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Among the high-rated favorites at the Rolex Grand Prix of La Baule, she certainly wasn’t one of them in advance: Although Beth Underhill is no stranger to the sport, the 59-year-old Canadian has been riding the horses of Olympic legend Eric Lamaze since last September, who, for health reasons, has retired from his active career ... Read More
The beautiful male stallion Fyre Festival ignites an exciting bidding competition at the 25th online Elite Foal Auction and thus reaches the top price of 50,250 euros. Fyre Festival by Fynch Hatton – De Niro – Lord Liberty G, from the breeding of the Merveldt and Feldmann-Moog (Gut Füchtel)/Vechta, Lower Saxony families, achieves the … Read More
In the first qualifier for the Grand Prix of Riesenbeck, he had already let two colleagues take the lead on Friday. But when it came to the GP decision on Saturday, he couldn’t be beaten: Hans-Thorben Rüder won the CSI2* Grand Prix with Dakota (v. Ustinov) and the maximum score for the … Read More
On Saturday, the German pony riders stepped into the footsteps of their team-mates from the Young Riders division. In their Nations Cup at the CSIO Youth in Lamprechtshausen, Jonna Esser and Catness, Ava Ferch and Chessy, Jolie Marie Kühner and Del Piero and Hanna Bräuer and Miss Mc Fly D … Read More
It was a special kind of reunion, almost like a class reunion of three horses from the stables of Dagobertshausen: In the Maimarkt Championship of Mannheim, the CSIO3* Saturday main event over 1.45m, Gerald Nothdurft set a flawless time with Ride Smart Never Walk Alone (v. Numero Uno) as the third starter, at which … Read More
He is currently in an incredibly strong form: After his World Cup victory in Leipzig a few weeks ago, Martin Fuchs is hardly to beat even at the CSIO5* in La Baule. In the main competition on Saturday with the 1.50m jump with the poles, the Swiss rode with his champion, The Sinner (v. Sannvaro), against the competition after … Read More
As the last rider to start, Jerome Guery left nothing to be desired with his Olympic horse, the Holsteiner stallion Quel Homme de Hus (v. Diamant de Semilly), at the La Baule Nations Cup: With his dominant round, the current No. 13 in the FEI World Rankings secured victory for his team Belgium in the Nations Cup and extended his unbeaten streak in the … Read More
It looked like a home win in the second Grand Prix Qualifier in Riesenbeck for a long time. Since he had completed his round over the 1.45m CSI2* course with Miss Milly Manou (v. Mylord Carthago) flawlessly and quickly as the fifth starter, the Irish rider Ludger Beerbaum’s Eoin Mcmahon from the field of … Read More
Things have become tight at the top of the new world rankings – and two top riders have swapped places: Peder Fredricson remains No. 1 with 3080 points unchanged, but Martin Fuchs has improved to second place with his successes, truly keeping his Swedish colleague with 3061 points in… Read More
Bad surprise for Henrik von Eckermann and Evelina Tovek in La Baule: Actually, the world No. 2 and his pupil were supposed to compete today in the Nations Cup at the French Atlantic coast. Actually. But as the Swedish equestrian magazine ‚Ridsport‘ now reports, four horses from the Swedish team were excluded from the competition on site… Read More