Michael Jung and fischerChipmunk FRH set a record for the lowest five-star score yesterday when they won the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event on their dressage score of 20.1. In fact, Jung and Chipmonk made it look easy, which belied the incredibly tough cross country course and the competition. Michael also now holds the title […]
Michael Young always puts in a good dressage test, but today he and his Olympic horse FischerChipmonk FRH took over a commanding lead, with score of 20.1. This gives them 9.2-penalty margin over the rest of the field at this stage. The pair were awarded 13 nines between the three judges and Christian Steiner at […]
An impressive cross country round put Michael Jung and fischerRocana FST just one second over the optimum time at 11:04. They sit on a score of 27.5 headed into Stadium Jumping tomorrow. Will Jung continue his winning streak? He’ll need to have nerves of steel. Yesterday’s leader, Marilynn Little, dropped to 6th place after racking […]
It’s hardly surprising that after the first day of dressage at the event formerly known as Rolex, Michael Jung and fischerRocana FST took the lead with a dressage score of 27.1. Jung has racked up three consecutive wins at this event. Will he pull it off a fourth time? It’s early days but at least […]
Today was the first day of dressage of Burghley 2017. Friday is another day of dressage and Cross Country takes place on Saturday. Don’t forget that Burghley will be live streamed, so you can enjoy a front row seat!
Michael Jung and “Roxie” came into the show jumping ring with one rail in hand. Turned out they needed it when they pulled a rail in the middle element of the triple combination, but they still pulled it off, becoming the first rider/horse combination to win Rolex in three consecutive years, finishing with a final […]
After two days of dressage, Clark Montgomery on Loughan is firmly in the lead with an impressive 33.6%. Michel Jung and FischerRocana sits in second place with 37.1%. Kim Severson and Cooley Cross Border are in third place with 41.0%. Perhaps stealing the show was the retirement ride by Allison Springer and Arthur. Sprenger chose […]
Last week, Michael Jung won Rolex riding Fischerrocana FST. This week he won Badminton on Le Biosthetique-Sam FBW. But that’s not all. He also picked up a cool $350,000 for winning the Rolex Grand Slam — which means he won Rolex, Burghley and Badminton in succession. Only Pippa Funnel has accomplished this before and that […]