Change is afoot in the top ten — and beyond — after the final horse inspection at the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials, held in front of the ground jury of Katrin Eichinger-Kniely, Merel Schurink, and
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Woe betide anybody who continues to repeat the tired opinion that Luhmühlen is a ‘soft’ CCI5*. Dimensionally? No, it’s not maxed out. Length-wise? It’s unlikely you’ll ever see a nearly thirteen minute course here. Terrain?
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We are devastated to bring you news of a horse death at Longines Luhmühlen’s CCI4*-s today following an incident on cross country. German rider Maj-Jonna Ziebell and Chiquita, a 13-year-old Polish mare, fell at the C
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Here we are at the halfway point of the season’s 5*s, on the best day – cross country day – and I’ll be with you right from the first “Gute fahrt” to the last. (Sorry
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Tomorrow’s cross-country course at the Longines Luhmühlen CCI5* has got everyone talking, with several riders reckoning the 11:08 optimum time will be near-on impossible to catch, even with just 28 numbered fences — and that
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Alliteration and repetition are the name of the game when discussions are had about the track at Luhmühlen. Twisty. Turny. Twists and turns. Piggy March elaborates: “Twisty, twisty, twisty all the way ‘til the end”.
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Yesterday’s first dressage day at the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials was notable mostly for its harsh judging, with nobody across either the CCI4*-S or the feature CCI5* breaking into the 20s (and plenty, to their
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The team traveling to Germany to represent Great Britain at CHIO Aachen (happening July 4 and 5 for the eventers) has been announced! The following combinations have been selected: Laura Collett with the 16-year-old gelding
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The eventing overlords giveth, and the eventing overlords taketh away: such is the feeling on day one of the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials, anyway, where we were given so much – blazing sunshine, a sterling
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It’s time for another EN Form Guide, and this time we’ve got your passport to Germany for our next CCI5* of the season at Longines Luhmühlen. As we’ve done all season, we’ve populated this Luhmühlen
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There’s nothing, in our humble opinion, more restorative for the soul than a mid-season trip to the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials. It’s arguably the friendliest event in the world (upon arrival today, we were duly
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It’s time to get underway with the fourth CCI5* of our 2025 season, this time happening in Germany at Longines Luhmühlen. One of our favorite, most picturesque events to cover, it’s the perfect event to
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New Zealand has tapped a squad of horses and riders to travel to Germany next month for CHIO Aachen’s CCIO4*-S competition, which will take place amongst Aachen’s 10-day World Equestrian Festival, June 26-July 6. The
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After five incredible days of elite equestrian sport, family fun, and community spirit, the curtain has closed on the 2025 Melbourne International Three Day Event. Set against the iconic backdrop of Werribee Park, the event
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U.S. Olympian Lauren Nicholson calls herself a “bridesmaid” when referring to her record at the 4*-L level. She’d competed in 32 CCI3*s/CCI4*-Ls prior to this weekend at MARS Bromont CCI. She’d finished on the podium
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Before the finale of the Defender Bramham CCI4*-L even began today, the field of competitors had already thinned: from 43 competitors at the end of yesterday’s tough cross-country day, we downsized to just 40 to
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A day of adrenaline-fuelled action has seen the leaderboard reshuffled across all levels at the Melbourne International Three Day Event, with the crowd on the edge of their seats through every stride of today’s cross
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We are safely through the Final Horse Inspection at MARS Bromont in Quebec after all presented horses were accepted in front of each division’s ground jury members. We do, however, have one big change to
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It could be considered a bold move to bring a horse to his or her first CCI4*-l at an event as reputably tough as MARS Bromont, located in Quebec just to the east of Montreal.
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Eight-and-a-bit solid hours of cross-country was always going to feel like a spectacularly long day, but early on in today’s competition at the Defender Bramham International, it started to feel as though it might be
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Day Three of the Melbourne International Three Day Event has wrapped up with thrilling dressage performances across all levels, setting the stage for Sunday’s feature cross country day, a highlight on the equestrian calendar that
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Sometimes we win and sometimes we have days where our horses didn’t quite get the memo that now is not the time to throw their own moves into the dressage test. Rarely do those two
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Thursday’s CCI4*-L leaders at the Defender Bramham International made a strong bid to stay at the top of the leaderboard with their score of 24.6 – but today, Sarah Bullimore and her homebred Corimiro would
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