TOP class show jumping returns to Aintree Equestrian Centre all this weekend as the Aintree Summer British Amateur Four Day show leaps into action.
Included in the stellar line-up of riders is Susie Gibson from Warrington, who was recently voted 2010 Trainer of the Year by the British Show Jumping Association.
Ian Wynne from Cheshire, local girl [...]
How many medals targeted by Team GB?
Team GB are aiming to get medals in all the disciplines; eventing, dressage and show jumping and Paralympic dressage.
Where are the chances?
Team GB are best placed to succeed in eventing where we have medalled at every Olympics bar one since 1972. [...]
British show jumping team manager Rob Hoekstra is to try out yet another rider combination in the penultimate leg of the Meydan Nations Cup at the Royal International Horse Show, Hickstead, even though the World Equestrian Games in Kentucky are just two months away.
William Funnell (Billy [...]
Beverley Widdowson’s Carlo 273, ridden by Nick Skelton, finished in second place in the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix held in La Mandria, Italy at the weekend, bringing home a 65,000€ share of the 300,000€ total prize fund on offer.
Jumping one of only three triple clear rounds of the entire competition, the nine year-old grey [...]
American dressage rider Courtney King-Dye is back on horseback after suffering a serious brain injury when she fell while schooling at home in Florida on 3 March.
She suffered a fractured skull and small brain bleeds and fell into a coma.
Mrs King-Dye, who was disqualified from the 2008 Olympics when her mount, Mythilus, tested positive in [...]
British show jumping squad performance manager Derek Ricketts has been sacked following the team’s “disappointing” results in 2009.
Mr Ricketts, who has been team manager since 2002, says he was warned that his position was under review in September — following Team GB’s joint eighth place in the Nations Cup super league and sixth at the [...]
British showjumping is advertising for a new squad performance manager following the Great Britain team’s poor showing last year.
The move follows a review of the high-profile post after Britain finished eighth in the Nations Cup and sixth at the European Championships in Windsor.
It is thought Derek Ricketts, who has been team manager since 2002, will [...]
The saddle you choose depends on the kind of riding you do. There are general purpose saddles, hunt-seat saddles, western saddles, dressage and show saddles.
The saddle tree, the frame on which the saddle is constructed, is usually made of wood or sometimes fiberglass, then covered with leather. This frame is made to fit the both [...]
When the cold winter weather hits, many horse owners automatically bring out the horse blankets. However, a [...]
Olympia is Christmas – that’s what riders here say about the London International Horse Show.
For six days every year, many of the world’s top riders spend the week leading up to Christmas at the Olympia Grand Hall, just down the road from Kensington High Street, to compete in the festive indoor showjumping event.
It’s great for [...]
Jumping festival leaps into action at AintreeEquestrianism guide:London 2012 OlympicsRob Hoekstra to blood new combinations In Nations CupNick Sketon And Carlo Win at La Mandria Global Champions TourInjured dressage rider tries hippotherapyShow jumping team manager sackedShowjumping seeks new performance manager
