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June 30, 2025
The LeMieux Puissance took centre stage in the International Arena on Saturday evening, with Great Britain’s Rachel Proudley and Ireland’s Brendan Murphy both clearing 2.20m to share the win. The class featured 11 combinations and offered a total prize fund of €8,800, drawing top names...
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June 30, 2025
Over 620 horse and rider combinations representing 17 nations descended on the stunning Bolesworth Estate today for the opening day of the Bolesworth International, presented by Al Shira’aa.
The action-packed schedule saw the world-class International Arena come alive for what promises to be a fantastic two...
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June 27, 2025
The penultimate International Stairway class of the 2025 series took place this week at the Royal Norfolk Show and it was Ella Dalton who was on to form to take the win with Michelle Burnett’s Hurricane VDL.
Ten combinations came forward to tackle the 1.50m course,...
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June 27, 2025
British Equestrian and the British Showjumping Selectors can today confirm the five jumping athlete and horse combinations that will be submitted to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) as our definite entries for the FEI Jumping European Championship 2025, set to take place in A Coruña, Spain from 16–20...
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June 26, 2025
British Showjumping is pleased to announce a new partnership with Lite My Ride, who will be supporting sustainability enhancements at the National Training Centre through the upgrade of the indoor lighting system.
Lite My Ride is a specialist equestrian lighting company dedicated to delivering efficient, environmentally...
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June 25, 2025
The next Nupafeed Supplements Senior Discovery Second Round of the season got underway at Dorset Showground last week, where 16 combinations came forward to compete for their spot in the final at the British Showjumping National Championships.
These numbers were halved for the final jump-off, and it...
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June 24, 2025
Gabriella Frediani, from Tonbridge, Kent, has been awarded the latest NAF Shining Star accolade. Gabriella, a member of the British Showjumping Kent Academy, was nominated for the award by her coach, Katy Ford.
Over the moon to have found out that she had been nominated for...
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June 24, 2025
The penultimate NAF Bronze and Silver Qualifiers of the 2025 summer league took place at Northallerton Equestrian Centre last weekend.
Saturday saw the Bronze league riders take to the arena in a bid to compete for a coveted spot in the semi-finals next month. In the end,...
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June 23, 2025
The International Stairway at the Royal Highland Show saw a third winner of the 2025 series crowned. Victory went the way of Chris Smith who picked up the win in the International Stairway series at the Royal Highland Show for the second year in a...
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June 23, 2025
The Al Shira'aa Hickstead Derby Meeting hosted the Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Second Round, with 48 horses vying for victory in the prestigious championship qualifier. The competition was fierce as riders aimed to jump all three rounds of competition to come out on top.
Twenty-one successfully...
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June 23, 2025
Having received an invitation to compete in the CSIO5* Nations Cup in Aachen (GER), the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 30 June – 6 July 2025 at...
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June 23, 2025
Laura Renwick was the woman of the moment in the Al Shira’aa Hickstead Derby Meeting’s Seven- and Eight-Year-Old Championship, Maldon’s Laura Renwick returned to the International Arena in West Sussex on unbeatable form.
Laura not only won the Billy Stud Auction Six-Year-Old Jumping Championship with D-Ons...
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June 23, 2025
Copthorne-based Nicole Pavitt took the spoils in Saturday morning’s Billy Stud Auction Five-Year-Old Jumping Championship, hosted in the International Arena at Hickstead.
The class aims to find and reward the young horses who could become mainstays of the British team in years to come. Today, that...
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June 23, 2025
Laura Renwick has won the Al Shira’aa Hickstead Derby Meeting’s Breen Equestrian Beethoven Seven- and Eight-Year-Old Championship from a field of eighteen competitors with NFS Top Gun, who was previously victorious here as a six-year-old.
“He’s just getting better and better,” said Laura. “Though weirdly, he...
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June 23, 2025
Young Bristol showjumper Sophie Howell enjoyed a major win at the Al Shira’aa Hickstead Derby Meeting, one of the country’s most prestigious equestrian competitions.
Sixteen-year-old Sophie took the top spot in the Hickstead 1.10m Amateur Championship, beating 15 of the country’s best amateur riders with her...
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June 23, 2025
Llandow-based Mark Edwards took a decisive win on the first day of the Al Shira’aa Hickstead Derby Meeting, clinching the Stoner Jewellers Vase with the fast-paced, pint-sized Flying Tinker II.
The Stoner Jewellers Vase saw 88 horse-and-rider partnerships taking to Hickstead’s famous International Arena to battle...
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June 23, 2025
Holly Smith is no stranger to success at Hickstead, and she found herself at the top of the leaderboard on the opening day of the Al Shira’aa Hickstead Derby Meeting.
“I want to be back at the top level again, and this is a horse that...
