Zaventem, Belgium – February 29, 2024 – The Longines EEF Series is back for its fourth edition, offering a summer-long Nations Cup competition and a dazzling final in Warsaw. Gorla once again kicks things off for the 8 regional qualifiers, in which two new events enter the calendar. […]
Thermal, California, USA – February 24, 2024 – If you looked through the start list for the $117,000 Talus Grand Prix CSI 3* on Saturday night of Desert Circuit 7, presented by TALUS, you may have recognized a special name and picked him as your winner. VDL Edgar […]
Opglabbeek, Belgium – February 18, 2024 – After the various qualifiers earlier this week, 48 combinations had managed to qualify for this €105,500 Studbook Zangersheide Grand Prix CSI 4*. Of those 48, 7 managed to stay clear in the basic round run by the British course designer Rafael Suarez […]
Andreas and Christian Schou‘s business is growing, and as an elongation thereof, they have now employed Lars Pedersen, former Elite Sports Director and national coach at the Danish Equestrian Federation. Lars has been self-employed in recent years and will henceforth be a part of Absolute Horses as the […]
Mexico City, Mexico – November 22, 2023 – Mexico City’s Colegio de la Vizcainas provided a stunning backdrop for the 2023 edition of the FEI Awards Gala, presented by Longines, which celebrated international and home-grown winners across four categories of equestrian excellence. The evening saw Emma Uusi-Simola (FIN) clinch this year’s prestigious Cavalor […]
Helsinki, Finland – October 18, 2023 – It’s showtime for showjumping at the 2023 Helsinki International Horse Show CSI 5*-W and the important equestrian event has attracted many titans of the noble sport to the Helsinki Ice Hall this week: Steve Guerdat (SUI), Henrik von Eckermnan (SWE), Martin […]
Madrid, Spain – November 26, 2022 – The third show jumping event of the day at the 2022 edition of the IFEMA Madrid Horse Week CSI 5*-W was the €25,500 Marqués de Vargas Trophy, a 1.45 meter course. The criteria used to determine the eventual winners were the […]
Toronto, Canada – November 10, 2022 – You can call it a “victory” too, no problem! Victoria Gulliksen (NOR) has not won any of the first four legs of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup – Western European League but she has achieved something that’s even better. The […]
Oslo, Norway – October 12, 2022 – It’s showtime for showjumping this week with the kickoff of the 2022 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup – Western European League, held at the Kingsland Oslo Horse Show CSI 5*-W. Contrary to the competition at the Norwegian capital, the 2022 Morocco […]
Oslo, Norway – It’s showtime for showjumping during the 2022 edition of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup – Western European League and the first leg of the season takes place this week at the 2022 Kingsland Oslo Horse Show CSI 5*-W. After a third-place finish in the […]
Oslo, Norway – October 10, 2022 – Next Sunday’s opening leg of the 2022/2023 Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Western European League in Oslo (NOR) looks set to be a cracker with two former series champions and five of the top-10 riders in the world rankings, including the […]
Pinneberg, Germany – August 06, 2022 – Andreas Schou (DEN) has been on fire the past few week and the Danish rider secured another victory on Saturday, riding Granate to claim top honors in the €30,125 Championat of Itzehoer Versicherung CSI 4*. Fifty combinations took part in the […]
The Norwegian Equestrian Federation and Chef d’Equipe Mikael Kolind have annnounced the Dutch showjumping team for the upcoming 2022 ECCO FEI World Championships, from the 6th to the 14th of August, in Herning, Denmark. The Norwegian team for the showjumping competition at the world championshipsin Herning at Stutteri Ask Stadium […]
Sopot, Poland – June 10, 2022 – Andreas Schou (DEN) scored perhaps the biggest victory of his career on Friday during the CSIO 5* of Sopot at Hipodrom Sopot, overcoming all the favorites with Indepedent to win the $605,750 Longines Grand Prix of Sopot CSIO 5*, under the […]
Copenhagen, Denmark – January 13, 2022 – Hallundbaek Stables has announced the passing away of Jørgen Hallundbæk. Besides being a passionate equestrian, Mr. Hallunbaek was a prominent businessman having acted as the founder, CEO & President of Welltec, an international provider of robotic well solutions for the oil […]
