Category Archives: Show Jumping

Nayel Nassar doesn’t always jump Coronado. But when he does, they tend to win. That's the trend this year, at least. The 14-year-old Holsteiner gelding has only jumped ten 1.60m...

“Sh– happens,” is how Henrik von Eckermann described his rail at unlucky fence 13 in the Rolex IJRC Top 10 Final on Friday. The defending champion was one of only...

Toulayna is Arabic for "we took over*." That's precisely what Kent Farrington and his nine-year-old mare of the same name did at CSI5* CHI Geneva on Thursday. The pair topped...

Swiss show jumper Romain Duguet is on bed rest following a fall at his Normandy stables on Sunday. The 2017 FEI World Cup Final runner up and two-time European Champion...

Each week on #HallOfFameThursday, Horse Network recognizes members of the Show Jumping Hall of Fame with an inductee’s plaque, historical photos and, on the first Thursday of every month, an article written by a...

With the start of winter circuits just around the corner, Rene Dittmer is proving he’s one to watch this year at Wellington International and beyond.  The 30-year-old phenom from Stade,...

No one was more surprised that Harry Charles won the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ A Coruña on Sunday than Harry Charles. And for good reason. Charles’ mount, Sherlock, is...

Same venue. Same players. Same ending. The script for the individual final Grand Prix of the 2023 Major League Show Jumping season read strikingly similar to the 2022 showing. But...

If you were making a list of Worst Names for a Horse, "Blood Diamond" seems like a shoo-in for the top 10. Behind perhaps "Genocide" and "Hate Crime" but ahead...

Germany's Marcus Ehning has been there too a few times in Madrid. The 49-year-old multi-hyphenate winner topped the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Madrid on Sunday, for the third time...

It may have taken him a minute, but France’s Kevin Staut was back to his winning ways at the Stuttgart German Masters on Sunday, November 19.  The 43-year-old rider took the...

In the eight year history of the Global Champions League no team has topped both the season standings and the GCL Super Cup. Until now. Riesenbeck International made history on...

Count Me In is back. Over the past season, Ireland's Conor Swail has stepped the 16-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Count Grannus x Sherlock Holmes) back from the top level and out...

"[The years] 2023, 2022 were my best seasons in my career," said Julien Epaillard. On Saturday, the Frenchman added a new feather to his cap: the title Grand Prix of...

Forget everything you read about the GCL Super Cup yesterday. If Thursday was dramatic, it paled in comparison to Friday as the stakes and fences went up in the GCL...

With championship pressure comes championship drama and the GC Prague Playoffs delivered both in spades on Thursday. Twelve teams contested the GCL Super Cup Quarter Final at the O2 stadium...

‘Tis the season for lion mascots, air acrobatics worthy of Cirque de Soleil, and show jumping fanfare that includes the liberal use of a flame throwers. (Are those white breeches...

They say when you’re hot, you're hot, and last week in Mexico at CSI5* MLSJ Monterrey, Richard Vogel & Cepano Baloubet were en fuego. The 26-year-old German rider and “Cepano” started...

Seven years ago, Kent Farrington and the then 9-year-old KWPN gelding, Creedance, topped an impressive field in the 2016 ‘Big Ben’ Challenge at the Royal Horse Show in Toronto.  For...

A week ago in France, reigning Olympic champion Ben Maher said “It would always be nice to have a second go!” after finishing third in the CSI5*-W Longines FEI Jumping...