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Christopher Burton took out the 2012 Saumur CCI3* placing first on Haruzac and second on Holstein Park Leilani. He went clear cross country on both horses, just picking up 5.60 and 4.80 time faults. Going into the showjumping he was in first place on Leilani but had one rail and one time penalty, which slipped…[More]

Aussies in handy position The Aussies are looking good as we head into the cross country. There’s less than ten points separating the top ten with the leading Australians in a good position to catch the leaders on a pretty tough and demanding track. Walterstown Don and Clayton Best score for the Australians came from Clayton…[More]

Badminton Horse Trials has been cancelled due to what the organisers have called, “totally waterlogged and partially flooded” grounds. This is the first time since 1987 that the prestigious event has been cancelled. Unlike 1987 though, 2012′s competition had an extra focus on it in the lead-up to the London Olympics with several combinations hoping…[More]

Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin won the Grand Prix Special at the Hagen CDI on the weekend with a world record score of 88.022%. She was more than eight points clear of second place and received a standing ovation as she left the arena. Second place went to Danish rider Anna Kasprzak riding Donnperignon on 79.844%, third…[More]

Adelinde Cornelissen and Parzival defended their World Cup title to win with a score of 86.250. The final took place in s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands with competitors from Australia, Finland, Poland, USA, Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Great Britain and Italy.

A tribute to the late dressage trainer, Bimbo Peilicke

Congratulations to the Aussie Team who won the Trans-Tasman Eventing Competition at the Kihikihi International Horse Trials on the weekend. Shane Rose won the event and led the Aussie team to victory. Read THM’s full report in the upcoming May magazine!

Matt Williams placed 7th out of 32 riders in the American Invitational on the weekend in Florida, jumping well to beat Checkmate and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum.

The opening round of the 2012 Global Champions Tour was held in Doha on the weekend where Edwina Tops-Alexander won a tough jump-off round to claim victory on her horse, Cevo itôt du Chateau. With seven riders making the final round Edwina was the first to ride and jumped clear with a time of 40.99…[More]

Below is Christopher Hector’s Editorial from the April issue of The Horse Magazine.   This morning, I read a disturbing report in The Age. It seems that Andrew Duff, a barrier attendant at Warrnambool races, was charged by the RSPCA with animal cruelty arising from an incident in which a jumping horse, Sirrocean Storm broke…[More]

  Showjumper Jamie Kermond is returning home to Australia from the USA after a disappointing run in Florida at the Winter Equestrian Festival. Jamie headed over to Florida as a lead-up to the selection events in Europe. Sadly, due to health issues with the horse, Colthaga, Jamie has decided to return home with the horse,…[More]

German showjumper Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum won the $32,000 Suncast® 1.50m class in Wellington, Florida on the weekend on her horse Cantano. Her time of 78.26 wasn’t one of the fastest rounds, but as she was the only rider to jump clear no jump-off was held. There remained nine four-fault rounds from which the places were determined. Mixing it up…[More]