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The British Jumping Derby meeting – known for sponsorship reasons as the Al Shira'aa Hickstead Derby Meeting – is an annual showjumping event held since 1961 at the Hickstead in June every year. It is considered one of the premier events in the equestrian calendar.
The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead, widely known as Hickstead, is an equestrian centre in West Sussex, England, principally recognised for its showjumping events. It hosts two international competitions: the Al Shira'aa British Jumping Derby Meeting [1] and the Agria Royal International Horse Show. Opened in 1960, Hickstead was the ...
In 2016 William Whitaker became the third member of his family, after uncles John and Michael, to win the British Jumping Derby at All England Jumping Course at Hickstead, having finished third and second in the previous years events. [2] On 22 December 2018 Whitaker won the FEI Jumping World Cup at the Horse of the Year Show. Riding Utamaro D ...
Malcolm Barr gave Ryan's Son to teenager, and future son in law, John Whitaker in 1973 after buying him for £2,500. He would end up earning more than a hundred times that—winning Olympic, World and European Championship medals, the British Jumping Derby at the All England Jumping Course at Hickstead and the King George V Gold Cup amongst others. [6]
The Hickstead Derby bank in 2011. The Hickstead Derby Bank The Derby Bank, also known as the Derby Bank, is a well-known jump at the All England Jumping Course at Hickstead that is part of the course for the British Jumping Derby. The jump consists of 3 ft 5 in (1.04 m) rails on top, the smallest on the course, followed by 16 ft (4.9 m ...
His career was often controversial: in 1971 he was disciplined (overturned on appeal) after he gave a "V sign" to the judges following a near-perfect round which won him the British Show Jumping Derby for the second year in succession; [1] this act also earned him a 'tongue-in-cheek' part in an advertisement for Victory V sweets with the slogan ...
Guy Williams riding Richi Rich at Hickstead Jumping Derby 2011. Guy Williams (born 11 July 1971) is a British showjumper, ranked number four in Great Britain as of July 2011, [1] part of the GBR equestrian team, and winner of a number of prestigious titles including the British Jumping Derby in 2010.
The results continued to mount, and the following month she claimed her first jumping derby at Eindhoven with Ramiro De Belle Vue. [17] In August 2014, Mendoza competed on home soil in her first CSI5* competition at the London leg of the Longines Global Championship Tour, in Horseguards Parade, winning her first 5-star competition.