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Fuchs Tops the $330,000 Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix CSIO5* At World Equestrian Center, Ocala

Martin Fuchs (SUI) emerged victorious from a star-studded field to win the $330,000 Lugano Diamonds Grand Prix CSIO5* on Thursday, March 21, at World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) in Ocala, FL.The best Jumping athletes in the world have converged at WEC – Ocala to contest the four-day Longines League of Nations™ event. Thursday’s featured competition saw 49 entries come forward to try their luck over the track set by Irish course designer Alan Wade. The clock proved to be just as challenging as the course itself, with five riders clearing all the obstacles only to pick up time faults for exceeding the 80-second time allowed.’

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Saut Hermès Saturday Action: Angelica Augustsson Zanotelli and Simon Delestre are Grand Champions

The spectators gathered at the Grand Palais Éphémère witnessed a marvellous spectacle this Saturday with sport taking centre stage. Swedish rider Angelica Augustsson Zanotelli brought the crowd to their feet by securing victory in the Saut Hermès, scooping the second biggest prize of the competition riding her mare Kalinka van de Nachtegaele. On Sunday at 15:30 hours, she will rediscover the world’s top riders in the Grand Prix Hermès, the grand finale of the competition.

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The Fourteenth Edition Of the Saut Hermès: Lativia and France Secure Victory On Day One

By winning the Prix Hermès Sellier, the main class on this first day of the fourteenth edition of the Saut Hermès, Latvian Kristaps Neretnieks was the surprise champion ahead of the best riders in the world, who are competing at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris through until Sunday. Kicking off the day, Edward Lévy treated spectators to the first rendition of the Marseillaise in the Prix du Grand Palais with his mare Confidence d’Ass. In the Talents Hermès class, reserved for the U25 riders, William Ligier de la Prade also took the win for France with Galilée.

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Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023-2024 Western European League: Guerdat Takes The Win

Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023-2024 Western European League: Steve Guerdat and Jeanne Sadran thrill the crowd!

Swiss rider Steve Guerdat loves these atmospheres, like the one in Bordeaux, where the public "carries" the sport and the athletes to victory. Four years after winning this FEI Longines World Cup Grand Prix with the chestnut Victorio Des Frotards, the Swiss did it again on Saturday evening with his grey mare Is-Minka. Also spurred on by these enthusiastic spectators, France’s Jeanne Sadran put in the best performance of her very young career with her stallion Dexter de Kerglenn, one second and four tenths away from becoming the first woman to win this class, which no woman has won since 1978!

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IJRC In Bologna: The Horse Athlete, Protection and Prospect

The International Jumping Riders Club, through the speech of its director Eleonora Ottaviani, made an interesting contribution to the conference 'The horse athlete: protection and prospects' organised on Wednesday 31 January by the Italian Equestrian Sports Federation (FISE) with the University of Bologna and the patronage of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI).

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Race for the FEI Driving World Cup™ Final by LAITERIE DE MONTAIGU Is on in Bordeaux

Until the last leg of the series, it looked like the contest for the next FEI Driving World Cup™ title would be between Boyd Exell (AUS) and Bram Chardon (NED). But after his first win in Leipzig (GER), Belgium’s Dries Degrieck has disrupted the old order and put himself into serious contention. Watch The FEI Driving World Cup™ Final by LAITERIE DE MONTAIGU live during the Jumping International Bordeaux here.

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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

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

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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Italia Open to Meraviglia – FEI Jumping European Championship Milano 2023 Team Sweden Makes History

Team Sweden made history by adding European Team gold to their accolades which include the Olympic and World titles — a mission accomplished in two years only.

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FEI Jumping European Championship Milan 2023: Team and Individuals Stage is Set

On Thursday afternoon, at the Snai San Siro racecourse, the Italia. Open to Meraviglia – FEI Jumping European Championship Milan 2023 entered into a very significant phase of the competition for the European team and individual jumping results, as well the three qualification for Paris 2024 for the best-placed nations not yet qualified for next year’s Olympics. The competition jolted the first day’s rankings and provided the first teams advancing to Friday’s FEI Jumping European Team Championship 2023 competition vying for the medals as only the top 10 teams will move on, and also selected the top 50 individual qualified combinations.