We’re into the second and final day of dressage at Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials, where we’ll see the final bunch of CCI5* riders this afternoon (if you’re in Germany) to close out the first phase
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We can’t wait to get underway with the action in Germany this week at the Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials, which feature the fourth CCI5* event of the season as well as a competitive CCI4*-S that
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There’s something to be said for the wave of confidence that comes hot on the tail of a great result — and of the power that it can have to bring on further bouts of
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We’re pretty sure there’s nothing sweeter than a sunny day at Luhmühlen, which is, we reckon, the world’s happiest event. Seriously: everyone on site at this place is always smiling, always chatting, always ready to stop for a
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One of our favourite traditions here at EN is putting our pocket change where our mouth is and doing some serious claim-staking on five-star fields. Luhmühlen is no different, and between us, we have all the
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It’s time to get the party started at the next CCI5* on the 2023 calendar: Longines Luhmühlen, which takes place just to the south of Hamburg in the north part of Germany. This staple on
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Eventing fans will be eagerly anticipating the official unveiling of Mike Etherington-Smith’s cross country designs at this year’s Longines Luhmühlen CCI5* and CCI4*-S. The designer here since 2017, Mike E-S knows this piece of property
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Welcome to sunny Lower Saxony, in the north of Germany, where an exceptional batch of horses and riders representing twelve nations — and featuring three previous CCI5* winners in Felix Vogg and Colero (here, last year), Pippa Funnell and MGH Grafton Street (Burghley,
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We’re gearing up for a busy month of June in eventing-land, with Luhmühlen’s CCI5* looming large in addition to key CCI4*-L events in Canada, Great Britain, and Poland to name just a few. Ahead of
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Hold onto your hats, CCI5* season is just getting underway! Next up on the 2023 5* tour is the German stop, Longinues Lumühlen Horse Trials, located in northern Germany just to the south of Hamburg.
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The first water in Luhmühlen’s CCI5* track is also one of its biggest challenges. After jumping three straightforward single fences, without much in the way of spectators around, horses and riders travel for a long
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“It’s absolutely crazy — crazy, crazy crazy.” Those are the words Swiss Olympian Felix Vogg uses to describe his first reaction to winning a 5* for his country — the first Swiss win of its
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One of the best ways to relive an event (besides rewatching the live stream, of course) is to flip through the photos. While everyone and their second cousin seems to own a “fancy” camera these
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There’s a real risk that comes with entering an event that falls on your birthday: either you get very lucky and have a good week, probably culminating in a sweaty, sleepy beer in a tent
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After an exciting and influential cross-country day in yesterday’s soaring temperatures, today’s horse inspection was always going to be an interesting one — and it certainly turned out that way, with our field of 24
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Woe betide anyone who dismisses Luhmühlen as a ‘soft’ five-star, because it certainly isn’t that — and today’s cross-country action, which was run over a course that was largely the same as last year’s, once
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Welcome to cross country day at the Longines Luhmühlen 5*! I always love watching Luhmühlen cross country — to this point in the season, our 5* events have been the big, bold, beefy type. This
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Nobody could usurp our first day one-two, though plenty gave it a jolly good go today — but as we look ahead to tomorrow’s cross-country, it’s 23-year-old Brit Bubby Upton who reigns supreme with her former show
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We can’t be certain, but we’d be willing to be that right now, there’s a representative from the German Equestrian Federation at the embassy, begging the staff there to blacklist Will Coleman from the visa list. After
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Earlier this week, we introduced you to the field of horses here to contest the 5* at Luhmühlen — now let’s get to know the riders! Who’s making their debut at the level, who’s won
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We might be distracted by shiny 5* horses and their dapper riders…but let’s be honest, the real cross country action at Longines Luhmühlen, the spring’s German 5* event, happened today during the dressage break. Leadline
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We might be biased, but last year’s fairytale Luhmühlen victory by young Brit Mollie Summerland and her Charly van ter Heiden set an enormously high standard for the sort of heartstring-puller of a story we
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We’re truly in the thick of five-star season now, and all eyes this week are on Germany’s Luhmühlen Horse Trials, which takes place in the very pretty Lüneberger Heide area of Lower Saxony (sort of near Hamburg,
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