FEI Awards 2020: Fans Elect Ultimate Best from a Decade of Excellence
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FEI Awards 2020: Fans Elect Ultimate Best from a Decade of Excellence

Winners in the FEI Awards 2020 five categories were revealed, with multi-medalled young Dressage star Semmieke Rothenberger claiming the Longines FEI Rising Star Award for the second year in a row, and Eventing legend Ingrid Klimke also taking back-to-back wins as Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete. This year the task of choosing the best of…

Westphalian Cascamara Tops 6-Year-Olds, Trakehner Sweetwaters Ziethen T Wins 7-Year-Old Title
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Westphalian Cascamara Tops 6-Year-Olds, Trakehner Sweetwaters Ziethen T Wins 7-Year-Old Title

Ingrid Klimke and Cascamara. (FEI/Solène Bailly) There was an exciting conclusion to the FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championships for Young Horses 2020 at the Haras National at l’Isle de Briand in Le Lion d’Angers (FRA), where German star Ingrid Klimke steered Cascamara to claim the 6-year-old title and compatriot Sophie Leube topped the 7-year-old…

Let’s Stay Optimistic and Be Thankful for What We Have: Ingrid Klimke
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Let’s Stay Optimistic and Be Thankful for What We Have: Ingrid Klimke

Ingrid Klimke (GER) and SAP Hale Bob OLD claimed individual bronze at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ 2018 in Tryon (USA). (FEI/Christophe Taniere) Ingrid Klimke was cooking dinner while we chatted. No surprises there – the German star is a born multi-tasker, so juggling an interview and an evening meal is a breeze for this…

Multiple Olympian Klimke Takes FEI Best Athlete Award in Moscow
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Multiple Olympian Klimke Takes FEI Best Athlete Award in Moscow

(left to right): Ingrid Klimke, Uno Yxklinten, Madeleine Broek, Semmieke Rothenberger, Zuxian Li, and Yaofeng Li. Double Olympic team gold medallist and five-time Olympian Ingrid Klimke was announced as winner of the Peden Bloodstock FEI Best Athlete award at the FEI Awards Gala presented by Longines in Moscow (RUS). The glittering gala awards ceremony, which…

Ingrid Klimke and Hale Bob Do the European Double in Luhmühlen Medal Battle
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Ingrid Klimke and Hale Bob Do the European Double in Luhmühlen Medal Battle

Ingrid Klimke (FEI/Oliver Hardt for Getty images) The popular and ever-gracious Ingrid Klimke (GER) thrilled her mass of cheering, flag-waving supporters by conjuring a faultless Jumping round from her wonderful horse SAP Hale Bob OLD to clinch both the team title for Germany as well as her second successive individual gold medal at the Longines…

Jung and Klimke Put Team Germany Out in Front at Luhmühlen
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Jung and Klimke Put Team Germany Out in Front at Luhmühlen

Michael Jung (GER) with fischerChipmunk FST. (FEI/ /Oliver Hardt for Getty images) Michael Jung (GER), who has smashed pretty much every record in the sport, has just put himself in line for another – a fourth European title on a fourth horse – having taken the lead at the end of the Dressage phase at…

Klimke Spearheads Awesome German Team Set to Regain European Team Gold
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Klimke Spearheads Awesome German Team Set to Regain European Team Gold

Ingrid Klimke with Horseware Hale Bob OLD. (FEI/Libby Law Photography) The scene is set for a titanic battle for the Longines FEI Eventing European Championship, held for the fifth time at the much-loved German venue of Luhmühlen from 29 August – 1 September 2019. The German team is notoriously hard to beat on home ground…

Klimke in Control after Cross Country as Irish Eventers Come to Party
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Klimke in Control after Cross Country as Irish Eventers Come to Party

Ingrid Klimke and SAP Hale Bob OLD. (FEI/Christophe Taniere) Germany’s Ingrid Klimke kept her nerve to grab the lead as the Irish and French lit up a dramatic, adrenaline-fuelled day of eventing at the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 (WEG). Klimke, second overnight, made it look easy as she and mount SAP Hale Bob…

Klimke Leads Germany to Record-Breaking Total
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Klimke Leads Germany to Record-Breaking Total

Ingrid Klimke with SAP Hale Bob OLD (FEI/Christophe Taniere) Ingrid Klimke underlined Germany’s extraordinary dominance in dressage as she and mount SAP Hale Bob OLD leapt to within touching distance of compatriot Julia Krajewski at the top of the leaderboard as the first stage of the Mars eventing dressage came to an end at the…

Eventing Gold for Great Britain and Germany’s Ingrid Klimke at Strzegom
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Eventing Gold for Great Britain and Germany’s Ingrid Klimke at Strzegom

Photo: The victorious British team at the FEI European Eventing Championships at Strzegom in Poland: Nicola Wilson (also individual bronze), Ros Canter, Oliver Townend and Kristina Cook (FEI/Jon Stroud) A jubilant British team was celebrating after jumping three superb clear rounds in the final phase to hold onto their overnight lead and clinch the longed-for…