The British squad for this Friday’s Meydan FEI Nations Cup at Hickstead has been announced.
Peter Charles will ride Murka’s Pom D’Ami, who has proved one of the most reliable team horses this season. After a superb performance as part of the British team in Falsterbo, Sweden, Tina Fletcher has been selected once again with Lady [...]
Great Britain’s children-on-horses team won team gold at the European championships in Jardy, France, for the fourth consecutive year.
The team comprised of Katie Robertson (14) with Cameron Poe, Christie Pritchard (13) on Larkspur, Jake Saywell (14) with Cornelius 27 and Millie Allen (13) riding Trueleva.
Chef d’equipe Corinne Bracken said: “The four riders in the team [...]
Are you an experienced steward, fence judge or dressage writer? Would you like to assist at the 2012 London Olympics?
British Dressage (BD), British Eventing and British Showjumping are asking equestrians interested in helping at Greenwich to pre-register their interest before 16 July.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) starts its formal [...]
The BBC has confirmed to H&H that it will not be covering the famous DFS Derby at Hickstead for the foreseeable future.
Earlier this month, Sky Sports announced that it will broadcast the Derby (25-27 June) and the Longines International Horse Show (29 July to 1 August) at Hickstead for the next four years.
“With the increasing [...]
Great Britain’s selectors look set for a testing time in selection next month after Sharon Hunt announced her World Equestrian Games credentials in Luhmuhlen.
Hunt produced the performance of her eventing career to join an elite list of HSBC FEI Classics winners.
And it means competition to secure a place in the four-strong British team – they [...]
Hickstead’s International Arena is to undergo improvement work this summer.
The venue has appointed turfgrass experts Sports Turf Research to monitor the arena over the next two months to measure factors including hardness, traction, drainage, grass cover and hoof penetration.
Last year the venue was criticised when the footing failed to hold up after severe weather conditions.
All [...]
In what could be the most radical shake-up in showjumping for years, the executive board of British Showjumping (BS) has agreed to stand down en masse so a new, streamlined board can be elected.
The move follows the resignation of chief executive Di Cornish (news, 25 March), who hinted that the “governance by committee” ethos prompted [...]
British showjumping performance manager Rob Hoekstra has chosen another experienced team for the third competition in the 2010 Meydan FEI Nations Cup series.
The British team for St Gallen, Switzerland this Friday (4 June) will be as at Rome last week, but with Scott Brash replacing Nick Skelton.
The full squad is as follows:
# John Whitaker from [...]
This article is taken From London2012.com and offers a good rundown of what is involved with equestrain jumping at the Olympics:
Jumping: A short history
The discipline of Jumping as we know it today developed in the 18th century after fences were put up in the English countryside following the Enclosures Act. Previously, hunters would gallop across [...]