Klaus Balkenhol – The pioneer of classical dressage

«We need to give ourselves more time with the horse»,  says the German trainer and Olympic winner Klaus Balkenhol, who ones trained two police horses to Grand Prix level. By Therese Alhaug.…

NEW EDITION OF EQUILIFE MAGAZINE

In this edition of EQUILIFE, we will bring you a few interesting facts about the growing show circuit. And as always, we will introduce you to some interesting profiles. One of them…

NICK SKELTON MADE OLYMPIC HISTORY

He broke his neck in a fall 16 years ago, he has a replacement hip, he’s 58 years old, competing at his seventh Olympic Games and he was riding a horse that…

A chat with Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum

Apart from being a three-time winner of the World Cup Final, World Champion, European Champion, German Champion, Winner of the Prize of Europe at Aachen 2011 and Three times “Rider of the Year”, Meredith became the first…

FRANCE CLAIMED TEAM OLYMPIC GOLD IN RIO

France claimed Team Jumping gold for only the second time in the history of the Olympic Games with a brilliant performance at Deodoro Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) today. Lying…

MICHEAL JUNG – THE GOLDEN BOY

The Double Olympic Gold medalist, Michael Jung, has moved the sport of eventing to another level. Not is he only a great horseman – mastering different horses – he is also a…

DUJARDIN SETS NEW OLYMPIC RECORD

Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro smashed their record at the last Olympics by nearly 4 percentage points to finish on a 93.85 percent. –  Today was really, really magical. Going into the 2012…

A BELIEVER AND THE HORSE OF A LIFETIME

By Louise Parkes Everyone sat up and paid attention when a relatively unknown Brazilian called Stephan de Freitas Barcha produced two spectacular clear rounds in the super-tough team competition, the Furusiyya FEI…

GERMANY TAKES OLYMPIC DRESSAGE TEAM GOLD

By Louise Parkes Like re-booting to re-establish a connection, Germany clinched team Dressage gold in considerable style at the Olympic Equestrian Park in Deodoro today. Germany has now won eight of the…