Canada’s Mario Deslauriers Captures the $300,000 DOHA.INC Grand Prix CSI4* to close the 44th Hampton Classic Horse Show

Photo by © Shawn McMillen
Photo by © Shawn McMillen

Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam wins $30,000 LONGINES Rider Challenge.
The 44th edition of the Hampton Classic Horse Show ended in spectacular fashion Sunday, with two-time Canadian Olympic veteran, Mario Deslauriers, capturing the $300,000 DOHA.INC Grand Prix on his mount Bardolina.

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Bronte Gray-Rochon Wins the $25,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Show Jumping Derby at the 44th Hampton Classic Horse Show

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Photo by © Shawn McMillen

Bronte Gray-Rochon of Toronto, Canada, rode Williamstown Guidam to the win in the $25,000 Show Jumping Hall of Fame Show Jumping Derby Sunday morning at the Hampton Classic, on the final day of competition of this year’s horse show. The class was open to Amateur-Owner and Junior riders who had competed in the Welcome Stake earlier in the week.

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Jumping International De Valence ‘Bosty’ at home in Valence!

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Photo by ©Sportfot

End of the fifth edition of the Hubside Jumping International de Valence, with the victory in the CSI4* Hubside Grand Prix of the public of Drôme’s favourite rider, France’s Roger-Yves Bost, Bosty for the connoisseurs, the current Olympic team champion. The president of the show, the successful businessman and rider Sadri Fegaier, announced that for the sixth edition of the event, in August 2020, it will boast a CSI5* label again.

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Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam Makes it a Three-Peat, Taking the $72,000 LONGINES Cup at the 44th Hampton Classic

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Photo by © Shawn McMillen

Ireland’s Shane Sweetnam captured the $72,000 LONGINES Cup for the third consecutive year, piloting Kirschwasser SCF to the top of the jump-off. American riders Catherine Tyree and Adrienne Sternlicht came within hundredths of a second but were not able to beat his time.

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FEI European Championships, Rotterdam:Fuchs Takes Individual Jumping Gold in Fighting Finish. Silver Goes to Great Britain’s Maher, Belgium’s Verlooy Claims Bronze

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Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images for FEI

Martin Fuchs became the sixth Swiss rider in the 62-year history of the event to claim individual Jumping gold at the Longines FEI European Championships 2019 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands today.

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FEI Jumping European Championships, Rotterdam: Germany Drops to Silver Medal Spot as British Move Up to Third

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Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images for FEI

In a thrilling second day of competition at the Longines FEI Jumping European Championships 2019 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands today, Team Belgium rocketed up from overnight eighth place into pole position when they were the only side to produce three clear rounds.

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Veniss Leads The Way For The Winning Nation: Mexico and Canada Also Clinch Olympic Qualification Slots

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Photo © Lima 2019

Brazil capped an unforgettable two weeks at the Pan American Games 2019 with a convincing gold medal for its jumping squad at the Army Equitation School at La Molina in Lima, Peru, qualifying them for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
The medal marked the third in as many equestrian events in Lima, after bronze medals in both dressage and eventing assured Brazil’s Olympic qualification in those respective disciplines last week.  

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