Monday 19th September 2022 saw the state funeral procession, service and burial of Her Majesty, The Late Queen Elizabeth II. An historic event watched by millions across the world. In a week where the world unified and stood still to remember the enormous part The Late Queen played on so many occasions during the last
The whole world was saddened and many devastated as the news last evening at 6.30 that Her Majesty The Queen had died at Balmoral Castle. Her late Majesty’s legacy is long and profound. The world owes a huge debt of gratitude to a life that has enriched millions across the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and the
We have to report that sadly, in the Prix du Moulin at Longchamp, this year’s classic winning Coroebus broke a leg during the race and was put down. Frankie Dettori fell foul of the German whip rules in Baden Baden. At Burghley in the UK, the horse trials keep the eventing community busy for one
The centre stage of our sport of showjumping was concentrated on Belgium and The Netherlands over the weekend. Recently, the final leg of the European Nations Cup was held in Dublin. At Valkenswaard in the Netherlands, the latest round of the Longines Global Champions Tour was run and in Brussels, the Belgians staged a 3,
There are two racing festivals in Europe during August, one at Deauville in France and the other at York in the UK. Both had some excellent racing on the cards including Baaeed, currently the number one rated horse in the world; and secondly, the Australian wonder mare – Veery Elleegent – over for a European
The World Equestrian Games continued with the showjumping following the dressage. The whole of the FEI World Jumping Championships was sponsored by Agria and presented by Helgstrand. The showjumping at the games comprised of both a team and individual medal competitions. The first class of the event was a speed class in which there were
The once in four year Ecco FEI World Equestrian Games was staged in Herning in Denmark for the dressage, showjumping and vaulting during the last week or so. In the dressage part of these games, there were plenty of thrills and spills with some surprising results. There is forty four years between the oldest competitor
Lottie Fry wins the Individual Gold Medal for Dressage at the World Equestrian Games. In a pulsating Grand Prix Special, Lottie took the test by the scruff of the neck and collected 10s for many of her movements. This must be one of the best dressage tests out of thousands which I have witnessed. So
The World Equestrian Games start with dressage and a thrilling final for the team competition. Denmark take the team Gold but the surprise maybe Great Britain coming second beating Germany into Bronze. Read the whole of our Dressage Report after the Individual medals on Wednesday. The whole action as it happened. image courtesy clipmyhorse
For the first time in three years, The All England Jumping Course was able to stage the Royal International Horse Show. While at Goodwood, The Glorious Goodwood meeting provided another five days of horse racing for all abilities in the heat of this summer. Both meetings were competitive with Stradivarius being just pipped at the
The race was first run in 1951 after it was an amalgamation of two races, the first was the King George Vi Stakes, a race over two miles which was first run in 1946. The second race was to celebrate and commemorate The King’s wife, Queen Elizabeth. This was first run in 1948 and was
The Nations Cup for dressage and show jumping circuit continued in Sweden at Falsterbo. It was clearly a good weekend for Denmark and Belgium as Sweden stuttered. In The Netherlands a five star show jumping event was held at Valkenswaard while at the Curragh in Ireland the fourth classic, The Irish Oaks was run. In
The Newmarket July Racing Festival over the three days produced some great results for the fillies. Following the big Aachen week last week, sport horse competition took a breather. In the United States the Belmont races were run in New York and in France, than annual Deauville jamboree got underway. The main show jumping event
The Festival of the Horse at Aachen in north west Germany is always a highlight of e equestrian calendar and this year with no covid restrictions it felt far more like the normal Aachen we all know and love. With show jumping, dressage and eventing at the highest level, it was a show that many
The last weekend in June saw three major show jumping events. across Europe at Hickstead, Paris and Rotterdam and the one 5 star dressage event at Rotterdam; and to top it all off, in Ireland there was the Irish Derby. At Hickstead in the UK, there was the sixtieth running of the famous Hickstead Derby
