HISTORY IS MADE AT THE AGRIA FEI EVENTING EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP

2025-10-23T13:44:24+00:00

In the shadow of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Blenheim Palace, over 45,000 people witnessed history being made on Sunday 21st September, as Great Britain’s Laura Collett and her horse London 52 rode to individual gold glory in the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship and Team Germany continued their international dominance taking home the team gold. It was a week of incredible moments in a spectacular setting, with 17 nations competing in the Championship, Captain Mark Phillips bid goodbye to international eventing course designing, Team Ireland took home their first European medal since 1995, and the horses and riders of ...

HISTORY IS MADE AT THE AGRIA FEI EVENTING EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP2025-10-23T13:44:24+00:00

Samantha Lissington Triumphs in GFS Saddles 8 & 9 Year Old Class

2025-10-23T13:50:27+00:00

It was a showcase of future eventing stars in the GFS Saddles 8 & 9 Year Old Class, where New Zealand’s Samantha Lissington delivered a performance worthy of the spotlight. Riding her elegant grey 2016 gelding Qantas R, owned by The High Flyers Syndicate, Lissington produced a masterclass from start to finish to claim a decisive victory. The competition was fierce over David Evans’ expertly designed cross-country course, but it was Lissington’s precision and composure that made all the difference. Qantas R cruised home to finish on their exceptional dressage score of 22.4 a textbook finish that reflected true partnership ...

Samantha Lissington Triumphs in GFS Saddles 8 & 9 Year Old Class2025-10-23T13:50:27+00:00

Laura Collett and team Germany take Gold at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship for 2025

2025-09-21T17:19:59+00:00

Laura Collett rode a perfect show jumping round on London 52 under the greatest of pressure at the climax of the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship to become Britain's 21st individual gold medallist since the classification began in 1955. In the end, only 1.3 penalties separated Laura from her chief rival Michael Jung, a three-time European champion and triple Olympic gold medallist, who was also faultless in the show jumping, on FischerChipmunk FRH, and led the German team to a convincing seventh European team victory. Tom McEwen and JL Dublin were the only other British combination left in the competition after ...

Laura Collett and team Germany take Gold at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship for 20252025-09-21T17:19:59+00:00

All horses pass with flying colours at Agria FEI Eventing European Championships

2025-09-22T07:33:45+00:00

All 41 horses presented at the final horse inspection at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championships passed with flying colours and will go forward to the show jumping finale for the medals. Special mention was made of some of the great cross-country rounds from yesterday, not only the outstanding top three - Laura Collett (GBR), Michael Jung (GER) and Tom McEwen (GBR) - but also Switzerland's Nadja Minder for her bold, trailblazing performance, German individual Calvin Böckmann (fourth), the youngest rider at 24 and the fastest, and Turkish history-maker Kumru (Kuki) Say, who jumped clear at her first senior championship and ...

All horses pass with flying colours at Agria FEI Eventing European Championships2025-09-22T07:33:45+00:00

Laura Collett holds pole position as Germany dominates the teams at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship

2025-09-20T17:12:08+00:00

Britain's Laura Collett and London 52 have a first individual championship title in their sights after a superb cross-country performance at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (GB). Laura and London 52 powered across Capt Mark Phillips's influential cross-country course, producing the second fastest round of the day, for six time penalties. They have snatched the individual lead from triple European champion and German anchorman Michael Jung, who is now second with 10 time penalties, but still within a show jumping fence of Laura. Laura's Olympic teammate Tom McEwen is currently in individual bronze medal position on JL ...

Laura Collett holds pole position as Germany dominates the teams at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship2025-09-20T17:12:08+00:00

Germany in the cross-country driving seat at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship

2025-09-20T12:04:50+00:00

The cross-country phase is well underway at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship and the scoreboard has already altered considerably, dramatically opening up the competition and promising a gripping afternoon's sport.   The British team has been eliminated for two rider falls, for Yasmin Ingham at fence 22 (the FEI mounds) and Piggy March who landed in the water at fence 20.   Germany has two riders home and clear; first-timer Libussa Lubbeke and Caramia 34 incurred 30 time penalties, but second-to-go Malin Hansen-Hotop (Carlitos Quidditch K) was quicker and came home with 14.   The Swiss were even faster. First ...

Germany in the cross-country driving seat at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship2025-09-20T12:04:50+00:00

Michael Jung and Laura Collett set up a thriller showdown at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship

2025-09-20T11:56:35+00:00

The scene is set for a thrilling day's sport tomorrow at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (GB) as just 1.4 of a penalty separates the German team from defending champions Great Britain, at the end of the dressage phase. The much anticipated climax of the afternoon was the head-to-head between German maestro Michael Jung (FischerChipmunk FRH), who scored the only sub-20 mark of the day with 18.3 penalties, and British supremo Laura Collett (London 52) who came close on 20.6. Michael's typically outstanding performance on FischerChipmunk FRH, who he describes as an "amazing horse, so collected ...

