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
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
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
Over the years, since its first running, The Grand National at Aintree, since its first running in 1839, has thrown up some remarkable stories. This year was another, where an amazing fairy tale story unfolded. Although it is now nearly a week since the great race, the subject is still close to many hearts. The
Ukraine, horse racing in Australia and top showjumping in the USA is in the news this week. However, over recent weeks, we have all seen the horrific pictures of the war in Ukraine as the EEF and FEI are act as fast as possible. The Ukrainian equestrian community and Ukrainian horses have been equally terribly
The racing festival at Meydan in the UAE had its final weekend with the World Cup as the flat racing season begins in Europe at Doncaster and the Curragh. In dressage and showjumping, there were no 5 star classes, but the Spanish Sunshine tour at Jerez de la Frontera staged the final weekend on the
The Cheltenham meeting returned this year with all the verve and crowds which usually accompany this racing festival which after the last two years was wonderful to see. Willie Mullins provides a trainers masterclass. As the curtain went up on the meeting with the first race, I would imagine the traditional roar of the crowd,
As 2021 draws to a close, we look at the highlights and low times of the year in our much loved equestrian sport. Like many media publications, we have our own review and suggested awards to finish the year; the best and the worst. In general, the main talking point of the year has nothing
While showjumping and dressage World Cup shows in mainland Europe were being cancelled, this week saw the final week of thoroughbred sales at the Tattersalls complex in Newmarket and at Arqana in Deauville, France, and wow what a year both companies have enjoyed with many records broken. In 2020, the returns were, as expected, not
Recent days and weeks have seen the ‘wash-up’ from the main shows and events of the year, particularly with the FEI and the Olympic committee with regards to the format and success or not of Olympic and Paralympic competitions. Pivotal, the rags to riches worldwide successful stallion dies at Cheveley Park Stud and the breeding
The Longines Champions Tour for showjumping had its final championship round over the weekend held at Samorin in Slovakia. Meanwhile the final Group 1 race for the season at Doncaster saw eight runners line up for the coveted 2 year old mile contest. As the yearling sales in Europe stutter to a finish, the market
As the flat racing winds down in Europe, the final ‘Champions’ race meeting took place at Ascot with four Group1 races to complete the British season. The race for the British Champion jockey, always close throughout the year also came to a conclusion. We also pay tribute to the juveniles who raced at Newmarket last
The first weekend in October is always particularly anticipated with the running of the annual Qatar Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe race in Paris and this year’s renewal was set to be a vintage one and provide a shock result. It also has traditionally become one of the weekends with the most Group 1 races
The final major European horse trial event on the European calendar of 2021 took place at Avenches in Switzerland. The European Eventing Championships. At Newmarket, the first of the autumn juvenile Group 1 races were held as well as other Group 1s around the globe. The CCI 4 star European Eventing Championship event attracted riders
As the world marvels at the new tennis sensation Emma Raducanu from Great Britain, equine sporting competition was in full swing. After last week in Riesenbeck in Germany, for the showjumping European Championships, the dressage European Championships took place, again in Germany, this time in Hagen. There were several Group 1 races in Europe including
