News Archive
March 29, 2017
The inaugural ‘Just for Schools’ Winter Championships took place at Wales and West Shows in Chepstow during 18th - 19th March giving two fantastic days of showjumping for those that took part. With a whole host of classes from ‘Just for Schools’ League classes through...
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March 28, 2017
The following squad has been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team NAF in the CSIO4* FEI Nations Cup in Linz, Austria. The competition takes place between the 4th – 7th May 2017 at the Linzer Pferdefestival. This will be...
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March 28, 2017
We are now fast approaching the start of the Summer season which brings with it the start of the new league periods. With this is mind, now is a great time to be planning your competition calendar and familiarising yourselves with the rule changes that...
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March 24, 2017
Don't miss your chance to witness Great Britain's Olympic showjumping heroes in action like never before at the spectacular destination of Royal Hospital Chelsea for the Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League of London. With the top horses and riders in the world...
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March 22, 2017
This year will see leaders in modern equine nutrition, Blue Chip Feed, celebrate their 19th consecutive year of sponsorship of the British Showjumping Pony Newcomers Championship. This announcement marks Blue Chip as one of the sport’s longest standing sponsors.
The popular Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Championship...
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March 21, 2017
British Showjumping, the National Governing Body for Showjumping in Britain, is currently seeking to appoint a Selector to work as part of the Selection Panel.
Reporting to the Chief Executive, the successful applicant will work in close collaboration with the Performance Manager and an Independent Chair...
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March 21, 2017
The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today signed training venue contracts with three sports facilities in Japan, securing Team GB’s multi-sport preparation camp for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Keio University, Todoroki Stadium and Yokohama International Pool will provide Team GB’s athletes with optimal pre-Games training...
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March 21, 2017
Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of British Showjumping will take place at 2pm on Monday 12th June 2017 followed by a Sports Presentation at The Best Western Windmill Village Hotel, Birmingham Rd, Coventry, West Midlands CV5 9AL.
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March 21, 2017
Sophie Hillier scooped top spot with a speedy performance in the last of this year’s SEIB Winter Novice Qualifiers held at Morris Equestrian Centre in Ayrshire on Saturday.
For the final time this season, fifty-one hopefuls began the class and they were all vying for one...
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March 20, 2017
The summer show season is just around the corner so why not plan a trip to The Equerry Bolesworth International Horse Show with your friends!
This year the event runs Wednesday to Sunday, June 14 to 18, at Bolesworth Castle near Chester and you and your...
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March 19, 2017
It was yet another win for Guy Williams at Vejer de la Frontera in Spain this afternoon when he took the Invitational Grand Prix on Depardieu van’t Keizelhof and the lion share of the €100,000 prize fund on offer. This followed their notable win yesterday...
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March 19, 2017
The CSI 5* Saut Hermes au Grand Palais in Paris drew to a close today with some intense competition being played out.
The late morning class of the 25 Years and Under 1.45m Team Competition saw Jack Whitaker and Jessie Drea join forces to make up...
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March 18, 2017
The Sunshine Tour taking place in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain saw almost eighty starters come forward to contest the 1.45m Small Grand Prix today; a Grand Prix which British rider Guy Williams claimed as his own with Casper de Muze.
The course was a tough one that...
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March 18, 2017
Yesterday, Friday 17th March, saw Louise Saywell at the CSI 5* Saut Hermes give Great Britain a solid start with a 2nd place finish in the opening World Ranking Points class, the 1.45m two phase Prix du Grand Palais. Her clear with Peiter VI, owned...
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March 18, 2017
One of the most iconic showjumping classes in the world has gained a new headline sponsor, with Al Shira’aa taking over as the title sponsor of the Hickstead Derby.
The Al Shira’aa Derby will take place on the afternoon of Sunday 25 June 2017, with the...
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March 16, 2017
Leaders in modern equine nutrition, Blue Chip Feed, are once again offering the chance to win a year of sponsorship to one lucky Junior and one lucky Senior rider who are competing at the 2017 Blue Chip Winter Showjumping Championships.
This incredible sponsorship opportunity will see...
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March 15, 2017
On Saturday 25 March, the sell-out crowds of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) will congregate under the bright lights of the Palm Beach International Equestrian Centre to watch the world’s leading riders battle it out for the highlight of the 12-week competition and the most...
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March 15, 2017
A total of 18 teams will be on the starting grid for the 2017 Global Champions League season as the world's top riders gear up for 15 events packed with top sport. Set against the backdrop of the Tops International Arena in Valkenswaard, The Netherlands,...
