The Showjumping Edition highlights program, presented by Clare Balding, of the Badminton Horse Trails is on Sunday the 3rd of May 2010 on BBC2 at 17:55 – 18:30
“Badminton is the pinnacle of the world’s Three-Day-Event calendar and the entrants include current European Three Day Event Champion Tina Cook, World Champion Zara Phillips and 2009’s winner, [...]
Warmbloods, unlike what many people think, are a true breed. All of the studbooks are closed. What this means is only a horse of that breed can be registered in that studbook. The only exception is individuals of other breeding that are deemed to be able to improve the bloodline of the [...]
A shocking decision at the Rolex FEI World Cup Show Jumping finals has left Americans flabbergasted and outraged as U.S. rider McLain Ward, the leader after two days of the championship, was disqualified because officials felt his horse was hypersensitive on her left front leg.
There was no explanation as to why Sapphire, who took the [...]
To continue the Grand National theme, this is footage of the 1973 race in which Red Rum overturned the massive lead of Crisp to win the first of his three Grand Nationals
Tony McCoy was brought back to earth after his victory in Saturday’s Grand National when police fined him for using his mobile phone while driving.
The champion jockey rode Don’t Push It to his first win in 15 attempts in the showpiece event at Aintree.
But the next morning, McCoy was stopped by police for sharing the [...]
The Charles Stanley British Masters showjumping in Chester (2-4 July) has been upgraded to a three-star international show. It brings the number of international showjumping competitions in Britain to six.
“This is the culmination of two years’ work between all the partners and a glowing tribute to the determination of everyone involved to deliver international showjumping [...]
Equestrian sports are one of the oldest categories of the Olympic Games. One of the first events introduced was the four horse chariot race. The equestrian events are comprised of three categories – dressage, show jumping and the three-day event. This is sometimes referred to as the “equestrian triathlon” as well. The three-day event includes [...]