Kiwi Rider Claims Career-Best Result at Top Level Equestrian Event

Lissington leaps to new heights with flurry of firsts

Samantha Lissington is riding the crest of a wave. In the space of a week, across two European nations, the Kiwi eventer has made equestrian history – and followed it up with the best result of her career. On Monday morning (NZ time), Lissington finished second at the elite CCI5* Luhmuhlen horse trials in Germany – one of the top eventing competitions in the world – on her horse Ricker Ridge Sooty GNZ. It was the best international result for th…

Kiwi rider claims career-best result at top level equestrian event

Samantha Lissington finished above the Olympic champion at the five-star Luhmühlen event in Germany.

‘I’m so glad I’ve been able to show the world what a good horse he is’: career-best result for New Zealand rider at Luhmühlen five-star

Samantha Lissington riding Ricker Ridge Sooty GNZ in the showjumping at the 2025 Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials. UK-based New Zealander Samantha (Sam) Lissington recorded the best result of her career so far when finishing runner-up in the 2025 Longines Luhmühlen Horse Trials results today (15 June). Thirty-three-year-old Sam, who moved from New Zealand to the UK in 2019, was riding 14-year-old gelding Ricker Ridge Sooty GNZ, who she owns along…