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Philipp and Coupe de Coeur in action in Cannes. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Several new combniations have been out and about competing this weekend. In Cannes Philipp Weishaupt did his second show on Coupe de Coeur (Calido I x Lincoln) – with one time fault in Thursday’s 1.50 class and then finishing off by ending 11th in the Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix. About his Grand Prix result Philipp commented on ludger-beerbaum.de; "I really didn’t expect that, so I am very happy. It is really fun to ride him! The plan is that I will keep the ride on him, and our next show together will probably be Aachen or Estoril – and both shows should suite him a little better than Cannes as the rings are a bit bigger and he likes that more." As already reported Jackson Hole (Quite Easy x Robin Z) was seen under Harrie Smolders – the two ended 8th in Friday’s 1.50 class and 7th in Saturday’s 1.45/1.50 class at their second outing together. Pius Schwizer jumped Z Amelusina (Odermus R x Voltaire); they were placed in Thursday’s 1.45 class as number four. The Swiss rider also rode this 9 year old mare in Rome.

Jur Vrieling will be part of the Dutch team. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The Dutch team for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Europe division 1 at CSIO Rotterdam will consist of Jur Vrieling, Willem Greve and the brothers Frank and Hendrik-Jan Schuttert. Harrie Smolders will be reserve. The composition of the German, Swiss, Spanish, Belgian, French, British and American teams can be seen from the riders list.

The Nations Cup will take place on Friday the 21 of June.

It's time for the Hickstead Derby again! Photo by Samantha Lamb.This year’s Hickstead Derby Meeting has attracted a strong field of entries, with 13 nations represented and a total of 180 horses entered in the international classes. Entries for the national classes on the opening days of the show are already full, with record numbers wishing to compete at the All England Jumping Course.

Jackson Hole and Harrie Smolders in Cannes. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.This weekend Harrie Smolders is doing his second show on his new ride Jackson Hole (Quite Easy x Robin Z). Tina Lund and Charlotte von Rönne's former ride was sold earlier in the spring, and can now be seen with the Dutch rider in the saddle. The pair made their debut at the Longines Global Champions Tour in London after Axel Verlooy and his company Euro Horse bought the nine year old Swedish Warmblood.

Premier de Falaise and Jerome Hurel. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.According to studforlife.com Jerome Hurel’s ride Premier de Falaise will in the future be flying the Ukrainian colors. The 10 year old French bred by Jarnac won the Grand Prix in Le Touquet in May, and has competed at five star level under Hurel who has been riding the horse since it was a five year old. Now he moves on to compete for Ukraine. It is not clear who will be the new rider of the stallion.

Source: studforlife.com

Angelica Augustsson. Plenty of good riders are heading for the CSI3* in Pforzheim, Germany, this weekend. Daniel Deusser, David Will, Gert Jan Bruggink, Janika Sprunger, Angelica Augustsson and Katharina Offel are just some of the good riders on the list.

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According to studforlife.com Martin Fuchs’ ride Con Dios III (Colman x Romino) has been bought by Bertrand Darier. Fuchs has had plenty of good results with the 9 year old, on who he won the 3* Gran Prix in Munich in May. To studforlife.com Fuchs says that the horse was potentially for sale, but that they hoped that he would have stayed longer.

Source: studforlife.com

Beat Mändli is on the riders list for Sopot. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.This weekend it is time for the 6th leg of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Europe division 2 Nine  teams will compete in Sopot in Poland for the points in Friday's Nations Cup - Italy, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Turkey and Sweden. In addition Argentina, Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, The Netherlands and Switzerland will also be participating.

Several top riders have travelled to Sopot to compete for their countries. Beat Mändi, Jos Lansink, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Theo Muff, Peder Fredricson, Emanuele Gaudiano and Ludo Philippaerts are all present on the riders list for CSI3* in Sopot.

The fantastic Big Star tops the WBFSH ranking. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Nick Skelton's ride Big Star (Quick Star x Nimmerdor) has taken over the top position on the WBFSH World Ranking list. Sterrehof's Tamino (Numero Uno x Starter) has dropped to second place, while Silvana HDC (Corland x Widor) has climbed to third position. Chaman (Baloubet du Rouet x I Love You) is on rank four and Lennox (Lifestyle x Grannus) is on rank five.

KWPN is still on top among the studbooks, and this month they are represented by the top four horses - Big Star, Tamino, Silvana and Chaman.

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Eric Lamaze will take part of the Canadian team. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson. Thursday it is time for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup at Spruce Meadows. Canada has two teams competing, but only one of them can collect points at this leg. The collecting team consists of Mac Cone with Amor van de Rostal, Tiffany Foster with Victor or Verdi III, Eric Lamaze with Power Play or Quelmec du Percy and Ian Millar with Star Power or Dixson. Reserve is Jill Henselwood with IV Ever.

The second team will be Ben Asselin with Makavoy, Jonathan Asselin with Showgirl, Lisa Carlsen with La Boom and Chris Sorensen with Bobby. Reserve for the second team is Francois Lamontagne with Coolio 17.

Source: Press release from Equine Canada

The FEI has welcomed two major advances in its ongoing global campaign to improve the international movement of sport horses. The European Commission and Chinese authorities jointly signed off amended legislation that will allow for the temporary importation of EU horses to Shanghai for the CSI5* Longines Shanghai Masters, just days after the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) had separately passed a resolution that called for the development of new standards and guidelines for the temporary international movement of a specific sub population of high-health, high-performance competition horses and the establishment of Disease Free Zones in its member countries.

Cashi found an old friend of mine out walking,happy 1st wedding anniversary to Faye today! #terriHere is the last part of Terri's tweets from London where she, Marco and Cash finished off in the best possible way - by winning the very last class. If you would like to take a look at all of Terri's tweets from London, please join us on Twitter and look for all tweets marked with #terri.

Thank you Terri!

