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The FEI Show Jumping World Cup is an annual international competition among the world’s best show jumping horses and riders. The series, created in 1978, today comprises 14 leagues on all continents. The best riders from 132 preliminary competitions qualify for the final. [1] The FEI World Cup was thought up by a Swiss journalist and show ...
Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes eventing, hunters, and equitation. Jumping classes are commonly seen at horse shows throughout the world, including the Olympics. Sometimes shows are limited exclusively to jumpers. Sometimes jumper classes are offered in conjunction with other English ...
The record for the high jump stands at 2.47 m (8 ft 1 in), and was achieved by Captain Alberto Larraguibel Morales riding Huaso ex-Faithfull, at the Official International Event at Viña del Mar, Chile, on 5 February 1949. Puissance, (from French puissance), [2] is also a word meaning "power". The event has been contested once at the Olympic ...
Olympic level riders and horses compete for an $8 million purse in a competition that is free for the public to attend World's best show jumping horses trot into desert for high-stakes event Skip ...
L. List of Irish Sport Horse show jumpers. Lord of Theizé. Loro Piana TomBoy.
Team Jumping. Gem Twist (June 12, 1979 – November 18, 2006) was a 16.3 hands (67 inches, 170 cm) world champion American Thoroughbred show jumping horse registered under the name Icey Twist. [1] Bred by equestrian Frank Chapot, [3] Gem Twist had an incredible career at the Grand Prix level.
Hello Sanctos (born Sanctos Van Het Gravenhof the 2002/05/13) is a bay gelding. He is listed in stud-book sBs and ridden in show jumping. From 2014 [1] to 2015, [2] he was the best show jumping horse in the world. His rider was Scott Brash. He is the only horse in the world to complete a Grand Slam of Show Jumping.
Concours de Saut International is a ranking system for the equestrian competition show jumping. All CSI events are approved by the international governing body of equestrian sport, the FEI. The CSI is broken down into a starring system, where more competitive events with more prize money have a higher number of stars. Starring goes from 1 to 5.