In the Finnish World Cup at Helsinki, Great-Britain’s Jessica Mendoza was the runner-up behind the victorious Swiss rider Romain Duguet (Quorida du Trehot). Jessica and her AES horse Spirit T had spectacularly taken over the lead of Olympic Champion Steve Guerdat, but in the end she was beaten by the Swiss rider with a time difference of eleven hundredths of a second. The last rider Daniel Deusser tried to do even better, but the German rider and Cornet d'Amour ended up in third position, just in front of Steve Guerdat and his Olympic horse Nino des Buissonnets. Last week Jessica and Spirit T placed second in the Grand Prix of Oslo. In the World Cup they had one knock-down.

The FEI and WBFSH came with the final lists of the World Ranking for sport horses. AES ranked sixth in the jumping division and eighth in the category eventing. The best AES horse is still John Whitaker’s Argento (Arko III), number four in the individual standings. Also Spirit T (Tornado) of Jessica Mendoza reached the top ten. Molly Malone (Kannan) fell back to spot sixteen after rider Bertram Allen got injured this summer. The AES approved stallion Conrad de Hus (Con Air) of Gregory Wathelet moved up to number five after winning the Furusiyya Finals and silver medal at the European Championship in Aachen.

We are proud of the outstanding performance of our AES registered horses and graded stallions, who continue to dominate the leader boards at international Grand Prix competitions this year, culminating in a thoroughly convincing display on the first day of the European Championships 2015 in Aachen (Germany). After a breath-taking first round that had everyone on the edges of their seats, Joe Clee and his AES graded stallion  Utamaro d’Ecaussines  are currently ranked 3rd. On the 4th place we find Gregory Whatelet and his AES graded stallion  Conrad de Hus . Their excellent performance was closely matched by Bertram Allen and his AES registered mare  Molly Mallone V  who ended the day in 5th place. Ben Maher and his AES registered mare  Diva II  are currently ranked 7th.  In a hard fought first round of the competition, Jessica Mendoza and her AES mare  Spirit-T  performed a very fast round but had an unfortunate 8 points after two fences went down. They are currently ranked on the 56th place followed by Pieter Devos and his AES registered gelding  Dylano , who are ranked 68th. We are extremely proud that, after this exciting and hard fought first round, 4 the top 10 horses are AES registered or graded and congratulate our dedicated breeders, owners, trainers and riders in their success! 

The three AES horses of the British team in the Nations Cup of Rotterdam jumped clean in the second round, which brought the country the victory. It’s already the third time that Great Britain and its AES horses won a Furusiyya Nations Cup after five stages this season. In La Baule Utamaro d’Ecaussines jumped double clear. In Rome Argento did and in Rotterdam Utamaro performed the double zero again. Joe Clee and his AES approved stallion by Diamant de Semilly produced one of only four faultless efforts. Also the AES registered horses Diva II and Spirit T went clean in the second round with their riders Ben Maher and Jessica Mendoza. Michael Whitaker and Cassionato were the fourth pair of the team.

Romain Duguet (Quorida de Treho, Kannan) wint in Sankt Gallen de GP voor zijn landgenoot Steve Guerdat (Nino des Buissonnets, Kannan) en Darragh Kenny met Sans Souci Z, een zoon van de AES-gekeurde Surealist vh Paradijs. Op vier stond Jessica Mendoza met Spirit T (Tornado), die AES-geregistreerd is. De top 7 sprong de twee omlopen foutloos. Mendoza en Spirit leverden op vrijdag ook al een nulronde voor de Britten in de landenprijs, die gewonnen werd door België. De Ieren werden daarin derde met in het team dat werd gevormd door onder andere de AES-hengsten Golden Hawk van Shane Breen en Romanov van Bertram Allen. Zij sprongen allebei een foutloze eerste ronde.

Romain Duguet (Quorida de Treho) wins the Sankt Gallen GP in front of his compatriote Steve Guerdat on the Olympic champion Nino des Buissonnets. Darragh Kenny placed fourth for Ireland on Sans Souci Z, a son of the AES stallion Surrealist vh Paradijs. Fourth place went to the British pair Jessica Mendoza and Spirit T (Tornado), AES born. The top seven jumped clear over two rounds. Mendoza and Spirit also posted one clear round on Friday in the Nations Cup, which was won by the Belgians. The Irish finished on the third place thanks to clear rounds of the AES stallions Golden Hawk of Shane Breen and Romanov of Bertram Allen.

The outdoor season couldn't start better for Jessica Mendoza than this way, winning the Grand Prix of the first week in Arezzo. It was her AES mare Spirit T (Tornado) which won the GP 1.50m. The Ukraïnians ended up three times in the top five, but behind the top British lady rider. Jessica also placed sixth in the 1.50m class on Saturday aboard this mare. It was her boyfriend Michael Van Den Bosch from Belgium who topped this qualifier.

Jessica Mendoza is on a roll. After victories in the GP’s of Lichtenvoorde and Paris the previous weeks, now she placed second twice aboard Spirit T (Tornado) in the Ranking classes at CSI4* Salzburg, Austria. Every time on Friday and Saturday in the Championat of Salzburg, she was beaten by Amy Graham (Bella Baloubet), who won the Grand Prix also on Sunday. Also in Salzburg Abdel Saïd jumped clear in the Grand Prix 1.60m aboard the AES mare Dakota (Heartbreaker). One down in the jump-off kept her out of the prize money. 

For the second week in a row Jessica wins an international Grand Prix. Last week she was the best in Holland aboard Nuggets. In Paris Spirit T proved to be the best one more time. The gelding by Tornado won the CSI2* Grand Prix in front of France Nations Cup rider Timothee Anciaume (Olympique Libellule). The Belgian rider Cindy Van der Straten-Marie (Zep) ended up in third. Jessica also showed that she's ready for five star level in Paris. In a two star and five star mixed class 1.45m, she was placed sixth on the back of Spirit T. It was Olympic champion Steve Guerdat who won the class.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmSODlCwtE0

For the second week in a row Jessica wins an international Grand Prix. Last week she was the best in Holland aboard Nuggets. In Paris Spirit T proved to be the best one more time. The gelding by Tornado won the CSI2* Grand Prix in front of France Nations Cup rider Timothee Anciaume (Olympique Libellule). The Belgian rider Cindy Van der Straten-Marie (Zep) ended up in third. Jessica also showed that she's ready for five star level in Paris. In a two star and five star mixed class 1.45m, she was placed sixth on the back of Spirit T. It was Olympic champion Steve Guerdat who won the class.

AES Horses jumped to second and third place during the Leading Horse of the Year GP in Birmingham. Six horses reached the jump off. French rider Julien Epaillard (Cristallo) won by jumping the only double clear. John Whitaker, second placed almost all week in Birmingham, just missed out the victory touching one pole in the second round. He placed second on Argento , just as on Friday. Abdel Saïd (Dakota) was allocated the same score, but ended up seconds slower than Whitaker. The Egyptian placed third on a mare he bought at the Eurocommerce online auction. Both horses Argento and Dakota, on the podium at HOYS, have an AES registration. No victory on Sunday, but on Saturday the 1.60m win went to one of our horses. It was Nicole Pavitt who caught the cup in the Accumulator class aboard her top horse Victor Blue (My Bjorn). Fourth place went to Jessica Mendoza ( Spirit T ).