Laura Kraut will be competing in Cannes. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The Longines Global Champions Tour will move on to Cannes, France next weekend and the top riders are lining up. Edwina Tops-Alexander, Steve Guerdat, Marcus Ehning, Rodrigo Pessoa, Christian Ahlmann, Marc Houtzager, Ludger Beerbaum, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Sergio Alvarez Moya, Kevin Staut, Penelope Leprevost, Ben Maher, Gerco Schröder, Laura Kraut, Richard Spooner, Michael Whitaker and Luciana Diniz will all be there competing for the money and the valuable GCT points.

Global time! #terriBelow is a small selection of our guest tweeter Terri Fitton's tweets from Saturday. Terri is currently at the Global Champions Tour in London, and with her she has Marco Kutscher's stars Spartacus and Cash.

To follow Terri's tweets live, please log in to the WoSJ twitter account here and look for the tweets marked with #terri.

Grey or green hat for cashi today???? #terriTerri Fitton, Marco Kutscher's head groom, is tweeting from the Global Champions Tour in London. Here you can find a selection of her tweets from Friday. If you would like to see all of Terri's tweets and follow her live, please log in to the WoSJ Twitter account here and look for tweets marked with #terri.

Angelica Augustsson with Mic Mac du Tillard. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Angelica Augustsson's ride Mic Mac du Tillard (Cruising x Galoubet A) is currently competed by Angelica's colleague David Will. The 13 year old chestnut mare and Angelica have had great success together and won the World Cup qualifier in Gothenburg in 2011 as well as the Grand Prix in Nörten-Hardenberg to mention some. Mic Mac has been out with injury for a long time, but  has been back competing with Angelica since April. This weekend she is competed by David Will in Balve though.

Here is a small selection of Terri's tweet from London - enjoy! To see all the tweets, please log in to WoSJ Twitter account here.

Nice hand wall around the Olympic stadium! #terri

The tickets for the WEG in Normandy in 2014 were released yesterday. For now only packages are available, and they include passes, accommodation and transportation. The rest of the tickets will be released in November.

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Riding cashi in the ring! #terriThis week Terri Fitton is guest tweeting for WoSJ. Terri is already in London, where her boss Marco Kutscher will be competing at the Global Champions Tour. Here is a small selection of Terri's tweets and if you want to follow her directly from London log into our Twitter account and look for her tweets marked with #terri.

Henk van der Pol with Warrant in Amsterdam earlier this year. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Team Nijhof’s KWPN approved stallion Warrant TN (Numero Uno x Nimmerdor) has been sold to the US, and his new rider is Will Simpson. Simpson won team gold for America at the Olympics in Hong Kong. Warrant TN has had some very good results under Dutch rider Henk van der Pol, who together with Tal Milstein has played a part in the sale. "I've experienced a lot of fun with Warrant over the last 1.5 years,” says Henk van der Pol. The pair’s top results include wins in the VHO Grand Prix in 's-Hertogenbosch and the Nations Cup in Drammen, a second place in the Grand Prix of Lummen, a fifth place in the Grand Prix of Amsterdam and in the Grand Prix of Geesteren.

There are big plans for Stal Tops in Valkenswaard. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Stal Tops is planning a big expansion of their business in Valkenswaard under the name Equidome Topsport. It is reported that the plan is to build four hundred boxes, and also accommodation for the riders. The competition area will also be developed further and improved with one permanent grass arena and two sand arenas. Stal Tops believes that this is an important step for them to continue their mission in the sport. The City Council has given a green light and the shovel will be put in the ground in 2014.

Sparti is exhausted and messy after his first time sailing! #terri This week the fantastic Terri Fitton is back guest tweeting for WoSJ. Terri is already in London, where her boss Marco Kutscher will be competing at the Global Champions Tour. We will collect a selection of Terri’s tweets here on the website, but if you want to follow her directly from London log into our Twitter account and look for her tweets marked with #terri.

Daniel Deusser is moving upwards on the Longines Ranking! Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson. Looking outside the Top 10 on this month’s Longines Ranking, there are plenty of riders doing some impressive climbing. Inside the top forty, Roger-Yves Bost and Hans Dieter Dreher are getting dangerously close to the Top10 – with Bosty climbing from rank 16 to 12, and Hansi from 18 to 14. Leading GCT rider Laura Kraut also jumps up from rank 23 to 16, making her the third most successful lady rider in the world. Daniel Deusser also makes an impressive climb; going from rank 44 to 27! Katharina Offel is also moving upwards; going from 39 to 30, while Janika Sprunger goes from 45 to 35. French veteran Michel Robert has climbed up to rank 38 from last month’s 49 and Italy’s Juan Carlos Garcia has gone from rank 52 to 39.

Today the five weeks of Spruce Meadows Summer Tournaments will start. Several top riders have made their way to Canada. Eric Lamaze, Beezie Madden, Reed Kessler, McLain Ward, Cameron Hanley, Daniel Bluman, Tiffany Foster, Ian Millar, Kent Farrington, Rich Fellers and Conor Swail are just some of them.

Stefanie Bistan. Photo by © Tomas Holcbecher – Hervé Bonnaud.Austrian showjumper Stefanie Bistan is now working at the top equestrian facility Magna Racino. Bistan has been very successful in the U25 classes, as well as a Young Rider and previously rode the mare Juvina to several big wins. Now Stefanie will work at Magna Racino where she has the perfect environment to concentrate on the sport.

Christian Ahlmann is still nr. one in the world. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson. Christian Ahlmann still tops the Longines Rankings – for the 7^th month in a row. The new number two is French rider Kevin Staut, while Gerco Schröder is down from rank two to three. World Cup Champion Beezie Madden has climbed from rank six to four, while Edwina Tops-Alexander has gone from rank seven to five – securing to female riders among the top five. Steve Guerdat is down to rank six after being rank four last month, and Ludger Beerbaum is back in the top 10 as rank seven. Nick Skelton and Rolf-Göran Bengtsson has switched places, with Nick now being rank eight and Rolf rank nine – while rank 10 belongs to Marcus Ehning who was rank five last month. Pius Schwizer has been pushed out of the Top 10 and is now rank 11.

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Ludger was supposed to ride Chiara in the Nations Cup. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Ludger Beerbaum was one of the riders who was supposed to jump on the German team in St. Gallen that withdrew from the Nations Cup last Friday. On his website Ludger now speaks out about the decision made by the German team, and that the team would make exactly the same decision again if necessary. The much respected German rider states that the FEI's decision in St. Gallen was based on anything but horsemanship.

