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Arab News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Arab News
Sao Paulo provides spectacular stage for the 2025 Global Champions Arabians Tour
SAO PAULO: The 2025 Sao Paulo edition of the Global Champions Arabians Tour came to a close on Monday evening, with Lughan, owned by Haras Paiquere, claiming the prestigious Senior Stallion Gold Championship title. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport Held at the Helvetia Riding Center in Indaiatuba, the Sao Paulo stage was the third stop of the 2025 Americas Series. Over two days, the venue was transformed into an international equestrian extravaganza, welcoming more than 100 purebred Arabian horses and their handlers, as well as an audience of VIPs, horse lovers, and international guests. With a prize purse of $270,000, the Sao Paulo stage was a key qualifier for the GCAT Americas overall ranking. Winners advanced in the race to claim part of the $1.275 million in end-of-season prize purse, allocated to the top 20 male and female horses and handlers, with an additional $50,000 bonus for the highest-scoring horse of the Americas Series. The tour continues to solidify its reputation as the most prestigious and rewarding in Arabian horse sport. 'Sao Paulo has embraced the spirit of the Global Champions Arabians Tour with energy and elegance,' said Sheikh Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Thani, deputy CEO, Global Champions Arabians Tour. 'This stage celebrated more than just competition; it was a vibrant expression of culture, excellence, and unity that truly elevated the Americas Series.' The first day of the event concluded with a live performance by Brazilian music legend Gilberto Gil, while the second day featured closing entertainment, followed by the official championship awards ceremony and a show by renowned Brazilian duo Fernando & Sorocaba. The winning mare and stallion received a custom Sao Paulo champion blanket, vibrant yellow with tropical birds, flowers, and greenery celebrating Arabian strength and the spirit of Brazil. The Tour's Americas Series now moves to Stage 4 in Denver, Colorado, on August 8-9, as the journey toward the season's grand finale in Doha, the World Arabian Horse Championship Supreme, continues. Gold champions, Sao Paulo 2025
Scoop
24-06-2025
- Sport
- Scoop
ESNZ 75th Anniversary And Hall Of Fame Awards
The finalists have been announced for the Equestrian Sports New Zealand Hall of Fame Awards night and 75th Anniversary Dinner in the Banquet Hall at Parliament Buildings, Molesworth Street, Wellington this Friday, 27 June from 6pm onwards. The event will celebrate the 75th milestone since the New Zealand Horse Society (forerunner to ESNZ) was formed, acknowledge this year's award recipients and also recognise the most recent Hall of Fame inductees and others who have made an outstanding contribution to ESNZ and the equestrian sport. The finalists are: 2025 ESNZ RIDER OF THE YEAR: Tim Price (Eventing) Sophie Scott (Jumping) Melissa Galloway (Dressage) 2025 ESNZ HORSE OF THE YEAR – INTERNATIONAL: Falco (owners Sue Benson & Tim Price) Windermere J'Obei W (owners 2024-25 Melissa Galloway, Rodney & Anne Parkes) Showcase BC (owners Frankie Webb & Louise Duncan) 2025 ESNZ HORSE OF THE YEAR – NATIONAL: DSE Mendoza (owners David & Lesley Going, Kim Keown, Donna & Elise Edwards-Smith) LT Holst Freda (owners Julie Davey & Andrew Ormond) Don Vito MH (Wendi & Jon Williamson) 2025 ESNZ TEAM OF THE YEAR: Hinterlands & John Jones Steel NZ National Three-Day Event Championships 2025 (Sophie Thomas & Craighaven Legacy, Emily Cammock& Y Puna Slade, Kirsty Ogilvie & Raise A Glass, Lindsay Colwell &Waitangi Netflix) NZ Olympic Eventing Team 2024 (Tim Price & Falco, Jonelle Price & Hiarado, Clarke Johnstone & Menlo Park) 2024 FEI Dressage World Challenge (Helen Hughes-Keen Chef d'Equipe, Katy Payne & Dragonbach Master Reilly, Paige Fitzgerald & Greenmoor Euphoria, Amanda Macpherson & Friden Star, Samantha Belsham &Dolcetto II) 2025 ESNZ AGAINST ALL ODDS: Julie Davey (Jumping) Louise Duncan (Para-Equestrian) Jesse Campbell (Eventing) Clarke Johnstone (Eventing) 2025 ESNZ GROOM OF THE YEAR: Jade Urban(Eventing) Madison Schollum (Dressage) THE PILMER PLATE – ESNZ LIFETIME VOLUNTEER/OFFICIALS AWARD, t he ESNZ YOUNG PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS FOR 2025 and the 2025 ESNZ HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES and HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS will be announced on the night.
