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An incredible Olympia 2011 closes with an Irish win
After a week of thrilling competition, fabulous displays and first-class hospitality Olympia 2011 closed with an edge-of-the seat class. Although British riders had dominated both the international show jumping and dressage, it was Ireland’s time to shine before the Grand Finale when Dermott Lennon and Loughview Lou Lou claimed the Olympia Grand Prix. [...]read more
Veteran Horse Showing Championship Results
ENT NO NAME OF RIDER/HANDLER NAME OF HORSE/PONY &AGE PLACE 24 VICTORIA LITTLEWOOD MOSS TOWN MARZ 15 1ST 21 TANYA SHEASBY LOMONDSIDE WELLINGTON 16 2ND 22 ANNE THORLEY DJARV DANELLE 16 3RD 26 REBECCA THEXTON WEAVERS DEEP SECRET 21 4TH 23 SAMANTHA MATHEWS DREAMCHASER 20 5TH 30 ADAM PIKE MINNIE THE MOOCHER 22 6TH 29 [...] [...]read more
Diminutive Dartmoor gains a big win at Olympia
Dartmoor pony Rushfield Bailey claimed the British Show Pony Society Mountain and Moorland Ridden Championship on his second visit to Olympia, The London International Horse Show. Connections of the eight-year-old homebred stallion, who is owned by Christine Anderson and was ridden at Olympia by Louise Maxwell, say “although he is short in stature, he is big in personality”. Unlike a lot of his rivals, he has not competed at many shows this season, but stood champion at Ayr County and qualified for Olympia at the Heritage Championships. [...]read more
Olympia Heritage Mountain & Moorland Results
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John Whitaker Dazzles the opposition
John Whitaker, the most experienced rider at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, raised the roof when he produced a round of daring brilliance to snatch the H&M Ivy Stakes from his younger rivals. “The horse has been jumping well all week, and I’ve just been biding my time patiently,” said John. [...]read more
Ben Maher has the X-factor in World Cup
Ben Maher brought the Rolex FEI World Cup qualifier at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, to a thrilling finish when he stormed round on the stallion Tripple X as the penultimate rider in an 11-horse jump-off. “This is the biggest win of my career,” said a clearly thrilled Ben afterwards. “Not only have I bred the horse and produced him all the way through myself, but it’s on home ground at Olympia, and that makes it really special. [...]read more
The Phantom returns to be top veteran
The sprightly Murram Park Phantom made his fourth visit to Olympia, The London International Horse Show, a winning one, taking the Dodson & Horrell Show Championships for Veteran horses. [...]read more
Simon and Whisper shout it from the rooftops
French rider Simon Delestre’s audacious early round on the young mare Whisper in a mammoth 14-horse jump-off paid off in the Santa Stakes at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. It is unusual to win a jump-off class from such an early draw but Simon, 30, who was second to go, set off dramatically fast and appeared to pressure his rivals into making mistakes. [...]read more
TV Times latest
We apologise the coverage of Olympia Horse Show on British Eurosport for this evening’s Santa Stakes (Saturday 17th) was delayed. Highlights of The Rolex FEI World Cup Qualifier will be shown on Wednesday at approximately 8.55pm. Tomorrow (Sunday 18th December) the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Qualifier supported by H&M will be broadcast on BBC2 Live between 3pm and 5pm. The H&M Ivy Stakes in the evening will not be televised. On Monday 19th December the full Olympia evening performance is live on BBC Red button. This performance includes the Olympia Grand Prix. There will also be a Grand Prix highlights programme on Tuesday 20th December on BBC2 at 14.00. [...]read more
Guy is the Master
Guy Williams’s week at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, is just getting better and better. He is now 12,500 euro better off as a result of emerging best in the winner-takes-all Renault Christmas Masters for the seven leading riders in the show. He produced a blistering round on the eight-year-old grey Depardieu van T Kiezelhof, a last-minute entry to Olympia, in the fifth and final round. This was a jump-off against the clock for the last men standing, to overhaul Scott Brash on the exciting prospect Whisky Mac lV, a relative novice, by a cheeky 0.26 seconds. [...]read more
Double Delight for Daniel in under-23 Champion
Daniel Neilson, one of Britain’ most exciting rising stars, ran away with the Team Murka and World Class Programme under-23 Championship at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. There were only two clears over Stephen Renoir’s exacting track, in which the treble proved the most influential fence. The other came from the ever immaculate William Whitaker on Bowhouse Rubis and, when the two riders jumped off against each other, William’s steady clear left Dan some leeway to push for a faster time on the nine-year-old Varo M. [...]read more
Guy and Pius conquer the wall to share Alltech spoils
British team member Guy Williams and leading Swiss rider Pius Schwizer shared the honours in the 6,000 euro Alltech Christmas Puissance, an annual crowd favourite at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. As the tension mounted, they were the only two in the field of eight who made it to the fifth and final round, clearing 7ft 1in. As a result, the pair are now lying equal fourth (Pius) and equal sixth (Guy) in the H & H Leading Rider of the Show rankings, which are still led by Marcus Ehning from Ben Maher and Scott Brash. [...]read more
EXTREME DRIVING – Friday 16 December
The second round of Extreme Driving at Olympia sealed its future as a fixture of the Christmas Show. Greeted by rapturous applause from the afternoon crowd, the four drivers had gained in momentum and determination following the previous day’s performance. [...]read more
