Headlines Archive
May 19, 2022
Fifteen-year-old Sophie Gittus from Yorkshire has been awarded April’s NAF Shining Star. She is a member of British Showjumping’s Yorkshire Junior Academy and was nominated for the award by her coach, Nicola Sheard.
Sophie has two ponies currently competing at different levels; a twelve-year-old chestnut gelding...
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May 16, 2022
Courtney Young from Shotgate, Essex secured the win in this week’s NAF Five Star Silver League Qualifier held at Felbridge Showground, jumping Maxine Locke’s Islandwood Roxy Ella.
Forty-three keen combinations set out over the twelve-fence track and after two tough rounds of showjumping just ten remained...
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May 16, 2022
On winning form, Jenny McBride from London scooped first place in the NAF Five Star Bronze League Qualifier which took place at Felbridge Showground on Saturday jumping her own 14 year-old chestnut gelding, Boswell Mr Heartbreaker.
Sixty-two starters began over the ten-fence track and after two...
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May 16, 2022
Prestige Equestrian held this week’s Equissage Pulse Senior British Novice Second Round on Sunday, and it was won by Sarah Major from Plymouth, Devon riding her own Trevenna Lowen.
With a field of seventy determined riders, the first two round were closely contested with thirty-one...
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May 15, 2022
CHI Royal Windsor Horse Show Daily Report
The Rolex Grand Prix provided a fitting finale to the four-day Show, with the finest horse and riders in action to compete for the prestigious prize, which went to Gregory Wathelet. The CAIO4* Land Rover International Driving Grand Prix...
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May 14, 2022
The top class international competition continued on day three of Royal Windsor Horse Show, with the world's best show jumpers and carriage drivers in action. Other action included the Inter Schools ShowjumpingCompetition supported by Mochara, which was won by Seaford College. There was also a...
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May 13, 2022
The CSI5* Showjumpingand CAIO4* Land Rover International Driving got underway on day two of Royal Windsor Horse Show, with the world's best horse and rider combinations in action. Elsewhere, Her Majesty The Queen was in attendance to watch her beloved Fell Pony, Balmoral Leia, being crowned The Horse & Hound Mountain...
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May 13, 2022
Great Britain’s second leg of the EEF Series will take place CSIO3* Madrid (ESP). The competition takes place between the 3rd-5th June at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid. For the competition, the following squad have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title...
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May 13, 2022
Great Britain will kick off their EEF Series campaign at CSIO3* Lisbon (POR). The competition takes place between the 25th-29th May at Hipodromo do Campo Grande. For the competition, the following squad have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team...
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May 12, 2022
Royal Windsor Horse Show 2022 got off to a scintillating start with top-class national Showjumping and Showing competitions and impressive international displays from The Musical Ride of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and The Royal Cavalry of Oman.
DOUBLE DELIGHT IN ROYAL WINDSOR PUISSANCE
The Puissance provided a...
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May 12, 2022
Timetable
Royal Windsor is proud to host some of the highest level Show Jumping in the UK, with 5* jumping on three days of the Show culminating in the prestigious Rolex Grand Prix on the Sunday. Alongside top-level jumping taking place in the Castle Arena,...
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May 10, 2022
Stephaine Gunn from Orston, Nottinghamshire clinched the top spot in the Nupafeed Supplements Senior Discovery Second Round at Willow Banks Equestrian Centre, riding her own, Quianti E.
Thirty-two combinations initially took on the 12-fence track and after two rounds of showjumping with just twelve coming forward...
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May 10, 2022
Leo Lorimer from Tillyochie, Kinross secured the win in the NAF Five Star Silver League Qualifier held at Muirmill Equestrian Centre on Sunday, jumping his own 11 year-old bay gelding, Liu Jo Vls.
Twenty-eight combinations set out over the eleven fence track and after two tough...
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May 10, 2022
With the fastest triple clear of the class, Erin McGee from Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire claimed first place in the NAF Five Star Bronze League Qualifier which took place at Muirmill Equestrian Centre on Sunday.
