2019 Morocco Royal Tour: The Belgian Thierry Goffinet, at a Small Canter!

Photos courtesy of ©RB/Jessica Rodriguez/Morocco Royal Tour
Photos courtesy of ©RB/Jessica Rodriguez/Morocco Royal Tour

Belgium likes the Morocco Royal Tour. The European champion country won the Nations Cup and the "red equestrian devils" have already accumulated a number of victories on this series. Thierry Goffinet has just added a new one in the One Star Grand Prix of Rabat. It was even one and two for Belgium as Virginie Thonon took second place.

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Abbie Phillips and CR Tuff Guns N Roses target NRCHA Non Pro Futurity, presented by Discount Tire, herd work win

NRCHA fans witnessed an exciting day of reined cow horse activity today at Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, at the 50th running of the $1.2 million National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity ®, presented by Metallic Cat, Will Rogers Coliseum saw seven sets of NRCHA Non Pro Futurity presented by Discount Tire herd work, followed by a set of Non Pro Limited Hackamore Classic contestants pass through the gates. NRCHA horse show action dominated in the Justin Arena with the Non Pro Limited and Open Two Rein classes.

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Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2019: Irish take 2019 Longines title and Tokyo qualifying spot!

Photo by FEI / Linnea Rheborg/Getty Images
Photo by FEI / Linnea Rheborg/Getty Images

Defending champions from Belgium have to settle for second, Sweden finish third.
The Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final 2019 came to thrilling climax today, and it was Irish eyes that were smiling when Rodrigo Pessoa’s team of Peter Moloney, Paul O’Shea, Darragh Kenny and Cian O’Connor clinched victory in fine style. Completing with just a single time fault, they pinned the defending champions from Belgium into runner-up spot while Sweden lined up in third. And to put the icing on the Irish cake they also collected the Olympic qualifying spot they have been craving for a very long time.

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Three NRCHA Professionals share top honors in the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity® Open reined work preliminaries

Photo courtesy NRCHA/Primo Morales
Photo courtesy NRCHA/Primo Morales

Day No. 2 of the National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity ®, presented by Metallic Cat, saw brilliant performances by the top 3-year-old equine tri-athletes in the country as the Open reined work preliminaries came to a close in John Justin Arena at Will Rogers Memorial Center. Each owner and rider team is gunning for their share of the total event payout, which is expected to exceed $1.2 million. The Open Futurity Champion will leave Fort Worth, Texas, $125,000 richer upon the conclusion of the Finals on October 19.

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