HSJ looks ahead to big events around world

Let’s have a look ahead to the events this weekend in the equestrian world and we start in Spain with the Madrid Horse Week, which hosts a number of events as well as show-jumping including driving.Amongst the top names will be the Brazilian Rodrigo Pessoa, the four-time Olympic champion Ludger Beerbaum and number one ranked, Scott Brash.Excellent also the names in the driving competitions, with the winner of the final stage of the Stuttgart Boyd Exell and the current leader of the FEI rankings, Simone Jaiser.
Besides sports there will be ample space will be dedicated to professionals with the International Congress of Equine Sports Medicine.
Website: www.madridhorseweek.com
Our second date is in Sweden for CSI4 * Stockholm as part of the Sweden International Horse Show; There are also big names in the discipline of show jumping and dressage in particular:
among the most popular jumpers will be Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, Marlon Modolo Zanotelli, John Whitaker and Bertram Allen as well as home riders Douglas Lindelow, Malin Baryard Johnsson and Peder Fredricson.
The main event in Stockholm, however, is the Reem Acra Fei World Cup round with the big names such as Fabienne Lütkemeier, Adelinde Cornelissen and Hans-Peter Minderhound.
Website: www.swedenhorseshow.se
There is a great event with equestrian sports in sunny Florida as well, Wellington hosts the Holiday & Horses with a CSI4 * presented at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center that prepares the ground for the winter festival which usually involves many European riders in the Winter Equestrian Festival which will begin January 13, 2016.
Website: www.pbiec.coth.com
In Europe the focus this weekend are located in Belgium Neeroeteren (CSI2 *, www.dewarre.be), in France St.Lo (CSI2 * St.Lo), Germany (CSI2 * Kreuth – www.reitverein-kreuth.de), Hungary (Budapest CSI2 * – www.lovasvilagkupa.hu), Great Britain (Keysoe – www.keysoe.com) and in Italy (Manerbio – www.alcle.eu)
Source: www.fei.org
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