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May 21, 2025
The 2025 Royal Windsor Horse Show concluded following four exceptional days of top-class equestrian sport, with the highlight of the week being the CSI5* Rolex Grand Prix, which concluded in a thrilling fight to the finish.
Featuring 32 of the world’s best horse and rider combinations, Bernardo Costa Cabral’s up-to-height 1.60m course proved challenging,...
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May 21, 2025
The first Summer Pony Premier kicked off at Arena UK this weekend where they hosted the first STX-UK Pony Foxhunter Second Round Class of the 2025 season.
Forty-two qualified ponies took to the ring to take on the challenging first round course; their sights set on...
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May 20, 2025
This weekend, Arena UK hosted the first Summer Pony Premier of the season, which included the inaugural Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Second Round of 2025.
With almost 100 starters competing for qualification to the Horse of the Year Show, the track proved challenging, as 37 combinations...
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May 20, 2025
This weekend, Arena UK hosted the first HOYS Pony Qualifiers of 2025 at their Summer Pony Premier Show, including the Enablelink 128cm HOYS Qualifier, the CT Equine Collection 138cm HOYS Qualifier, and the Demolition Services Pony Showjumper of the Year qualifier. Riders and their ponies...
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May 20, 2025
The second of seven Events Through A Lens Talent Seeker Incorporating the Seven-Year-Old Championship Qualifiers unfolded at Wales and West this Saturday as 79 riders took to the arena for the qualifier.
The first round track proved challenging to finish clear and within the time. However, 16...
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May 19, 2025
In the Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Second Round at Wales and West Showground this weekend, it was Leo Lamb who rode away with the victory and a ticket to the Horse of the Year Show.
A 62-strong starting field came forward to contend the 1.30m track...
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May 19, 2025
The final day of Royal Windsor Horse Show also celebrated the rising stars of British equestrianism. Thirty of the world’s most exciting up-and-coming Show Jumpers took to the Castle Arena early this morning for The Defender Under 25 Jumping Competition, where all clear rounds from...
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May 19, 2025
Devon County Show kick started this year’s International Stairway series as a total of 23 combinations came forward to face the 1.50m track in the beautiful green turf of the main arena. Six combinations cleared the challenging track to return for the jump-off, including the ‘Master...
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May 17, 2025
World-class competition took centre stage on Friday at Royal Windsor Horse Show with the CSI5* Defender Stakes, as 31 of the sport’s elite riders tackled Bernardo Costa Cabral’s demanding 15-fence course under glorious sunshine.
It was Great Britain’s Jessica Mendoza who set the pace early on,...
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May 16, 2025
Royal Windsor Horse Show opened in spectacular fashion yesterday, setting an exciting tone for the four-day celebration of equestrian sport. Today marked the beginning of the national competition – including several hotly contested Show Jumping classes – with some of Britain’s top national riders returning...
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May 15, 2025
Another two STX-UK Pony British Novice Second Round took place this weekend and more young riders aimed to secure their qualification to the Final at the British Showjumping National Championships.
Sixteen combinations came forward to the first round at Hascombe Farm, with 8 of these jumping...
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May 13, 2025
The fifth Nupafeed Senior Discovery Second Round competition, held at Willow Banks Equestrian Centre was this weekend.
A total of 36 horse and rider combinations embarked on course designer Piers Robert Warmoth’s 1.05m first round track, with 24 delivering a clear round to advance to the...
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May 13, 2025
This weekend it was the turn of Pyecombe Equestrian Centre to host the NAF Five Star Bronze and Silver League Championship Direct Qualifiers, where riders aimed to take one step closer to a spot in the Final at Horse of the Year Show.
Kicking off the...
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May 13, 2025
The Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Championship Second Rounds continued this weekend at South View Equestrian Centre in a fiercely contested class where riders vied to qualify their horses for the Championship Final at the Horse of the Year Show in October.
Fifty combinations entered the arena...
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May 12, 2025
Over the weekend, Chard Equestrian was full of showjumping action, including the Prestige Italia Big Star Championship Qualifier. 28 combinations came forward to navigate their horses through three courses, aiming for a treble clear to qualify for the Prestige Italia Six-Year-Old Championship Final at the...
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May 08, 2025
This bank holiday weekend saw another STX-UK Pony British Novice Second Round competition take place, held at Weston Lawns, where combinations contended to qualify for the final at the British Showjumping National Championships.
Thirty-six hopefuls came forward to tackle the course which proved a real test...
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May 07, 2025
Kicking off the competition on Saturday at Dorset Showground was the NAF Bronze League Qualifier. With nearly 40 starters, each combination needed to shine from the start to stand a chance at the jump-off. The rounds proved demanding, with 10 achieving the coveted clear rounds...
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May 07, 2025
A busy weekend of showjumping saw two Nupafeed Supplements Senior Discovery Second Round competitions take place at Harrogate and Pyecombe.
At Harrogate Riding Centre, a total of 22 horses embarked on the first round with delivering 14 delivering clear rounds to advance to the second. From...
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May 06, 2025
Britain’s pony riders, winners of the Nations Cup earlier in the week, once again dominated the Pony Grand Prix Competition, filling the top five placings.
Thirty-two riders came forward over the 1.30m track in the test against the clock, with nine advancing to the jump-off including...
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May 02, 2025
Great Britain’s Pony team returned victorious in the first of the season’s FEI Nations Cup Youth competitions in Linz-Ebelsberg, Austria, with a resounding zero score.
Four teams came forward to contend the 1.25m track and Great Britain took a decisive early lead in the first round...
