Category: Jumper News Schweiz

Bryan Balsiger & Clouzot de Lassus are the Best in €26,000 CWD Grand Prix CSI 2* at Fontainebleau

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 […]

Introducing Gamechanger. by JustWorld – Online Fundraising Effort Aimed at Uniting the Equestrian Community

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. […]

Steve Guerdat & Victorio des Frotards Victorious in €200,000 Hubside Grand Prix CSI 5*

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 […]

Martin Fuchs & Stalando 2 are Number One in €30,000 Hubside Speed Challenge CSI 5*

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 […]

Nadja Peter Steiner Reinstated after CAS Ruling on Banned Substance Case & Agreement with FEI

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 […]

Martin Fuchs Leads List of All-Star Riders & Horses for Hubside Jumping CSI 4*

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 […]

Martin Fuchs & Paris Sellon Launch Twin Flame Horses Offering Promising European Prospects in America

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 […]

Tips & Tricks with Jane Richard Philips

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 […]

The Insider: At Home with the Cannes Stars’ Jane Richard Philips

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 […]

Edwina Tops-Alexander’s 20 Questions with Jane Richard Philips

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 […]

Major Revision to 2020 Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Rules

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™ […]

FEI Board Approves Jumping Calendar Task Force’s Resolutions

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 […]

FEI Jumping Calendar Task Force Agrees on Resolutions at First Virtual Meeting

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 […]

FEI Sets New Criteria for Calculating World Rankings during Covid-19 Outbreak

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 […]

Steve Guerdat Soars Another Month as the Best Rider in the World

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” […]

FEI Creates Task Forces to Evaluate the Impact of Covid-19 on Calendar

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 […]

Longines CSIO St. Gallen Cancelled

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 […]

Coronavirus Forces 2020 Olympic Games to be Postponed!

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, […]

Longines Masters Lausanne Cancelled due to Coronavirus Outbreak!

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 […]

Olympic Games in Jeopardy? International Olympic Commitee Addresses the Issue with Comunique

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 […]

Martin Fuchs: Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping Live Contender

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 […]

IJRC & EEF Call on All National Federations to Stop Competitions

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 […]

2020 FEI World Cup™ Finals in Las Vegas Cancelled due to Coronavirus!

Las Vegas, Nevada – Thomas & Mack Center – March 13, 2020 – The International Equestrian Federation (FEI), United States Equestrian Federation and Las Vegas Events have announced the force majeure cancellation of the 2020 FEI World Cup™ Finals in Las Vegas. The annual equestrian competition, featuring the […]

Coronavirus Causes LGCT & GCL to Reschedule Events in Mexico City, Miami Beach & Shanghai

Valkenswaard, The Netherlands – March 12, 2020 – The Longines Global Champions Tour and Global Champions League are re-scheduling the upcoming events in Mexico City, Miami Beach and Shanghai to new dates this year due to the evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. We are working with the Alliance of […]

Thomas Fuchs: Showjumping Champion, Trainer & Father of Rolex Grand Slam Contender Martin Fuchs

When did you think that Martin had what it takes to reach the top? When he’d finished competing in the Juniors, that’s when I realized he might have the potential to reach the top. At the beginning, it was more my wife who went to the shows with […]

Jane Richard Philips & Kenia van’T Laerhof Fly to First in €51,100 Speed Class CSI 5* at Doha

Doha, Qatar – Friday, February 28, 2020 – Excitement and action combined to keep fans on the edge of their seats on the second day of Commercial Bank CHI Al Shaqab Presented by Longines, in the Longines Arena at Al Shaqab. The international equestrian event, which Al Shaqab […]

Steve Guerdat & Ulysse des Forets Supreme in €26,200 Grand Prix Qualifier CSI 3* at Oliva Nova

Oliva Nova, Spain – Friday, February 28, 2020 – Steve Guerdat (SUI) and Ulysse des Forets won Friday’s €26,200 Grand Prix Qualifier CSI 3* on Friday during the third week of the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour’s Spring MET II in Oliva Nova, Spain. The  Swiss guided the 12-year-old bay Selle […]

Pius Schwizer & Cas Cruise to Win $318,500 ATG Winning Round CSI 5* at Gothenburg Horse Show

Gothenburg, Sweden – Saturday, February 22, 2020 – Pius Schwizer (SUI) and Cas galloped to victory in the SEK $318,500 ATG Prize CSI 5* yesterday during the Gothenburg Horse Show CSI 5*-W at Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Swiss rode the 12-year-old Holsteiner gelding (Casall x Baldini I) towards victory across the […]

Beat Mandli & Dibatsja Dominate to Win $36,600 Bruins Tour Grand Prix CSI 2* at the Palm Beach Masters

Wellington, Florida, USA – Friday, February 14, 2020 – Beat Mändli (SUI) and Dibatsja were supreme in the $36,600 Bruins Tour Grand Prix CSI 2* last Friday during “Nations Cup Week” at the Palm Beach Masters Series®. The Swiss and Grant Road Partners’ 12-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood mare (Veron […]

Patience Pays Off for Beat Mändli & Vic des Cerisiers in the $72,900 Suncast Grand Prix Qualifier CSIO 5* at the Palm Beach Masters

Wellington, Florida – Thursday, February 13, 2020 – Beat Mändli (SUI) may have been fastest aboard Vic des Cerisiers in the nine-horse jump-off that decided the $72,900  Suncast Grand Prix Qualifier CSIO 5*, but he attributed his victory to patience. “We let him grow up really slow. Now, he’s […]