Latest interview with Paralympian Dressage rider Ricky Balshaw; Paralympic World and European Silver Medallist. “He lends me his legs and we take on the world” reads one of the tattoos on the arm of Ricky Balshaw.
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Franke Sloothaak: a showjumping legend With his smooth accurate riding and scopey jumping horses, Franke Sloothaak is certainly a showjumping legend around the world, as this video of Franke Sloothaak and the famous Walzerkoenig jumping a superb clear round at the 1988 Seoul Olympics clearly demonstrates. That year I was laid up with my leg […]
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H&R meet up with one of the top Paralympian riders in the world. He won silver in Beijing and talks candidly about those games, his hopes for the London games and everything in-between.
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Two very grainy videos of the great stallion Darco, jumping for Belgium at Barcelona.
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Cross Country Video from the 2008 Beijing Olympics Slide show from the cross country phase of the Eventing competition at the Beijing Olympics 2008. We’d love to show real video but copyright blocks us from sharing.
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Australian team horses arrive for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
Read more →It seems that the dark cloud over the equestrian events of the Beijing Olympics continue to gather, but surely the FEI and national equestrian bodies will be hoping it will clear soon. Yet another showjumper, the bronze medalist Tony Andre Hansen has been banned for four and one half months followng the banned substance Capsaicin […]
Read more →The BEF has announced the results of its top groom award: 1st – Laura Hale, head girl at Hole Farm Trekking Centre, Birmingham Prize: £1000 holiday vouchers and bronze trophy 2nd – Alice Walthew, yard manager for Celia Plunkett in Banbury Prize: £300 3rd – Joanne Fulham, groom at World Horse Welfare’s Penny Farm, Peel […]
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The equestrian events in London’s 2012 Olympic Games will take place in a Royal park after Olympic chiefs this week gave the green light to a temporary Cross Country course in Greenwich Park despite strong opposition. Dressage and Show Jumping are set to take place in front of the Queen’s House, and are expected to […]
Read more →This is a short video montage as a tribute to the Australian Silver medal winning eventing team.
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