FEI European Championships in Olympic & Paralympic Disciplines Cancelled for 2021

ByAssociate Editor May 9, 2020

The FEI European Championships in the Olympic and Paralympic disciplines of Jumping, Eventing, Dressage, and Para Dressage will not be held in 2021 due to the revised dates for the Tokyo Games next year. European Championships in the non-Olympic disciplines will still be organised in 2021. The Hungarian capital of Budapest had been due to…

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Can Dutch World Champions Make European History on Home Turf?

ByAssociate Editor August 16, 2019

Team Netherlands. (FEI/Arnd Bronkhurst) Rotterdam (NED) will host the Longines FEI European Championships for para dressage, the third to be held alongside Jumping and Dressage, from Wednesday 21 – Sunday 25 August. Some 66 riders from 21 countries will compete for medals. Who will be the riders and rivalries to look out for? Great Britain…

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Fairytale Finish as Sweden’s Fredricson Wins Jumping Title

ByAssociate Editor August 28, 2017

Photo: Peder Fredricson and H&M All In. (FEI/Richard Juillart) Dutchman Smolders rockets up to silver medal spot; Ireland’s O’Connor adds bronze to team gold It was a dream come true for all of Sweden as Peder Fredricson (45) and H&M All In claimed individual Jumping gold in front of Her Royal Highness Queen Silvia and…

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Werth Wins Ferocious Battle for Dressage Freestyle Gold

ByAssociate Editor August 27, 2017

L to R: Sonke Rothenberger GER (silver), Isabell Werth GER (gold), Cathrine Dufour DEN (bronze). (FEI/Richard Juillart) Isabell Werth (45) secured her third Dressage gold medal of the week when topping the individual Freestyle at the Longines FEI European Championships 2017 in Gothenburg, Sweden. But she had to pull out all the stops to pin…

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Driving the Winner as Dutch Claim Double Gold on Final Day of Extraordinary Championships

ByAssociate Editor August 27, 2017August 27, 2017

Photo: IJsbrand Chardon. (FEI/Richard Juilliart) In one of the closest finishes in recent history, the Netherlands narrowly held off a resurgent German trio and a fighting Belgian challenge to claim their fourth successive European team gold after a captivating final day of competition of the Longines FEI European Championships in Gothenburg (SWE). Driven on by…

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All Eyes Turn to ‘Once in a Lifetime Marathon’ after Enthralling First Day of Driving

ByAssociate Editor August 26, 2017August 26, 2017

Photo: Theo Timmerman (NED) (FEI/Claes Jakobsson) The stage is set for a titanic battle with driving’s biggest names nestled together on a tightly-packed leaderboard after day one of the Longines FEI European Championships 2017 in Gothenburg (SWE). It will be the orange men of the Netherlands who move on from the dressage to the marathon…

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Double-Gold for Werth and Weihegold as They Win Dressage Grand Prix Special

ByAssociate Editor August 26, 2017August 26, 2017

Photo: Germany’s Sonke Rothenberger (silver) and Isabell Werth (gold), along with Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour (bronze) (FEI/Richard Juillart) Germany’s Isabell Werth (45) and her lovely mare Weihegold waltzed their way to gold in the Grand Prix Special at the Longines FEI European Championships 2017 in Gothenburg, Sweden. But the doyenne of world Dressage was chased to…

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Irish Overcome the Odds to Win Jumping Team Gold

ByAssociate Editor August 26, 2017

L to R: Chef d’Equipe Rodrigo Pessoa, Shane Sweetnam, Denis Lynch, Bertram Allen and Cian O’Connor. (FEI/Claes Jakobsson) Host nation Sweden take silver and Switzerland scoop the bronze It was Jumping team gold for Ireland at the Longines FEI European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden where Shane Sweetnam (36), Denis Lynch (41) and Cian O’Connor (37)…

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Swedes Overtake Swiss in Race for Jumping Team Gold

ByAssociate Editor August 25, 2017August 25, 2017

Photo: Peder Fredricson and H&M All In. (FEI/Claes Jakobsson) On a day of drama and very mixed fortunes, the host nation climbed to the top of the team Jumping leaderboard at the Longines FEI European Championships 2017 in Gothenburg (SWE). The crowd went wild when Peder Fredricson sealed it with another spectacular clear from his…

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Dressage Team Gold for Germany Once Again

ByAssociate Editor August 25, 2017August 25, 2017

Photo: Chef d’Equipe Klaus Roeser (left) with the gold medal winning German Dressage team – Isabell Werth, Dorothee Schneider, Helen Langehanenberg and Sonke Rothenberger. (FEI/Liz Gregg) Reigning Olympic champions are in a class of their own; Danes pip host nation Sweden for silver They may have been thrown slightly off course a few times in…