"There is so much talk about the welfare of the horses and that this always shall be the main priority, and then we are punished for prioritizing exactly this," Ludger states on www.ludger-beerbaum.de.

Philipp Weishaupt with Monte Bellini. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Ludger Beerbaum has through his company Ludger Beerbaum Stables GmbH bought Monte Bellini (Montender x Ramiro). The 11 year old stallion has been a part of the Beerbaum-team for a long time, and has been competed very successfully by Philipp Weishaupt. The pair was part of the second placed German Nations Cup team in Rome two weeks ago, and was on the winning German team in Rotterdam last year – to mention some of many great results. 

Katharina Offel. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Katharina Offel has a new ride in her stable. It’s Pia-Louise Aufrecht’s 11 year old mare MCB Sommerwind (Seidon x Dynamo) that has joined Kathi’s string of horses, while Pia-Louise is enjoying her maternity leave. Kathi has already been competing MCB Sommerwind; the new pair made their debut at a national show in Germany last week – where they won a class. Their next outing will be in Balve the coming weekend.

Reed Kessler.Reed Kessler has sold her ride Pacha de Nantuel (Papillon Rouge x Calypso d’Herbiers). The French 10 year old gelding came to Reed when he was 7, and Reed has had super results with him; to mention some the pair won the 1.50 m $25,000 Suncast Championship Classic at the WEF in 2012 as well as ending third in a WEF Grand Prix. Pacha de Nantuel will in the future be seen under Mario Garcia, who is trained by Eduoardo Salas at Rancho Santa Teresita in Florida. "When Mario tried Pacha it was a perfect fit and I'm sure they will have a lot of success together. I'm happy to sell him to such a great new home," Reed tells WoSJ, adding that Mario has bought Pacha in the hopes of attending the Central American Games for Colombia.

Quarco de Kerambars and Rik Hemeryck. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Rik Hemeryck and his former top ride Quarco de Kerambars have been reunited – at least for the time being. The Belgian rider and the 13 year old by Darco x Skippy II made their comeback at the CSI3* in Bethune two weeks ago. Grandprix-replay.com writes that the reason behind the re is that Carine Gagliani, Quarco’s current rider, has injured her knee. Thus, the horse is back with Rik – who was parted from his former super star in September last year. Rik and Quarco had great success together; in 2011 they won the Grand Prix at the Sauté Hermes in Paris and they were third in the World Cup qualifier in Mechelen.

Related article: Rik Hemeryck looses the ride on Quarco de Kerambars

Source: grandprix-replay.com

Rich Fellers. Rich Fellers has a new ride in Lux Lady (Lux Z x Master Imp). The 8 year old Irish bred mare has been competed up to 1.45 level in Sweden by Adrian Cronin, but will in the future be seen under the 2012 World Cup winner. The first outing for Fellers and Lux Lady will probably be at Spruce Meadows.

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Photo © Spruce Meadows Media Services.Spruce Meadows, home to some of the most prestigious and popular show jumping events in the world, is excited to welcome the best riders to their summer tournaments, which begin on June 5 and continue with five tournaments through July 14, 2013. Along with an unparalleled venue, riders can look forward to fantastic prize money and the opportunity to gain world ranking points, World Cup™ qualifying points, and the chance to help their country qualify for the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Series Final. Starting with the 'National' CSI 5* Tournament on June 5-9, competition features include the Spruce Meadows Canadian Show Jumping Championship™, the $400,000 CN Reliability Grand Prix on Saturday, June 8, and the $175,000 Nexen Cup 1.60m derby on Sunday, June 9.

Jessica Newman, Charles Troillet and President of the CSIO Switzerland Nayla Stoessel. Photo by Angelika Nido.It has been a summer of firsts for JustWorld International. The Swiss National Equestrian Federation has selected JustWorld International as its official charity partner. The Swiss National Equestrian Federation is the first European National Federation to make such a commitment. The Longines CSIO St. Gallen of Switzerland has also stepped forward to join the Swiss National Equestrian Federation, in becoming the first international show jumping event in Switzerland to support the non-profit organization. These relationships are ideal for JustWorld International. With their help, JustWorld will be able to fulfill its mission of raising funds within the global equestrian community to help provide education, nutrition, healthcare and vocational training programs to underprivileged children in impoverished communities around the world.

Kevin Staut will compete in Bourg en Bresse this weekend. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Several top French riders are heading for the CSI4* in Bourg en Bresse this weekend. The home crowd can look forward to see Kevin Staut, Roger Yves Bost, Patrice Delaveau, Simon Delestre, Michel Robert and Julien Epaillard compete against Michael Whitaker, Jose Larocca, Rik Hemeryck, Daniel Etter, Niels Bruynseels and Simone Wettstein.

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Pius with Verdi in Hamburg just a couple of weeks ago. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Artisan Farms has purchased three grand prix mounts for its riders Eric Lamaze and Tiffany Foster. Powerplay and Quelmec du Gery will be ridden by 2008 Olympic Champion Lamaze while Verdi III is for Foster, a member of Canada's fifth-placed 2012 London Olympic show jumping team.

With the support of Artisan Farms, Lamaze has been carefully rebuilding his string of show jumping mounts. Big Smile and Rosana du Park were purchased last fall as young prospects while Check Picobello Z joined the stable this winter. With Powerplay and Quelmec du Gery, Lamaze now has five world-class horses that will soon make their mark on the international stage.

New horse for Penelope Leprevost. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The 15 year old Volare van de Bunte (Pavarotti van de Helle x Prince Royal) will in the future be seen with Penelope Leprevost. The stallion has been successfully competed by Eric Navet, but  Navet's contract to train American rider Karl Coock towards the 2016 Olympics, makes it difficult for him  to continue competing at high level. According to equnews.be Volare has thus been trusted with Penelope Leprevost to ride instead. 

