Aug 17, 2026 · 26 min · 12 segments
Charlotte Smet is joined by Emma Blumenkrantz, newly appointed Jumping Analyst at EquiRatings, for a look back at the 2025 Highlands Cup CSI5* Grand Prix in New York and forward to the FEI Jumping…
Charlotte SmetHost
Emma BlumenkrantzGuest
I'm delighted you're here because, as I said in the intro, we're gonna be talking about the Highlands Cup, and it is held in New York, which is where you are from, and you've been to the venue.
Um, tell me a little bit about what that's like and how you experienced it back there.
I was lucky enough to go to the venue last fall, and it is one of the, if not the most beautiful show I've ever been to.
And the reason we're actually chatting about this Highlands Cup, um, which was the five-star Grand Prix in the Major League that ran last year.
And what was interesting when we looked at those results and then looked at the first the nominated entries and now the definite entries for World Championships in Aachen next week, is that 18 ...
So we're gonna be chatting a little bit about how that Grand Prix ran last year and then linking it into the horses and the riders that will be going to Aachen to defend their country in just a couple of days' time.
Um, Emma, the o- the other part of the team, the eventing part of the team, is already in full swing.
We still have a couple of days to breathe before we go into that madness, but I'm really excited, and I think this is a great way for us to kind of get into the excitement of what will happen by looking back at what happened back in, uh, in the Highlands Cup.
I'm delighted you're here because, as I said in the intro, we're gonna be talking about the Highlands Cup, and it is held in New York, which is where you are from, and you've been to the venue.
Um, tell me a little bit about what that's like and how you experienced it back there.
I was lucky enough to go to the venue last fall, and it is one of the, if not the most beautiful show I've ever been to.
And the reason we're actually chatting about this Highlands Cup, um, which was the five-star Grand Prix in the Major League that ran last year.
And what was interesting when we looked at those results and then looked at the first the nominated entries and now the definite entries for World Championships in Aachen next week, is that 18 ...
So we're gonna be chatting a little bit about how that Grand Prix ran last year and then linking it into the horses and the riders that will be going to Aachen to defend their country in just a couple of days' time.
Um, Emma, the o- the other part of the team, the eventing part of the team, is already in full swing.
We still have a couple of days to breathe before we go into that madness, but I'm really excited, and I think this is a great way for us to kind of get into the excitement of what will happen by looking back at what happened back in, uh, in the Highlands Cup.
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