Daily Mail
18-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Tragedy as Royal Ascot horse Harry's Girl dies seconds into opening race of day two
Royal Ascot was hit by a tragedy on the second day of racing after the death of the horst Harry's Girl. Harry's Girl broke down during the opening race of the day, the Queen Mary Stakes. Royal Ascot confirmed the death of Harry's Girl on social media. 'Unfortunately, Harry's Girl suffered a fatal injury during The Queen Mary Stakes,' a statement read. 'Our thoughts go out to all connections at this time.
Daily Mail
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Bella Hadid shows off her cowgirl skills with BF at horse competition
Bella Hadid put her horsemanship to the test this weekend in Fort Worth, Texas, as she competed in the Horse Cutting championships in Las Vegas. Her cowboy boyfriend, Adan Banuelos, was at the show and held her hand as they rode out of the ring side by side. Bella looked at home on her horse in a black-and-white checked shirt, beige chaps over jeans, and a white cowboy hat. It's unclear how long Bella and Adan have been dating. They were first spotted together in October 2023, walking through the historic Fort Worth Stockyards. Bella, who was trained in equestrian skills during her youth, went public with Adan on Valentine's Day in 2024, sharing images of him and calling him: 'My Valentine.' She began training in cutting alongside Adan. Cutting is a western-style equestrian competition in which a horse and rider work together before a judge or panel of judges to demonstrate the horse's athleticism and ability to handle cattle. She was a very good student and has since won several competitions. Banuelos praised her after she received a major honor in the cutting world: she was crowned the National Cutting Horse Association's (NCHA) 2024 Limited Age Event (LAE) Rookie of the Year. In April, Bella revealed she would be taking a step back from modeling after moving to Texas with her 'partner'. 'For the first time now, I'm not putting on a fake face. If I don't feel good, I won't go. If I don't feel good, I take time for myself,' she told Allure. 'And I've never had the opportunity to do that or say that before,' she continued. 'Now when anybody sees me in pictures and they say, I look happy, I genuinely am. I am feeling better; my bad days now were my old good days.' Winner: In 2024, she was crowned the NCHA Limited Age Event Rookie of the Year Peace: In interviews, Bella has said she feels most at peace when she's with horses or in nature
CNN
13-06-2025
- Sport
- CNN
Australian Olympic dressage rider suspended after video appears to show him repeatedly whipping horse
An Australian dressage rider has been provisionally suspended and will be investigated, according to Equestrian Australia (EA), after a video emerged on social media that appears to show him repeatedly whipping a horse. Heath Ryan, who represented Australia in dressage at the 2008 Olympics, can be seen in the video – which the rider said is about two years old – hitting a horse around 40 times. Ryan said in a lengthy Facebook post defending the incident that everything in the video 'transpired sincerely with the (horse's) best interests the sole consideration.' CNN Sports has reached out to Ryan for comment. EA said the provisional suspension will last until 'a thorough investigation of this matter' has been completed, adding that it had also received a formal complaint about the incident. 'Equestrian Australia is extremely alarmed and concerned by the treatment of the horse shown in this footage,' the governing body said in a statement. 'Equestrian Australia has this afternoon imposed a provisional suspension of this person's membership of Equestrian Australia and their rights, privileges and benefits associated with their membership.' EA said it 'takes matters of animal welfare very seriously.' In his Facebook post, the 66-year-old equestrian rider said the horse was brought to him on the way to the 'knackery,' where animals go to be killed, after a riding accident had left his owner in intensive care. Ryan described the horse, Nico, as a 'problem child' that got 'worse and worse until the accident.' 'I felt obliged to the horse to just have a look and see if it was possibly salvageable,' Ryan wrote on Facebook. 'Well did I get a shock and so the video. I have never ridden anything like it. I am so sad this was caught on video. 'If I had been thinking of myself I would have immediately just gotten off and sent Nico to the knackery. That video was a life or death moment for Nico and of that I was very aware. 'I felt I genuinely had to try my very hardest to see if Nico would consider other options. Anyway by the end of that initial ride I did feel Nico was responding. I rode Nico for another couple of days and he responded very well and started to go without the use of excessive driving aids.' Alongside his statement, Ryan posted a new video, which he described as Nico 'thriving in a loving and competitive home with an exciting future.' Ryan said the video which prompted the EA suspension was posted by an 'unhappy ex employee.' 'All I can say is that this awful video was collateral damage of me from the bottom of my heart launching a rescue mission,' Ryan added.
