumping Derby Meeting at Hickstead will be held at the end of June for the "foreseeable future", according to the show ground's founder and owner, Douglas Bunn. more...

"More people, more horses, more places, more medals" is the vision of the British Equestrian Federation and its member bodies until 2009 A National Equestrian Institute is among the British Equestrian Federation's (BEF) proposals in its long-awaited strategy looking beyond the Beijing Olympics in 2008. more...

The third term in office of the current FEI President SAR The Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón comes to an end in 2006. She has announced her decision not to run for a fourth term. Therefore, a new President will be elected at the 2006 FEI General Assembly. According to the FEI Statutes, candidacies for vacant positions had to reach the FEI Secretary General by 1 November 2005. The FEI announces today the names of the three candidates for the FEI Presidency (by alphabetical order of the NF): HRH Princess Benedikte (DEN), Mr Freddy Serpieri (GRE), HRH Princess Haya Al Bint Al Hussein (JOR). more...

At the end of a very active and successful month of October, Germany’s Marcus Ehning retains the leadership of the FEI Gandini World Jumping Riders’ Rankings with 3014 points. He competed in CSI 5* Las Vegas (USA), one of only 11 competitions worldwide to hold a five-star status. He was also to be seen at CSI 4* Hanover (GER) and CSI 4* Lyon (FRA). more...

Little change in the FEI/BCM World Dressage Riders’ Rankings. Anky Van Grunsven (NED) is firmly in the lead with 81.037 points. Similarly to last month, she is followed by Jan Brink (SWE) with 77.434 points and fellow countryman Edward Gal (77.206) more...

The Hanoverian gelding Salinero is the leader of the 2005 WBFSH Dressage Ranking, created by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses. The WBFSH keeps track of all international FEI competition horses and creates a ranking based on their performances during one show season. more...

For the ninth time the Hanoverian Verband has been awarded the "Best of All" Trophy by the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH). Hanoverian horses claimed the first place in dressage, the second place in eventing and the third place in show jumping, making the Hanoverian overall the best performing horse breed this 2004/2005 show season. more...

Hubert Perring and Diabolo St. Maurice became the 2005 French Grand Prix Dressage Champions at the national championships in Saumur, France, October 30, 2005. In the absence of leading French dressage rider Karen Tebar with Falada M and former double national champion Odile van Doorn with Parodie van de Wateringhoeve, the claim on the gold medal and the national title was disputed between Perring and D'Esme. more...

Privately owned stallion Argentinus is the Hanoverian Stallion of the Year 2005. The Argentan x Duden II-son is a first-class breeding stallion with an international reputation and well-known beyond Lower Saxony borders. His offspring are not only successful jumpers, but also excellent dressage horses. more...

More than 400 instructors attended The British Horse Society 2005 National Instructors' Convention at Manor Farm, Huntingdon where the BHS presented "Show Jumping Explained" with Tim Stockdale providing an insight into his training techniques. Tim said: "The BHS Instructors present will hopefully wish to incorporate these ideas into their lesson plans to show that working with the simple priorities of balance and rhythm really does work." more...

With Bonfire Night approaching, The British Horse Society is advising all horse owners on how to handle the dangers that can arise. Fireworks can frighten even the most sensible horse. Therefore, the BHS has put together a checklist for owners more...

Ben Maher triumphs in the Zuidlaren grand prix, while Robert Bevis comes a close second in Belgium. Ben Maher is continuing his outstanding season, which included wins in both the Hickstead Speed and Jumping Derbys, with a win in the grand prix at CSI*** Zuidlaren in the Netherlands at the weekend. more...

Chairman Sir William Aldous PC last week exhorted British Eventing members to put the Windsor turmoil firmly behind them Speaking at British Eventing's annual general meeting, new BE chairman Sir William Aldous PC urged members to stop their infighting for the good of the sport and told them to look ahead to better days as Windsor will be replaced by another spring event. more...

The first Equine Elite Auction, which took place at the Horse Academy in Hooge Mierde, The Netherlands, October 29, 2005, was a big success for organizers Diederik Wigmans and Craig Rawlins. The highest priced horse was Verona, a Jazz x Glennridge, selling for 205,000 euro to Mirelle van Kemenade-Witlox, who also owns the 2005 Pavo Cup champion Dreamcatcher. more...

At the auction following the 2005 Trakehner Stallion Licensing in Neumunster, Germany, the licensing Champion Herzendieb sold for the top price of 275,000 euro. Americans Doug and Louise Leatherdale purchased this Tambour x Tivano x Gipsy King offspring. Herzendieb will be joining His Highness at Jens Meyer's stallion station in Dorum and will be trained by Klaus Balkenhol. more...

Astronomical prices were paid for the 2,5 year old colts at the auction following the 2005 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing in Verden, Germany. An absolute all-time record price of 800,000 euro was paid for the licensing champion by the syndicate Paul Schockemohle and the Danish Blue Hors Stud. The stallion owner's duo purchased the winner of the 2005 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing, a dark bay Hofrat x De Niro son. The 800,000 euro purchase price shattered the previous record of 515,000 euro, more...

The Hanoverian stallion licensing committee was very generous in awarding the licensed status to 71 stallions out of the group of 92 selected colts. The Champion of the 2005 Hanoverian Stallion Licensing was the dark bay Hofrat offspring bred by Friedrich Oppermann and presented by Heinrich Giesselmann from Barver, Germany. more...

Although the judges did not write down their official percentages on the judges' cards and official judges-scores for that reason are not available, as press-officer Jenny Ross stated, the Washington International Horse Show did not hesitate to reward Canadian Ashley Holzer with the winning prize of the $10,000 Washington International Invitational Dressage Championship. more...

Heike Kemmer's gold teammedalhorse of the European Championships Bonaparte that injured himself after the Grand Prix at the EC in Hagen convincingly showed he is back. Bonaparte simply needed a two month break but now did win the national Short Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special in Affalterbach. more...