Michael Jung and Laura Collett set up a thriller showdown at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship2025-09-20T11:56:35+00:00

Tom McEwen keeps Great Britain a nose ahead at the FEI Eventing European Championship

2025-09-20T11:57:35+00:00

Tom McEwen gave home supporters something to cheer about when he rode into the lead in the dressage phase at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (GB) this morning just before the lunch break. Tom, third to go for the British team, scored 26.2 on JL Dublin and the British team currently holds a tiny 2.1-penalty lead over Germany with Yasmin Ingham and Piggy March in fourth and sixth places respectively. Germany's Malin Hansen-Hotopp and Libussa Lübbeke are now in second and third places and their third rider, Jerome Robine riding Black Ice is in seventh on ...

Tom McEwen keeps Great Britain a nose ahead at the FEI Eventing European Championship2025-09-20T11:57:35+00:00

Captain Mark Phillips Celebrated at the Blenheim Palace Reception

2025-09-19T10:23:41+00:00

A special presentation was made to Capt Mark Phillips, course-designer for the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship, during the reception at Blenheim Palace for riders, owners, sponsors and officials. Mike Etherington-Smith, a course-designing colleague and the former director of Blenheim Horse Trials, and Jane Holderness-Roddam, president of British Eventing, presented Mark with a brilliant caricature that not only gave a nod to his long and distinguished career in course-design, including many years at Burghley and the 1989 European championship, but a stellar riding career that has included four Badminton victories and Olympic medals, and his role as a sought after trainer. ...

Captain Mark Phillips Celebrated at the Blenheim Palace Reception2025-09-19T10:23:41+00:00

Germany hold the advantage at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship

2025-09-20T11:58:05+00:00

Strong performances by the first two German riders have put their team in the lead after the first day of dressage at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (GB). Malin Hansen-Hotopp and Carlitos Quidditch K (pictured) head the leaderboard on 27.8 and team pathfinder Libussa Lübbeke is now in second place on Caramia 34 with 28.3. Yasmin Ingham, who was first to go for Great Britain with Rehy DJ, is in joint third place with France's Sebastian Cavaillon riding Elipso de la Vigne on a score of 29. Piggy March is fifth on the stallion Halo, on 29.4, ...

Germany hold the advantage at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship2025-09-20T11:58:05+00:00

German debutante strikes first at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship

2025-09-18T13:14:17+00:00

German team pathfinder Libussa Lübbeke has made a great start on her senior team debut, taking an early lead in the dressage phase at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire (GB).   She scored 28.3 penalties on her family's home-bred Caramia 34, to put her 0.7 ahead of Great Britain's first team rider, Yasmin Ingham on Rehy DJ.   "It is like a dream," said Libussa. "We bred this mare, my brother rode her and then I won medals on her at Young Rider level, but we never thought she would be a five-star or a championship horse, ...

German debutante strikes first at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship2025-09-18T13:14:17+00:00

Seventeen Flags Fly at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship at Blenheim Palace

2025-09-18T07:39:17+00:00

Riders representing 17 nations have arrived in the magnificent setting of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, Great Britain, for the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship, which start tomorrow (Thursday, September 18).   As they gathered for a moving opening ceremony in the main arena, Blenheim's host, the Duke of Marlborough, said: "The Palace itself owes much of its existence to civilisation’s historic reliance on the strength and dependability of the horse.   "It is therefore a great privilege to gather here today, on the 35th anniversary of the Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, within our rolling parkland — the vision and ...

Seventeen Flags Fly at Agria FEI Eventing European Championship at Blenheim Palace2025-09-18T07:39:17+00:00

One Week To Go Until The Agria FEI Eventing European Championship

2025-09-12T08:21:00+00:00

Next week, over 150 horse and rider combinations will compete in the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship (CCI4*-L) and coveted GFS Saddles 8 & 9 Year Old class (CCI4*-S). This 2025 Championship sees 33 Olympians, 17 first-time competitors and two debut nations gracing the Blenheim Palace grounds. The biggest names in European Eventing are set to go head-to-head, with a golden showdown promised between Paris 2024 team gold medallists, Tom McEwen (GB) and Laura Collett (GB), and the Paris 2024 individual champion – and Eventing’s most decorated European rider – Michael Jung (GER). All three riders return on the same horses ...

One Week To Go Until The Agria FEI Eventing European Championship2025-09-12T08:21:00+00:00

A European history of firsts

2025-09-01T13:03:15+00:00

1953 - The FEI asked Badminton to host the first European Eventing Championships. Six nations (Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, France, Sweden and Netherlands) sent riders, but the April date was deemed too early for Continental teams to get horses fit and only the British team completed, with Britain's Major Laurence Rook, riding Starlight XV, the first individual European Champion. 1957 - Women were not allowed to ride on Olympic teams until 1964, but Sheila Willcox became the first female individual champion; the ratio of female to male winners now stands at 19-17. 1959 - Capt Hans Schwarzenbach became the first rider from ...

