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Jappeloup was born on March 12, 1975, at equestrian farm of Henry Delage [] in Saint-Savin in Gironde and died on November 5, 1991. He was a show jumping champion Selle Français horse, born to a French Trotter father and a Thoroughbred mother.
Victories at the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015 once again lifted Quickly de Kreisker to the top of the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) rankings in April 2015, and thus to the status of the world's best show jumping horse. [22] As the stallion was only 11 years old in 2015, he is still "on the rise". [23]
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.
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 ...
The pair set an Olympic record as they faulted only a single time throughout the competition, jumping clear over 90 of 91 obstacles. [10] Fargis was the East Coast League's top qualifier to the 1985 FEI World Cup Finals. [11] At the 1988 Summer Olympics Fargis, riding Irish-bred mare Mill Pearl, won team silver and finished seventh as an ...
Considered the "ultimate jumping horse", [3] Shutterfly won medals at several World and European Championships, placing first in the World Cup final three times. [4] With lifetime winnings of €3,520,864, he was the most successful show jumper of the 2000s and one of the highest earning show jumpers of all time.
In the jump-off, Touch of Class and Fargis competed against her former rider, Conrad Homfeld, who took home silver. She was the fourth horse in history to win two show-jumping gold medals, with the last being Hans Winkler's Halla in 1956. [3] Her performance allowed her to be named the first non-human USOC Female Equestrian Athlete of the Year. [2]
The Grand Slam of Show Jumping, named Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping, was created in 2013. It brings together the four Majors, and refers to the achievement of winning all four: The CHIO Aachen in Germany (outdoor on grass)