Ben Maher is first off the starting blocks
Ben Maher, a rider who always seems inspired by the uniquely festive atmosphere at Olympia, The London International Horse Show, set an unbeatable target in the Christmas Speed Stakes. Riding Peter Ward’s Milena, a 14-year-old bay mare previously ridden by Dan Neilson, Ben came home in 48.72 seconds, 1.2sec faster than his British squad mate Scott Brash on Sebastian. [...]read more
Fast and Furious Extreme Driving at Olympia
Fast and furious, as predicted, the first extreme driving showcase at Olympia did not disappoint. Within seconds of the competition starting the crowd were behind their favourite driver, exhorting them to go ever faster. And the drivers obliged. [...]read more
Dermot has the luck of the Irish
Dermott Lennon, Ireland’s 2002 World Champion, produced a thrilling finale to the Christmas Pudding Stakes this afternoon at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. [...]read more
Laura B makes British Dressage History
Britain’s European Dressage gold medal trio of Laura Bechtolsheimer (Mistral Hojris), Charlotte Dujardin (Valegro) and Carl Hester (Uthopia) took the top three places in the Reem Acra FEI Grand Prix freestyle at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. [...]read more
Winning Olympia debut for Charlotte and Velegro
British riders dominated the Reem Acra FEI World Cup Grand Prix supported by Horse & Hound at Olympia, The London International Horse Show. [...]read more
New App for Iphone launched for Olympia, The London International Horse Show
Olympia is delighted to confirm the launch of the new Olympia App. Available for Iphone users the App will keep you up to date with all the latest news, information, messages and results as well as giving you information on riders, sponsors and exhibitors. [...]read more
New Show Jumping Entries for Olympia 2011
Definite Entries for Olympia, The London International Horse Show 13-19 December 2011 are now in, and as suspected the line up for Show Jumping is stronger than ever ahead of next year's Olympia Games. [...]read more
Boyd Exell win’s the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup Driving in Budapest last weekend
Just a week after his first FEI World Cup victory of the season in Stockholm, Boyd Exell repeated that victory by winning the fourth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Driving 2011/2012 Series in Budapest, Hungary. [...]read more
Pippa Cuckson’s News Article on London 2012 Olympics: Olympia ready for Olympian early skirmish
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Confirmed Entries for Olympia 2011 Dressage and Show Jumping now in
Definite Entries for Olympia, The London International Horse Show 13-19 December 2011 are now in, and as suspected the line up for both Dressage and Show Jumping is stronger than ever ahead of next year's Olympia Games. [...]read more
Latest carriage driving results from the Stockholm International Horse Show
Latest carriage driving results from the Stockholm International Horse Show will make for an even more exciting competition at Olympia in two weeks time with Boyd Exell winning in terrific form. [...]read more
FEI Press Kit for the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage
The FEI have put together a comprehensive Press Kit for the Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage series. The kit contains the series calendar, competition timetable, rules, history, list of champions and contact details as well as hyperlinks to the riders’ biographies. [...]read more
FEI World Cup™ Driving results
More results from Stuttgart last weekend from the FEI World Cup™ Driving [...]read more
Exciting fifth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Western European League in Stuttgart
After last weekend's exciting fifth leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ Jumping Western European League in Stuttgart, Sweden’s Rolf-Goran Bengtsson now take's top spot followed by Swiss riders Pius Schwizer in second and Steve Guerdat in third. [...]read more
London Underground view Olympia, The London International Horse Show, as a special case
London Underground recently decided that Olympia, The London International Horse Show, warrants an underground service and therefore will be providing trains the Olympia station during the show. [...]read more
Nominated Dressage and Show Jumping Entries announced
Nominated Dressage and Show Jumping entries for this year’s London International Horse Show at Olympia (13th-19th December 2011) have been announced. A full round up of which riders and horses you can expect to see at Olympia is below. [...]read more
The BSPS Heritage Mountain & Moorland Ridden Championship at Olympia 2011
At Olympia this year, The British Show Pony Society will bring the showing world’s renowned Mountain and Moorland Ridden Championships into the modern era. [...]read more
Extreme Carriage Driving at Olympia, The London International Horse Show
Olympia’s new Extreme Carriage Driving competition is set to be a spectacular event this year. Taking place at Olympia, The London International Horse Show for the first time on Thursday evening 15th December and Friday afternoon 16th December, the competition will not only see four of the World’s top four-in-hand carriage drivers competing through cones and obstacles against the clock, but may also see Supermodel Jodie Kidd ‘back stepping’ for World number one Boyd Exell. [...]read more
European Dressage Gold Medal winners to appear at Olympia
One of the hottest tickets in town will be Olympia, The London International Horse Show from 13th – 19th December, at London’s Olympia for the world’s best equestrian Christmas party. And. with the London Olympics 2012 looming large, all eyes will be on this year’s Reem Acra FEI World Cup™ Dressage winners as an indication [...] [...]read more
