News Archive
April 29, 2025
Dean Valley Equestrian Centre played host to the second Nupafeed Senior Discovery Second Round competition this past weekend, with riders bidding to clinch their spot in the Championship Final at the British Showjumping National Championships this year.
Gillian Milner’s first round track proved tricky for some...
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April 29, 2025
Eva Dent, from Seaham, Durham, has been awarded the latest NAF Shining Star accolade. Eva, a member of the British Showjumping Cleveland and Durham Academy, was nominated for the award by her coach, Danielle Cutter.
Delighted to have found out that she had been nominated for...
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April 28, 2025
Kicking off the opening Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Second Rounds this weekend in style, Miles O’Donnell landed the victory at Stainsby Grange with his own Jackpot DS.
The field of 49 competitors came forward over the 1.25m track with 19 supplying initial clears and an eventual...
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April 28, 2025
Ireland’s Shane Breen finally landed the world ranking Grand Prix at Chard Equestrian in Somerset with Breen Equestrian’s home-bred Scarteen. In 2021, he finished third and two years later, he moved up one place to second. In 2025, he finally achieved his winning goal.
“He’s been...
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April 25, 2025
The following four youth squads have been selected to represent Great Britain at the FEI Jumping Youth Nations Cup of Linz-Ebelsberg. The competition takes place between 29 April – 4 May 2025 at Linzer Pferdefestival, Austria.
Pony Squad
Darcy Breen, from West Sussex, with the 10-year-old grey...
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April 23, 2025
Fifteen-year-old Billy Colclough outpaced all his rivals to take a step towards qualifying for the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) in the first NAF Five Star Bronze League Qualifier at Speetley Equestrian Centre with Kept Secret T.
Thirty-nine riders from a starting field of 59...
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April 22, 2025
Jonathan Egmore hit top gear in the opening Nupafeed Supplements Discovery Second Round at The Suffolk Equestrian Centre with Moonlight R.
A total of 40 competitors stepped up to tackle the 1.05m track built by course designer Toby Bancroft in the three-round competition, with 19 horse...
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April 22, 2025
Sophia Rogers made a winning return to the Pony of the Year Show (POYS) at Arena UK in Grantham, to claim back-to-back wins in the prestigious Allsop 148cm JA Championship with the scopey Neil 55.
Twelve months ago, Sophia had only recently taken the reins from...
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April 22, 2025
Matt Sampson scored a win and almost made it a victory double on the final day of week two on the Spring MET IV in Oliva Nova, Spain, but had to settle for second in the top-billed 3* Grand Prix.
“I’ve had a great week, it’s...
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April 21, 2025
Having received an invitation to compete in the CSIO3* Nations Cup in Gorla Minore (ITA), the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 23 – 27 April 2025 at...
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April 19, 2025
Great Britain’s Team Audevard gave a good account of themselves in the CSIO3* Nations Cup EEF Series powered by Longines in Lier, Belgium, taking second place on the podium.
It was a closely fought contest all the way and the British team had to draw on...
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April 16, 2025
Peter Moloney bested the rest to be crowned the 2025 Welsh Master with victory in the Equestrian Surfaces 1.40m Grand Prix with Nielson at the David Broome Event Centre at Wales and West, Chepstow.
Peter and Nielson had shown their form with second place in the...
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April 15, 2025
Despite still nursing a broken foot, Ben Maher hit winning form at the Spring Series in the USA, ending his Wellington season with a magnificent double.
Ben posted back-to-back victories on the grass Derby Field and, one day after taking a speed win with Exit Remo,...
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April 14, 2025
Helen Tredwell lifted the Blue Chip Grand Prix – the highlight of the Blue Chip Winter Show Jumping Championships Gala evening, now in its second year at Addington Equestrian Centre – with her home-bred Luikan, 15 years after winning it with favourite Opportunity B.
The Espayo...
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April 14, 2025
Hollie Gerken added yet another championship title to her already impressive tally with the Blue Chip Pro Sparkle JC/JA Championship on Krakboom D’Euro at the Blue Chip Winter Show Jumping Championships.
The 31 starters in this handicap class were reduced to 16 by course-designer Nigel Jess’s...
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April 14, 2025
Having received an invitation to compete in the CSIO3* Longines EEF Series Nations Cup Qualifier in Lier (BEL), the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 16 – 20...
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April 09, 2025
Sadly, former British Showjumping Chairman John Jacks passed away peacefully on 1 April at the age of 90.
John was a well-known horseman who had been involved in horses for his whole life and served as Chairman of British Showjumping in 2003 to 2004.
A respected British...
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April 07, 2025
Ellen Whitaker hit winning form at Equieffe Equestrian Centre in Gorla Minore, Italy, winning two world ranking classes, including the feature 4* Grand Prix with Tilly Shaw’s talented Korlenski.
“I couldn’t have asked much more from my two horses this week,” said Ellen.
Fifty competitors faced the...
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April 07, 2025
Ben Maher came close to a Longines FEI World Cup Final win in Basel, Switzerland, with Charlotte Rossetter and Pamela Wright’s talented Point Break but the clever tactics played by the winner, France’s Julien Epaillard, paid off spectacularly.
With the majority of the world’s best lined...
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April 04, 2025
British Showjumping is pleased to announce the appointment of Kirsty Pearce as its new Chair.
Following an extensive and successful career in both showjumping and business management. Kirsty, who has previously served as a Showjumping Specific Director on the British Showjumping Board, brings a wealth of...
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April 04, 2025
The opening leg of the 45th edition of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Final kicked off yesterday evening in Basel (SUI) with Great Britain getting off to a flying start. The nature of the first day’s competition provides athletes with somewhat of a conundrum as they...
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