The final match race between Luis Larrazabal riding Asconos Girl Z and winner Jessica Mendoza aboard Noble Tropicana. Photo ©Sportfot Wellington, Fla. – January 3, 2026 — The opening “Saturday Night Lights” event of the 2026 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) started off with a redemption win for the girl’s team in the $75,000 Battle of…
Abdel Saïd & Calvaro. Photo ©Sportfot The stakes were high for Abdel Saïd in the $62,500 Bainbridge CSI5* 1.50m Classic on Friday. Earning the win aboard Calvaro, owned by AS Trading BV, he punched his ticket for the Rolex US Equestrian Open to close out the final week of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) at…
Jessica Mendoza & In the Air. © Sportfot A week ago, British show jumping athlete Jessica Mendoza was on a horseback safari in Africa, admiring elephants and other wildlife from the comfort of the saddle. This week, she switched gears for week 2 of the Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) and rode to a win in…
Jessica Mendoza and Play. Devon, Pa. – May 31, 2022 – International show jumping competition kicked off at the 2022 Devon Horse Show Tuesday, May 31, welcoming a field of talented athletes and their mounts to the iconic Dixon Oval for the $50,000 Jet Run Devon Welcome Stake CSI4*. Out of the 22 starters representing…
Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Sligo Balou Boy © Sportfot. Wellington, FL – March 11, 2021 – As week nine of the 2021 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) rolls on, Darragh Kenny (IRL) and Sligo Balou Boy, owned by Michael Kearins, jumped into the winner’s circle in the $73,000 Adequan® WEF Challenge Cup Round 9 CSI5* on…
Saturday’s sell-out crowd watched admirably as The FEI World Cup™ Driving Leg presented by Dodson & Horrell took to the arena with Boyd Exell demonstrating an unbeatable performance and taking home the title. Lorenzo De Luca, the Italian rider who is proving such a hit, won the Martin Collins Enterprises Christmas Tree Stakes and is…
(L to R) Michael Whitaker, Di Lampard Chef d’Equipe, Ben Maher, Jessica Mendoza and John Whitaker. (FEI/Stefano Secchi) Rome (ITA), 27 May 2016 – Team Great Britain clinched the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Jumping title for the second year in a row at Piazza di Siena in Rome (ITA). And it was the genius of…
British rising star Jessica Mendoza’s first campaign in senior classes at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, got off to a spectacular start with a brilliant win in the Longines Christmas Cracker on a sell-out evening. Fifteen horses went through to the jump-off, six of them British, and Laura Renwick threw down the challenge with…
