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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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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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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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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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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. […]
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S & L Cesam and Tracy Fenney Sprout Wings in $24,500 Horseflight Jumper Classic

S & L Cesam and Tracy Fenney Sprout Wings in $24,500 Horseflight Jumper Classic  The 2024 HITS Ocala Winter Circuit wrapped up its third week of competition on Sunday as jumper riders launched into a day full of classic competition. The show celebrated a wide variety of jumper classic competition throughout the day from the .90cm to the 1.40m height […]