Tim Price and Falco (c) Solène Bailly Photos. The thousands of spectators who flocked to the Domaine de Sers to encourage the best riders and drivers in the world made the right decision in staying until the end of this 31st edition of the event. There were some very high-level sports performances in both carriage…
Tim Price on Falco (c) Solène Bailly Photos (2). The cross-country test, the high point in eventing, held its share of surprises. In the lead after the dressage test, Tim Price, currently World no. 3, gave a true textbook demonstration of how to ride a cross-country course on Falco, coming home in optimal time and…
Jonelle Price & McClaren (C) Solène Bailly Photos. Couples (in real life) are few and far between at this level, and Jonelle and Tim Price belong to the world elite. Not only do they produce quality performances, but a competitive spirit drives them both, and has spurred them on to the top of the provisional…
William Fox-Pitt & Oratorio (c) Solène Bailly Photos. If there was any doubt that 2021 has been a year for the Brits in equestrian sports, then the riders here in Pau have just swept it away! As if it weren’t enough to have bagged the gold medal in the team event and silver in the…
Laura Collett ©S. Bailly/Centaure Production. After the dressage test and the cross-country course, the champions of international eventing had a final hurdle to jump at the Domaine de Sers in the show jumping competition. Despite a few twists in the plot among the Top 10 during the event, British rider Laura Collet didn’t put a…
Laura Collett ©S. Bailly/Centaure Production. Once again this year, the cross-country event at the 5 Étoiles de Pau staged a magnificent show for its spectators. Thirty-one combinations and forty-five efforts to be negotiated along the 6.3-km course, and all in just 11.08 minutes. That was the challenge that French course designer Pierre Michelet set the…
Laura Collett ©S. Bailly/Centaure Production. The World’s top riders and their mounts are all at the Domaine de Sers in Pau, Southwest France until this Sunday to battle it out in the 5* (the highest level eventing competition in equestrian sports). The first event in the competition, dressage, ended with the victory of British rider…
Christopher Burton ©S. Bailly/Centaure Production. The World’s top riders and their mounts are all at the Domaine de Sers in Pau, Southwest France until this Sunday to battle it out in the CCI5*-L, the highest level eventing competition in equestrian sports. The competition began with the dressage test. In the first part of the test,…
Kelly Houtappels-Bruder ©S. Bailly/Centaure Production. The 2020 edition of the “5 Étoiles de Pau” began with part one of the dressage test, the first test in the FEI Driving World Championships for singles. At the end of the opening day of this international event, the Canadian driver Kelly Houtappels-Bruder is at the top of the…
For its 30th edition, the “5 Etoiles de Pau” has a star-studded line up. From 21st to 25th October, Pau will be hosting the only international CCI 5*-L competition in 2020. The event is the highest level in equestrian eventing and among the contenders this year are the world’s top six riders. 48 competition-deprived riders,…
