Great Britain is set to field an impressive team for this weekend’s Nations Cup Final in Barcelona, Spain (1-3 October). The squad of five showjumpers features John Whitaker and his nephew Jack Whitaker, two members of the Tokyo Olympic squad in Harry Charles and Holly Smith, and best-placed British contender from the European Showjumping Championships, […]
Just a week after claiming team gold at the European Showjumping Championships, Swiss sensation Steve Guerdat is now bidding for glory in the Rolex Grand Slam of Showjumping after winning the world-famous 1.70m CP International at Spruce Meadows, Canada, on Sunday, 12 September. The 2012 Olympic champion described jumping the only double clear on the […]
Great Britain’s fourth and final rider William Whitaker kept the team’s hopes alive of earning a place in Friday’s medal decider with a four-fault round on day two of the European Showjumping Championships. William and Philip Tuckwell’s home-bred Galtur just hit the vertical coming out of the treble combination in the first half of the […]
The third team rider for Great Britain, Joe Stockdale, came home on eight faults on day two of the European Showjumping Championships at Riesenbeck, Germany, on Thursday (2 September). Northamptonshire-based Joe who, at the age of 21, is the youngest athlete at the 2021 European Showjumping Championships, had put in a brilliant performance on day […]
Great Britain’s Emily Moffitt returned home with just four faults to add on day two of the 2021 European Showjumping Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany, on Thursday (2 September). Riding her brilliant five-star performer Winning Good, owned by Poden Farms and her parents Neil and Heidi Moffitt, she just fell foul of the oxer immediately after […]
Great Britain’s pathfinder Georgia Tame produced a nine-fault round for the team on day two of the European Showjumping Championships at Riesenbeck, Germany, on Thursday (2 September). The 23-year-old, who is competing at her first senior championship riding the 10-year-old Non Stop gelding Z7 Ascot, rode a lovely round over Frank Rothenberger’s testing 1.60m track. […]
Ireland sits in a promising seventh position after the first leg of the European Showjumping Championships in Germany on Wednesday (1 September). With the day’s opening faults and time converted to penalties, Ireland heads into day two with a score of 12.73, barely two fences behind the leaders, Sweden. Pathfinder Michael Duffy came home with […]
Great Britain’s anchor rider William Whitaker picked up just four faults during a lovely round with the 11-year-old Galtur in the opening leg of the European Showjumping Championships in Germany on Wednesday (1 September). William, the senior member of the young British team at the age of 32, finished with a score of 81.77. This […]
Championship debutant Joe Stockdale, 21, suffered the agony of jumping clear until the final fence on day one of the European Showjumping Championships in Germany, coming home with just four faults. The back rail of the last oxer, approached off a sharp turn, hit the floor but with just four penalties to add his time, […]
Great Britain’s Emily Moffitt and Winning Good finished on a score of 87.90 in the opening leg of the European Showjumping Championships at Riesenbeck, Germany. The pair, who were shortlisted for the Tokyo Olympics last month, followed Georgia Tame’s solid opening round for Team GB. The Poden Farms-owned 12-year-old Winningmood gelding Winning Good, known at […]