Rodrigo Pessoa

European team champions head Irish showjumping hopes for WEG

‘We will be seeking the Olympic qualification that has eluded us for many years and a medal as well’

Farewell to ‘one of the greatest horses in history’: celebrating Baloubet du Rouet in pictures

The showjumping world has said goodbye to one its biggest talents, following the news that Baloubet du Rouet has died at the age of 28. We take a look back at the star in action...

‘We’re ready to win a medal’: Irish showjumping team named for Euros

Rodrigo Pessoa has named his first championship squad as Ireland’s team manager

Horse & Hound's equestrian week on Twitter

Who has made H&H's favourite tweet list over the last seven days?

15 showjumpers as you've never seen them before: in pictures

What do Katy Perry, Catwoman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have in common? Well, on Saturday night (28 September), they were all showjumping at the LA Masters in California

Scott Brash jumps to €150k big class double in Portugal

Great Britain's Scott Brash and Hello Sanctos win two feature classes on consecutive days on the Global Champions Tour - and Nick Skelton is back on the podium with Big Star

Showjumper Rodrigo Pessoa wins international fair play award

The Brazilian rider's generous help to a less experienced competitor at the World Equestrian Games won him the diploma

Christian Ahlmann banned from competition for four months and fined

The International Equestrian Federation has handed a four month competition ban and £1,000 fine to German rider Christian Ahlmann, whose horse Coster tested positive for a banned substance at the Olympics in August

FEI slams Rodrigo Pessoa for side-stepping suspension

The governing body of horse sport has said it is highly disappointed in the top Brazilian show jumper's plans to compete at the Global Champions Tour final next week

Olympic show jumper Bernardo Alves banned for 105 days

Brazilian show jumper Bernardo Alves is banned from competition for two and a half months and fined 1,750 Swiss Francs (£925) by the FEI's disciplinary tribunal

Rodrigo Pessoa suspended until next year for Olympic doping offence

Rodrigo Pessoa is fined and suspended by the FEI after his horse, Rufus, tested positive for a banned substance during the Olympic Games

FEI decisions expected soon in cases of doping in Olympic show jumping competitions

The FEI says decisions are expected shortly in the cases of Brazilian riders Bernardos Alves (Chupa Chup) and Rodrigo Pessoa (Rufus) and Irish rider Denis Lynch (Lantinus 3)

Rodrigo Pessoa's horse tests positive in second test

The results of the B sample taken from Rodrigo Pessoa's horse Rufus at the Olympic Games in Hong Kong have also proved positive for a banned substance

Rodrigo Pessoa joins list of Olympic dope test show jumpers

Top show jumper, Rodrigo Pessoa, who won gold at Athens in 2004, has joined the list of riders whose horses tested positive for a banned substance at the Olympic Games

Baloubet Du Rouet retires from the show jumping arena

Rodrigo Pessoa has retired his legendary partner Baloubet Du Rouet from competition, although the popular sire will continue to stand at stud

Rodrigo Pessoa – The Making of a Champion

Horse Magazine reviews the new DVD from Equestrian Vision, Rodrigo Pessoa – The Making of a Champion

Olympic gold finally goes to Brazil

Rodrigo Pessoa is to be presented with Olympic show jumping gold medal after Cian O’Connor waived his right to appeal against the FEI’s decision to disqualify him from the Games