Mondial du Lion – or the FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championship for Young Horses, to use its full and wildly uncatchy name — is, arguably, one of the most fascinating competitions of the season. Situated
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While it’s not unheard of to see a junior rider make an appearance in France at the FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championships at Mondial du Lion (perhaps one of the most memorable being a
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It’s the inarguable best time of the year (I say that because it’s my birthday month, so it’s ok if you actually would like to argue that point): a full slate of top-level eventing action
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Germany’s Anna Lena Schaaf may not yet be a household name on this side of the Atlantic, but she’s certainly done more than her fair share to earn that accolade and has made some history
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If Le Lion d’Angers hasn’t made it onto your eventing bucket list yet, let this serve as your sign: it needs to go straight to the top. I can’t quite call to mind any event
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mondial du Lion (@mondialdulion) When you pull up the FEI record of the current 7-year-old leader at this week’s FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championships in
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Last fall, Lucia Strini was just getting back in the saddle after the birth of her second child, and certainly wasn’t planning her first trip competing abroad. However, a fated trip to Dassett Eventing in
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Competition is underway at the FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championships, and after roughly half of both the 6-year-old and 7-year-old Championships the American contingent has already made their stamp. In the 6-year-old Championship, set
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ocala Horse Properties (@ocalahorseproperties) October heralds one of the most popular European events and one of our favorites to preview the rising stars of years to
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US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations that will compete at the 2022 FEI WBFSH Eventing World Breeding Championship for Young Horses. The event will take place Oct. 20-23 at Le Lion d’Angers,
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It was Saturday night, post-cross country at Kentucky, and the barns were bustling. But instead of the hand-walking, icing, and poulticing one does when they’re looking ahead to Sunday’s show jumping, Courtney Cooper was sitting
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It seems like only a few months ago that an exciting young horse popped up on Liz Halliday-Sharp’s social media channels. A frequent customer of Richard and Georgina Sheane’s Cooley Farm in Ireland, Liz can
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The United States Eventing Association (USEA) is pleased to announce that Cole Horn’s MBF Permission To Land is the 2021 recipient of the Holekamp/Turner Grant and The Dutta Corp. prize! MBF Cooley Permission To Land
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The Mondial du Lion, or FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships at Le Lion d’Angers, is coming up this week in France. We’ve got four North Americans slated to compete and a star-studded line-up of horse
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Mondial du Lion, or the FEI World Breeding Eventing Championships at Le Lion d’Angers, may have THE single most un-catchy name of any competition in the world, but it’s a seriously hot entry in the autumn calendar.
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Anyone up for a Flashback Friday? We dug up some vintage footage from Mondial du Lion from 1993, courtesy of our YouTube friend, David Robinson. That year, according to the history page on Mondial du
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The show jumping for young horses at Mondial du Lion today proved to be a bit more influential, but it was the overnight leaders who maintained their lead to take home the win in both
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Cross country has just completed for the six and seven-year old divisions at Mondial du Lion, and the leaderboards have shifted going into tomorrow’s show jumping. In the six-year-old CCI*, Michael Jung has taken command
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The six and seven-year-olds have completed their dressage at Mondial du Lion, and it was Nicolas Touzaint, riding for France, who achieved the best score across the two divisions. Nicolas is competing Caretinhus, a 7-year-old
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Let’s just take a moment and talk about Michael Jung and the fact that he has a full sister to WEG silver medalist fischerRocana FST competing at Mondial du Lion this weekend. This mare is
...» Read More!Logan Rawlings, originally from California, represented one of a handful of North American riders competing at Mondial du Lion this past weekend. Logan and Marine Vincendeau & Anthony Molle’s S’Prit Coeur Volant had a very solid outing
...» Read More!After an unfortunate cancellation of the 2012 event due to inclement weather, the 6 and 7 year old championships have returned at Mondial du Lion in France this weekend. Several new jumps have been added
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