Personal notes: Rotterdam sunshine and rain

Marco Kutscher and Coronet Obolensky first to go in
the Nations Cup and they jump clear

Having travelled through the night from Calais, with a pit stop in Belgium, I arrived in Rotterdam with a few hours to go before the Nations Cup.

I wasn't expecting Britain to be in with such a chance of winning the FEI Top-Level Nations Cup league, surely the Dutch were going to pull off something special to claim glory on home soil?

Irish squad named for Rotterdam 2011 Nations Cup

The Irish squad for the final leg of the 2011 Top-Level FEI Nations Cup, held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, has been named.

Brits win Dublin Nations Cup clash after jump-off

The victorious British team. Michael Whitaker, Robert Smith,
chef d'equipe Rob Hoekstra, Nick Skelton and Scott Brash.
By FEI/Tony Parkes

by Louise Parkes

The British pipped their old rivals from Ireland in the seventh leg of this year's FEI Nations Cup at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Sho, Ireland on Friday (5 August 2011).

British squad for Dublin 2011 announced

Britain’s squad of five combinations has been announced for the Dublin FEI Nations Cup

The riders and horses are as follows:
Scott Brash and Intertoy Z
Nick Skelton and Carlo
Robert Smith and Talan
John Whitaker and Peppermill
Michael Whitaker and GIG Amai II

For more information on the show, click here

Germany win Hickstead Nations Cup leg after three-way jump-off

Marcus Ehning secures Germany's win after jumping three
clear rounds with Plot Blue

The German team scored its second FEI Nations Cup win of the season after a jump-off with France and the USA. Marcus Ehning was nominated to take the pressure by chef d'equipe Sonke Sonksen. He couldn't have wished for a better result as Plot Blue jumped clear for the third time in one afternoon.

USA team for Rotterdam 2011 announced

The United States Equestrian Federation will be represented by five riders at the CSIO Rotterdam, which runs 24-28 August 2011.

British team for Hickstead announced

Britian's World Class Performance Manager for Show Jumping, Rob Hoekstra, has announced the five riders who will be trying to defend Britain’s title in the British leg of the FEI Nations Cup at The Longines Royal International Horse Show.

Dutch secure Nations Cup hat-trick

The victorious Dutch team. By FEI/Kit Houghton

By Louise Parkes

The Dutch continued their triumphant rampage through the 2011 FEI Nations Cup series when recording their third victory of the season on the hallowed turf of Aachen, Germany, (14 July 2011). In a cliff-hanger of a competition, filled with all sorts of drama, the result was not decided until the last man entered the arena.

Promotional league update

The Swiss team who won at Drammen: Arthur Gustavo
Da Silva (La Toya), Christina Liebherr (LB Callas Sitte Z),
Claudia Gisler (Touchable) and Niklaus Schurtenberger
(Fifty Fifty) with chef Urs Gruning. By FEI/Drammen Press.

By Louise Parkes

Sweden holds the lead in the 2011 FEI European Promotional League series following consistently good results over the past few weeks. Carrying 49 faults, they have a good advantage over the Italians and Swiss who are playing cat-and-mouse in second and third places, respectively, but with only a single point separating them.

British team for Aachen 2011 announced

Britain's world class performance manager for show jumping, Rob Hoekstra, has announced the squad of five for the Aachen top-level Nations Cup show.

Irish sqauad for Aachen 2011 announced

Team Ireland Equestrian's show jumping manager Robert Splaine has named his squad for the Aachen Natons Cup clash.

Germany wins Falsterbo Nations Cup leg

The victorious German team.
By FEI/Lotta Gyllensten

By Louise Parkes

It was a case of mission accomplished for the German team at Falsterbo, Sweden, yesterday (8 July 2011) when they won the fourth leg of the FEI Nations Cup 2011 and consequently rocketed up the series leaderboard to third place.

Team USA to go first in Falsterbo

Chefs at the Nations Cup draw.
By Falsterbo Press Office

By Louise Parkes

The American team have the unenviable task of of being first into the ring when the FEI Nations Cup 2011 resumes at Falsterbo, Sweden, tomorrow afternoon (8 July 2011).

British squad for Falsterbo announced

Peter Charles and Murka's Nevada VI
will be on the British team

Britain's world class performance manager for show jumping Rob Hoekstra has announced his squad of five for the Falsterbo Nations Cup this Friday (8 July 2011).

Ireland names Falsterbo squad

Horse Sport Ireland has announced the five combinations who will represent Ireland in the Top League Nations Cup in Falsterbo, Sweden, on Friday, 8 July 2011

Belgian teams for Falsterbo and Aachen announced

World champion Philippe Lejeune,
who will compete in Aachen. By FEI

The Belgian teams for the FEI top league Nations Cup clashes at Falsterbo, Sweden, and Aachen, Germany, have been announced.

In Falsterbo, Pieter Devos (Utopia van der Donkhoeve), Niels Bruynseels (Nasa), Jerome Guery (Waldo), Patrick Spits (Cadjanine Z) and Jan Vinckier (Ursela) make up the five-man squad.