Biggles, the Swedish Grand Prix horse, has died. Bred by Ingrid Lundberg-Persson, this SWB by Briar and Krevad came into the spotlight early aged, ridden by Jan Brink. He competed at the 2003 World Championships for 5-year-olds, where he placed 7th in the Preliminary test with a score of 8.34 and finished 11th in the Final with 7.94; an edition won by Holga Finken & Furst Heinrich. Jan Brink presented him in Grand Prix in Sweden in 2008 and 2009. The bay, clearly influenced
Since the Frankfurt's 5* last December, where he won the Grand Prix with a 81.587% and the Freestyle with a 91.195%, Zonik Plus stayed at home. After a few weeks dedicated to breeding and light training, the 10-year-old stallion will make his come back to competition next week at the 's-Hertogenbosch World Cup qualifier; an event where he already competed in last year. Just few days before leaving Wallonia to head to North Brabant, Justin Verboomen spoke with to the last Worl
Till now owned by Gestüt Schafhof, Destacado FRH, ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath, will now be ridden by a german young rider. Born and raised at Heinrich Gießelmann's farm, the father of international rider Jan-Dirk Gießelmann, who presented him for Hanoverian studbook approval in 2015, this son of Desperados FRH and Londonderry was then acquired by Gestüt Schafhof. Ridden by Matthias Alexander Rath since the summer of 2017, he represented Germany at the World Championshi
Almost two years after he arrived in Normandy, Chippendale will make his competition return this week, in Le Mans. He is undeniably associated to the van Olst stables: bred by P. van de Brandt, Chippendale started competing in the Netherlands in 2011 with Eric van den Wildenberg, finishing 4th in the Dutch 4yo Championship. Joining later Severo Jurado Lopez, based at that time in Den Hout, Chippendale participated in the 2012 World Championships for 5-year-olds and finished 8
Despite the sale of Djembe de Hus (see HERE ), Justin Verboomen remains firmly established at the top of the world hierarchy and retains his number one position this month: the Belgian is now announced for the World Cup in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands, where he already participated last year (photo). With 1846 points, Justin Verboomen leads shortly Isabell Werth with 1835 points and Charlotte Fry with 1801 points. Among the major changes, Carina Cassoe Kruth jumps fro
Starting respectively in the Grand Prix Special and the freestyle, the German Katharina Hemmer and the Belgian Larissa Pauluis won this afternoon in Lier. Despite being distracted at his first halt, Denoix once again demonstrated the consistency of his work and his desire to excel. Under the expert eyes of Hubertus Schmidt, Monica Theodorescu, and Henrike Lochthowe, the chestnut gelding made no mistakes, although he could have maintained his neck a bit higher during the piaff