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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Adams takes JAS by storm at Bury Farm

The Baileys Winter Series Jumping and Style (JAS) qualifier moved on to Bury Farm on Monday (13th February), where several riders dominated taking home two, three and four qualifications each.
 
Bury Farm’s first winner of the day was Jo Thorogood in the BE90. This was Jo’s first ever British Eventing competition, and she qualified two horses [...]

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Harding makes light work of JAS qualification at Hartpury

There was another packed entries list for the popular Baileys Winter Series Jumping and Style (JAS) qualifier last Sunday (12th February), when the series returned to Hartpury for it’s second event.
 
Once again several riders qualified more than one horse, and the first of those was BE90 winner Libby Seed who is beginning only her third [...]

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Girl power reigns at JAS Vale View

The female competitors were dominant throughout the Jumping and Style (JAS) qualifier at Vale View Equestrian Centre, Leicestershire on Saturday 11th February, with all of the 1st and 2nd placing’s being taken by women.
 
British Eventing Accredited Coach and JAS Trainer Caroline Moore commended the standard of riders at the event saying, “Throughout the years of [...]

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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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Eventing In The City: From the West End to eventing

Well, hello and welcome to my ramblings.
 
Over the next few months I shall be telling you all about my eventing  and other exploits in this ‘Eventing in the City’ column.  My name is Gavin James Makinson  (for those in doubt, pronounced May-Kin-Sun, rather than MACK-IN-SON, which I normally get from you lovely commentators).
 
Welcome to my life
 
The [...]

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Pony European medallist has success at JAS South View

Riders at South View’s Jumping and Style (JAS) event on Saturday 4th February were the lucky ones this weekend, after wintery weather stopped play at Solihull on the Sunday. Competitors took part in a packed day, with many taking home double and triple qualifications for the JAS final at Addington on 25th February.
 
Corinne Metcalfe was [...]

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The Olympian’s Daughter: Training with Yogi, and we’re off on safari

I’ve had a very exciting and busy weekend, with Junior squad training up at Membury on Saturday and BSJA at The Hand on Sunday which all went very well!
 
I took two horses to the training, Mr Hiho (Zippy) – my top horse who’s owned by the lovely Patsy Mason and my new 5 year old [...]

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