Delighted to see our graduate Norway van de haar and Max Warburton in second after the Xc at Le lion world young horse championships ..Sold by us as a 4yo to nick lucey before he stopped riding and sent to Max .Fabulous horse !Good luck @maxwarburtoneventing in the showjumping tomorrow.#bshgraduate

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On one of the fleeting October blue-sky Saturdays in Ireland, the Irish Studbooks teams faced all seasons today for the cross-country section of the World Breeding Eventing Championships for Young Horses at Mondial Du Lion, France. The rain made what is a typically challenging track for these young horses, that little bit more testing. The six-year-olds were first out this morning, over an almost 4.5km track with an optimum time of 8:38 over 20 jumping efforts. The Kieran Fahey bred Kief Rhapsody of Belline (ISH) ridden by Noel Dunne making it round the course well, just outside the time adding 16.8 penalties to their score, putting them in 20th place coming into tomorrows jumping phase. Cathal Daniels and Independent Article (ISH), also just outside the time added 12.4 penalties and followed closely in 21st place. In the 7-year-old section, five Irish Studbook team horses now sit inside the top twenty []

Wilmington, Ohio Tiffany Hammack (USA) returned to the top of the podium Saturday evening at World Equestrian Center Wilmington (WEC) Fall Classic IV after she bested a field of 40 internationally acclaimed horse-and-athlete combinations in the $60,000 Grand Prix. Exhibitors filled the stands in the Standlee Sanctuary to watch only eight partnerships to move onto the jump-off phase, where the ladies were unstoppable[...]Read MoreThe post Gold for the Girls Hammack Scores Second Consecutive $60,000 Grand Prix Win at WEC Wilmington Fall Classic IV appeared first on World Equestrian Center.