Sad news for Mark Todd as lead horse, NZB Land Vision is withdrawn from Olympics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

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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 Slam.

British rider, William Fox-Pitt secured consecutive wins in the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials and more recently in the Rolex Kentucky 4* competition, which put him in his strongest ever position for winning eventing’s huge $350 000 prize for the [...]

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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 jumping phase. His win is the second leg of the Rolex Grand Slam in the prestigious HSBC Classics Series.

Pippa Funnel is the only rider to have won the Rolex Grand Slam being three consecutive 4* competitions, some [...]

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Fox-Pitt makes promising start in Dressage phase of Rolex Kentucky

[ April 27, 2012; 9:00 pm; ] William Fox-Pitt has made a promising start to the Kentucky leg of the Rolex Grand Slam.

The 2010 Rolex Kentucky winner, who is keen for his Olympic hopeful, Parklane Hawk to get some more miles on the clock at this level will be pleased with his 41.3 Dressage score in the season’s first four-star competition.

“He is [...]

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Express Eventing announces new London showcase and team format

Express Eventing Series 2011 winner Matthew Wright
Express Eventing, the compact thrill a minute version of eventing will run as a team competition for the 2012/13 Series. The Express Eventing Series will launch in November at the inaugural Horseworld Live event to be staged at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in London.
 
The team format will [...]

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It takes an army of people to deliver the latest news to our 12,000 monthly readers, and with the eventing season fast approaching we’re on the lookout [...]

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Piggy French’s first Badminton ride dies

Flintlock II, the horse that helped to shape Piggy French’s professional eventing career, has died.
 
Piggy had her first taste of success at European level with Flintlock as a Young Rider in 2001 where they finished fourth individually. Piggy completed her first Burghley with him in 2002 and then her first Badminton in 2003. He was [...]

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Tragic weekend in Ocala, Florida

Last weekend saw two separate tragedies in the city of Ocala, Florida in which a British woman and two horses died.
 
28-year-old Equine Medical Technician Erica Marshall from England was killed when the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at the Kesmarc Equine Rehabilitation facility exploded.
 
The USEA have reported that she was in the chamber with Landmark’s Legendary Affaire [...]

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Team China’s long and winding road to Olympic Qualification

After a successful 2011 season in the UK, you may think China’s Alex Hua Tian is already qualified for London 2012. Far from it. He is now on a month long European quest to get the results he needs to qualify by March 1st.
 
Eventing Worldwide caught up with him in Spain, as he celebrates a [...]

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Cumwhinton cancelled in 2012

British Eventing has today announced that it’s popular Cumwhinton Horse Trials fixture will not take place in 2012. It had been due to run on the 9th and 10th June.
 
The event, which takes place at Murray House near Carlisle attracted almost 500 competitors last year. It’s cancellation is to allow for upgrading of the equestrian [...]

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