Show-Jumping World Cup in Madrid the stand-out event this weekend.

Let’s take a look ahead now to the show-jumping (and dressage) schedule for this weekend. Highlighted in red on the calendar is of course the latest stage of the World Cup season in Madrid, but there are also a number of other interesting events taking place around the world from the USA, Brazil, France and Italy.
As mentioned above, the big event this weekend is taking place in Spain where the Madrid Horse Week will not only be staging the latest stage of the World Cup for show-jumping, but also a number of dressage trials.
The final veterinary checks for the horses will be taking place today at 09.00 before tomorrow’s competitions get underway. The first one is scheduled at 15.30 while at 17.15 there is a CSI2* trial. The day comes to a close in style with the Prize ABC over 1.45m, a CSI5* competition which is also worth points to the Longines ranking list. The riders will take on this course with 2 horses each.
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Overseas there is a really important event in Wellington, Florida which will be hosting the next stage of the FEI World Cup for the American Division at the Wellington Equestrian Centre. Moving south, in Brazil there is a CSI2* competition at the Sociedad Hìpica Brasileira in San Paolo.
Of those taking part in Wellington we find Laura Kraut and Jessica Springsteen, Brianne Goutal, Adam Prudent, Katherine Dinan with an old friend (Galan S ex Giulia Martinengo Marquet), Margie Engle, Kirsten Coe, Lauren Hough, Alexander Zetterman, Saer and Audrey Coulter, Kenny Darragh, McLain Ward, Shane Sweetnam.
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You can have direct access to all the results and Equestrian World from the event in Brazil from our web page by clicking on the event icon.
Coming back to Europe, in Deauville, France there is the CSI2* Indoor Pole International du Cheval Deauville: 360 horses and 228 riders from 15 nations will be welcomed by the French public, as always enthusiastic and interested when it comes to equestrian events.
Italy will have Martina Casaro and Camilla Vittadini taking part in the CSI1*. Amongst the big names present there is Penelope Lèprevost, Timothèe Anciaume, Julien Epaillard, Philipper Rozier, Reynald Angot, Aymeric De Ponnat, Laura Renwick, Guy Williams, Amy Graham and Nadja Peter Steiner.
Finally, there is also a noteworthy competition in Slovenia with the CSI2* di Celje (www.konji-celje.si with a stage of the World Cup) while we end our look ahead by focusing on the event taking place closest to home in Manerbio. (www.alcle.eu). The results can be found here: www.hmk.it