Month: February 2024

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Dressage

Dressage Reigns Supreme at Royal Windsor as Defender CDI4* Dressage joined by International Young Horse Classes for 2024

Dressage Reigns Supreme at Royal Windsor as Defender CDI4* Dressage joined by International Young Horse Classes for 2024 Spectacular Dressage is set to kick off Royal Windsor Horse Show, as the organisers today confirmed both the return of The Defender CDI4* Dressage, and new British Dressage International Young Horse classes as part of the line-up of sport and entertainment for […]
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RECORD-BREAKING WEEKEND IN ALULA: 2024 FURSAN CUP SETS NEW BENCHMARK FOR FUTURE EDITIONS TO EMULATE

RECORD-BREAKING WEEKEND IN ALULA: 2024 FURSAN CUP SETS NEW BENCHMARK FOR FUTURE EDITIONS TO EMULATE AlFursan Equestrian Village staged 120km CEI 2* Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Endurance Cup on Saturday 160km CEI 3* competition followed Sunday to launch the road to 2026 World Endurance Championships in AlUla Over 260 riders from 50 countries competed across both competitions – […]
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Equine Blog

Rupert Carl Winkelmann and Quinn 33 Speed to Blue in $62,500 Bainbridge CSI5* 1.50m

Rupert Carl Winkelmann and Quinn 33 Speed to Blue in $62,500 Bainbridge CSI5* 1.50m On Friday during Week 5 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF), the first five-star week of the season continued with a victory for Germany’s Rupert Carl Winkelmann in the $62,500 Bainbridge CSI5* 1.50m Speed. Fifty-six competitors took to 2024 Olympic course designer Gregory Bodo’s (FRA) track […]
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Dressage

Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén Draws on Her Considerable Experience For Week 5 Victory at 2024 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival

Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén Draws on Her Considerable Experience For Week 5 Victory at 2024 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival Two extraordinary riding performances from less than ideal starts snagged the top two spots in the BluCreeq Spirits CDI3* Grand Prix Special on Saturday. Both the winner Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén (SWE) and Ashley Holzer (USA) had to contend with tension but clawed back […]
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Equine Blog

Darragh Kenny a Runner-Up No More in $385,000 Fidelity Investments® CSI5* Grand Prix

Darragh Kenny a Runner-Up No More in $385,000 Fidelity Investments® CSI5* Grand Prix In an all-Irish podium finish, Darragh Kenny piloted Amsterdam 27 to clinch victory in the $385,000 Fidelity Investments® CSI5* Grand Prix during the first of four five-star weeks during ‘Saturday Night Lights’ at Wellington International’s 13-week Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF). The win ended a nearly two-year drought […]
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Equine Blog

Conor Swail Starts Week Five Strong in $30,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic

Conor Swail Starts Week Five Strong in $30,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic Conor Swail is starting week five, presented by Premier Equestrian, the same way he ended week four: winning. Aboard the same mount he won Sunday’s final class on, Vital Chance de la Roque, he won Thursday’s feature class, the $30,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic. “That was a very […]
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Kent Farrington Two-for-Two at Wellington International

Kent Farrington Two-for-Two at Wellington International Kent Farrington won his second Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup in as many weeks on Thursday during Week 5 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, FL. The 2016 U.S. Olympic team silver medalist and 10-year-old Zangersheide mare Toulayna (Toulan x Parco) could not be caught in a 12-horse jump-off in the International Arena. […]