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John Whitaker MBE has been a top International show jumper for over 40 years, alongside his wife Clare and daughters Joanne and Louise they run a successful business for competition horses at Heyside Farm.

Equine America Unick Du Francport

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John and his nephew Jack gave an interview with the Financial Times, in conjunction with the Royal Windsor Horse Show.

You can read the full article here on the Financial Times website: https://www.ft.com/content/d19fe17c-a640-4119-958d-bd9f45268c3f



John and Jack's interview with the Financial Times

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Sharid was on flying form this week, taking a win in the 1.50 Santa Stakes on Sunday night and also a win in the Six Bar on Monday.

John and Sharid were the only pair to go clear in all 5 rounds of the Six Bar, finishing at a height of 1.90M.

Sharid does the double at London International Horse Show

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John and HH Prince Torki bin Mohammed Al Saud’s Sharid shared the Thistledown Investments Six Bar title this evening after an incredible performance alongside Shane Breen and Cato Boy.

Both John and Shane jumped clear for 3 rounds, through to the final round, and having the option to jump again, or share first place, the pair opted to jump again.

The crowd pleasing decision was electrifying as both John and Shane jumped clear again at 1.85m, to share the title.

In an interview with H&H, John said 

“He’s good at six-bars, and they do him good. They get his focus because he can be a bit of a thug who likes to play around. As Shane said, as the fences get bigger, the distances between them get shorter, so the last two rounds I just went in slow and tried to hold him up in between, and he jumped very good.”

You can read the full article here: 

https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/john-whitaker-shane-breen-win-1-85m-hoys-six-bar-840010

A win at Horse of The year Show for John and Sharid

John and Equine America Unick Du Francport were part of the winning Nations Cup Team at The Royal International Horse Show this afternoon.

You can read the full report from Hickstead here:

https://www.hickstead.co.uk/news/2023/great-britain-storms-to-nations-cup-victory/

A Nations Cup win at the Royal International Horse Show

John and Unick du Francport were part of the 3rd placed team in the Longines FEI Nations Cup of Switzerland.

Joined by Harry Charles, Jack Whitaker and Joe Stockdale, Great Britain were the only team to jump two clears in the first round, courtesy of  John and Unick du Francport and Harry Charles riding Casquo Blue. 

These clears were two of only 8 clear rounds in the first round across the 8 nations.

An unfortunate 2 fences from the team in round 2 left the British team on a final score of 12, just under 2.5 time penalties behind The Netherlands who finished in 2nd place, also with a final score of 12.

The competition was won by Switzerland who finished on 8 penalties. 





A podium finish in the Nations Cup of Switzerland

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John and Equine America Unick Du Francport were victorious at the Global Champions League Hamburg at the weekend.

John and Marcus Ehning paired up as part of the Valkesnwaard United Team to take the win with a combined double clear and final time of 141.76 seconds, finishing over 10 seconds ahead of second placed Madrid in Motion, represented by Jack Whitaker and Mark McAuley.

A GCL win for Valkenswaard United


John and Sharid then finished in joint 1st place on Sunday's Five Fence Challenge. Sharing the honours with Shane Breen and Vistogrand, John and H.H. Prince Torki Bin Mohammed Al Saud.

John and Unick Du Francport also finished in 2nd place in The Grandstand Challenge Cup at HOYS on Saturday.

John and the flashy bay gelding crossed the line just 0.12 seconds behind the class winners Michael Duffy and Jeff Ten Halven.


A win for John and Sharid at HOYS

The team from Great Britain, won the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Challenge Cup on Saturday at Barcelona. John and Unick du Francport were selected for the squad alongside Jack Whitaker, Harry Charles, Emily Moffit and Holly Smith

Great Britain win the Challenge Cup at the Nations Cup Final in Barcelona

We're proud to announce a new partnership with Stratstone Jaguar Land Rover. This partnership was launched at the Longines Global Championship Tour London.

As part of the partnership, John will testing out the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE for the next few months.






Stratstone Jaguar Land Rover (Mayfair)

It was a fantastic result for John and Unick Du Francport on Saturday night in the Longines Grand Prix at the London leg of the Global Champions Tour.

Beaten by just 0.14 seconds by Sweden's Peder Fredricson, John was last to go in the jump off and crossed the line with the full support of the home crowd behind him.

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