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British Riders Continue Their Run of International Success in this week's round-up
September 17, 2024
Robert Whitaker lifts the Ascona 4* Grand Prix with Vermento Robert Whitaker left the best until the final day in Ascona, Switzerland, to land victory in the top-billed 4* Grand Prix with Stephen and Caroline Blatchford’s Vermento. German course-designer Christian Wiegand set a tough 1.55m track for...
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Great Britain land second place in the FEI Jumping Children Nations Cup Final in a tight, tense competition
September 16, 2024
Great Britain’s Children on Horses team finished second in the FEI Jumping Children Nations Cup Final in a closely fought competition at Azelhof Horse Events in Lier, Belgium. Eleven teams initially came forward to face a 12-fence 1.25m speed track designed by The Netherlands’ Henk Linders...
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Great Britain’s Pony Team reign supreme in Belgium with a commanding victory in the FEI Jumping Pony Nations Cup Final
September 16, 2024
Great Britain excelled in the FEI Jumping Pony Nations Cup Final at Azelhof Horse Events in Lier, Belgium, with a commanding victory – decided after the third rider had completed their round. It was no mean feat. Eight teams competed over a three round competition carrying their...
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NEW BOOK FROM SHOWJUMPING SUPERSTAR AND TRUE HORSEMAN,  ‘JOHN WHITAKER – THE LEGEND’
September 11, 2024
Experience the thrill of showjumping superstar John Whitaker's life through the pages of 'John Whitaker - The Legend,' as told to Sarah Peacocke. Launching in October, this captivating biography, delves into the extraordinary life and career of illustrious show jumper, John Whitaker MBE. John Whitaker has...
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Final British Horse Feeds Qualifiers for Horse of the Year Show
September 10, 2024
The final British Horse Feeds Speedi-Beet HOYS Grade C Qualifiers of the season took place this weekend at Wolsingham Show and Dorset County Show, with riders vying to claim the final tickets to the Horse of the Year Show. At Wolsingham Show, the competition featured a...
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British Riders Continue to Shine in this week's International Round Up
September 09, 2024
Mark Edwards scores a winning double in Warsaw An on-form Mark Edwards notched up a victory double at the EEF Nations Cup Final meeting in Warsaw, Poland. Royale Tale stepped in to give Mark a notable win in the 4* 1.50m.  A strong field of 55 came...
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Great Britain’s Team Audevard finish third in the BMO Nations Cup at Spruce Meadows Masters
September 09, 2024
Great Britain’s Team Audevard claimed third place in a thrilling BMO Nations Cup on ‘British Day’ at the Spruce Meadows Masters in Calgary, Canada. Seven teams participated over Venezuelan course-designer Leopoldo Palacios’ 12-fence, 14-effort 1.60m track.  A restrictive time allowed caught several of the 27 riders...
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British Showjumping’s Youth Squads announced for Youth Nations Cup Finals
September 03, 2024
The following four youth squads have been selected to represent Great Britain at the FEI CSIO Youth Nations Cup Finals. The competition takes place between 11 - 15 September 2024 at Azelhof Horse Events, Lier (BEL). Pony Squad Maisie Allsop, from Derbyshire, with the 15-year-old grey gelding...
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British Showjumping’s Team Audevard announced for CSIO4* Longines EEF Series Final in Warsaw
September 02, 2024
Following qualification to compete in the CSIO4* Longines EEF Series Final in Warsaw (POL), the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 5 – 8 September 2024 at the...
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Skye Higgin is a winner at Sentower Park in this week's International Round Up
September 02, 2024
Skye Higgin is a winner at Sentower Park Skye Higgin enjoyed a successful show at Sentower Park in Belgium, with a win and a third on Fly For You. The partnership hit immediate winning form in the 2* 1.40m Speed, Skye and the nine-year-old Quaprice Bois Margot...
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British Showjumping’s Team Audevard announced for CSIO5* Calgary FEI Nations Cup
August 29, 2024
Following an invitation to compete in the CSIO5* Nations Cup of Calgary, the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 4 - 8 September 2024 at the Spruce Meadows...
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Ella Kay lands a spectacular hat-trick of titles at the Scope Junior Festival
August 27, 2024
The on-form Ella Kay has seamlessly made the switch to bigger ponies after claiming three major national 2023 128cm titles – the British Showjumping National Championship, HOYS and the London International Horse Show with Red Alert III – and started her 2024 tally at the...
