Showjumper at the WEF - Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. Photo by Rob Bowman.
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Spotlight on the Best Equine Competition Venues

ByTeri Rehkopf

I am lucky to live near a couple of great equine competition venues that aren’t listed below – Clay County Fairgrounds which shows my name on one of the photos I took at a show and Jacksonville Equestrian Center. Both venues are fairly new in the equine competition arena, but they have hosted upper-level competitions…

World Equestrian Games Team Gold Medalists to Compete at National Horse Show
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World Equestrian Games Team Gold Medalists to Compete at National Horse Show

ByAssociate Editor

Photo: Laura Kraut on Whitney. Lexington, KY – Oct. 24, 2018 – The 2018 National Horse Show promises to be thrilling with top notch international competition! Adding to the excitement will be the participation of 2018 World Equestrian Games Gold Medal athletes, McLain Ward, Laura Kraut, Devin Ryan, Adrienne Sternlicht, and Beezie Madden. Team USA…

FEI World Equestrian Games Medallists Celebrate Achievements in Olympia Parade
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FEI World Equestrian Games Medallists Celebrate Achievements in Olympia Parade

ByAssociate Editor

Photo: © BEF / Jon Stroud Media. Olympia, The London International Horse Show will welcome Team GBR’s medallists from the FEI World Equestrian Games™ (WEG) Tryon 2018 to the annual event to take part in a celebratory parade on the evening of Thursday 20 December 2018. The parade marks the success of British athletes, who…

Exell Wins Individual Gold as Team USA’s Golden Victory Thrills Home Crowd
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Exell Wins Individual Gold as Team USA’s Golden Victory Thrills Home Crowd

ByAssociate Editor

Australia’s Boyd Exell (FEI / Liz Gregg) On a day when the home nation USA secured a stunning victory in the Polaris Ranger driving team competition to round off a triumphant FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon (WEG), Australian driver Boyd Exell proved he remains in a league of his own by securing a third successive…

Blum Breezes into Jumping History Books When Clinching Individual Title at Tryon
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Blum Breezes into Jumping History Books When Clinching Individual Title at Tryon

ByAssociate Editor

Simone Blum celebrates winning the Bank of America Individual Jumping title. (FEI/Martin Dokoupil) Germany’s Simone Blum (29) etched her name into the record books when becoming the first woman in the 28-year history of the FEI World Equestrian Games™, and only the second female athlete in the 65-year history of the World Jumping Championships, to…

Vaulting Championships Come to an Epic Conclusion
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Vaulting Championships Come to an Epic Conclusion

ByAssociate Editor

Chiara Congia and Justin van Gerven of Team Germany. (FEI/Martin Dokoupil) In a breathtaking finale to Vaulting at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ in Tryon, USA, Team Germany, their individual female star Kristina Boe, and Lambert Leclezio from France all took gold under supreme pressure in the Christie’s International Real Estate arena. Boe, a formidable…

Stunning Day of Freestyle Rounds Off Para Dressage Championships
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Stunning Day of Freestyle Rounds Off Para Dressage Championships

ByAssociate Editor

Italy’s Sarah Morganti. (FEI/Liz Gregg) On the day of the “dancing horses,” The Netherlands’ Sanne Voets became the first ever non-British rider to win three gold medals in one major international championship before team-mate van der Horst put the icing on the Dutch cake by doing exactly the same. And topping off an incredible five…

Brakes Off but Pressure Was On for Untouchable Aussie Boyd Exell
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Brakes Off but Pressure Was On for Untouchable Aussie Boyd Exell

ByAssociate Editor

Boyd Exell with his carriage of horses Celviro, Checkmate, Daphne, and Zindgraaf. (FEI / Christophe Taniere) Not even broken brakes could prevent Boyd Exell (AUS) from tightening his grip towards a third successive individual gold medal as the Polaris Ranger driving marathon test delighted the packed crowds at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon (WEG)….

Orange the New Gold as Dutch Win Team Competition and Ticket to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
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Orange the New Gold as Dutch Win Team Competition and Ticket to Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

ByAssociate Editor

Team Netherlands celebrates an incredible win. (FEI/Arnd Bronkhurst) The Netherlands has turned the established order of international Para Dressage on its head by winning the team competition at the Adequan© Para Dressage at the FEI World Equestrian Games Tryon (USA). In doing so, the Dutch team not only secured the first team spot, out of…

Tears of Triumph as USA Wins Bank of America Team Jumping Title on Home Turf
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Tears of Triumph as USA Wins Bank of America Team Jumping Title on Home Turf

ByAssociate Editor

McLain Ward and Clinta. (FEI/Martin Dokoupil) Team USA won the Bank of America Team Jumping Championship at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon, USA, but they were chased all the way to the line by a brilliant Swedish side that took silver, while Germany claimed the bronze. It was an epic battle on…