News

Sad news for Mark Todd as lead horse, NZB Land Vision is withdrawn from Olympics

It has today been confirmed that the 11 year old gelding by Broadstone Landmark will not be fit for the Olympics, requiring at least three months rest following the return of a tendon injury.
 
The potentially formiddable combination of Mark Todd, two time Olympic Gold medallist and NZB Land Vision, the winner of last year’s Mitsubishi [...]

May 2, 2012

Rolex confirm Grand Slam position following Badminton cancellation

Following the announcement of Badminton’s cancellation yesterday, there has been great speculation surrounding the Rolex Grand ...

May 1, 2012

Fox-Pitt wins second leg of Rolex series in Kentucky

William Fox-Pitt maintained pole position throughout the Rolex Kentucky 4* despite dropping a pole in the final show ...

April 29, 2012

Blog Spots

The Eventing Mum: Bert’s Bandaging, the Dream Team and Belton

 
For anybody that might actually be reading these ramblings of mine, firstly I must apologise that I’m actually writing them a week later than planned – this is due to my misplaced belief that I had a deadline of 1st April (how foolish, ha ha) when I’d be able to write about Bert’s Belton, whereas [...]

April 10, 2012

Da Best O’Chester

Well its certainly been a month of tree halves!  Dere was Oi boasting about da wedder ...

April 2, 2012

The Property Pro: Tips on Renting an Equestrian property – Part Two

Louise Elliott is a Chartered ...

March 27, 2012

Event Reports

French in good position following XC in Saumur CIC**

 
French combinations dominate the top ten following the Cross Country phase in Saumur.
 
Similar to the CCI***, CIC** Course designer Thierry Touzaint set a demanding and technical track with fence ten causing problems to riders. Only eight of 72 combinations completed the course within the optimum time.
 

French combination, Arnaud Boiteau and Quoriano ENE HN lead the competition on 39.60, [...]

May 20, 2012

Dressage position means little after Saumur’s cross-country test

The cross country phase in the Saumur CCI*** reshuffled the rankings with no starters completing Pierre Michelet’s testing ...

Belgian combination maintain lead following Day 2 of CIC** Dressage in Saumur, France.

Karen Donckers and her stallion Lamicell Charizard are still the provisional leaders with a score of 37.80 following ...

May 18, 2012

International Man of Mystery

Man of Mystery: JAS, the tattoo, Sturmey in the saddle and lost shoes

Hello and welcome along, only Arthur Sleep here again! Guess what? The brand new eventing season is under two weeks away, I hope you are all as excited as I am? I can’t wait to get started….
 
With the EWW site up and running there are some great new bloggers and some fantastic interviews. I know [...]

February 23, 2012

Man of Mystery: Sturmey to hit the airwaves, new horses for Juniors and is La Biosthetique-Sam a doubt for London 2012?

Hello and welcome along to not just another Arthur Sleep blog but a brand new year! ...

January 27, 2012

Le Lion, McEwen’s tattoo and skinny dipping!

Hello and welcome along once again, Arthur Sleep back with more talk from the stables. It’s been a ...

November 29, 2011