Spat Olena Slides Onto the NRHA Million Dollar Sire List, Making European History

Photo by Bonaga Communication
Photo by Bonaga Communication

The Italian Reining Horse Association (IRHA) and National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) announce a historic moment for reining in Europe! Due to the recent success of his offspring at the 2019 Maturity held in Caluso (TO) Italy, July 2–7, Spat Olena is unofficially the first Million Dollar Sire in Europe.

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2019 SVAG FEI World Championships for Young Riders – As Team Germany flies to the Gold medal, it takes a tiebreaker to determine the Team Silver for France and the Bronze for USA

Photo Courtesy ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design
Photo Courtesy ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design

An amazingly high level of competition, incredibly talented young riders guiding athletic reining horses kept everybody glued to their seats; literally from the beginning until the end of the World Reining Championships for Young Riders.

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2019 SVAG FEI World Reining Championship for Juniors – Team USA: The Reining Queens take the Gold! Team Germany captures the silver; Switzerland wears the bronze

Photo Courtesy ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design
Photo Courtesy ©Tom Hautmann Photo & Design

Sixteen National Federations were represented by 34 riders and six teams (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, USA) at the CS Ranch where the battle for the medals in the SVAG FEI World Reining Championship for Juniors was on

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Miller Top Barrel Racer over the Fourth of July

Photo Courtesy WPRA
Photo Courtesy WPRA

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In 2017, Emily Miller of Weatherford, Okla., barely missed making the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo finishing 17th. Fast forward to the 2019 Fourth of July run known in the rodeo business as “Cowboy Christmas” and Miller is hoping the money won will propel her to her first Wrangler NFR berth. Miller was the big money winner over the Fourth of July in the WPRA with a total of $17,358 won at three rodeos.

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2019 SVAG CS CLASSIC – An extremely successful SVAG CS Classic & Swiss Championship Finals culminated with Spook N Perla sliding Ann Fonck to the €10.000-added Open Trophy Championship!

Photos by ©Tom Hautmann
Photos by ©Tom Hautmann

The 2019 edition of the SVAG CS Classic & Swiss Championship Finals was a hit from the moment the entries came in and numbers were way above any expectations.

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Longines Global Champions Tour – Longines Paris Eiffel Jumping – German Christian Ahlmann had no choice

Photos by ©Sportfot
Photos by ©Sportfot

Saturday is a big day at the Longines Global Champions Tour with both the second and final round of the team event for the Global Champions League, and the individual LGCT Grand Prix. The hero of the day in the individual LGCT Grand Prix was a German who is a regular on the podium himself, but whose horse had yet to jump a 5* Grand Prix prior to today. For 10-year-old stallion Take A Chance On Me Z and Christian Ahlmann it was the best possible result!

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Longines Global Champions Tour – Longines Paris Eiffel Jumping – Victory to familiar Belgian-Australian duo!

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Photo by ©Sportfot

It was a magnificent first day at the Longines Paris Eiffel Jumping: a glowing sun, a shopping village teeming with people who congregated around the stands and warm up arena. The horses were unbothered by the heat, barely breaking a sweat. After all, these equine are top athletes who have been physically prepared with the unmatched expertise of their globally renowned riders. Together they offer a magnificent show of sport.

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