Riding Maureen Pollock’s 13 year-old chestnut gelding Loughahoe Henry, Erin was one...
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May 10, 2022
Loughborough based Holly Smith took the victory, along with the 12,825€ first prize, in the CSI3* Grand Prix competition at Le Touquet (FRA) with her own and TJ Hall Limited’s Fruselli this weekend.
From a field of forty-two starters, ten combinations left the 1.50m track untouched...
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May 09, 2022
Samuel Hutton made the trip to Sentower Park in Belgium worthwhile as he took the win in the CSI3* Opglabbeek Grand Prix with the 11-year-old grey gelding Givinchi.
Fifty starters took on the 1.55m first round resulting in an eventual eleven clears going through to the...
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May 09, 2022
Yesterday, Sunday 8th May, saw the closing day of the CSIO Youth show at Lamprechtschausen and young British rider Tabitha Kyle made sure she ended on a high, taking second place in both the Pony Grand Prix on Gangnam Style and second place in the...
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May 09, 2022
The first Prestige Italia Big Star Championship Qualifier of the season took place at Chard Equestrian Centre, Somerset on Saturday and it was a real showcase of talented 6 year-olds. Looking to reward consistent jumping in young horses the following sixteen combinations all shared the...
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May 08, 2022
Robert Smith landed the big prize on offer in the feature AW Jenkinson 2* Grand Prix with Ilton at Northcote Stud’s inaugural International four-day meeting in Lancashire.
This Grand Prix was run over three rounds and course-designer Nigel Jess set a series of questions testing rideability,...
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May 05, 2022
Great Britain’s first competition of Longines FEI Jumping Division 1 Nations Cup™ starts next month at the CSIO5* Nations Cup in St Gallen (SUI), which takes place between the 3rd-6th June at Equestrian Stadium Gruendenmoos. The following squad have been selected to represent Great Britain...
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May 04, 2022
Following an invitation to compete in the CSIO5* Nations Cup in Rome (ITA), the following squad have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team NAF. The competition takes place between the 25th-29th May at Piazzale delle Canestre.
Donald Whitaker from...
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May 03, 2022
The final day at Fontainebleau Youth CSIO saw all four age groups - Ponies, Children on Horses, Juniors and Young Riders - take to the arena for their respective Grand Prix competitions.
Pony riders Grand Prix
This was the first competition of the day and fresh...
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May 02, 2022
From a huge starting field of eighty nine combinations, Briony Martin from Haywards Heath, West Sussex jumped three solid rounds aboard Pablo Imagine Z to scoop first place in the Equissgae Pulse Senior British Novice Second Round held at Bury Farm Equestrian Village on Sunday.
The...
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Catherine Housman secures top spot in the NAF Five Star Silver League Qualifier at Dorset Showground
May 02, 2022
Dorset Showground played host to this week’s NAF Five Star Silver League Qualifier, and it was Catherine Housman from Ashford, Kent who jumped her way in to first place aboard Contrichta.
Riding the 15 year-old brown mare, Catherine was one of seventeen competitors to claim a...
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May 02, 2022
With a clear two second lead, Louise Hoyle from Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire became the winner of the Nupafeed Supplements Senior Discovery Second Round at Dean Valley Equestrian Centre on Sunday riding her own 8 year-old chestnut mare, B Dior Papillon.
An initial starting field of...
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May 02, 2022
Seventeen year-old Louise McDonald from Maidenhead, Berkshire rode three clear rounds of jumping aboard her 12 year-old chestnut gelding Fanta-Astic to take the win in the NAF Five Star Bronze League Qualifier which took place at the Dorset Showground on Saturday.
From thirty-eight initial starters, just...
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May 02, 2022
On Saturday, Dean Valley Equestrian Centre played host to this week’s Equissage Pulse Senior British Novice Second Round. It was won by Molly Heaps from Pontefract, West Yorkshire riding Carrickview Lily Lou owned by Christopher Heaps.
A starting field of thirty-four determined riders meant that...
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