Joris de Brabander with the now 23 year old Nabab de Reve. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The yearly report from BWP is out. The report gives the number of BWP-registered offspring the different stallions have produced during 2012. Nabab de Reve is on top of the list with 148 BWP foals,  and he is followed by another stallion from Joris de Brabander - Elvis Ter Putte.

The Euro Horse stallion and Harrie Smolder's ride Emerald, is number three with 77 registered BWP foals. The five year old Inshallah de Muze (an offspring by Nabab de Reve, bred by Joris de Brabander) takes fourth place, while Nonstop with his 51 BWP foals is number five.

Diamanthina van't Ruytershof - here with Niels Bruynseels at the Z-tour earlier this year. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The ten year old mare Diamanthina van't Ruytershof (Diamant de Semilly x Carthago),  the older sister of Harrie Smolder's ride Emerald, will in the future be seen with the 19 year old Constant van Paesschen, the son of Stanny van Paesschen. Diamanthina  was until recently ridden by Niels Bruynseels.

Stanny van Paesschen states to studforlife.com  that it was a real surprise for them to get Diamanthina in their stable, but they are of course very excited about the opportunity. Stanny also explains that Diamanthina is a horse with a lot of blood which normally suits  Constant really well.

Marlon Zanotelli will compete at Outdoor Gelderland this weekend. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Several top riders are heading for the CSI3* show Outdoor Gelderland in the Netherlands the coming weekend. Edwina Tops-Alexander, Jos Lansink, Julia Kayser, Marlon Zanotelli, Abdel Said, Athina Onassis de Miranda, Denis Lynch, Jeroen Dubbeldam, Eric van der Vleuten and Cassio Rivetti will all be there.

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Big star enjoys the italian grass #csiorome #mat From Rome we were lucky enough to have Richard Spooner's head groom Mathieu tweeting for WoSJ! Below you will find a small selection of his last tweets and snapshots from this beautiful show - if you want to see all of them you have to visit Twitter and look for the WoSJ tweets that end with #mat.

Love actually #csiorome #@EdwinaAlexander #mat This weekend Richard Spooner's groom Mathieu Mougeot is back as our guest tweeter. Mathieu is in Rome for the Nations Cup with the Spooner-horses Cristallo, Billy Bianca, Let's Dance & Careto, and here is a small selection of Mathieu's tweets from day two. You can follow Mathieu's guest tweets live on the WoSJ Twitter-account, and look for his tweets marked #mathieu.

 Franke Sloothaak moves on from Russia to Austria. Photo by Jenny AbrahamssonGlock Horse Performance Center, owned by Gaston Glock, has hired former World Champion and Olympic Champion Franke Sloothaak to train and manage their showjumpers Robert and Gerfried Puck, Dieter Köfler, Markus Stock and David Tschikof as well as eventer Katrin Khoddam-Kazrati. With the hiring of Sloothaak, Glock show that they don’t only want to make a mark within dressage where they already have high profiled riders, but they now want to make more out of their showjumping team as well.

Jessica Newman and Kevin Staut prepare for their interview with Equidia.An equestrian's focus can become isolated on their horses and competitions when at the highest level of the sport, but world-class rider Kevin Staut has never allowed his focus to falter from the good he can provide in the community as an equestrian icon. Since 2007, the French rider has been a long-term Rider Ambassador for JustWorld International, a charitable organization that raises funds within the global equestrian community to help provide education, nutrition, healthcare and vocational training programs to underprivileged children in impoverished communities around the world.

Cian will ride Blue Loyd in St. Gallen. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Ireland's team manager Robert Splaine has revealed that Cian O'Connor's Olympic bronze medal horse Blue Loyd will return with him to the Irish team for the vital Nations' Cup competition at St. Gallen in Switzerland next Friday, May 31st.

Though sold late last year, Blue Loyd's new Canadian owner Nicole Walker has offered O'Connor his former London mount to jump as part of the Irish squad competing at the country's second fixture of the Furusiyya FEI series.

Robert Splaine said this morning: "This is an exceptionally generous gesture by Nicole, as there is no doubt Blue Loyd will greatly enhance Ireland's competitiveness at St. Gallen. Under the 2013 rules we have just four venues where we can gain world series points, so we need the very best horsepower available to us, and they don't come much better than Blue Loyd.

Gerco still works for Ger Visser, but has the possibility to take on horses from other owners as well. The approved stallion owned by Stoeterij Van de Helle  has now been in  Gerco's  stable for a couple of days and the plan is to take him to a smaller show next weekend before entering the bigger classes.

David and Colorit will miss the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup in Rome. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.David Will's Colorit is recovering well after getting a fever in Wiesbaden. The plan was for the approved stallion to compete for the German team in Rome this weekend, but Ludger Beerbaum got a last minute call and is going instead of David.

Now Colorit is doing much better. According to Reitturniere.de the German Championship, that takes place in Balve the second weekend in June, will be his next show.

Steve Guerdat. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Steve Guerdat has bought the seven year old Kavalier (Kannan x Alligator Fontaine). Steve says to Stud for life that it was love at first sight when he tried Kavalier, that has the same sire as Steve's Olympic Champion Nino des Buissonnet and is out of a mare by Alligator Fontaine - the stallion that is the sire of Steve's super mare Jalisca Solier.

Source: www.studforlife.com

Dirk Demeersman.Dirk Demeersman has got a new ride in the BWP stallion Charles de Gaulle (Clinton x Rebel II Z), a horse owned by Haras de Hus. According to Stud for life Dirk is of the opinion that the horse has a lot of potential.

This is the third son of Clinton that Dirk has gotten to his stable during the last months, and he says to studforlife.com that he is happy to ride the offspring of his former top horse. Demeersman and Clinton won the individual bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004.

Gregory Wathelet. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The eight year old Holsteiner stallion Conrad de Hus (Con Air x Locato) will in the future be seen under the Belgian rider Gregory Wathelet. It is Xavier Marie from Haras de Hus that owns the stallion that has been educated by Gilles Botton.

Gregory says to Stud for life that Conrad de Hus has a lot of quality and a huge potential. The goal for Wathelet is to prepare Conrad so that he will be ready to do the bigger classes at the end of the year or in the beginning of next year.

