Ten years of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping: A Tribute To Steve Guerdat

A tribute to Steve Guerdat: To mark the tenth anniversary of the Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping (RGS), CHI Geneva will hold a ceremony in honour of Steve Guerdat on the Saturday evening of this year’s event.

The organisers of the four prestigious Majors that make up the RGS were quick to agree to pay tribute to the Swiss rider in a special ceremony, to be held at Palexpo at 21:10 on Saturday 9 December. The winner of four Major events – three of them coming since the creation of the RGS in 2013 – Guerdat is the only rider to compete at every Major in the last ten years, appearing at 34 events out of 34 in that time.

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FEI Driving World Cup Presented by Laiterie de Montaigu: Exell Still at the Top of the Table

Photo by © International Horse Press / ctanierephotographie.com
Photo by © International Horse Press / ctanierephotographie.com

It was a strategic masterclass from reigning champion Boyd Exell (AUS) as the FEI Driving World Cup™ 2023-24 Series got underway in Lyon (FRA).  Throughout the competition, Boyd had such prowess in the large arena at Equita Lyon that even when a ball rolled in his final drive-off, he could stick to his gameplan and still win.

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Steve Guerdat Wins the Equita Masters Presented by Hermès Sellier For the First Time

© PSV - Jean Morel
© PSV - Jean Morel

The twenty top-ranked pairs from Friday's Longines Grand Prix took part in the prestigious Equita Masters presented by Hermès Sellier, organised over two rounds on Saturday evening at the Longines Equita Lyon, Concours Hippique International. Switzerland's Steve Guerdat, the reigning European champion, won the class on Caracho, at the end of a breathtaking battle.

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Moroccan Double for Italian Emanuele Gaudiano and Nicolaj de Music

Photo ©Thomas Reiner
Photo ©Thomas Reiner

After being rescheduled due to the storm on site in the morning, the two Grand Prix in El Jadida, 1* and 4*, were held as normal thanks to the indoor arena. All's well that ends well for Virginie Thonon and Q - Famous Van Berg Op Zoom, winner of the ONMT CSI1* Grand Prix and for Italy’s Emanuele Gaudiano with Nicolaj de Music, winner of the World Cup Grand Prix of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. The Italian achieved the same feat as Abdelkebir Ouaddar last year, winning both the Grand Prix of Tétouan and El Jadida.

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Morocco Royal Tour ’23: Vive La France!

©R&B Presse / Adèle Renauldon
 ©R&B Presse / Adèle Renauldon

Two French victories in the two 4* classes on the third day of the El Jadida CSI. By winning the Prix FPB with his young Anglo-Arab Espri du Figuier, Olivier Robert showed the way to Nicolas Deseuzes who claimed the win at a neck-breaking speed. His mount, Eldorado Sunheup Z, is  built to win, according to his rider. "I can make headway over obstacles, he keeps his balance naturally, and he's very respectful," he said.

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New Zealand Strikes at the Morocco Royal Tour in El Jadida

Tom Tarver-Priebe & Fiber Fresh Popeye
Tom Tarver-Priebe & Fiber Fresh Popeye

For this kick-off in El Jadida of the Longines FEI World Ranking classes, a Faults and Time course, the Swiss course designer Gérard Lachat, built a technical and tricky course. But that didn’t matter for New Zealand’s Tom Tarver-Priebe who today recorded his first victory in the Morocco Royal Tour 2023 held in El Jadida during the Salon du Chevalier d’El Jadida.

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Morocco Royal Tour 2023: Belgium Rising Stars Take The Nations Cup in Rabat

The second leg of the Morocco Royal Tour closed with the highlight of the event — the Nations Cup — where a young team from Belgium jumped to the highest step of the podium making it the second Belgian victory since the inception of the MRT in 2016. The podium saw Switzerland and France occupy the second and third steps of the podium respectively.

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Morocco Royal Tour: Gaudiano Takes the Grand Prix of Tétouan s.a.r Le Prince Heritier Moulay El Hassan

Photo © Morocco Royal Tour/Thomas Reiner
Photo © Morocco Royal Tour/Thomas Reiner

Italy's Emanuele Gaudiano, one of Morocco Royal Tour's most loyal riders, has won a respectable number of classes in Tetouan over the last ten years (as last Thursday and Friday with Jaja), but he has never won the Grand Prix. This is now the case, thanks to his powerful 10-year-old Belgian stallion Nikolaj de Music.

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