Ariat Europe

Despite the chilly temperatures, spring is surely on the way. It is only a matter of weeks until our new collection for spring/summer 2012 will be landing in your local tack shops! For now though, read more to see a sizzling summer image that gives you a taster of what is in store...

Congratulations to Ariat Pro rider, Tina Fletcher who has been voted Members Personality of the Year at the British Show Jumping Awards Ball 2011. Tina was thrilled when we spoke to her, "I am absolutely delighted to win the award," she told us. "It is such an honour and I would like to thank everyone who voted for me."

Not only did Ariat Pro rider, Mary King, finish fourth at the last CCI**** of the year in Pau, France, but she also maintained her title position in the HSBC FEI Classics! Congratulations Mary, we are very proud of you!

Congratulations to Ariat Pro rider, William Fox-Pitt for his first and third placing in the CCI**** at Pau over the weekend. Both Oslo and Lionheart completed their debut 4 star events proving how talented they are, both look to be exciting horses for the future! It was a great event for a number of our sponsored riders with Mary King finishing fourth on Imperial Cavalier, Andreas Ostholt coming 12th with Franco Jeas and Nicola Wilson achieving 18th with Bee Diplomatic. Great results as the season winds down for another year.

We are very proud to announce that both the Ariat Devon Pro boots and the Ariat Bromont Tall boots have won two awards in Germany's top selling equestrian magazine, Cavallo.

The Devon Pro was voted first place in the short boot category and the Bromont Tall boots voted third in the tall boot category. The publication is well known for it's in depth reviews and the team at Ariat are thrilled to receive such prestigious accolades.

Congratulations to Team GB for bringing home the Bronze medal from the European Eventing Championships in Luhmuhlen. We are very proud of all the riders, including members of our Ariat Pro team, Nicola Wilson, Mary King, William Fox-Pitt and Laura Collett.

Congratulations to our sponsored rider, Jessica Mendoza, on her achievements at the Pony Europeans. She won individual bronze and helped the team secure Gold! Well done Jessica.

We are very proud to announce that out of the six riders selected to be on the senior eventing squad at this year's European Championships in Luhmuhlen, Germany, four of them are part of our very own Ariat Pro team! Laura Collett will be making her senior team debut alongside fellow Ariat riders William Fox-Pitt, Mary King and Nicola Wilson! We wish them all the best of luck in the run up to the competition.

Huge congratulations to our sponsored rider Tina Fletcher, who won the Carpetright Derby at the Hickstead Derby Meet riding Promised Land. It was third time lucky for Tina, having come second on two previous occasions and she is the first woman to win the competition since 1973! Well done Tina and Promised Land, we are very proud of you both!

Well done to Ariat's sponsored riders, Mary King and William Fox-Pitt who finished 8th and 9th respectively at Luhmuhlen Horse Trials in the CCI****.