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Curran has Irish eyes smiling again

Geoff Curran (IRL) scored the biggest win of his career and made it a big day for Irish eventing when he beat a high-class field of Olympic hopefuls from seven nations to win the inaugural CIC***-W at Tattersalls (IRL), the eighth leg of the HSBC FEI World Cup TM Eventing series. Read more

Nations confirm their participation for the 2008 Olympic Games

The deadline for nations to confirm their participation at the 2008 Olympic Games was 31 May 2008. In light of the confirmations from the National Olympic Committees, the latest list of qualified nations per discipline (team and individual) attending the 2008 Olympic Games is presented below. Read more

Swiss Spirit on Trial

“It all began because of my friendship with Markus,” said Swiss Chef d’Equipe Rolf Grass, talking about his role as show jumping team manager earlier this week. It’s late in the evening, because he has been busy at work all day, but you can sense that discussing the other great passion in his life is not going to be a problem. Read more

HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing Final 2008 awarded to Deauville (FRA)

The 2008 Final of the HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing will take place in Deauville (FRA) from 18 to 21 September introducing FEI’s global partner for Eventing, HSBC, as the series’ new title sponsor. The HSBC FEI World Cup™ Eventing Final will be the main attraction of the prestigious R.I.D.E. (Les Rencontres Internationales des Disciplines Equestres) event organised by A.S.O. (Amaury Sport Organisation)., renowned for managing major large-scale sporting events. Read more

Thinking Italian

As the Piazza di Siena in Rome prepares for the second leg of the 2008 Samsung Super League with FEI series this week, thoughts turn to things Italian and to the great sporting achievements of some of that country’s top riders. For many years Italy was THE force to be reckoned with in the world of international show jumping, and two men in particular helped secure that lofty status.

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All You Need is Love says Michel Roberts

Michel Robert will line out for France in the first leg of the 2008 Samsung Super League with FEI series next Friday afternoon. Now aged 59, and with a lifetime of extraordinary achievement already behind him, he is as passionate as ever about the horses he rides and the sport he very much enjoys……. Read more

Athletes passionately express their feelings on Beijing 2008

Gathered in Lausanne, Switzerland, athletes from around the world who represent the voice of sportsmen and women on the International Olympic Committee, met to discuss how to address the challenging international backdrop into which the Olympic Games have been drawn in recent weeks. Read more

Back to Basics - Ancient Olympic Games

The Olympic Games whose legendary founding by Heracles was recounted by Pindar - regarded as one of the greatest poets since antiquity and whose prose was immortalised by Picasso - find their roots some 3,500 years ago in Ancient Greece. Their duration spanned for over 1,000 years beginning in 776 B.C. and ended in 393 A.D. by decree of the Christian Roman Emperor, Theodosius I, as their ancient associations with what were considered pagan gods had become irrelevant. Read more

Ninth World Cup for Anky van Grunsven in top FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final ’s-Hertogenbosch (NED), 27 - 30 March 2025

“To me this was top of the bill. This was a top final at a top venue with a top field of competitors doing top performances,” Ground Jury President Jan Peeters complimented. Probably the highest standard field ever to compete in the 23rd FEI World Cup™ Dressage Final. After the Grand Prix as a warming up test won by Isabell Werth, Anky van Grunsven scored her ninth FEI World Cup™ Dressage victory, her fourth riding her Olympic champion IPS Salinero. Finnish Kyra Kyrklund took the third place aboard Max. Read more

‘One is not born a woman, one becomes one,’ Simone de Bouvoir, The Second Sex

Apart from being the 67th day of the year, the day when the New York Stock Exchange located at 11 Wall Street was founded in 1817 and the day on which Charles de Gaulle Airport was opened in Paris in 1974, 8 March is more universally known as the International Women’s Day. Read more

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