Source: www.studforlife.com

Cristallo & ego r pretty tired.... Or just relaxing.....#csiorome#mat This weekend Richard Spooner's groom Mathieu Mougeot is back as our guest tweeter. Mathieu is in Rome for the Nations Cup with the Spooner-horses Cristallo, Billy Bianca, Let's Dance & Careto, and here is a small selection of Mathieu's first tweets. You can follow Mathieu's guest tweets live on the WoSJ Twitter-account, and look for his tweets marked #mathieu.

Svante Johansson with Saint Amour in Gothenburg 2011. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Janne-Friederike Meyer now has the ride on Saint Amour (Stakkato x Sherlock Holmes). The 14 year old stallion that previously has been competed by Sweden’s Svante Johansson, has been moved to Meyer by his current owners that plan to sell the horse. Up until a sale takes place, Janne has Saint Amour as an addition to her current string of horses.

Source: tidningenridsport.se

Rodrigo Pessoa and HH Rebozo in action at the WEG in 2010. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Double H Farm and Rodrigo Pessoa announce that after a seven-year relationship, they will be going in different directions. Rodrigo Pessoa will no longer be the principal rider for Double H Farm. After an extremely successful partnership, Rodrigo will move on and Double H Farm will focus on other aspects of their business. “We have had a great relationship and friendship with Rodrigo and have enjoyed being able to support him,” said Double H Farm owner Hunter Harrison.

Pessoa stated, “I have learned a lot and been lucky enough to work with Hunter through this time. His experience as a leader and as a partner is a unique and special situation, and I'm extremely appreciative for what he has done for me. We will remain good friends and look back fondly on the great success that we have had together.” He continued, “Moving forward on good terms is really important to us. To that end, I will keep Let's Fly in my own string. I think that shows the good will and respect that we have for each other.”

Mathieu and Cristallo.This weekend Richard Spooner’s groom Mathieu Mougeot returns as our guest tweeter. Mathieu is in Rome for the Nations Cup with the Spooner-horses Cristallo, Billy Bianca, Let's Dance & Careto, and there will be lots of Mathieu's trademark behind the scenes-tweets and snapshots to look forward to. You can follow Mathieu’s guest tweets live on the WoSJ Twitter-account, and look for his tweets marked #mathieu.

Carthago Z has been put to sleep at the age of 26. The famous stallion was for many years one of the best showjumpers in the world under Jos Lansink, and competed at the Olympic Games both in1996 and 2000 – in addition to winning some of the world’s biggest Grand Prix classes and Nations Cups. Carthago Z is also known for his many famous offspring which today can be seen competing at top level.

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Billy Twomey. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Billy Twomey has a new ride in the 10 year old Diaghilev (Vangelis S x Handstreich). The gelding has previously been competed by Britain’s Anna Edwards, who has had great success with the horse – competing him up to five star level and winning the 3* Millstreet Grand Prix in 2012. Billy has already done his first big show with Diaghilev; the pair had two clear first rounds in La Baule this past weekend and they are also on the entry list for Rome the coming weekend.

Bosty has added Colombo to his string of horses. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.According to studforlife.com Roger-Yves Bost has a new ride in Colombo van den Blauwaert. The 11 year old gelding by Nabab de Reve x Skippy II has previously been competed internationally by Eric Navet, and the pair also won the bronze medal at the French Championship in 2012. Bosty says to studforlife that he believes that Colombo will be a good addition to his current string of horses.

Source: studforlife.com

Top Gun 79 with Holger Wenz in the saddle. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Christina Liebherr has got a new ride in the 9 year old Top Gun 79 (Limotas x Corofino). Top Gun 79 has up until now been competed by German rider Holger Wenz, who has showed the Holsteiner gelding up to four star level.

Source: horseweb.de

Wisconsin 111 with Sergio Alvarez Moya. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Alexander Onischenko has secured yet another top horse for Ukraine. This time it’s Sergio Alvarez Moya’s Wisconsin 111 that has been bought up by the Ukrainian. Wisconsin – an 14 year old gelding by Darco x Coriolan – has had some great results under Moya, winning big classes in Bordeaux, Gijon, Aachen and Hamburg to mention some.

Rodrigo has a new ride in Tinkabell. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The eight year old KWPN mare Tinkabell (Casco x Ekstein) has been purchased by Rodrigo Pessoa. The mare has previously been ridden by the German rider Felix Schneider, and Rodrigo bought her from Lisa Huep through Sergio Neuppmann.

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André Schröder with Bario van't Martendonkerf in Hamburg. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The 23 year old German showjumper André Schröder is now riding for Azerbaijan. Schröder's change of nationality happened a few months ago, and with this change he follows in the footsteps of the previous Belgian rider Patrick Mc Entee who has competed for Azerbaijan since the beginning of 2010. The Italian rider Francesco Franco has also recently become a rider for Azerbaijan.

According to horses.nl Schröder got an offer he could not refuse. If he will get any new horses to ride is not yet known.

Jörg Naeve with Calado at Falsterbo Horse Show last year. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The 12 year old Calado (Calando I x Landgraf I) can now be found in Ludger Beerbaum's stable. It is Marco Kutscher that has been riding the gelding, that previously was ridden by Jörg Naeve. As Marco currently is injured Henrik von Eckermann will compete Calado at this weekend's Longines Global Champions Tour in Wiesbaden.

Source: www.ridsport.se

Marco Kutscher. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Marco Kutscher is unfortunately forced out of action due to an injury. The German rider has injured a thigh muscle, and will be out for the next few weeks.

We wish Marco a speedy recovery!

Source: ludger-beerbaum.de

Ludo Philippaerts with Tauber van het Kapelhof at their last show in Bordeaux. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Ludo Philippaerts' 17 year old Tauber van het Kapelhof (Darco x Pinkus) will be retired. Philippaerts announced Tauber's pension on the stallion's seventeenth birthday. Last year Tauber went through colic surgery, and the last time he was seen at a show was in Bordeaux in February 2013.

Ludo says to Horses.nl that Tauber van het Kapelhof is the best speedhorse he ever had. The pair won 53 international classes together and  were among the top three no less than 108 times.

