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This week Matt and Un Secreto Z were off to the sunny south of France, to take on the St. Tropez  CSIO5* small tour 1.50m. 
The pair jumped a super round to take the win - Though Latte Macchiato snuck in to take the credit at prize giving!  
Well done Matt and Secreto!

A Big Win in St. Tropez!

Hickstead has frequently proved itself as a venue that breeds success for the Maplepark Farms team, and this past week has been no exception. Kara has achieved numerous top finishes throughout the September tour. The gold star however, has to go to Ciao Bello NVE Z. Not only did this fantastic gelding win his 1.40m qualifier, he also won the ClipMyHorseTv Sussex Cup. Additionally, Kara and Camessino PS also took the win in the 1.30m Classic. 
Its been great start to the September tour, bring on week two!

A Great First Week for Kara at the Hickstead September Show

After a highly successful pony career Matthew spent time based with Duncan Inglis in Haywards
Heath, W Sussex. Matt and Kara have been based in Holland and America in recent years, with Matt being a key member of the Senior Nations Cup Team.

FEI: https://www.fei.org/athlete/10018992

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Ebolensky

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Photo Credit @MacKenzie Clark

Ebolensky jumped incredibly to win the first 4* Grand Prix of the Spanish Sunshine Tour in Vejer.

In Matt's interview with World Of Showjumping, he said of Ebolensky "She's an amazing horse, we've had her since she was 7 years old and I brought her here when she was 8 and she's been here most years since. She won the Grand Prix in London, and this is the next big Grand Prix since then. She's just an incredible horse, she loves the facilities here and grass rings. I'm very lucky to have her."


You can read the full World Of Showjumping report here:

https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Matthew-Sampson-and-Ebolensky-win-the-CSI4-1-55m-Horseware-Big-Tour-Grand-Prix-at-the-Sunshine-Tour.html?fbclid=IwAR3muir9R-0pJb-EEbVzvAEjMJZ5YMfTYYhMVfPZMXBBfiRSzXmOW3nNqwc



Another GP win for Ebolensky in Spain

MGH Candy Girl

Curraghgraigue Obos Flight

Fabrice DN

Geneve R

Firefly W

Irinka Lady

Cristo Beech

Paul Walker

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King Lepantino

Evora BJX

Django Blue

Ermitage D'Argouges

Lord of London

Calisto Blanc

Concare PS

Corinna Z

Carbonel

Daniel

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Matthew Sampson (GBR) and Gloria van Zuuthoeve (Thunder van de Zuuthoeve x Glorieux) took a historical win in the prestigious Hamburg Derby on Sunday. “I have never been riding such a lap of honour, it is a thing I will never forget,” Sampson said after being celebrated by a full arena in Hamburg.

Read full article on: https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Matthew-Sampson-wins-the-prestigious-Hamburg-Derby.html

Matthew Sampson wins the prestigious Hamburg Derby

His victory came on his 2017 champion Topflight True Carlo, who is a former event horse owned by Christine Spanner...

Read full article on:
https://www.hickstead.co.uk/news/2018/speedy-sampson-secures-back-to-back-hickstead-wins/

SPEEDY SAMPSON SECURES BACK-TO-BACK HICKSTEAD WINS

Matthew Sampson (GBR) concluded the Autumn MET 2018 in the best possible way, when taking the top honours in Sunday’s CSI2* Grand Prix presented by CHG. After being close to Grand Prix victory earlier on in the Tour, it was Sampson and the 9-year-old mare Ebolensky’s turn today in Oliva Nova...

Read full article on:
https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/All-other-events/Matthew-Sampson-and-Ebolensky-take-the-top-honours-in-the-concluding-CSI2-Grand-Prix-presented-by-CHG-at-Autumn-MET-2018.html

Matthew Sampson and Ebolensky take top honours in CSI2* Grand Prix 

To start off Saturday morning, Ebolensky & Matt were first to go in the Medium Tour 1.40/1.45m Final and finished on top after a 20 horse jump off! 🥇🏆

Then later that afternoon, Geneve R & Matt jumped two incredible rounds to finish 2nd in the Grand Prix amongst two legends of the sport, @_denis.lynch and @marcusehning.official !! 🥈💪🏻

A massive thank you to our dedicated team to make this all possible! 👏🏻

🥂 to more weekends like this!!


✨What an absolute dream of a weekend at the CSI2* in @peelbergen !✨

Winning both the 5yr old and 7yr old Dutch Young Horse Championships at @tops.international.arena made for a pretty special day!! 🥇🐎🥇

Congratulations to the whole team at @javiersalvadorstables! We are extremely excited to be part of these young stars futures! 💫🥳

Winning both the 5 yr old and 7yr old Dutch Young Horse Championships!

With an astounding 4 wins, 2 x 2nd places and a 3rd between them, Matt Sampson and Kara Chad have had an unbelievable start to their trip to Spruce Meadows in Canada.  

Matt and Curraggraigue Obos Flight won the opening day's Friends of the Meadows Jumper 1.45 class and also won the fourth day's Jani - King Cup 1.40.

Kara and Irinka Lady won the Bantrel Cup 1.30 on Sunday, and then Kara came 2nd in the ATCO Classic 1.50 aboard Firefly W, also on Sunday.

