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The final day of the Tops International Arena Summer Event 3 ended with the flying Frenchman Simon Delestre and the lightning-fast Dexter Fontenis Z, who won the CSI4* Grand Prix and thus secured the lion’s share of the 100,000 € prize money. Delestre thus prevented Sanne Thijssen and Con Quidam from winning the home race … Read More
The mission of defending the title has succeeded: Martin Fuchs and Leone Jei (from Baltic VDL) won the Rolex Grand Prix in Dinard with 500,000 euros after a fast race. Already last year, the world number one rider was at the very top of the podium, this time riding Conner Jei. In that case, the … Read More
As the penultimate rider in the race for the King George V Gold Cup in Hickstead approached the final obstacle, the first cheers of the crowd began: Harry Charles seemed to make Borsato’s (by Contendro I) dream come true, finally returning a British home victory in the traditional Grand Prix after 2013!… Read More
He has done it again: Daniel Deusser and Bingo Ste Hermelle (v. Number One d’Iso) simply couldn’t be beaten at the CSI3* Grand Prix in Dinard on Sunday morning. Only on Saturday had Deusser won the main jump with Kiana vh Herdershof (v. Toulon) on the French coast. And also on … Read More
More than 60 riders had declared their readiness to compete in the Thomas Henry Championship on Saturday afternoon in Herford. Markus Brinkmann had to concede a very close victory in the class S* with his rider Lord Fauntleroy – only a tenth of a second separated them at the end from the winning pair of Enno Klaphake and Cortés. In third place … Read More
Parcoursstars at the Oldenburg Live Elite Foal Auction 2022: Star stallions Chacco-Blue, Diamant de Semilly and Tangelo van de Zuuthoeve, world champion Cumano, Christian Ahlmann’s Global Champions Tour winner Dominator Z, nation-winning Mumbai, winner stallion Don Tryon, and many more enrich the pedigrees of the first-class foal collection. Chacco-Blue is sending two top foals to Vechta: Chacco de … Read More
Only the seventh competitor, Jessica Springsteen, managed to complete the CSI4* 1.50m course in the Grass Arena in Valkenswaard without a single fault as the first. In the Tops International Arena, she needed 67.36 seconds on Hungry Heart (v. Baltimore). This time secured her a long lead and meant the final result for the team of … Read More
The probably most beautiful gift for his 29th birthday was made by Olivier Philippaerts himself this morning in Hickstead: In the competition for the Royal International Salver over 1.50m, he was the fastest double-digit jumper with a clear lead over H&M Miro (v. Diamant de Semilly). The value of his birthday present? 8,415 euros – that’s enough, right? … Read More
For a long time, Henrik von Eckermann and Iliana (v. Cardento) were the benchmark in the 1.50m long jump over the bar at the CSI5* Jumping Dinard on Saturday morning. With a time of 65.52 seconds, the Swede had led in the main jump of the day and held on to the lead. Until Daniel Deusser and his speed specialist Kiana vh Herdershof cleared the course … Read More
Friday of the Westfalenweek at the Westfälisches Pferdzentrum in Münster-Handorf saw three radiant new Westfalen champions in the three age categories of four-, five-, and six-year-old show horses. The five-year-old show horses made the opening act, which convincingly demonstrated a very good level overall. Here, the Alaba-son Abou-Chaker from the breeding of Ottmar … Read More