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June 23, 2025
Thomas Pritchard seized an easy victory in the opening class in Hickstead’s International Arena, the Hickstead Novice 1.10m Championship, riding Princess SW.
For some riders, this class represents the chance to test their own mettle against more experienced competitors; for others, it’s an opportunity to put...
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June 23, 2025
Guy produced two of the three clear rounds with Crumbgraft and BH Gringos Legacy, while the 2023 and 2024 Derby Trial winner Carlos Mota Ribas delivered the other clear with Juan Van't Arkelhof.
For the past three years, the Agria Derby Trial has not had an...
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June 23, 2025
Mark Edwards and Royale Tale won the Brilliance Horse Auction Speed Derby in definitive fashion, finishing more than 7sec clear of Joe Whitaker and Icaterina in second.
Making the most of his penultimate draw, Mark and the super speedy Royale Tale blazed round the lengthy course...
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June 23, 2025
Robert Whitaker became the fourth member of his family to win the Al Shira’aa Derby at Hickstead, coming out on top of a three-way jump-off with Caroline Blatchford’s Gentlemen VD Veldhof.
Whitaker, 42, produced one of three clears in the first round, with the others coming...
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June 23, 2025
The stakes were sky-high, the tension tangible, and the competition fierce as elite sport met Parisian elegance underneath the Eiffel Tower for the Global Champions League.
The Istanbul Warriors powered by Carpe Diem Equestrian Team rose to the occasion, delivering a tactical and tenacious performance...
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June 21, 2025
Great Britain’s Team Audevard came out fighting to mark their best result in the 2025 season of the Longines League of Nations with third place on the podium in Rotterdam.
“We tend to be a bit slow out of the starting blocks at the start of...
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June 18, 2025
At the halfway point in the qualifying period, Weston Lawns were next to host the Redpost Equestrian Senior Foxhunter Second Round at their Summer Spectacular Show.
A total of 37 horse and rider combinations came forward over Kevin Bull’s 1.30m first round track, with nine successfully...
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June 17, 2025
Coombelands Equestrian hosted the next Summer Pony Premier show where riders continued to showcase their talent in order to bag themselves a ticket to the Horse of the Year Show.
In the Enablelink 128cm HOYS Qualifier, 26 combinations took on the 1.10m track, which was reduced...
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June 17, 2025
Coombelands Equestrian also hosted the STX UK Pony Foxhunter Second Round competition at their Summer Pony Premier, where victory once again went the way of on-form Lola Thulborn.
Thirty-five combinations lined up to take on the challenging first round course; their sights set on qualification for...
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June 17, 2025
At the third Pony Premier of the Summer, held at Coombelands Equestrian, riders came forward to contend the next Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Second Round class in a bid to secure their ticket to the Horse of the Year Show.
A total of 69 combinations stepped...
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Joshua Carnochan is Victorious in the STX UK Pony British Novice Second Round at Muirmill Equestrian
June 17, 2025
Muirmill Equestrian Centre hosted this weekend’s STX UK Pony British Novice Second Round as riders continued to showcase their talent and secure their place in the final, held at the British Showjumping National Championships.
Eleven combinations came forward to tackle Lee Roebuck’s flowing 85cm course, with...
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June 16, 2025
Ice-cool as ever, Scott Brash landed his second Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix victory of the season in the beautiful French Riviera setting of St Tropez, Ramatuelle, with Lady Harris and Lady Kirkham’s Hello Chadora Lady. It was a fantastic feat to pull off,...
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June 16, 2025
Great Britian’s Children on Horses team were victorious in a three-way jump-off at the Future Champions Nations Cup at Hagen TW in Germany.
Round one saw Great Britain leading at the halfway stage on a zero score as Charlie Barker, riding Kathleen Fellows’ Strides Maureen, Christina...
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June 16, 2025
Having qualified to compete in the Longines League of Nations CSIO5* Nations Cup in Rotterdam (NED), the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 19 – 22 June 2025 at...
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June 14, 2025
Great Britain’s Team Audevard celebrated a podium place with Team Bronze in a tense competition at the Riviera Resort in San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy.
“I’m really proud of this team who fought hard in the extreme heat to claim Team Bronze,” said chef D’Equipe Mandy...
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June 13, 2025
British Equestrian and the British Showjumping Selectors can today confirm the 10 jumping athlete and horse combinations that will be submitted to the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) as our nominated entries for the FEI Jumping European Championship 2025, set to take place in A Coruña, Spain from 16–20...
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British Showjumping’s Team Audevard announced for CSIO3* Longines EEF Series Semi Final in Deauville
June 13, 2025
Having secured qualification to compete in the CSIO3* Longines EEF Series Semi Final in Deauville (FRA), the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 19 - 22 June 2025 at...
