Aachen, Germany—June 30 A common rider refrain before cross-country is, “There’s a lot to do out there,” but at the CHIO Aachen, that holds true for the show jumping as well. The second phase of the SAP-CUP CCIO4*-S takes place in the venue’s massive main stadium, which features plenty of spectators and a long, winding […]
Aachen, Germany—June 30 With one phase down in the CHIO Aachen SAP-CUP CCIO4*-S, U.S. riders are sitting individually fifth (Tamie Smith on Mai Baum), sixth (Liz Halliday-Sharp on Miks Master C) and seventh (Will Coleman on Off The Record), with their fourth teammate (Phillip Dutton on Z) in 24th, putting the team in second place […]
Aachen, Germany—June 29 Does Martin Fuchs, FEI World Cup Final winner, FEI World Equestrian Games medalist, Olympic competitor and FEI European Championship individual gold medalist, feel pressure? If he does, he didn’t show it tonight as he headed into the Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup on Commissar Pezi at the CHIO Aachen. The Swiss rider knew a […]
Tessa Downey moved 11 places up the standings over three rounds of competition Wednesday to top a field of 107 riders in the 19th annual USHJA Gladstone Cup Equitation Classic—East at the kickoff of the Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships—East. Downey, 18, of Houston, lead a Texas takeover at Flintfields Horse Park (Michigan) aboard her own HH […]
Aachen, Germany—June 29 Any German dressage fan who attended the Prize of Family Tesch CDIO5* Grand Prix at CHIO Aachen today likely left the show grounds satisfied. The home team took a comfortable lead on the first day Nations Cup competition (235.41 points to Denmark’s 228.60) and scored an individual victory, with World No. 1 […]
Though the biggest classes of the show are still to come, the showgrounds in Aachen, Germany, are already abuzz with competitors and plenty of spectators. (Over 38,000 attended on Tuesday, June 27.) Check out some scenes from the competition. Important Links: What You Need To Know / CHIO Aachen website / Orders of go and results / Livestreaming / All of the […]
All you need to know about my background is this: When I was a teenager, my prized possessions were a copy of Reiner Klimke’s “Klimke On Dressage,” a VHS tape of the 1997 FEI Dressage World Cup Final I watched until it broke, and a sign, purchased on a trip to Germany, that said “Dressurpferd […]
Stall confinement. Tighter living quarters. Travel and trailering. Indoor exercise and dusty arenas. These factors have led to a significant increase in allergic reactions and low-level respiratory disease. More horses than ever before show symptoms of low-level cough, drippy noses and low-level breathing difficulties due to the early effects of airway inflammation. Up to 50 […]
On June 3, Dan McCarthy squired the young equestrians of the walk-trot ground rails equitation class around the Roberts Ring during the World Equestrian Center Ohio Spring II show with his trademark, “Children, we are going to walk now” direction. Just five days later, on June 8, McCarthy celebrated his 90th birthday with his family […]
The CHIO Aachen, held in Aachen, Germany, is always a massive show with top international competitors, but this year’s lack of Olympic Games or world championships means the fields are even more stacked across the disciplines. And Aachen has all the disciplines: dressage, eventing, show jumping, driving and vaulting. This year’s Aachen also features the additional excitement […]
Aachen, Germany—June 30 A common rider refrain before cross-country is, “There’s a lot to do out there,” but at the CHIO Aachen, that holds true for the show jumping as well. The second phase of the SAP-CUP CCIO4*-S takes place in the venue’s massive main stadium, which features plenty of spectators and a long, winding […]
Aachen, Germany—June 30 With one phase down in the CHIO Aachen SAP-CUP CCIO4*-S, U.S. riders are sitting individually fifth (Tamie Smith on Mai Baum), sixth (Liz Halliday-Sharp on Miks Master C) and seventh (Will Coleman on Off The Record), with their fourth teammate (Phillip Dutton on Z) in 24th, putting the team in second place […]
Aachen, Germany—June 29 Does Martin Fuchs, FEI World Cup Final winner, FEI World Equestrian Games medalist, Olympic competitor and FEI European Championship individual gold medalist, feel pressure? If he does, he didn’t show it tonight as he headed into the Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup on Commissar Pezi at the CHIO Aachen. The Swiss rider knew a […]
Tessa Downey moved 11 places up the standings over three rounds of competition Wednesday to top a field of 107 riders in the 19th annual USHJA Gladstone Cup Equitation Classic—East at the kickoff of the Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships—East. Downey, 18, of Houston, lead a Texas takeover at Flintfields Horse Park (Michigan) aboard her own HH […]
Aachen, Germany—June 29 Any German dressage fan who attended the Prize of Family Tesch CDIO5* Grand Prix at CHIO Aachen today likely left the show grounds satisfied. The home team took a comfortable lead on the first day Nations Cup competition (235.41 points to Denmark’s 228.60) and scored an individual victory, with World No. 1 […]
Though the biggest classes of the show are still to come, the showgrounds in Aachen, Germany, are already abuzz with competitors and plenty of spectators. (Over 38,000 attended on Tuesday, June 27.) Check out some scenes from the competition. Important Links: What You Need To Know / CHIO Aachen website / Orders of go and results / Livestreaming / All of the […]
All you need to know about my background is this: When I was a teenager, my prized possessions were a copy of Reiner Klimke’s “Klimke On Dressage,” a VHS tape of the 1997 FEI Dressage World Cup Final I watched until it broke, and a sign, purchased on a trip to Germany, that said “Dressurpferd […]
Stall confinement. Tighter living quarters. Travel and trailering. Indoor exercise and dusty arenas. These factors have led to a significant increase in allergic reactions and low-level respiratory disease. More horses than ever before show symptoms of low-level cough, drippy noses and low-level breathing difficulties due to the early effects of airway inflammation. Up to 50 […]
On June 3, Dan McCarthy squired the young equestrians of the walk-trot ground rails equitation class around the Roberts Ring during the World Equestrian Center Ohio Spring II show with his trademark, “Children, we are going to walk now” direction. Just five days later, on June 8, McCarthy celebrated his 90th birthday with his family […]
The CHIO Aachen, held in Aachen, Germany, is always a massive show with top international competitors, but this year’s lack of Olympic Games or world championships means the fields are even more stacked across the disciplines. And Aachen has all the disciplines: dressage, eventing, show jumping, driving and vaulting. This year’s Aachen also features the additional excitement […]
