HJN Content posted on September 3rd, 2006

Anne Kursinski Wins $150,000 Prudential Financial Grand Prix to Close 31st Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show

Bridgehampton, NY— September 3, 2025 — Three-time Olympic veteran Anne Kursinski of Frenchtown, NJ rode Roxanna 112 to victory in the $150,000 Prudential Financial Grand Prix to close the 31st Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show. (Read on…)

We are the champions, we are the champions, of the world

2006 World Champion Jos Lansink with Beezie Madden (silver), bronze medallist Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum(bronze) and Edwina Alexander, 4th. At the end of a grandiose Jumping Finale, Jos Lansink (BEL) was crowned the 2006 World Individual Jumping Champion without having committed, himself or his grey stallion Cavalor Cumano, a single mistake for the whole competition with rotation of horses. The silver goes to Beezie Madden (USA) and the bronze to Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (GER). (Read on…)

Jos Lansink is new World Show-jumping Champion

Belgian snaps up gold ahead of Madden and Michaels-Beerbaum in gripping final

Jos Lansink is the new World Show-jumping Champion. On the last day of the FEI World Equestrian Games Aachen 2006 on Sunday, the Belgian rider with his stallion Cavalor Cumano beat Beezie Madden (USA) with Authentic (4/43.74) and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum from Thedinghausen with Shutterfly (4/45.40) in the jump-off. (Read on…)

Team USA Reiners Take Silver and Bronze in Run-Off at 2006 WEG and Show Jumper Beezie Madden Finishes with a Silver Medal

Aachen, Germany—It ended like it began, with wind and rain. But, it was a wet, windy and wonderful finale to an amazing two weeks of equestrian sport at the 2006 Aachen World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany. By all accounts, it has turned out to be the biggest and most impressive equestrian competition in history. Now Aachen, a European city world-renowned for horse competition, passes the proverbial torch to another great world-class horse city (Lexington, Kentucky) to host the next FEI Games in four years in 2010. And, they will be here before anyone knows it. (Read on…)

Canada wins the GOLD! Duane Latimer claims the Gold Medal in Reining at 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games!

Aachen, DE – September 3, 2025 – “I can’t describe how proud I am of him. He was flawless,” said Canada’s Duane Latimer of his Quarter Horse stallion, Hang Ten Surprize, after running his Reining pattern for the World Championship and scoring a phenomenal 230 points! “I can’t describe it; it’s awesome.” (Read on…)

Frankie Chesler Claims Canadian Young Horse Development Series

Troy, Ontario – Frankie Chesler scored her first victory of the season in the 2006 Canadian Young Horse Development Series by winning at the Fox Run Horse Show in Troy, ON, on August 27. (Read on…)

Going west: the road to Kentucky

Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 press conference With the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games almost over, it is time to turn to the future and take a look at the sixth WEG edition, the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010. A press conference presenting the organisers’ vision and plans was held today. In attendance were Ernie Fletcher, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; Jack Kelly, CEO of the Organizing Committee; John Nicholson, President of the Kentucky Horse Park, as well as Dr Pearse Lyons, CEO and President of Alltech, the title sponsor of the Games, and the FEI President HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein. (Read on…)