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June 12, 2025
It was a thrilling weekend of top-class competition as Pickering Grange and Bogenraith Equestrian played host to the latest rounds of the NAF Silver and Bronze League Direct Qualifiers. With riders across the country eyeing up a coveted place at the Horse of the Year...
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June 11, 2025
This weekend, the spotlight was on the next generation of showjumping talent as young riders and their ponies took centre stage at Chard Equestrian for the STX-UK Pony British Novice Second Round.
Roger Hughes set a challenging course that tested skill and composure, with only three...
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June 10, 2025
Graham Gillespie seized victory in the CSI3* Grand Prix with Veneno at Sentower Park in Belgium.
Graham and Veneno, at their first show for four weeks, had fired a warning shot across the bows to their intentions in an early 65-strong world ranking 3* 1.45m speed...
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June 10, 2025
Sunday brought an electric atmosphere to Field House as the fifth Events Through a Lens Talent Seeker Qualifier unfolded, with riders vying for a coveted spot in the prestigious Horse of the Year Show final this October.
A total of 61 horse and rider combinations stepped...
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June 10, 2025
The South of England Show played host to the third leg of this year’s International Stairway series — and it was Mark Edwards who once again stole the spotlight with another outstanding performance aboard Royale Tale.
Nineteen horse and rider combinations stepped up to tackle Ben...
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June 09, 2025
Having received an invitation to compete in the CSIO4* Nations Cup in Sopot (POL), the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 12 – 15 June 2025 at Hipodrom...
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June 07, 2025
Great Britain’s Team Audevard finished fifth in the Nations Cup in La Baule, France, in a hard-fought competition where competitors produced some strong rounds.
“There were some very good performances, it was a good result in a strong field and some partnerships are definitely coming forward...
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June 06, 2025
The following four youth squads have been selected to represent Great Britain at the FEI Jumping Youth Nations Cup of Hagen (GER). The competition takes place between 11 – 15 June 2025 at Hof Kasselmann, Horses and Dreams Entertainment GmbH, Germany.
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Darcy Breen, from West...
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June 04, 2025
Northcote Stud hosted the penultimate Prestige Italia Six-year-old Big Star Championship Qualifier this weekend. Fourteen combinations came forward to try and jump their way to the final, aiming to ride three clear rounds to qualify for the Prestige Italia Six-Year-Old Championship Final at the Young...
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June 04, 2025
Last Friday saw the fourth Events Through a Lens Talent Seeker Qualifier take place at Northcote Stud with riders hoping to secure a top spot and qualify for the Horse of the Year Show Final in October.
Seventy-three horse and rider combinations competed over two challenging...
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June 04, 2025
The Redpost Equestrian Foxhunter Seconds Rounds continued this week at Felbridge Showground with Laura Renwick dominating to take home first and third place.
Sixty-two combinations came forward over Ben Townley’s 1.30m track, with the field reduced to eight for the final jump-off. Five riders jumped the...
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June 03, 2025
Having received an invitation to compete in the CSIO5* Nations Cup in La Baule (FRA), the following team have been selected to represent Great Britain under the title sponsor banner of Team Audevard. The competition takes place between the 4 – 8 June 2025 at...
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June 03, 2025
The second Summer Pony Premier show took place at South View Competition Centre this past weekend where more young riders arrived to secure their Horse of the Year Show tickets.
Twenty-five combinations came forward in Saturday’s Demolition Services Ltd Pony Showjumper of the Year Qualifier, where...
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June 03, 2025
Lucy Capper got an early birthday present when she secured her ticket to the Horse of the Year Show in the STX UK Pony Foxhunter Second Round at South View Summer Pony Premier Show last weekend.
Thirty-six starters were whittled down to just nine over the...
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June 03, 2025
The second Summer Pony Premier of 2025, hosted by South View Equestrian, featured an exhilarating Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Second Round competition. With 68 ponies at the start, the class showcased many of the top young talents in the equestrian world.
The first round saw 22...
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June 03, 2025
Scott Brash seized victory in the Longines Grand Prix of St Gallen in Switzerland in a hotly contended jump-off with Lady Harris and Lady Kirkham’s Hello Jefferson.
“He jumped so well, I’m very happy with him,” said Scott.
Fifty of the top riders came forward to face...
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June 02, 2025
Suffolk County Show hosted the second of this year’s International Stairways series where Mark Edwards returned to his winning ways with Flying Tinker II.
Twenty-five combinations arrived at the iconic agricultural event to take on the 1.50m course designed by Kelvin Bywater, with five jumping...
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June 02, 2025
Hollie Gerken gained an early lead in the Pony Grand Prix in Zuidwolde, The Netherlands, with the super-careful Galaxy V, eventually taking second place.
Forty-one hopefuls initially bid for victory over the 1.30m track with seven gaining access to the jump-off – two of them representing...
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