Entries by Irene

Impressive field of competitors in the subtop during Jumping Amsterdam

Who wants to enjoy the subtop must be in the RAI on Thursday 23 January! The top six participants in the Dressage Magazine Prize compete for a spot in the Freestyle to music at Intermediaire I level in the Anemone Horse Trucks Prize, prior to the FEI World Cup competition on Saturday 25 January. The […]

The world’s best riders will attend Jumping Amsterdam

RAI Amsterdam is the stage for two World Cup competitions AMSTERDAM – Jumping Amsterdam will host top of the world of the dressage and show jumping riders. They will compete in RAI Amsterdam for important World Cup points on their way to the Las Vegas finals. On Saturday afternoon, the Freestyle to Music is the […]

Super Steve Guerdat posts Swiss victory at Basel

In the 90th World Cup competition of his spectacular career, three-time series champion Steve Guerdat galloped to victory with Victorio des Frotards in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League qualifier on home ground at Basel in Switzerland today.  Despite a tough first-round test from ace German course designer Frank Rothenberger, this […]

Killer Queen reigns supreme for Germany’s Deusser in Mechelen

Germany’s Daniel  Deusser  won today’s Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League qualifier at Mechelen in Belgium with a spectacular last-to-go performance from the nine-year-old mare Killer Queen VDM. In a 12-horse jump-off, the 2014 series champion was chasing the target time of 44.02 seconds set by Switzerland’s Pius Schwizer and the gelding […]

Scholtens and Desperado steal the show at Mechelen

The Netherlands’ Emmelie Scholtens and Desperado NOP took another step towards stardom with a superb victory in today’s seventh leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League at Mechelen in Belgium, where Portugal’s Maria Caetano (Coroado) finished second ahead of Spain’s Juan Matute Guimon (Quantico) in third. The Dutch horse-and-rider partnership who […]

Fuchs flies to victory with The Sinner at Olympia

Reigning European champion and World No. 2, Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs, produced a stunning win with The Sinner in the eighth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League in London (GBR) today.  The tight confines of the gracious Grand Hall at Olympia ensured the first-round track was a big test, and […]

Dujardin delights with Freestyle win as British dominate at Olympia

Charlotte Dujardin produced a superb victory with Mount St John Freestyle before an ecstatic home crowd at the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League qualifier in the Grand Hall at Olympia, London (GBR) tonight. And to put the icing on the British Christmas cake, her compatriots Carl Hester and Charlotte Fry lined up […]

Werth and Emilio steal the show at Salzburg

Germany’s Isabell Werth and Emilio posted their second win in the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League when coming out on top in today’s fifth leg at Salzburg in Austria. However having posted a strong score of 85.905, the multi-medalled athlete and five-time FEI Dressage World Cup champion had to see off a strong challenge from compatriot […]

Extraordinary Ehning tops Madrid thriller with phenomenal Pret a Tout

Three-time series champion, Germany’s Marcus Ehning, scorched to victory with the brilliant 16-year-old gelding Pret A Tout at today’s sixth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League in Madrid, Spain. Previously a winner at the Spanish fixture with Comme Il Faut in 2016, Ehning gave another of his master-classes of […]

Jumping Amsterdam assured of Jumping World Cup qualifier for another three years

AMSTERDAM – The international horse sport association, FEI has granted Jumping Amsterdam of organizing another three qualifiers for the Jumping World Cup™. After several years of absence from their calendar, Jumping Amsterdam was given a Longines FEI Jumping World Cup ™ again for the 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons. After the success of the first […]

Stable & Rent and Jumping Amsterdam continue to work together 

The collaboration between Stable & Rent and Jumping Amsterdam will be extended for another three years. Stable & Rent will place the competition boxes during Jumping Amsterdam. This way we guarantee a safe stay for the international top horses in the halls of RAI Amsterdam.  Both organisations stand for safety, quality and service. Top sport is practiced […]

Von Bredow-Werndl pips super-champ Werth in sizzling third leg at Stuttgart

Germany’s Jessica von Bredow-Werndl pipped reigning champion Isabell Werth for victory at the third leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League in Stuttgart, Germany today. Second-last to go, 33-year-old von Bredow-Werndl threw down a supremely accurate and attractive Freestyle performance with TSF Dalera BB that earned a big score of 88.440 […]

Super-cool Briton Brash bags victory in Verona

Great Britain’s Scott Brash claimed last-to-go victory in a breathtaking jump-off at the fourth leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League in Verona, Italy today. The atmosphere was electric as so many of the world’s best battled it out in the 16-horse jump-off in which Ireland’s Darragh Kenny looked to […]

Lightning-fast Fuchs and Clooney take Lyon by storm again

Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs and his brilliant gelding Clooney showed exactly why they are the superstars of the sport right now when scorching to victory in the third leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League at Lyon in France this afternoon. The 27-year-old rider, who is reigning European champion and No. […]

Werth pips Dujardin in exciting second leg at Lyon

Germany’s Isabell Werth showed exactly why she is known as The Queen of international dressage when, on her debut in the 2019/2020 FEI Dressage World Cup™ Western European League at the second leg in Lyon, France today, she produced yet another of her right-royal victories riding Emilio. (FEI/Eric Knoll) Germany’s Isabell Werth showed exactly why […]

WHITAKER CLINCHES FIRST-EVER WORLD CUP WIN IN NAIL-BITER AT HELSINKI

Britain’s Robert Whitaker posted a sensational victory in the second leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League at Helsinki in Finland today with his long-time ride, Catwalk IV.   In a competition that had spectators on the edges of their seats from start to finish, the pair pinned Spain’s Sergio […]

BRILLIANT YOUNG BALSIGER WINS OSLO OPENER

It was a really big day for Switzerland’s Bryan Balsiger who galloped to victory with the gallant grey gelding, Clouzot de Lassus, at the first leg of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League in Oslo, Norway today.   In a super-hot 12-horse jump-off, the 22-year-old from Neuchâtel near Lausanne threw down […]

IT’S A BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY FOR DENMARK’S DUFOUR AT FIRST LEG IN HERNING

Denmark’s Cathrin Dufour stole all the limelight when dominating both the Grand Prix and Freestyle at the first leg of the FEI Dressage World Cup™ 2019/2020 Western European League on home ground in Herning (DEN) this weekend. Riding her exciting young Westphalian gelding Bohemian, she posted a whopping 83.022 to win yesterday’s Grand Prix. And […]

Start ticket sales Jumping Amsterdam 2020

From Thursday 23 until Sunday 26 January 2020, RAI Amsterdam is the center of the international equestrian world. For the 61st edition of Jumping Amsterdam, all (inter)national heroes, both riders and horses, will travel to the Dutch capital. With the FEI Dressage World Cup™ and the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ included in the programme, top sport at the highest level is guaranteed.   Furthermore, […]

PIM BAKKENES INTERIM DIRECTOR JUMPING AMSTERDAM

From 1 November Pim Bakkenes will become interim director of the international horse show Jumping Amsterdam. He will succeed Annemarike van Putten-Bunschoten, who has chosen another direction after being involved in twelve editions of the event. Pim Bakkenes (35) is familiar with the event, that has been in his portfolio for the last two years […]