Cannes, France – April 03, 2025 – Cannes Stars, powered by Iron Dames are showing strong determination as they continue their 2025 season following their triumph in the 2024 championship. After securing a victory in the first leg in Doha, the all-female team set their sights on Mexico […]
Mexico City, Mexico – March 28, 2025 – The Global Champions League of Mexico City, presented by GNP Seguros delivered yet another thrilling chapter in the 2025 championship race, as the world’s best teams battled for supremacy at the iconic Campo Marte. With a roaring crowd fueling the […]
Doha, Qatar – February 28, 2025 – Sanne Thijssen (NED) and Con Quidam RB were off to the races and back to the winner’s circle last Friday at the 2025 Longines Global Champions Tour. Once again, the Longines Arena at the stunning Al Shaqab was the stage for […]
Opglabbeek, Belgium – August 11, 2024 – A fantastic weekend of top sport concluded on “Super Sunday” with the running of the €105,625 TM² Equestrian Team Grand Prix CSI 4* at Sentower Park. A total of forty-nine riders entered the ring for the first round of the 1.55m […]
Valkenswaard, The Netherlands – August 08, 2024 – It’s showtime for showjumping at the 2024 Longines Tops International Arena with the running of the Longines Future Champions, not only featuring CSI 4* & CSI 2* classes but also the stars of tomorrow of the noble sport. To find the […]
Valkenswaard, The Netherlands – July 24, 2024 – Preparations are in full swing for the Summer Festival 2 – Summer Showcase, and we are thrilled to announce the riders who will be competing from July 26 to 28 at Longines Tops International Arena. This event promises an unforgettable weekend of thrilling show […]
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – June 20, 2024 – It’s showtime for showjumping at the CHIO Rotterdam! The countdown for the Olympics is winding down and the event provides one of the last chances for riders to make a good impression on Chefs d’Equipe. The Longines League of Nations™ […]
Madrid, Spain – May 16, 2024 – It’s showtime for showjumping at the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, where several of the best riders and horses in the world are set to compete for almost €1,200,000 in prize money during the fourth leg of the Longines Global […]
Vejer de La Frontera, Spain – March 17, 2024 – Sanne Thijssen (NED) has been riding Con Quidam RB for eleven years now and was the youngest rider to ever win the prestigious Longines Global Champions Tour, back in 2022 with him when she was just 23 years […]
Vejer de La Frontera, Spain – March 15, 2024 – The 2024 Andalucía Sunshine Tour held the €29,200 Ayuntamiento de Barbate Trophy CSI 4* on Friday, a FEI Longines Ranking, 1.50m speed class, held in the David Broome grass arena. Michael Pender (IRL) was fourth to go and […]
Zug, Switzerland – November 24, 2023 – Iron Dames Equestrian, a pioneering initiative in the world of equestrian sports, is delighted to announce the addition of renowned Dutch rider Sanne Thijssen (NED) to its elite women’s team, Cannes Stars powered by Iron Dames. The project was launched in September, as an extension […]
Lanaken, Belgium – September 21, 2023 – After we were able to enjoy the first qualifier of the Belgian Championship for Seniors yesterday during the opening day, the 2023 FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championship For Young Horses really started today with the first qualifiers for the young […]
Mannheim, Germany – May 11, 2023 –Sanne Thijssen (NED) and Con Quidam RB continue to shine under the spotlight at the biggest stages of the sport and that was the case last Tuesday as the dynamic duo closed out the German holiday winning the €85,450 Badenia Grand Prix […]
Vejer de La Frontera, Spain – March 09, 2023 – Most of the 2023 Andalucía Sunshine Tour has already taken place but there are still three weeks of top sport left, filled with thrills and spills. Sanne Thijssen (NED) is one of several young stars who will go […]