Johannes Ehning has a new ride. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Judith Goelkel, the owner of Salvador, Sabrina, Sandro Boy and Quintana Roo, has purchased the nine year old Lorca V for Johannes Ehning to ride. Lorca V (Louvre S x Pablo) was previously owned by Schou & Skouboe and has been seen under both Christian and Andreas Schou.

The plan for Johannes and the approved stallion is  make their first international appearance in Nörten-Hardenberg next week.

Gilbert de Roock. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Gilbert de Roock has bought three new "van Klapscheut" horses. The new additions consist of the eight year olds Fenia van Klapscheut (Cicero Z van Paemel x Ahorn Z) and Farah van Klapscheut (Vigo d'Arsouilles x Heartbreaker) as well as the seven year old Goriana van Klapscheut (Vigo d'Arsouilles x Darco).

Goriana is a daughter of Pilar Cordon's ride Coriana van Klapscheut and the mother of Farah - Uriana - is in her turn the mother of Coriana.

Maria Gretzer with Singular LS La Silla at the World Championships for six year olds last year. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Marcus Ehning has gotten the ride on  Maria Gretzer's Singular LS La Silla. The seven year old by Chapultepec La Silla x Stakkato is bred by Club Hipico La Silla and owned by Maria. The plan is for Marcus to bring Singular to the Youngster Tour in Nörten-Hardenberg as their first show together. 

Maria has posted a You Tube video of Marcus trying Singular LS La Silla for the first time - click on the Read more-button to see it.

Gilbert Tillmann in today's Hamburg Derby. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.After two legs of the DKB-Riders Tour, John Whitaker and Gilbert Tillmann top the overall standings. Both have 20 points following their wins, while Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and Carsten-Otto Nagel both are rank three on 17 points. Hilmar Meyer and Luciana Diniz are ranked as number five – both on 15 points.

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Rolf-Göran Bengtsson.The Holsteiner stallion Quarz (Quintero x Caretino) has been sold to the Danish Ask Stud. As the new sponsor of Rolf-Göran Bengtsson, the stud will add the 7 year old to the Swedish rider’s string of horses. "Quarz will be a very interesting addition to my stable," says the Swede to the Holsteiner Verband. "He has a lot of potential, and I have had him in mind for a long time."

Source: Holsteiner Verband

Effect vd Bisschop. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Dirk Demeersman has a new ride in the 9 year old Effect vd Bisschop (Clinton x Landetto). According to galop.be the new pair make their debut in Lommel this weekend. Dirk describes Effect as ‘a careful horse with potential’. Effect vd Bisschop has previously been ridden by Mike van Olst and Thiago Ribas da Costa – jumping at international Grand Prix level.

Source: galop.be

Balouska and luke little morning kiss.. #laisThis week we have Gerco Schröder’s head girl Lais van Deventer guest tweeting for WoSJ! Lais is in Hamburg, and with her she has London, Urban Hero and Balouska. Below you will find a selection of Lais' great snapshots and tweets. If you want to follow Lais’ guest tweets, go into our Twitter account and look for her tweets signed with #lais.

Athina and Doda have bought Den Ham Blue R. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.According to dehoefslag.nl Athina and Alvaro de Miranda have bought the approved stallion Den Ham Blue R (Mr. Blue x Calando I) from Stal Roelofs. The five year old approved stallion finished his KWPN performance test with a total of 85 points (canter 8, reflexes 8,5, form 8,5, scope 9, rideability and willingness 8,5, jumping talent 8,5). The stallion will now be trained for top sport in the stables of AD Sport Horses.

The promising Cooper and Cian in action in Magna Racino.Cian O’Connor has high hopes for his new ride Cooper (Colman x Corrado I). The Olympic bronze medalist from London says to WoSJ that the 9 year old gelding – that is owned by The Serendipity Group – is the best horse he has ever ridden. “I’ve had Cooper for a couple of weeks now. Before he came to me he had been very gently produced up to 2* level by his former rider. I brought him with me to the spring tour in Magna Racino, and he jumped clear in 1.40, 1.45 and 1.50 classes – so I was very pleased with him. His next outing will be Wiesbaden,” O’Connor explains to WoSJ of his new partner which he is aiming for the World Equestrian Games next year.

Diamanthina van’t Ruytershof will in the future be seen under a new rider. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Based on a mutual agreement between Stal Bruynseels and Stoeterij van de Helle, the stallion Castelino van de Helle (Cassini I x Landgraf I) and the mare Diamanthina van’t Ruytershof (Diamant de Semilly x Carthago) will move to another stable to continue their development at the highest level of the international sport.

Niels Bruynseels started riding Castelino van de Helle, owned by Paul Mais, as a 6 year old and has produced him to a Grand Prix horse. Last year the stallion won an international class in Lummen and was 4th in the Poznan World Cup qualifier, but over the last period of  time the results have stayed away. Also Diamanthina van’t Ruytershof is owned by Paul Maïs and will continue her career under a different rider. She finished 4th in the 2012 CSIO Grand Prix of Lummen and was 4th this year in the Ghent Masters.

Lais is our guest tweeter this week!This week we have made a real catch, and will have Gerco Schröder’s head girl Lais van Deventer guest tweeting for WoSJ! Lais is currently on the road to the five star show in Hamburg, and with her she brings super star London, Urban Hero and Balouska. To follow Lais’ guest tweets, go into our Twitter account and look for her tweets signed with #lais.

If you want to know more about Lais you can read our WoSJ Exclusive with her here.

Victoria Gulliksen will compete at home soil this weekend. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.It will be Sweden, Russia, Belarus, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway that will take part of the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup in Drammen this weekend. France and the Netherlands will not be able to pick up points in Drammen, while the rest of the teams can and hopefully will fight hard for som needed points. Norway was unlucky last weekend in Lummen ending eight while  Sweden was placed as number five - a rank both teams probably would like to improve in Drammen.