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April 30, 2025
This past weekend showcased the first two STX-UK Pony British Novice Second Round, with young riders vying for qualification to the Final at the British Showjumping National Championships.
The competition kicked off at Dorset Showground where 27 riders battled it out for top honours. Credit to...
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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 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 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 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 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 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
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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March 31, 2025
Ben Maher pushed on through the pain of a broken foot to win the Adequan WEF Challenge in week 12 on Point Break, who was making a flying visit to the Winter Equestrian Festival at Wellington International in Florida, USA.
“Point Break just flew in this...
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March 25, 2025
Emma Crawford raced to victory in the 4* Royal Bliss Small Grand Prix with Dukes of Hazzard on the Andalucia Sunshine Tour in Vejer de la Frontera, Spain.
“It’s a day that won’t be forgotten, Duke winning my first ever world ranking class on our final...
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March 25, 2025
Eve Giannotta excelled in tough competition to claim victory in both the Winter Individual Schools 80cm and 90cm Championships with Oreo Patches, at the Just For Schools Winter Championships held at the Cricklands home at the popular David Broome Event Centre near Chepstow, South Wales.
Beginning...
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March 24, 2025
The British Showjumping Spring Championships once again delivered an electrifying showcase of talent, precision, and horsemanship. Returning to Arena UK in Grantham for the third year, this prestigious event brought together rising stars and seasoned riders, all eager to conclude their indoor season in style.
Riders...
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March 24, 2025
Unlucky four faults in the rounds of Great Britain’s Team Audevard in the Longines League of Nations at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, USA, meant they didn’t make a podium place, and the team finished sixth. It went to the wire, but The USA won...
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March 23, 2025
Maisy Williams’s super-charged round on Blossom’s Billy Heinz deservedly claimed the Winter Grade C Championship at the British Showjumping Spring Championships at Arena UK in Grantham.
“Don’t go too quick, ride for second,” her father Guy Williams – a well-known adversary against the clock – had...
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March 23, 2025
Paul Sims lifted the Lesley McNaught Memorial Trophy with victory in the Audevard Winter 1.35m Championship with Jankorado GB in an exciting jump-off which was won or lost at the heartbreaker final fence at the British Showjumping Spring Championships, Arena UK, in Grantham.
“He’s just class. ...
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March 19, 2025
Ava Vernon claimed victory in the 4* Small Tour Grand Prix with Volnay De Choc Z on the Andalucia Sunshine Tour in Spain.
Forty-nine riders faced course-designer Raf Suarez’s 13-fence, 16-effort world ranking 1.45m with 15 riders answering every question to make their way into the...
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March 10, 2025
Will Fletcher landed an amazing world ranking double victory on week 5 at the Andalucia Sunshine Tour in Spain, with Iwalinde, culminating with the top-billed 4* Dunas de Barbate Grand Prix.
“I can’t believe it, to win a four-star Grand Prix – I’m just so, so...
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March 10, 2025
The final Small Pony Premier show of the series drew to a close this weekend at Arena UK. Once again, Anya Dewey Clarke proved best in Saturday’s Winter 128cm Second Round taking the top two placings. Eighteen competitors faced Neil Foster and Declan Perry’s 1.10m...
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March 05, 2025
Ellen Whitaker jumped Korlenski into second place in the 5* 1.60m speed competition on the Longines Global Champions Tour in Doha.
“Korlenski is the most exciting horse I have ever ridden in my life!” said Ellen.
A class field of 55 came forward over German course-designer Peter...
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March 03, 2025
In the final Large Pony Premier, held at Arena UK, Henry Leggott once again took top spot on Day 1’s Winter JA Classic qualifier. Fourteen competitors took on Neil Foster and Declan Perry’s 1.15m track and with three combinations jumping clear in the first round...
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February 26, 2025
The spotlight was on Cora Dowey this past weekend as she shone in the 138cm Second Rounds on both days at Kelsall Hill’s Small Pony Premier, cementing her spot in the Winter 138cm Championship Final at the Agria Royal International Horse Show.
In Saturday’s 138cm Second...
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February 19, 2025
Henry Leggott continued his recent Pony Premier success to take top spot in Saturday’s Winter JA Classic qualifier at Kelsall Hill’s Large Pony Premier Show. Eleven competitors faced the 1.15m track, with three producing the clear rounds needed to make the final jump-off. First out...
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February 11, 2025
The third Small Pony Premier took place this last weekend at South View Equestrian Centre. Anya Dewey Clarke proved the best in Saturday’s Winter 128cm Second Round with Kilcreene Snapdragon. Sixteen competitors faced the 1.10m track with three conjuring up the right answers to go...
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February 10, 2025
Graham Gillespie emerged on top in the CSI4* Tesalia Small Grand Prix with Warriors Glory on the Andalucia Spanish Sunshine Tour.
“I’m honoured to be part of his career, he’s incredible and it is an unbelievable story,” said Graham, following his world ranking win.
It was a...
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February 05, 2025
Ben Maher jumps Corlander to the top in the CSI4* Hermes 1.50m Classic at the Winter Equestrian Festival in the USA
Ben Maher jumped to victory with Charlotte Rossetter and Pamela Wright’s Corlander in the CSI4* Hermes 1.50m Classic on week four at the Winter Equestrian...
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February 03, 2025
The third Large Pony Premier show took place this past weekend at South View Equestrian centre. In Saturday’s Winter JA Classic, Hollie Gerken, who produce a hat trick of wins at the 2024 Horse of the Year Show, rode Galaxy V to victory and claimed...
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