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March 15, 2017
The final Charles Britton Equestrian Construction Winter JA Classic Qualifiers took place over the weekend at Bury Farm Equestrian Village in Buckinghamshire and it was Hannah Barker and Fraser Reed who collected a win apiece.
All was to play for as a starting field of forty-three...
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March 14, 2017
Nick Skelton CBE, who won Individual Gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Showjumping, has today been announced as the latest Honorary Ambassador for the innovative disabled people’s charity Revitalise.
The charity, which provides much-needed respite holidays for disabled people and carers at three accessible...
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March 14, 2017
It was Emma-Jo Slater from High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire who stormed to victory in this year’s penultimate SEIB Winter Novice Qualifier at Hartpury College in Gloucestershire on Saturday.
The pressure was high as a mammoth field of seventy-three competitive combinations were all looking to gain one of...
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March 13, 2017
In 2018 the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping will welcome Indoor Brabant as the fourth Major in equestrian sport. Established in 1967, and celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, Indoor Brabant will join CHIO Aachen (Germany), CSIO Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ (Canada) and CHI Geneva...
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March 13, 2017
The final 148cm Pony Premier of the season drew pony riders far and wide to Bury Farm in hope of gaining the coveted qualifying places to Hickstead and the British Masters.
Hannah Barker stepped up magnificently to top level JA classes on Lynn Barker’s Ammanvalley Santino,...
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March 09, 2017
Long standing member of the Devon Junior Academy, twelve year-old Megan Trott from Dunkeswell, Devon has much to smile about after being awarded the NAF shining star for February 2017. With all British Showjumping Junior Academy Members eligible for nominations, it was Megan’s ambition and...
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March 09, 2017
If you’re a fan of world-class show jumping, international dressage and high-end shopping and dining, you won’t want to miss this year’s Equerry Bolesworth International Horse Show.
The 2017 event is taking place from June 14 to 18 in the stunning grounds of Bolesworth Castle near...
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March 08, 2017
Annabel Shields made her journey from Crook, Durham worthwhile when she delivered an unbeatable performance to claim top spot in Saturday’s SEIB Winter Novice Qualifier at Bishop Burton College in East Yorkshire.
Against forty-seven other competitive combinations, the stakes were high as each and every rider...
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March 06, 2017
All roads led to Arena UK for the final small pony premier of the season – and the last chance to qualify for the Royal International Horse Show and ride in the fabulous Hickstead arena.
Emelia Mitchell dismissed any pressure as first to go in Sunday’s...
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March 06, 2017
It was an incredibly hard and fast jump-off in yesterday’s Sunshine Tour CSI4* Grand Prix at Vejer de la Frontera, Spain for Robert Whitaker and Catwalk IV who took the eventual win to place a union flag at the head of the line up.
Seven horses...
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March 04, 2017
It was an awesome win for Scott Brash in the CSI 5* Grand Prix in Al Shaqab, Doha this evening with Ursula XII owned by Lady Pauline Harris and Lady Pauline Kirkham. After jumping a double clear in the first two rounds, the former World...
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March 04, 2017
British Showjumpers finished 4th this evening, 3rd March 2017, under the sponsor banner of Team NAF in Wellington, Florida.
The halfway stage of the competition, after all riders had jumped their first round, had Great Britain sat in joint 4th position with Argentina on a score of...
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March 03, 2017
BREAKING NEWS The Horsescotland Awards Ball, which took place this evening 3 March 2017, saw four awards acknowledging British Showjumping Scotland.
The awards and winners were:
Lifetime Achievement Award - Jacky Low-Mitchell
Participation Coach of the Year - Sandra Low-Mitchell
Club of the Year - British Showjumping...
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March 01, 2017
Equestrian insurance specialists, KBIS British Equestrian Insurance, will be continuing with their established sponsorship of the British Showjumping Senior British Novice Championship for the ninth consecutive year.
The popular KBIS Insurance Senior British Novice Championship Series attracts over 39,000 starts in the first round competitions alone...
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March 01, 2017
Organisers of Royal Windsor Horse Show have announced that National entries for the prestigious five-day event, taking place from 10 -14 May, 2017, will open at 10am on Thursday 2 March.
As the largest outdoor equestrian competition in the country, the five-day spectacle is...
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March 01, 2017
British Showjumping, in conjunction with Retraining of Racehorses (RoR), are delighted to announce an exciting new and progressive competition structure for retrained racehorses competing within the sport. This new structure will add to the already established RoR Club League Championship and will work alongside the...
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