3 December 2014, London ~ More than 500 media and racing professionals gathered in London on Monday, 1 December for the 48th Horserace Writers and Photographers Derby Awards (HWPA) Luncheon supported by Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club. Widely acknowledged as one of British racing’s most important and best attended industry events, the HWPA Derby Awards…
TB Alert – California Chrome ranked 9th in LONGINES World’s Best Racehorse Rankings
Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings Leading Horses 1st January 2014 – 9th November 2014 (The next edition will be released on 20th January 2015) View Complete Rankings Rank Horse Rating Trained 1 JUST A WAY (JPN) 130 JPN 2 AUSTRALIA (GB) 126 IRE 2 KINGMAN (GB) 126 GB 2 THE GREY GATSBY (IRE) 126 GB…
TB Alert – Longines Best Jockey Award
2 December 2014, IFHRA ~ Following the Japan Cup in Association with Longines at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan, British jockey clinched the title of Longines World’s Best Jockey over Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon. Despite Soumillon’s stunning victory in the celebrated Japanese race aboard Epiphaneia (JPN), Moore’s earlier successes in the world’s top 100 Group 1 and…
FEI statement on investigation into 2012 FEI World Endurance Championships
2 December 2014, Lausanne ~ The FEI has announced today that, following completion of an in-depth investigation into allegations of a switch of horses for the 2012 FEI World Endurance Championships in Euston Park (GBR), no legal action can be taken for procedural reasons and due to a lack of conclusive evidence. Following receipt of…
Abu Dhabi Accepts FEI World Dressage Challenge
29 November 2014, Dubai ~ On 26 November Emirates Equestrian Centre (EEC) hosted some of the UAE’s top dressage riders in the annual FEI World Dressage Challenge, an international competition that the UAE won in 2012. The event is designed to allow riders in developing dressage countries that do not have their own dressage Grands Prix to…