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British Riders Continue to Shine in this week's International Round Up
August 27, 2024
Robert Murphy comes agonisingly close to a three-star Grand Prix victory with Hulde G Robert Murphy came so close to taking victory in the 3* Grand Prix at Azelhof Jumping in Lier, Belgium, but had to settle for second with Hulde G by a fraction of...
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Jessica Burke lands the top-billed 2* Chepstow Grand Prix with a flying round on Foreign Affair
August 27, 2024
Jessica Burke’s breath-takingly fast round on African Affair secured the Equestrian Surfaces 2* Grand Prix at Chepstow Summer International to lift the magnificent King Hussein Trophy – presented by Princess Haya of Jordan and donated by her father, The King. Ireland’s Jessica, who has been based...
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Update for competitions at Blair Castle
August 25, 2024
Competitors should note that the intended timetable for Sunday 25th August has been amended with the intention of starting jumping at 9am in one arena. The running order will be : Class 18 Newcomers/1.10m open Class 15 90cm Open Class 16 1.00m  Class 17 1.05m  All...
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British Showjumping’s Team Audevard announced for CSIO5* Brussels FEI Nations Cup
August 22, 2024
Following an invitation to compete in the CSIO5* Nations Cup of Brussels, the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 27 August – 1 September 2024 at the Brussel...
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Nicole Pavitt wins the Events Through A Lens Talent Seeker at Coombelands Equestrian
August 21, 2024
Coombelands Equestrian hosted the final Events Through a Lens Talent Seeker Qualifier of the 2024 season this week. A field of 65 horse and rider combinations stepped up to contend the 1.30m track, hoping to secure a top spot and qualify for the Horse of...
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Emily Ward lands the top-billed 1.40m Championship at the Scope Festival
August 21, 2024
Emily Ward claimed the feature 1.40m Championship with Angela Hunt’s Wild Star HF to conclude the Scope Festival for Seniors at South View Equestrian Centre in Cheshire. Only three mastered the round one track and provided initial clear rounds to access the jump-off with Keith Shore...
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Pippa-Jo Jackson from Worcester is the latest NAF Shining Star
August 21, 2024
Pippa-Jo Jackson, from Norton, Worcester, has been awarded the latest NAF Shining Star accolade. Pippa-Jo, a member of the British Showjumping Hereford and Worcester Academy, was nominated for the award by her coach Hannah Jackson. Seven-year-old Pippa-Jo has three ponies that she competes – 18-year-old Brierley...
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British Riders Reign Supreme in the Longines Global Champions Tour of London
August 19, 2024
Harry Charles secured his first Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix with a final round flyer on Sherlock, the Paris 2024 team gold medallist scoring a fabulous victory in front of a home crowd in London. You can read all about Harry's win here. Olli Fletcher scored...
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This Week’s International Round Up
August 19, 2024
Joe Trunkfield was briefy reunited with Gracie Johnson’s Cruze to land victory in the Defender Puissance on his first visit to Ireland’s premier Dublin Horse Show, sharing the win with Ireland’s Mikey Pender. “It was lovely to get back on Cruze and all the buttons were...
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Best of British as Harry Charles secures gold in Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of London
August 18, 2024
Everything Harry Charles touches at the moment turns to gold as he declares "no better place to come this weekend" than the Longines Global Champions Tour of London. Taking the win of the €500,000 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of London on 11 year old Sherlock,...
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Team Audevard Great Britain fought hard in a tense, exciting Nations Cup of Ireland at Dublin Horse Show to take third place
August 16, 2024
Great Britain's Team Audevard made a brilliant comeback to claim third in the Underwriting Exchange Team Nations Cup of Ireland at the world-famous Dublin Horse Show. Eight teams contended on the beautiful green turf of Dublin Horse Show’s main arena and the competition was strong from...
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UNIBED High Performance Equine Bedding Academy Championships
August 16, 2024
Experience, learning, team spirit and most of all, Fun with a capital F; the UNIBED High Performance Equine Bedding Academy Championships returned to Stoneleigh for another year, bringing competitors from nationwide together. Mini Individual Holly Milne enjoyed a great few days of competition, ending the Championship Show...
