Gorla Minore, Italy – September 20, 2020 – Anthony Bouquard (SUI) and Janus VB triumphed in the €55,000 Mascheroni Grand Prix CSI 3* yesterday during the Equieffe Classics at the Equieffe Equestrian Centre. The Swiss and the 11-year-old bay Belgian Warmblood gelding (Namelus R x Darco) were supreme […]
Grimaud, France – September 19, 2020 – Steve Guerdat (SUI) was back in the winner’s circle once again last Saturday at at the Hubside Jumping. The number one ranked rider in the world teamed up with Ulysse des Forêts to win the €30,000 Hubside Speed Challenge CSI 5*. Riding […]
Grimaud, September 13, 2020 – Steve Guerdat (SUI) was determined to leave the first week of the Hubside Jumping‘s Fall Tour with a Grand Prix victory and that’s exactly what the number-one ranked rider in the world achieved. The Swiss teamed up with Ulysse des Forets to claim […]
Grimaud, France – August 30, 2020 – Steve Guerdat (SUI) reclaimed his crown on Sunday during the Hubside Jumping CSI 5* & 2*. After not qualifying for the jump-off of last night’s €200,000 Hubside Jumping Grand Prix CSI 5*, the Swiss was a man on a mission this […]
Prague, Czech Republic – August 23, 2020 – Switzerland had only a small team at the Prague Cup CSIO 3* last Sunday, but Pius Schwizer (SUI) honored the nation that has the two highest-ranked riders in the world. The Swiss rode Cortney Cox to victory in the €26,650 […]
Budapest, Hungary – August 22, 2020 -The featured event of Saturday’s Gróf Széchenyi István Memorial was the 140-160 cm competition for the prize of the Ministry of Human Capacities. The prize money of the competition reached €51,220 and riders could collect Longines World Ranking points. Due to the […]
How has the team adapted to dealing with the COVID‐19 pandemic? Very well. The majority of the employees are working from home, we engage with each other via video conferences and online communications. Everyone adapted to the situation very quickly, I think we have also learned a lot […]
Gorla Minore, Italy – July 26, 2020 – The number one spot on the podium for the number one ranked rider in the world! Steve Guerdat (SUI) proved once again why he’s the leader in the Longines FEI Jumping Individual Rider Ranking by claiming the €30,000 Grand Prix […]
Fontainebleau, France – July 26, 2020 – Bryan Balsiger (SUI) and Clouzot de Lassus were the best in the €26,000 CWD Grand Prix CSI 2* on Sunday during the first week of the Summer Tour of the Fontainebleau Classic. Riding the 12-year-old grey Belgian Sport Horse gelding (Ugano […]
Nonprofit JustWorld Launches New Interactive Platform to Raise Funds for Children Around the World For more than seventeen years, nonprofit JustWorld International has been a vehicle of change for global equestrians to positively impact thousands of children living in impoverished communities around the world through carefully-vetted programs that have proven models of success. […]
Grimaud, France – July 05, 2020 – The event everybody was waiting for! The Hubside Jumping de Grimaud CSI 5*/4*/2* played host to the crème de la crème of international horses and riders for the first CSI 5* in the world since they started competing again. Judge for […]
Grimaud, France – July, 04, 2020 – Martin Fuchs (SUI) and Stalando 2 mastered the competition and all the obstacles to win the €30,000 Hubside Speed Challenge CSI 5* yesterday during the third and final week of the Hubside Jumping CSI 5*/4*/2* in France. The number two-ranked rider […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – June 26, 2020 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rendered its Decision in an equine anti-doping case involving the horse Saura de Fondcombe (SUI), ridden by Swiss Jumping athlete Nadja Peter Steiner (SUI). Samples taken from the horse at the CSI 3*-W […]
Grimaud, France – June 17, 2020 – Showjumping’s superstars are back at the Golfe de Saint Tropez this week for the second week of the Hubside Jumping CSI 4*/2*. World number two, Martin Fuchs (SUI) leads a very strong international field of high-ranked riders and their top horses […]
Zurich, Switzerland – June 23, 2020 – It was a Sunday afternoon in Switzerland when international showjumpers Martin Fuchs (SUI) and Paris Sellon (USA) mused over the idea of starting a business together. Fuchs and Sellon decided to extend their already strong long-term personal relationship by going into […]
Valkenswaard, The Netherlands – June 04, 2020 – This week, Jane Richard Philips (SUI) brings us not one, but three great exercises in Tips & Tricks! The first uses a series of poles on a circle, and aims to build control, impulsion, balance and confidence in varying directions […]
Valkenswaard, The Netherlands – June 02, 2020 – Get to know Jane Richard Philips in today’s episode of The Insider At Home! Jane, a Longines Ambassador of Elegance and Cannes Stars team stalwart, opens up about her “amazing boy”, her fight to recover from injury last year and […]
Valkenswaard, The Netherlands – June 01, 2020 – Jane Richard Philips (SUI) opens her heart about her “amazing boy”, her fight to recover from injury, her fantasy dinner guests, her hidden talents and the “unbelievable” events of the Longines Global Champions Tour in conversation with Edwina Tops-Alexander in […]
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 […]
St. Gallen, Switzerland – April 03, 2020 – Under the current circumstances and the impact of Covid-19 the official show jumping tournament of Switzerland, the Longines CSIO St.Gallen, will not take place on the scheduled dates of May 21-24, 2020. Over the past few days and weeks, together […]
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, […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – March 23, 2020 – Originally scheduled for June 18-21, the second edition of the Longines Masters of Lausanne won’t be going ahead, EEM, the founder, owner and organizer of the event announced today. The decision was taken as a precautionary measure, in view of the […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – March 17, 2020 Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) continued its consultations with all the stakeholders of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The first took place with the International Olympic Summer Sports Federations. Those with the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), the athletes’ representatives, the International […]
What is your earliest memory of riding a horse? One of my first riding memories was when I was seven years old, I was riding my pony Cleopatra, it was with her that I competed in my first jumping competition. The last few years have been incredible for […]
Lausanne, Switzerland – March 13, 2020 – The European Equestrian Federation (EEF) and the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC) have issued a joint statement regarding the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak: They state the following: The European Equestrian Federation (EEF) and the International Jumping Riders Club (IJRC) call on all National […]