Vilamoura, Portugal – November 06, 2021 – Before going on to win the €51,250 Grand Prix of Vilamoura CSI 3* Andreas Schou (DEN) had already topped the €25,400 Jump-Off Challenge CSI 3* the day before during the fifth and final week of the 2021 Vilamoura Champions Tour. The Danish […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – October 13, 2021 – The Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ Western European League 2021/2022 gets underway in Oslo, Norway next Sunday, and this promises to be a season like no other. It’s two-and-a-half years since Steve Guerdat (SUI) lifted the coveted title at the Final […]
Helsinki, Finland – October 05, 2021 – Helsinki Horse Show has been moved to October 2022. The biggest indoor sports event in Finland – The Helsinki International Horse Show CSI 5*-W moves to October 2022. The ongoing pandemic has caused several challenges which ultimately forced the organizer to […]
Mill Spring, North Carolina – July 17, 2021 – Conor Swail (IRL) and Vital Chance de La Roque galloped to victory in the $73,000 Cleghorn Gun Club Grand Prix CSI 2* at Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort (TIEC). Forty-four riders pursued the Guilherme Jorge (BRA) designed course with five […]
Stockholm, Sweden – June 11, 2020 – Henrik von Eckermann (SWE) has sold Best Boy 2 to the Gulliksen family, owner of Stall Gullik Horses. The Swede had been partnered with the 12-year-old Hanoverian gelding (Contagio x Sunrise) Eckerman rode the gelding to win the KR $610,000 Two-Round […]
Helsinki, Finland – June 01, 2020 – The Helsinki International Horse Show CSI 5*-W, and the Longines FEI World Cup Leg, moves to October 2021. The 36th edition of the biggest annual indoor sports event in Finland is hit by the Covid-19 crisis, and faces too many challenges […]
Valkenswaard, Netherlands – May 14, 2020 – We bring you another new feature series this week, beginning with 20 Questions with Norwegian rider and Scandinavian Vikings Team Owner Geir Gulliksen! Have you ever wondered what the secret is to Geir’s success and long-standing career? Or perhaps which country […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – April 17, 2020 – Big crowds enjoy all the action at the 2019 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final in Barcelona. With the global sporting calendar decimated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the FEI has made drastic changes to the 2020 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – April 08, 2020 – The FEI Board has approved a number of resolutions proposed by the Jumping Calendar Task Force aimed at minimising the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the FEI Calendar and the equestrian community. In a specially expedited approvals process, the FEI […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – The Jumping Calendar Task Force, one of eight discipline-specific task forces created by the FEI to evaluate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the FEI Calendar and propose ways of mitigating its effects, held its first meeting via teleconference last week. The meeting was […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – April 01, 2020 – As part of its measures aimed at minimising the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on the FEI Calendar, the FEI has put in place a new policy for calculating the world rankings from 1 April until the Calendar returns to normal. The […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – March 04, 2020 – Steve Guerdat (SUI) continues at the top of the leaderboard in the standings of the Longines FEI Jumping Individual Rider Ranking. The Swiss leads all FEI-ranked riders, now accumulating a total of 3577 points. The “Battle of the top of the Everest” […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – March 25, 2020 – The FEI – Féderation Equestre Internationale has created a series of discipline-specific task forces to evaluate the impact on the FEI Calendar of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in multiple Event cancellations and the postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic […]
Tokyo, Japan – March 30, 2020 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC), The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), The 2020 Tokyo Organizing Committee, The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan today agreed new dates for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in 2021. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – March 24, 2020 – The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Abe Shinzo, held a conference call this morning to discuss the constantly changing environment with regard to Covid-19 and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, […]
