Lexington, KY – July 30, 2021 – Junior/Amateur-Owner and professional show jumping competitors took their turn in the spotlight of the Rolex Stadium first thing Friday morning. The High Junior/Amateur-Owner Jumpers competed under overcast skies in hopes of snagging the division’s first big win of the week. It was ultimately Kathryn Hall and All In…
Michael Jung riding Chipmunk. (FEI/Libby Law) The leaderboard began to look a bit more familiar after the final session of Eventing dressage at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Baji Koen. Great Britain remains at the head of affairs, but it is now Team Germany that sits second ahead of New Zealand in third, while…
Oliver Townend. (FEI/Christophe Taniere) World number one, Oliver Townend, gave the British team the best possible start when taking the individual lead as the Dressage phase kicked off equestrian Eventing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Baji Koen. Going second in the first of the two sessions, with a further 20 horse-and-rider combinations to…
Lexington, KY – July 29, 2021 – On Thursday evening, the nation’s top athletes gathered at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Rolex Stadium in hopes of securing the win in the $25,000 Kentucky Summer Classic Grand Prix during the Kentucky Summer Horse Show. Saving the best for last, Brazil’s Celso Ariani and Ukulman De La Nutria…
Lara de Liedekerke-Meier (BEL) presenting Alpaga d’Arville at the Eventing 1st Horse Inspection. (FEI/Libby Law) It’s the turn of the world’s best Eventing athletes to stand under the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games spotlight over the next few days, as all but one of the horses presented at the horse inspection at Baji Koen Equestrian Park…
Jessica von Bredow-Werndl. (FEI/Shannon Brinkman) Everything about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been a journey into the unknown. But there was a ring of familiarity combined with a spirit of great sport when Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl claimed the Individual Dressage title with the lovely mare TSF Dalera at Baji Koen Equestrian Park where…
Lexington, KY – July 26, 2021 – The Kentucky Summer Horse Shows are set to begin July 28, 2021, and Kentucky Horse Shows LLC is dedicated to the health, welfare, and safety of all exhibitors both equine and human. Due to the positive case of Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) secondary to EHV-1 at the Sonoma…
Germany’s Dorothee Schneider, Isabell Werth, and Jessica von Bredow-Werndl celebrating Dressage team gold. (FEI/Shannon Brinkman) Victory for Germany in the Dressage team event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will go down in the history books. For the last 27 years the country that has long been the cradle of classical horsemanship has been all…
Belgium’s Thibeau Spits, Emilie Conter, Maartje Verberckmoes, Alexander Housen, and Thibeau Philippaerts with Chef d’Equipe Rik Deraedt. (FEI/Leanjo De Koster) Germany’s Mathias Westendarp claimed the Individual Young Rider title, Great Britain’s Ava Vernon topped the Juniors, and Hungary’s Gyula Szuhal Jr. was crowned Children’s champion at the FEI European Championships 2021 for Young Riders, Juniors,…
Example of monitoring horses in work using thermal imaging cameras at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. © FEI. Olympic Equestrian Dressage competitions are already well underway and all equine athletes will have settled into their temporary home at the historic Equestrian Park venue in Baji Koen, with the arrival of the final batch of Show…
