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Herning 2022 : Inside the Swiss Team

English: At the World Championships in Herning, Denmark, Julien Houser, the Swiss team farrier, experienced his second major championship after the Tokyo Olympics. Thanks to the Swiss, Equi Book readers were able to experience some of the highlights of the competition, but also behind the scenes of such a championship. « It was my first time […]

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Herning 2022: No change at the top as emotions run high on second day of Jumping Championship

It was a roller-coaster day at the Agria FEI Jumping World Championships in Herning, Denmark today, but the two leading nations and the two leading individuals after yesterday’s opening competition maintained their positions. So Sweden heads France going into tomorrow night’s team medal decider and Frenchman, Julien Epaillard, is holding Britain’s Scott Brash at bay in […]

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Herning 2022 : Team Sweden gallop into the lead; Epaillard tops individual rankings for France

The reigning Olympic champions from Sweden lived up to expectations when taking the early lead on the exciting first day of the Agria FEI World Jumping Championship 2022 presented by Helgstrand at the ECCO FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark today. However Frenchman Julien Epaillard and 10-year-old mare Caracole de la Roque were quickest around the […]

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Juil

The last ponies of the Faroe Islands

THERE ARE ONLY AROUND 80 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NATIVE FAROESE BREED LEFT. A FEW BREEDERS ARE FIGHTING TO SAVE THE SPECIES, WHICH IS PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO THE CLIMATE OF THIS ISOLATED TERRITORY. BUT THE CHALLENGE IS GREAT. It is an archipelago beaten by the North Atlantic winds, halfway between Scotland and Iceland. A land bordered […]

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Juil

Les derniers poneys des Féroé

IL NE SUBSISTE QUE QUELQUES DIZAINES DE REPRÉSENTANTS DE LA RACE INDIGÈNE DES ÎLES FÉROÉ. UNE POIGNÉE D’ÉLEVEURS LUTTENT POUR SAUVER CETTE ESPÈCE PARFAITEMENT ADAPTÉE AU CLIMAT DE CE TERRITOIRE ISOLÉ. MAIS LE DÉFI EST DE TAILLE. C’est un archipel battu par les vents de l’Atlantique nord, entre l’Ecosse et l’Islande. Un territoire bordé de […]