Sterrehof's Tamino is now number one in the world. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.This month sees Sterrehof’s Tamino (Numero Uno x Farmer) all alone on top of the FEI WBFSH World Ranking. Last month the 13 year old gelding shared the top spot with London (Nabab de Reve x Chin Chin), but the chestnut stallion is now down to rank six. Silvana HDC (Corland x Widor) is now rank two in the world, after being number eight on last month’s ranking. Number three in the world is Carlo 273 (Contender x Cascavelle), who was eleven last month – while Lennox (Lifestyle x Grannus) is ranked as number four and Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois (Dollar du Murier x Grand Veneur) is rank five.

Click here for the jumping horse ranking.

KWPN has taken over the top of the studbook ranking this month, pushing BWP down to rank two. KWPN’s top representatives are Sterrehof’s Tamino, Silvana HDC, Chaman (Baloubet du Rouet x I Love You), Verdi III (Hors La Loi x Cantus), Simon (Mr. Blue x Polydox) and Uceko (Celano x Koriander). BWP has London, West Side V Meerputhoeve (Baloubet du Rouet x Apollonios) and Cylana (Skippy II x Darco) as their top three horses. The studbook Français du Cheval Selle Français follows as rank three, with their top three contributors being Castle Forbes Myrtille Paulois, Nino des Buissonnets (Kannan x Narcos II) and Cevo Itot du Chateau (Le Tot de Semilly x Galoubet A).

Reed Kessler is now rank 28 in the world. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Last week the Longines Ranking nr. 148 was released, and it’s about time to find out who has been climbing it for the last month. Moving out of the Top 10, but within the top 50 America’s super talented Reed Kessler has jumped from rank 41 to rank 28 – while Emanuele Gaudiano has gone up to 33 from 43. Meredith-Michaels Beerbaum has also been moving upwards, and is now rank 38 after being on rank 47 last month.

The 2013 edition of the “Vincenzo Muccioli Challenge” international show jumping event, originally programmed from 19 to 21 July at Coriano near Rimini, has been cancelled. Behind the decision taken by the San Patrignano Community lies the consideration that, to date, the confirmed financial contributions from sponsors are not sufficient to cover the costs involved in the organization of the event. This makes it therefore impossible to achieve the priority objective underlying the origins of the show in 1996, namely that of sustaining the social and career training projects that are part of the rehabilitation programmes of the community’s over 1300 residents.

Steve Guerdat. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Olympic Champion Steve Guerdat has received a Honoris Causa Degree from the European University. The degree awards Steve’s extraordinary journey in the equestrian sport, particularly the Swiss rider’s Olympic title from 2012. Guerdat was invited by the president of the European University to receive his honorary degree at a special event that was held on the 20th of April, and you can see photos and read all about it on Steve’s website.

On the list for Hamburg; Michael and GIG Amai. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.A star studded field of riders is heading for Hamburg the coming weekend. The show hosts the second leg of the Global Champions Tour and the Hamburg Derby. Big names such as Christian Ahlmann, Ludger Beerbaum, Marcus Ehning, Michael Whitaker, Kevin Staut, Edwina Tops-Alexander, Gerco Schröder, Marc Houtzager, Steve Guerdat, Rolf-Göran Bengtsson and Katharina Offel will all ride at the event.

Click here for the full riders list.

Nice trophy for the second place yesterday #laura kraut #gct madrid #mathieuThis weekend we have had Richard Spooner's groom Mathieu Mougeot guest tweeting for WoSJ. Mathieu has spent the weekend at the opening leg of the Global Champions Tour in Madrid, and here are Mathieu's last snapshots and tweets from the lovely show.

Cyber had a beautiful clear this morning!!! Now, he s watching the other ones going on the ring!!! #gct #mathieu Mathieu Mougeot - Richard Spooner's head groom - is guest tweeting for us from the first leg of the Global Champions Tour in Madrid this weekend. Here is a fine selection of his tweets from Saturday. If you want to follow him live, join us on Twitter and look for the tweets marked with #mathieu.

Galou van de Schemmersberg to Doda. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Alvaro de Miranda has purchased the seven year old Galou van de Schemmersberg (Balou du Rouet x Randel Z). The gelding has previously been ridden by Shane Breen, and after some good rounds at Spring Tour Lummen Doda showed interest in the horse.

To Studforlife.com Shane is explaining that his plan was not to sell, but then Doda tried Galou van de Schemmersberg and they made a good match right away. Shane is now pleased that the horse has come to a stable where he has the potential to move to the top.

Dame Blanche van Arenberg to Penelope Leprevost. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Dame Blanche van Arenberg (Clinton x Codexco) has been purchased by Haras de Clarbecq for Penelope Leprevost to ride. The 10 year old mare started off her career with the Spanish rider Pascal Levy and has since the end of 2012 been ridden by Marc Dilasser.

According to Studforlife.com the new owner has been following the development of Dame Blanche van Arenberg for a while and they have no doubt in her qualities.

Well, spooner team is ready!!!! Enjoying the nice sun #gct madrid #mathieuMathieu Mougeot - Richard Spooner's head groom - is back guest tweeting for us. Here is a fine selection of his first tweets. If you want to follow him live, join us on Twitter here and look for the tweets marked with #mathieu.

Marquis de la Lande HDC and Franck Schillewaert. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Marquis de la Lande HDC (Quito de Baussy x Starter) has sadly passed away. The only thirteen year old stallion died suddenly this weekend during a show in Fontainebleau where he was together with his long time rider Franck Schillewaert. In May last year Haras des Coudrettes bought Marquis de la Lande to secure him for Franck Schillewaert as they thought that Marquis was the horse of a lifetime for Franck.

Our thoughts go to Franck, HDC and the whole team around the horse.

Christian Ahlmann is still on top of the Longines Ranking. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Christian Ahlmann holds on to rank number one on the latest Longines Ranking. Gerco Schröder stays put as rank two, while Kevin Staut has climbed all the way from rank six to rank three. Steve Guerdat has fallen one spot down to number four - while Marcus Ehning, who was number seven last month has made a jump up to rank five.

Rolex FEI World Cup winner Beezie Madden has made the biggest climb among the Top 10 as she has taken over rank six, leaving her rank as number ten from last month to Pius Schwizer. Edwina Tops-Alexander has fallen two spots to number seven, while Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is back among the Top 10 as number eight ahead of Nick Skelton who is rank nine this month.

