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Scott Brash on fire in Florida

SCOTLAND’S leading showjumper Scott Brash (26) is on fire with his seasoned campaigners Intertoy Z, Whisky Mac and Bon Ami at FTI Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) in Wellington, Florida where Intertoy Z and Whisky Mac have been heading some top classes.

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Charlotte wins BS Shining Star award

CHARLOTTE Bird (12) from Nottingham has been awarded the British Showjumping NAF Shining Star award for December.

BEF recognise achievements

The British Equestrian Federation (BEF) celebrated equestrian talent recently when they presented medals of honour to seven individuals who have shown outstanding achievement and contribution to the international equestrian world had their accomplishments recognised at the presentation.

Williams and Schwizer tie in puissance

JUST two riders from the original eight starters in Olympia’s Allltech Christmas puissance, which has a prize fund of €20,000, made it through to the fifth and final round in this year’s thriller.

Hard work and a bit of luck pays off for Lucy

FOR LUCY Guild, 2011 will be a year she will never forget achieving a GB team place and a win at HOYS.

Dixon team pick up five red rosettes

Ingliston’s recent three-day advanced/progressive senior show attracted large entries, with 50 and 60 coming forward to contest normal classes.

Ingliston hosts premier show this weekend with £25,000 prize money

VOTED the British Showjumping UK member venue of the year 2011, Ingliston Country Club are hosting of the senior premier show this weekend (December 1-4).

Scott Brash nets $100,000 World Cup qualifier

GREAT Britain’s young talent Scott Brash from Peeblesshire, Scotland won the $100,000 World Cup qualifier in Toronto yesterday with Elizabeth McTaggart’s 10-year-old brown gelding Bon Ami II.

Death of well known showjumper

The fourth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping 2011/2012 series at Verona, Italy was stopped following the sudden death of the stallion Hickstead, ridden by reigning Olympic champion and world number one Eric Lamaze (CAN).

Fun at South-west senior and junior gala show

SOUTH-WEST Scotland’s area show and fun night was once again a superb evening of entertainment and hilarity followed by a senior and junior shown which offered trophies and prizes to each of the winners.

Success for Babes family with a treble

THREE of the major titles on offer at this year’s Scottish Horse of the Year show fell into the grasp of the Babes family starting with a superb one-two in the Scottish Puissance Championships.

£20,000 prize fund for Kingsbarn Elite

A PRIZE fund of £20,000 awaits Britain’s top equestrian showjumpers in anticipation of the thrilling Kingsbarn Elite Show, which takes place next week, at Kingsbarn Equestrian Centre, near Falkirk, in the heart of Central Scotland.

Scot shortlisted for pony rider of the year

BRITISH Showjumping is pleased to announce that Graham Babes, Jessica Mendoza and Beth Vernon have all been nominated for the ‘Best Pony Rider of the Year’ award.

Big money on offer at sportjumping this weekend

TOMORROW’S sport jumping competition at Gleneagles EC, Perthshire, (Saturday, October 15) sees founder Bill Alexander using the event as a final practice before launching it as a national event.

British Showjumping change ownership fee

AS of October 1, 2011 British Showjumping has introduced a change of ownership fee to assist both members and prospective members wanting to compete at affiliated level with their new horse or pony.

England dominate at international

THE Scottish Home Pony International was hit by the worst spell of weather the country has had all summer.

Fierce batle in Madrid

THE Dutch have stormed to the front going into Friday’s second and deciding round of the team championship while Germany’s Carsten-Otto Nagel leads the individual rankings after another thrilling day at the FEI European Jumping Championships 2011 in Madrid, Spain.

Solid start for Brits in Madrid

Spain first to go in European Showjumping Championships

HOST nation Spain will be hoping to stay out in front after being drawn number one of 16 nations at yesterday’s draw for the starting order in the FEI European Jumping Championships.

Danielle heads newcomers masters at Scope Festival

THE Cushionbed British Showjumping Scope Festival was host to the EquestrianCleance.com newcomers masters, with the last chance to qualify the 2011 EquestrianClearance.com Newcomers Championship to be held at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) in October.

