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Hanoverian of the Month: Corona

September 1st, 2016
As newcomers in international jumping competitions, Corona and Marilyn Little won the FEI-World Cup Grand Prix in Ocala/USA in March 2016. The friendly blonde rider usually successfully competes in eventing. She also breeds horses. Twelve-year old Corona by Cordalme/Lenz xx (breeder: Udo v.d. Haar, Ankum) is well known in the circle of jumping riders. David […] Read Article Comments Off

Hanoverian of the Month – Chuck

June 1st, 2016
German jumping star, Janne Friederike Meyer has a new rising talent in her barn since January. It is nine-year old Chuck by Cassus out of a mare by Ramiro’s Son II. The pair participated in four competitions since then, and every time, the Team-World and European Champion was very excited about the black-brown gelding. Chuck […] Read Article Comments Off

Hanoverian of the Month – BSC Skipper

May 9th, 2016
May starts our Hanoverian of the Month series... this month it's BSC Skipper Read Article Comments Off

IAHP May Rider of the Month

April 27th, 2016
This month's IAHP Rider of the Month is Chris Chugg who had a sensational ride at the World Cup Final in Gothenburg... Read Article Comments Off

Headlong on the road to destruction…

April 15th, 2016
It seems to me that right now the FEI is following a policy that will lead to the destruction of equestrian sport. Previously the argument for keeping equestrian in the Olympic movement was that equestrian attracted the most royals of any sport, and the tiaras added lustre to the event. It may have been excruciatingly […] Read Article 12 Comments »

IAHP March Rider of the Month

February 29th, 2016
Maree Tomkinson grabs the lead and features as our March International Animal Health rider of the month! In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s a leap year, and that means it’s a Games Year and the race is on for spots in the Aussie team to go to Rio next August, and after the first CDI […] Read Article Comments Off

IAHP October Rider of the Month

October 5th, 2015
This month’s rider of the month, Sue Hearn is on a roll, with a victory at the Brisbane CDI she has staked her claim to a place in the team for Rio – and best of all, she did it on a horse she trained all the way from the beginning… Lloyd (Remington) is 13 […] Read Article Comments Off

Are our events safe?

September 2nd, 2015
What makes an event successful? On a global level, the Euro Classics in Bremen, a huge indoor event, the Dressage Festival in Lingen, once marked as the venue for the 2015 German Nations Cup, and the Schenefeld Three Day Event have all been cancelled this year due to financial problems and lack of sponsorship. What […] Read Article Comments Off

Princess Haya: Should she stay or should she go?

September 1st, 2015
Ute Raabe found a range of opinions from our panel of international experts A kingdom for a horse? Or a perhaps a horse for a Princess? The recent General Assembly of the FEI in Montreux certainly would have delivered enough material for dear old Shakespeare to write another sequel to Richard III, this time with […] Read Article Comments Off

IAHP June 2015 Rider of the Month

May 28th, 2015
In eventing it is never over until it really is over, and Libby proved that when she took out the Sydney Three Star title in the last round, the showjumping. Libby is another who has been quietly building her partnership with her horse, KL Kismet. “I got my horse about five-and-a-half years ago from my cousin, […] Read Article Comments Off