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British Showjumping’s Team Audevard announced for CSIO5* Dublin FEI Nations Cup
August 13, 2024
Following an invitation to compete in the CSIO5* Nations Cup of Dublin, the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 15 – 18 August 2024 at the Royal Dublin...
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Just for Schools Summer Championship Final
August 13, 2024
In the Just for Schools Individual 60cm Final, Molly Brymer headed up a 21 strong jump-off, taking the win with Binghamstown Lord Lucan.  Abergavenny-based Molly, who attends King Henry VIII school, flew into top spot by 0.29 seconds. “It was great, I had to do a...
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KBIS Insurance National Club Championships
August 13, 2024
The sun shone on the popular KBIS British Equestrian Insurance National Club Finals, with several riders crying tears of joy as they claimed their biggest win to land a coveted rug and sash as their winning prize at the British Showjumping Club Championships. Chloe Nicholas kickstarted...
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NAF Pony Five Star Style and Performance Finals
August 13, 2024
As the title suggests, the onus was on style and performance in the NAF Five Star Style and Performance Finals at the British Showjumping three-day extravaganza at Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.  Riders rode a set test combining eight fences as well as demonstrating a show at walk, trot...
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Robert Murphy scores a handsome four-star win at the Longines Global Future Champions Tour
August 12, 2024
Brits filled the top two places in Saturday’s feature class on the Global Future Champions Tour in Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, as Robert Murphy and Matt Sampson battled for supremacy. The 29 competitors forward faced a 13-fence 4* 1.50m speed track designed by Gregory Bodo (FRA) with...
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Stellar mare claims Big Star Trophy
August 12, 2024
A mare with a stellar international record in young horse classes headed today’s Prestige Italia British Six Year Old Final at the British Young Horse Championships. The UAE’s Humaid Al Muhairi rode Al Shira’aa Farms’ Argentina De Kreisker Z to finish top of a large class of 56....
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Sienna Palin takes the Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Masters
August 11, 2024
Sunday marked an exciting day at the British Showjumping National Championships, as the Blue Chip Pony Newcomers class provided a final opportunity for junior riders to qualify for the Horse of the Year Show in October. Krissy Spiller’s 12 fence, 1.10 frist round track saw 5...
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British Showjumping National Championships –  Sunday, 11th August Roundup
August 11, 2024
Sunday marks the final day of the British Showjumping National Championships, and what a week of sport it has been. To cap off the show, the sun came out in full force and the crowds gathered to enjoy some of the best junior showjumping that...
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British Showjumping National Championships – Saturday, 10th August Roundup
August 10, 2024
On Day 5 of the British Showjumping National Championships, the Junior riders came to conquer, and despite a grizzly start to the day, the weather soon changed and the sun came out for Stoneleigh Park. The first final of the day in the Unibed Championship Arena 2 played...
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British Showjumping National Championships – Friday, 9th August Roundup
August 09, 2024
Another day has been and gone at the British Showjumping National Championships, and approximately 500 combinations took to the two Arenas for a chance to become a 2024 Champion.  The Unibed Championship Arena 2 hosted the Retraining of Racehorses Club League Championship Finals – the 75cm,...
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Joint Victory in British Horse Feeds Speedi-Beet HOYS Grade C Qualifier
August 09, 2024
The British Horse Feeds Speedi-Beet HOYS Grade C Qualifier at the Vale of Glamorgan Show saw a rare and heartwarming outcome as two riders, Daniel May and Sian Edwards, opted to share the victory. Riding Houdini and Magnum Force, respectively, they were the only combinations...
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British Showjumping National Championships – Thursday, 8th August Roundup
August 08, 2024
Thursday saw the Sytner Land Rover Coventry Championship Arena 1 and the Unibed Championship Arena 2 unite as one arena. The Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Masters started bright and early, and competition was fierce. 29 combinations tackled the course, with 11 going through to the jump-off....
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Nicole Pavitt and Casque D’Or bring home the win in the Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Masters
August 08, 2024
The Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Championship Final is one of the most sought-after competitions for British Showjumping members. This makes the Masters class at the British Showjumping National Championships particularly significant, as it offers riders a final opportunity to qualify. A total of 29 riders tackled...