Paul takes HOYS ticket with his mother’s gelding

INGLISTON was the setting for this year’s foxhunter second round, one of the most prestigious novice horse qualifiers in the show jumping calendar.

Scott Brash named as part of Team GB

THE showjumping selectors have met and have selected four of the five horse / rider combinations that will travel to Madrid for the 2011 European Jumping Championships next month.

GB pony team win gold medal

GREAT BRITAIN’S pony team competing at their European Championships at Jaszkowo, Poland secured gold medal position after a heavily contested competition that saw 11 teams come forward.

London 2012 – one year to go

THE countdown is on to the biggest sporting show on earth.

Great Britain finish second in Aachen Nations Cup!

ROB Hoekstra’s quartet has finished in second place in yesterday’s fifth leg of the 2011 FEI Nations Cup series held under floodlights in Aachen, Germany.

GB young rider’s team bring back team bronze

Hickstead hails the Derby meeting a huge success

TINA FLETCHER’S victory in the Carpetright Derby on Sunday marked the close of a hugely successful British Jumping Derby Meeting at Hickstead (June 23-26).

Alex takes final Royal Highland tickets

HAVING MOVED from its original showfield a few years ago Dalry Show organisers have worked hard to make sure it maintains its identity and individuality by always offering a superb well packed schedule full of sponsored classes with each winner receiving generous prizes encouraging riders to support this annual show now held at Rowallan AC.

New showjumping club membership

British Showjumping have launched a new ‘Club Membership’ aimed at grassroots competitors whom currently compete at 70cm – 1m.

Scott Brash double clear in St Gallen

Top Scottish showjumper Scott Brash from Peebles – part of the Great Britain Nations Cup team at St.

Team picked for St Gallen

Next week will see five British riders travel out to Switzerland for the St Gallen FEI Nations Cup (June 2-5).

Strathallan grand prix testing

AFTER WEEKS of sunshine the weather changed to coincide with two of Scotland’s first outdoor shows run on grass.

Scott Brash to defend British Masters title

Last years winner Scott Brash has confirmed that he will be attending the Charles Stanley British Masters to try and defend his title.

Children’s team third and dominate the grand prix

The GBR British Showjumping children’s team recently compete at Bonheiden in Belgium.

Highland Show qualifiers heating up

IN THE junior ranks the Highland show qualifiers are being hotly contested.

World Class supports junior and young rider European classes

The World Class Development Programme provided additional support to both the junior and young rider European trial grand prix showjumping classes that took place at Wales & West Show, last month.

Riders chasing RHS qualifiers

The Cabin EC, at Inverurie, was the first venue this year to move the jumping outside to take full advantage of the super spring weather, with three days of fun and competitive action.

Juniors vie to get into the big finals

THE JUNIOR shows have been much busier over the last couple of months with Scope and Highland Show qualifiers top of the agenda plus some winter finals and Scottish branch championships thrown in.

Novice qualifiers strong

The British Show Jumping winter novice qualifier was one of the main draws at Ingliston’s recent three-day show where numbers were strong once again.

Sportjumping double for Aileen

THE SECOND ever Sportjumping event held at Gleneagles EC at the beginning of April once again confirmed that this latest branch of equestrianism is going to earn its place amongst the more established disciplines.

Blue Chip winter grand prix

Hartpury Collage in Gloucestershire once again played host to the Blue Chip Winter Showjumping Championships recently.

Changes for showjumping in Scotland

Showjumping in Scotland is up in the air at the moment with changes afoot.

One-two for Jemma

Kingsbarn EC recent show was popular - the organisers go all out at this centre to make it rider friendly and their efforts are paying off with positive feedback all weekend.

Yorkshire International Showjumping Event cancelled

Organisers have today announced the forthcoming Yorkshire International Showjumping Event has been cancelled

HOYS timetable announced

Grandstand Media have announced the innovative Express Eventing competition will become part of the line up at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) 2011.

Sportjumping returns

One year on after last year’s succesful launch of sport jumping, founder Bill Alexander is looking forward to this year’s event, taking place at Gleneagles on April 2.

New international puissance sponsor

HOYS takes in a sixth day

Due to an increasingly busy timetable the organisers of the Horse of the Year Show have added a sixth day to its timetable.

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