A European history of firsts2025-09-01T13:03:15+00:00

World Champions, Olympians, And First Timers To Take On The 2025 Agria FEI Eventing European Championship At Blenheim Palace

2025-09-11T15:20:09+00:00

With just two weeks to go, the anticipation is building for the prestigious Agria FEI Eventing European Championship at Blenheim Palace from 18 – 21 September. All nations have now released the names of their team riders, showcasing a plethora of talent, from first timers to seasoned champions – it is sure to be the event of the season. The team lists are a ‘who’s who’ of eventing royalty, with Germany’s team featuring Grand Slam winner, triple Olympic gold medallist and triple European Champion Michael Jung and Arville FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2025 winners Calvin Böckmann and Libussa Lübekke. Great Britain ...

World Champions, Olympians, And First Timers To Take On The 2025 Agria FEI Eventing European Championship At Blenheim Palace2025-09-11T15:20:09+00:00

Nominated Entries In For The Agria FEI Eventing European Championship 2025

2025-09-11T15:20:51+00:00

As September approaches, anticipation is building for the prestigious Agria FEI Eventing European Championship, which will take place at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire from 18 to 21 September. 17 Nations have released their longlists, showcasing a mix of seasoned champions and exciting new names. Germany’s line-up features the legendary Grand Slam winner Michael Jung, who is joined by two of the recent Arville FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ winning team members Calvin Böckmann, Libussa Lübekke, alongside Malin Hansen-Hotopp, Jérôme Robiné and Anna Siemer. Great Britain had announced one of the largest longlists with 18 combinations, which was later narrowed to a squad ...

Nominated Entries In For The Agria FEI Eventing European Championship 20252025-09-11T15:20:51+00:00

50 Days To Go Until The Agria FEI Eventing European Championship At Blenheim Palace

2025-09-11T15:21:55+00:00

With just 50 days to go until Blenheim Palace opens its gates, excitement is building for the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship and annual Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, taking place from 18 - 21 September. This event is shaping up to be an unmissable standout in the eventing calendar, as nations have begun to release longlists packed with championship talent, with one rider’s historic qualification set to inspire a generation. Great Britain, reigning European and Olympic team champions, have announced a longlist of 18 exceptional combinations, including Paris 2024 medallists Ros Canter, Tom McEwen and Laura Collett, world ...

50 Days To Go Until The Agria FEI Eventing European Championship At Blenheim Palace2025-09-11T15:21:55+00:00

Interview With Captain Mark Phillips, Course Designer of The Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials 2025

2025-04-10T08:31:43+00:00

We had the privilege of grabbing a few minutes to talk with Captain Mark Phillips, the course designer for The Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials (BPIHT) this year. Born on September 22, 1948, in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, Captain Mark Phillips is a renowned equestrian, course designer, and former British Army officer whose life has been defined by his exceptional horsemanship. Best known for his Olympic success and influential role in equestrian sport—not to mention his marriage to royalty—Phillips has left an indelible mark on the equestrian world. This year’s Blenheim course will be his last however. “I’m retiring from ...

Interview With Captain Mark Phillips, Course Designer of The Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials 20252025-04-10T08:31:43+00:00

Agria FEI Eventing European Championship Launches Innovative Way For Sponsors In The UK And Across The Continent To Get Involved In Gold Standard Event

2025-09-01T15:24:55+00:00

Stable Events, organiser of the Agria Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials is opening up the opportunity to secure sponsorship at the Agria FEI Eventing European Championship (18-21 September 2025) by making packages available as an interactive online auction – the like of which has never been seen before. The team has come up with an innovative solution to make this system of securing sponsorship as a fairer way to bring a wider range of brands and businesses on board to support the event and benefit their company.  The online auction will include sponsorship packages for cross country fences, hospitality lodges ...

Agria FEI Eventing European Championship Launches Innovative Way For Sponsors In The UK And Across The Continent To Get Involved In Gold Standard Event2025-09-01T15:24:55+00:00

The history of the FEI Eventing European Championship

2025-02-10T15:24:08+00:00

The FEI Eventing European Championship was born in 1953 when the FEI asked Badminton to be the host and has definitely come a long way since then! Team GBR got off to a great start at this first event taking Team Gold along with Individual Gold for Major Laurence Rook on Starlight (GBR) and Silver for Major Frank Weldon on Kilbarry (GBR). On the 37th running of this bi-annual Championship, Blenheim Palace is extremely honoured to be hosting in 2025 – ten years since it was last in the UK and twenty years on from it last being at this ...

The history of the FEI Eventing European Championship2025-02-10T15:24:08+00:00
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