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British Showjumping National Championships – Wednesday, 7th August Roundup
August 07, 2024
  Another day of top-class equestrian sport is finished at the British Showjumping National Championships, where the best of the best come to claim their titles. Today saw almost 600 combinations vie for those coveted wins. The Sytner Land Rover Coventry Championship Arena 1 saw the Nupafeed...
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Stephanie Gunn crowned the  2024 Nupafeed Supplements Senior Discovery Champion
August 07, 2024
The second day of the British Showjumping National Championships saw the crowning of our 2024 Nupafeed Supplements Senior Discovery Champion. With 58 combinations competing in the Final, the competition was tight as riders vied for the coveted title. To reach this stage, riders have competed in...
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Team GB jumpers secure top ten finishes
August 06, 2024
There was an air of eager anticipation as the crowds descended on Versailles for the finale of the equestrian programme at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Course designers Santiago Varela (ESP) and Gregory Bodo (FRA) have really excelled for the jumping competitions, receiving wide acclaim...
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British Showjumping National Championships – Tuesday, 6th August Roundup
August 06, 2024
Day one of the British Showjumping National Championships has come to a close and what a day of top-class competition it was. Kicking off with the first Championship class of the day, Katie Benbow piloted Latico to complete a quick, precise round to take the win...
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Katie Benbow crowned the Equissage Pulse Senior British Novice Champion of 2024
August 06, 2024
The British Showjumping National Championships has kicked off and it’s been an exciting start. The sun shone as the Equissage Pulse Senior British Novice Championship Final unfolded, and we crowned our champion of 2024. The Final featured 60 riders who had qualified throughout the 2024 season....
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Team GB trio through to jumping finale
August 05, 2024
As the air temperatures rose, so too did the intensity of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games jumping competition for individual honours at Versailles. Today’s qualifier was all about condensing the field of 73 combinations down to a top 30, who would battle it out in...
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Gemma Stevens and Johan Some triumph in the Events Through A Lens Talent Seeker Incorporating the 7 Year Old Championship Qualifier at Pyecombe Horse Show
August 05, 2024
The penultimate Events Through A Lens Talent Seeker Incorporating the 7 Year Old Championship Qualifier of 2024 took place at Pyecombe Horse Show, offering riders a chance to qualify for the Final at the Horse of the Year Show. A strong field of 59 competitors faced...
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Jack Whitaker lands a three-star win in Samorin
August 05, 2024
Jack Whitaker made the journey to Samorin in Slovakia worthwhile with a three-star victory on Equine America Valmy De La Lande. Netherlands’ course-designer Louis Konickx set a 12-fence 14-effort 1.50m speed track for the 77 starters but Jack made short work of the fences, cruising into...
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Great Britain are the new Olympic Champions
August 02, 2024
Team GB has secured their first Olympic jumping team medal since London 2012 – and there were a few familiar faces from that day on the podium. Ben Maher, Harry Charles and Scott Brash were the only team not to add any jumping penalties to their...
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Team GB jumpers secure team final spot in style
August 01, 2024
In hot and humid conditions, the Paris 2023 jumping competition got underway with the team qualification round, where the 20 starting teams would be whittled down to a top 10 to jump for medals tomorrow.  Course designing duo Santiago Varela (ESP) and Gregory Bodo (FRA)...
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Horse change in the Team GB jumping squad
July 30, 2024
Team GB, in conjunction with British Equestrian and British Showjumping, can announce a change of horse for jumping athlete, Ben Maher. Ben will now ride Charlotte Rossetter, Pamela Wright and his own Dallas Vegas Batilly. The change from Point Break is down to form post-travel. After the...
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Michael McColm takes the win in the last STX-UK Pony Foxhunter Second Round of 2024
July 30, 2024
The final STX-UK Pony Foxhunter Second Round competition took place this weekend at Wales and West. Thirty-three competitors tackled the 1.10m track in the first round, and five advanced to the final jump-off. The winners were 2023 Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Masters winners, Michael McColm and...
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Final Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Second Round competition sees victory for Tara Sweetnam
July 29, 2024
The last Blue Chip Pony Newcomer Second Round competition took place this weekend at Wales and West, ahead of the Masters at the British Showjumping National Championships, which will give riders a final opportunity to qualify for the Final at Horse of the Year Show. 84...
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