Vejer de La Frontera – February 23, 2023 – Dutch rider, Sanne Thijssen (NED) is dominating the Ranking classes this week, today she won the second one in a row, the €27,400 Big Tour Speed Challenge CSI 4*, adding to her the wins on the 10th and 17th this […]
Vejer de La Frontera – February 23, 2023 – Dutch rider, Sanne Thijssen (NED) added another top result to her tally today with the lovely stallion, Hi There who is eleven years old, and who Sanne has been riding since 2018. This is one of their best results […]
Vejer de La Frontera– February 10, 2023 – Dutch rider, Sanne Thijssen (NED) flew around the WKD Big Tour, FEI, Longines Ranking class today. She was riding ’Con Quidam RB’, the lovely stallion who is now 17 years old and is by ‘Quinar Z’, with the dam sire ‘Cardino […]
Madrid, Spain – May 14, 2022 – It was a day Sanne Thijssen (NED) will never forget as she took the biggest win of her career with her ‘horse of a lifetime’ Con Quidam RB in a dramatic €300,000 Longines Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Madrid CSI 5*. […]
Vejer de La Frontera, Spain – February 13, 2022 – The €95,200 Horseware Grand Prix CSI 4* held the crowd enthralled from start to finish to conclude the 2022 Andalucía Sunshine Tour. In the end, it was Sanne Thijssen (NED) and Con Quidam RB who claimed top honors […]
Geneve, Switzerland – December 11, 2021 – Although she is only 23 years old, Dutch rider Sanne Thijssen (NED) put the big names in equestrian sport in their place by setting a fabulous time in the main competition of the day last Saturday. Four seconds difference! Often in […]
Barcelona, Spain – October 03, 2021 – For the third time since the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Final was staged back in 2013, The Netherlands reigned supreme at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, Spain today. With the stoicism and quiet determination that has long been […]
Aachen, Germany – September 17, 2021 – Some jumping competitions are only staged at the CHIO Aachen, for example the €30,000 Prize of Soers CSIO 5*, the jumping competition over ditches and banks. The winner in 2021: Sanne Thijssen. In the Prize of Soers, the show jumpers take […]
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – July 4, 2021 – In a thrilling finish to this year’s edition of the CHIO Rotterdam, the home crowd could rejoice once again as Dutch rider Sanne Thijssen (NED) won the Longines Grand Prix of Rotterdam CSIO 5*. With Con Quidam RB (Quinar x Cardino), she […]
Gorla Minore, Italy – May 15, 2021 – Sanne Thijssen (NED) and Hi There soared to victory in the €25,500 Kep Italia Two-Phase Challenge CSI 4* last week during the first of two week of the Milan to Rome CSI 4* & 3* at the Equieffe Equestrian Centre. […]
Valkenswaard, The Netherlands – May 08, 2021 – Sanne Thijssen (NED) and Genasis galloped to win the €25,400 Grand Prix CSI 2* on Sunday during the Spring Event at Tops International Arena. Nine combinations stayed clear in the first round of the 2* Grand Prix and qualified for […]
Gorla Minore, Italy – April 25, 2021 – The Longines EEF Series was launched last week at the Equieffe Equestrian Centre with Sergio Álvarez Moya (ESP) and FEI Jumping World Cup Champion Alamo claiming the first ever GP class of the series, the €53,100 Mail Boxes Etc Grand […]
Valencia, Spain – November 07, 2020 – Sanne Thijssen (NED) rode Con Quidam RB to victory in the €25,650 Two-Phase Challenge CSI 3* on Saturday during the third week of the CES Valencia Autumn Tour. The Dutch rider and the 2006 bay Holsteiner stallion (Quinar x Cardino) were […]
Sanne Thijssen (NED) and Bulavsco won the €31,175 Grand Prix CSI 2* for the Oliva Nova Beach & Golf Resort yesterday during the Mediterranean Equestrian Tour in Oliva Nova, Spain. The Dutch rider and the 13-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Verdi TN x Corland) earned top honors in […]
Sanne Thijssen (NED) & Bacardi won the €24,600 Voltaire Design sponsored speed class CSI 4* last Sunday during the the Liverpool International Horse Show CSI 4* in England. Thijssen and the 12-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood gelding (Numero Uno x Action Hero) were victorious in the 1.45m contest when they crossed the […]