The total prize money for this season's Longines Global Champions Tour will be over €8 million, a new record for the premier championship series. The significant prize money on offer is announced as the first Longines Global Champions Tour event of 2013 gets underway in Madrid, with a high calibre turn out of the world's best riders and horses.

Andreas Schou and Diamant de Revel. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Absolute Horses in Denmark report that they have sold their eight year old stallion Diamant de Revel (Diamant de Semilly x Quidam de Revel) to Florida. The promising stallion has been approved in both the Danish Warmblood Society and the Swedish Warmblood Association. Diamant de Revel has produced good results in the international youngster classes under  Christian and Andreas Schou, but will now continue his career in the US.

Hopefully we will see more of this in the years to come. Nina celebrating another victory. Here seen in Gothenburg in 2011. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The Finnish fighter Nina Fagerström is these days packing her bags and leaving for Eric Levallois’ Haras de Beaufour in Normandy, France together with her partner Alexander Rohling. Last year the former Stephex-rider took a big step and decided to set up on her own, and together with Alex she established Finca Horses. They started off with a few of Alex’ horses, in addition to some horses from different owners. The competitive rider wanted more though, and during the year they purchased horses more suitable for Nina and with potential for the top sport. 

Nina and Alex are now taking the Finca-horses to France, where Nina will get the ride on two promising nine year olds owned by Eric’s sister and brother. In addition to this she will be riding Eric’s very promising horses of his own breeding. Eric has brought up many talented horses over the years, and is also the former rider of Penelope Leprevost’s world cup-horse, Nayana, and the popular French stallion Diamant de Semilly.

Jörg Naeve has been injured. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Jörg Naeve had a bad fall on Tuesday morning and broke his collarbone. Due to his injury Naeve unfortunately has had to cancel his planned competitions in Redefin and Hamburg, and at the moment he doesn't know when he will be back in the saddle.

We wish Jörg a speedy recovery! 

Source: www.pferdenachrichten.de

CHI Geneva sticks with Rolex! Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.CHI Geneva – one of the three events included in the newly launched Rolex Grand Slam of Showjumping – will no longer host a World Cup qualifier, as they have done since its creation in the late seventies. The World Cup's main sponsor will as of the 2013/2014 season be Longines, and with Rolex being the main sponsor of the CHI Geneva the organizers have had to drop the World Cup. “As we wanted to be faithful to our main sponsor, that has helped us over the past 17 years – which has included sponsorship of two World Cup Finals and nine Top 10 Finals – there was no question. We had to forget the World Cup. That being said, it was not an easy choice and we asked the FEI for a compromise as we didn’t want to cancel our existing and running contracts,” says Alban Poudret – Sports Director at the event.

David Will has a new sponsor. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.David Will has a new sponsor; Juwelieren Banki & Sohn. Following the sponsorship, the World Cup winner from Den Bosch will in the future be seen in a new outfit and the show Mannheimer Maimarkt will be David's first show for the new sponsor. "I took riding lessons for David's mother when he was a small kid. So I have been following his development for several years. During David's time at Dietmar Gugler's he has not only develop his riding skills, he has also grown as a person," says Shadi Banki, the owner of Juwelieren Banki & Sohn. "I'm impressed by David's persistence when it comes to working, and that he is such a hard worker with such a discipline. I think that such a talent needs to be supported and as David has had some of my horses over the last years I'm happy that I now can support him like this," Banki says.

Ludger will make it a double this weekend - Madrid and Mannheim. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.It is a big German troop that will participate at the CSI3* show in Mannheim the coming weekend. Christian Ahlmann, Hans-Dieter Dreher, Philipp Weishaupt and David Will are just some of the riders that will be present. Both Ludger Beerbaum and Marco Kutscher will make a double this weekend - first compete at the GCT in Madrid and then go straight on to compete in Mannheim.

Of course there will also be others than the German riders going to Mannheim - Abdel Said, Angelica Augustsson, Pius Schwizer, Daniel Etter, Beat Mändli and Gert-Jan Bruggink will all be there.

Mathieu is already set in Madrid and has found the shuttle service.This weekend we welcome back Mathieu Mougeot – who works for Richard Spooner – as our guest tweeter. Mathieu is in Madrid for the Global Champions Tour with the Spooner-horses, and there will be lots of Mathieu's trademark behind the scenes-tweets and snapshots to look forward to. You can already follow Mathieu’s guest tweets live on the WoSJ Twitter-account, and look for his tweets marked #mathieu.

Max Kühner has two new horses to ride. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.German rider Max Kühner has two new horses added to his string; the Bavarian State Stud’s Acajou and Carriculo. Acajou is a 13 year old stallion by Asti Spumante x Furioso, who has already shown some good international Grand Prix results under his co-owner and former rider Kristian Kniha. Carriculo is a 7 year old stallion by Contendro I x Stakkato which by his new rider is describes as “a very modern, smart horse with great jumping ability."

Madeleine Winter-Schulze. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Madeleine Winter-Schulze has been honored with the award Meteor-Preis in Germany. It is the Holsteiner Masters that has awarded Winter-Schulze for her outstanding commitment to the sport. Madeleine Winter-Schulze is the most important patron of German equestrianism; within the world of showjumping she is most known as Ludger Beerbaum’s long time supporter and horse owner. On her award Winter-Schulze said; “It is amazing that you can still get a prize for something that gives you so much fun and enriches your life in such a way!”

Source: holsteiner-masters.de

Ninja leaves for Mexico tomorrow. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson. Rolf-Göran Bengtsson’s Ninja La Silla – who was officially retired in Gothenburg the past weekend – has already left Rolf’s stable in Breitenburg, Germany. Ninja will fly to Mexico tomorrow together with his long-time groom Celia. Once there the medal winning gelding will enjoy life in the huge fields of the La Silla stud.

Source:Stall Bengtsson & Kristoffersen

Take a look at what Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Eric Lamaze, Steve Guerdat, representatives from Aachen, Spruce Meadows and Geneva - as well as the title sponsor - had to say about the new Rolex Grand Slam of showjumping last weekend!

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