The famous Badminton Horse Trials (supported by Mars Equestrian) 2023 clashed with the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, a regular visitor to the trials over the past few years. This meant that some awkward decisions for the event team needed to be made. In the end, the decision was to keep the
We have just published our European Equine Annual Review which can be found at: www.horseview-annualreview.com Do go and have a look by following the link. In the meantime, we wish you a Very Happy Christmas Holiday and Prosperous 2023. This year has been a quite remarkable and vintage year in so many ways for our
One of the final shows of the year took place in London this weekend. The London International Horse Show, where Great Britain won the main two Grand Prix classes for dressage and showjumping. Staged for the second year at the Excel Centre in the east end of London as opposed to the famous Olympia Grand
It has arrived – The European Equine Review 2022. We are delighted to be able to have published this unique and the best equestrian review you will find anywhere on the internet – or anywhere else for that matter. www.horseview-annualreview.com Without doubt 2022 has proved to be a vintage year for most equine activities. There
As the end of term approaches, there is news aplenty regarding equine sports. There are three main shows in Europe over the festival period starting with this weekend’s Geneva Rolex Grand Prix along with many other showjumping and driving classes at international level. The second is the London International Horse Show for dressage, showjumping and
This year for the first time, Tattersalls introduced a ‘select’ part within their mares and fillies catalogue, and for a first sale, they did attract some notable horses. They named the sale after the only filly to win four classics – Sceptre. She won the One thousand Guineas, then the Two Thousand Guineas before winning
The World Cup Qualifiers for Western Europe moved on to Madrid this weekend with classes for dressage and showjumping. Meanwhile the sales circuit moved back to Tattersalls in Newmarket for the annual foal sale, a sale which posted more records. Tina Cook, the event rider has announced her retirement. In Madrid, the first day of
While the world looked on at Qatar for the start of the football World Cup over the weekend; the main equine international competition this week was staged at the O2 Arena in Prague for the final of the Longines Champions League for showjumping. The qualifying rounds of the Equine World Cup took a break before
As the unusually warm autumn continues towards winter, the equine sporting schedule starts to show signs of coming to an end in Europe. Stuttgart staged their annual World Cup Qualifier for dressage and show jumping. Charlotte Fry of Great Britain has been named as the FEI Equine best athlete of the year at the FEI
The weekend’s renewal of the Breeders Cup in Keenland was with no doubt a vintage renewal. Flightline won the main event by a massive margin and all but one of the six of the seven turf races were claimed by European trained horses. All the dirt races went to the home team. Charlie Appleby from
All the action was concentrated in France with eventing, dressage and showjumping on the card. The final 5 star horse trials took place at Les Etoiles de Pau over the weekend with some quite surprising results? In Lyon, the French staged another round of the World Cup Qualifying rounds for both dressage and showjumping. Read
Ben Maher with Faltic HB takes his third Longines Global Championship in Riyadh while the World Cup Qualifiers start in earnest in Europe for both showjumping and dressage. King Charles is to start to reduce The Late Queen’s string of race horses and breeding stock starting this autumn. Read More This article has been moved
The final major race day in Europe of the year took place at Ascot for Champion’s Day. The day is designed to be the finals of the Qipco sponsored races which have been run throughout the season at various race courses throughout the UK. The 5 star horse trial event at Fair Hill Equestrian in
The Future champion’s weekend at Newmarket saw two further Group 1 races for two year olds only. At Tattersalls, the October Yearling Book One took place during the week with records falling in just about every facet. In St Tropez hosted the top world show jumping classes of the week and in Birmingham, the annual
The famous Longchamp Track in Paris The Arc de Triomphe weekend is always savoured by the racing world with no less than eight Group 1 races at the Longchamp track in Paris over the weekend. French trainers were looking to repair some of their reputations as they had only won four Group 1 races in
