Monday News & Notes from Futuretrack
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lara de Liedekerke (@laradke_x) I feel a little shift in the eventing world … Within the past year and half or so we’ve had some really
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Yasmin Ingham and Banzai du Loir Win Luhmühlen’s Olympic Selection Trial CCI4*-S
One of the curiosities of the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials is its scheduling: on Saturday and Sunday, the CCI5* class jumps first, and then, after all the excitement and whirlwind of emotions of that, it’s
...» Read More!“I Thought I Wasn’t the Right Rider”: Lara de Liedekerke-Meier Becomes First-Ever Belgian Five-Star Winner in Emotional Luhmühlen Finale
Sometimes, as an eventing journalist, every indicator of form, every number you crunch, every likelihood you put forth crumbles under the impact of a classic fairytale eventing day. It happened a few years ago in
...» Read More!Germany Reveals Nominated Longlist for Paris 2024
Following the completion of Longines Luhmühlen this weekend, the German Olympic Equestrian Committee (DOKR) has named its final nominated list of competitors for the Paris Olympics in July. While the “Block 1” of rides is
...» Read More!Marc Grandia and Campari FFF Lead Inaugural CCI4*-S at Aspen Farms Following Show Jumping
A big crowd gathered at Aspen Farms Horse Trials in Yelm, WA Saturday afternoon to watch the inaugural CCI4*-Short division take on the show jumping track designed by Chris Barnard of Florida. Supporters, sponsors, competitors,
...» Read More!Key British Olympic Contender Withdraws from Luhmühlen at Final Horse Inspection; One Horse Held in CCI5*
Talk about unsociable: despite last night’s party raging on until nearly three in the morning, and German party tunes still ringing in everyone’s ears, this morning’s duo of final horse inspections at Luhmühlen still, rather
...» Read More!Sunday Links from EcoVet
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lara de Liedekerke (@laradke_x) Say it ain’t so — we’ve reached the end of our last 5* before that horse show in Paris happening next month.
...» Read More!A Selector’s Nightmare: Battle of the Titans Rages on in Luhmühlen CCI4*-S Cross-Country
After the soggy excitement of the morning’s CCI5* cross-country at Luhmühlen, the afternoon’s sunny Meßmer Trophy CCI4*-S felt almost relaxed, despite a red-hot field vying for Olympic selection and a tough, technical track with a
...» Read More!Big Sad, Much Rain: The Story of Luhmühlen’s Soggy CCI5* Cross-Country Day, Measured in Litres
For the last eighteen months or so, I’ve felt my grasp on eventing journalism slacken in favour of something else – something I’d never planned. These days, I feel, I need to engage less and less
...» Read More!Maryland’s Only CCI4* Offers Quality Competition & Entertainment for All
Adamstown, Md. – The countdown to The Maryland International & Horse Trials hosted at Loch Moy Farm in Adamstown, Maryland on July 5th through the 7th has begun. With competition for all FEI divisions from
...» Read More!Karen O’Neal and Clooney Lead Aspen Farms CCI4*-S after Dressage
Aspen Farms Horse Trials in Yelm, WA started with a full day of dressage competition under fair skies. More than 300 competitors from throughout United States Eventing Association Area VII and beyond are competing this
...» Read More!Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, and Go Eventing! – Live Blog from the 5* Cross Country at Luhmühlen
And so we reach the midpoint of the 5* season – Adelaide, Kentucky and Badminton are in the rearview, and there’s just three more to come after this week. But right here, right now, Luhmühlen’s
...» Read More!Saturday Links from World Equestrian Brands
Let’s raise our morning brews to another day of five-star cross country and as always, we wish for safe and speedy rides for all! The link to watch Luhmühlen live on H&C TV can be
...» Read More!“You Can Barely Fit Through the Skinnies Yourself!” – Riders React to the 5* Cross Country at Luhmühlen
The competition is well underway at Luhmühlen, with the dressage done and dusted and the cross country looming large. Tom McEwen’s not a big lad, but says he struggled to fit through the skinnies himself,
...» Read More!Bold and Beautiful: The Luhmühlen CCI5* Cross-Country Course Gallery
It’s very nearly cross-country day at the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials, and once again, course designer Mike Etherington-Smith has built two beautiful, horse-friendly, technical courses that are just as useful at developing inexperienced talent as
...» Read More!“We Haven’t Come to Be Middle of the Pack”: Ros Canter Takes Luhmühlen CCI5* Dressage
Yesterday’s first day of dressage in Luhmühlen’s CCI5* saw none of the 21 initial riders clinch a sub-30 – and today, they were nearly as hard to come by. At the close of this phase, just
...» Read More!A Very Good Feeling: Michael Jung and fischerChipmunk FRH Take Luhmühlen CCI4*-S Dressage Lead
The second day of the Meßmer CCI4*-S at Luhmühlen arrived with a bang – because today, many of the class’s heaviest hitters, and those vying the hardest for spots on their respective Olympic teams in
...» Read More!Friday News & Notes from Stable View
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Laura Collett MBE (@laura_collett) They led the style stakes in Wednesday’s trot up (in my humble opinion, anyway), and after Day One of Dressage, they are
...» Read More!Laura Collett Leads Luhmühlen, The Sequel: Hester’s On Top in CCI5* Day One
Is this a touch of deja-vu we’re feeling here? Last year, we saw Laura Collett take the first-phase lead with London 52 in Luhmühlen’s five-star, and then hold it all the way through to take
...» Read More!A Star Is Born: German Up-And-Comer Takes Luhmühlen CCI4*-S Lead Ahead of Eventing Greats
Just one year ago, then-21-year-old Anna Lena Schaaf made her debut in Luhmühlen’s CCI4*-S – a class which, as the host of the German National Championships, is one of the most prestigious in the country. And
...» Read More!Win the World Equestrian Brands’ Cross Country Prize Pack
Look eventers, we get it. Life is tough out there. If you’re like most of us, you’re probably scraping together some pennies for entry fees or maxing out your credit card to pay off that
...» Read More!Thursday News & Notes from Ecogold
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Juliane Barth aka Julis Eventer (@julis_eventer) The First Horse Inspection has been and gone and we saw some very cool ‘fits on the Luhmühlen catwalk jog
...» Read More!To Germany We Go: Your Form Guide to the 2024 Longines Luhmühlen CCI5*
After Adelaide, Kentucky, and Badminton comes our hump-day CCI5* — Longines Luhmühlen! Much like our time ’round Kentucky this spring, we are seeing a few of our biggest names tackling the CCI4*-S Meßmer Trophy this
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