Matt won Saturday's AON Cup 1.50 with Ebolensky.

Matt was 2nd in the AltaGas Jumper 1.50 with Geneve R and 3rd in the PwC 1.55 with Connecticut.





Matt and Kara are off to an incredible start at Spruce Meadows!

It was a dream come true for Matt, taking the CSI5* RBC Grand Prix win at Spruce Meadows.

Fabrice DN jumped an amazing couple of rounds, finishing ahead of Ireland's Conor Swail and Count Me In, who came second.

Thank you to @mackenzie_clark for capturing these special moments: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce_VCmWLP6R/





Matt Sampson & Fabrice DN- Winners of the CSI5* RBC Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows!

- Photo Credit - Peter Nixon -

Matt and Ebolensky, took the win in the 5* 1.60m Grand Prix at the London International Horse Show on Monday.

Matt and Lenny were the only double clear out of the 30 starters.

It was an amazing end to the year for everybody at Maplepark Farms!

Ebolensky takes the 5* Turkish Airlines London Grand Prix

It was King Lepantino's time to shine at the Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead today.

20 of the top 7 & 8 year old horses qualified during the week for the Grand Prix today.

Drawn 17th to go in the first round, Matt and King jumped the 10th out of 11 first round clears.

7 combinations jumped clear in the jump off, with Matt and king Lepantino crossing the line in 36.93 second, nearly a full second ahead of second place Nicole Lockhead Anderson and Conthago PS.

King Lepantino takes the crown in the Clipmyhorse.tv Grand Prix

Photo credit: Sarah Radford - Horse & Hound

Matt and Candy Girl had a great show this weekend, taking 2nd place in Friday's 1.45M Pearl Stakes and then winning Saturday's 1.50M Defender Challenge Stakes.

Candy was joined at the show by stablemate Daniel, who jumped well in Friday's 1.55M Defender Stakes, for just an unfortunate rail, however jumped a fantastic double clear on Sunday to take 7th in the 1.60M Rolex Grand Prix.

You can read Sarah's report and interview with Matt here: 
https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/showjumping/i-finally-got-it-brit-celebrates-first-royal-windsor-5-win-after-missing-out-by-hundredths-of-a-second-twice-857400?

MGH Candy Girl takes the win at Royal Windsor CSI5*

Photo Credit - Spruce Meadows Media - Dave Chidley

In this interview with Horse and Hound, Kara talks about her love of Spruce Meadows, and her partnership with Matt:


https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/features/kara-chad-showjumper-matt-sampson-868361

#CoupleGoals ‘I’m fortunate to have Matt Sampson as a partner in life and in this sport’ 

You can read the full British Showjumping article here:

https://www.britishshowjumping.co.uk/news/matt-sampson-picks-up-where-he-left-off-at-the-london-international-horse-show



Matt and Daniel win the opening class at the London International Horse Show

. Credit: Spruce Meadows Media/Tony Lewis

Matt and Daniel were in flying form this week in Spruce Meadows, taking the 5* Grand Prix.

You can read the full Horse and Hound article here:


https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/international-showjumping-news-matt-sampson-spruce-meadows-862840

Matt and Daniel win the Pan American Cup presented by Rolex at Spruce Meadows

It was smiles all rounds Matt and Daniel flew their way to victory around the Spruce Meadows Grand Prix. 

The whole team were ecstatic with the win - It was a technical and course but the pair took it in their stride. 

Both Kara and Matt have been having a huge amount of luck on Canadian soil, with Kara picking up wins in the ATCO Cup and 1.45m Qualifier, and Matt picking up the win in the AltaGas Cup qualifier on One Whisper. 

Matt and Daniel Win the $500k Spruce Meadows 1.60m Grand Prix!

Matt and Ebolensky ended an already successful week at the Spruce Meadows Masters, by riding to team victory in the Nations Cup. Matts team mates, Ben Maher, Joe Stockdale and Donald Whitaker rode to victory, beating Germany (2nd) and team USA (3rd) to the top spot. Canada certainly seems to be lucky for both Kara and Matt, with both riders winning big classes here in the past year! 

Team GB win the Nations Cup 

What a whirlwind! A fantastic end to the year for team Maplepark farms. Kara and Igor soared to 2nd  in the 5* Grand Prix! Matt Picked up top ten placings in the Reindeer, Mistletoe, Snowball and Santa Speed Stakes! All the horse were on top-form in this high atmosphere arena, with new ride Balento C.S taking the win in 5* Mistletoe Stakes! 

Time for a well earned Christmas break and then back to it in the new year!

A great week for the Maplepark  Farms team at the London International

Matt and Un Secreto Z put in a fantastic performance in the ClipMyHorseTV derby tankard at Hickstead. It was a fast and technical course in the June heat, but yet again the pair rose to the challenge.

Matt and Un Secreto Z Win at Hickstead!

Last week Matt headed to Bolesworth with Nouvelle V.H. Veldhof and new ride Mecarno. Both horses were on top form, each ending the week with a win in their classes. Nouvelle V.H. Veldhof won the CSI3* ranking class, and Mecarno finished top of the podium in the CSI1* Big Tour. With wins secured at Hickstead and Windsor already, this season is just keeps getting better!

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