Showjumping fans will be able to watch affiliated action on Horse & Country TV, thanks to a new partnership between H&C and British Showjumping.

All the action

We'll be bringing you top quality sports action and exclusive behind-the-scenes insights from a variety of Britain’s most celebrated showjumping events and venues.

Viewers will be able to enjoy the Grand Prix from Arena UK, the POYS in March and April, followed by the FEI 2* International event at the Wales & West Showground.  

A 16-year-old rider has beaten a class of 50 top showjumpers, including Tina Fletcher and Michael and Ellen Whitaker, to win a 1.50m Grand Prix.

Biggest win

Jessica Mendoza was one of eight to make it into the jump-off at Addington Manor, Buckinghamshire, and she set a fast clear early on with Nuggets L’Amandour. Her time proved too quick to beat and she went home £9,000 the richer. 

Portugal’s Luciana Diniz has won the tenth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup Jumping Western European League series in Zurich.

A close call

Just four riders made it through to the jump-off out of 39 starters, from 14 nations - with 16 riders caught out by the tight time allowed.

The showjumping legend, ET, who was one of the world’s first horses to be cloned, has been put to sleep aged 27.

Leading showjumper

ET was ridden and owned by Hugo Simon, a leading Austrian showjumper, who competed in six Olympics between 1972 and 1996. In 1992 he won a silver medal onboard ET’s field mate Apricot D, who was also euthanised aged 29.

The Duchess of Cornwall has welcomed members of the British equestrian teams at the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics to her home in London.

Enthusiastic supporter

Prince Charles’ wife is patron of the British Equestrian Federation (BEF), and an enthusiastic supporter of all equestrian sport, so it was only fitting that she met the people responsible for such a successful games. A record 16 medals were won across the four disciplines, including the first olympic medals for dressage and the first showjumping gold medal in sixty years.

Olympic showjumper Geoff Billington and his long term girlfriend Sarah Saltman married in a Caribbean ceremony last weekend.

Nearly 80 guests flew over from Europe to attend the wedding, which took place at the Tamarind Cove Hotel, Barbados followed by a reception at Mullins Beach Bar.

Congratulations to Geoff and Sarah, from all at H&C.

Breeders, riders and producers of the top British horses gathered for the annual Breeders Awards Ceremony in London last weekend (12 January).

Big names in breeding

Award winners included some of the biggest names in British breeding, with Lynne Crowden of Woodlander Stud collecting a number of Futurity awards as well as a British Dressage (BD) Young Horse award for her superstar Woodlander Farouche. 

Guadalajara has been stripped of its right to host the 2015 FEI World Cup Jumping and Dressage finals.

Failed to make the grade

The Mexican city was awarded the event in June 2012, but according to the FEI it was unable to meet all of the contractual obligations.

"The FEI truly appreciates the efforts that the Guadalajara organisers put in to try and meet all the requirements," said FEI secretary general Ingmar De Vos. "But as they were unable to fulfil them within the agreed timeline, the FEI Bureau was left with no choice but to withdraw the finals.”