The top dressage riders took the centre stage in Helsinki on Saturday morning when it was time for Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle presented by RTV. Yesterday’s Grand Prix winners Jeanna Högberg and Astoria delivered another stunning performance earning 75.355% from the...

Two-time Oslo World Cup winner Bryan Balsiger on Urbanus Z was fastest against the clock in Länsiväylä International 140 cm, taking the win in Friday evening’s last show jumping class. The young Swiss enjoys the crowd in Helsinki and feels at home in the small arena....

Fridays evening’s Pohjola International 145 cm offered a lot of excitement and a tight fight against the clock. The top three all fit within one second but at the end, French Olivier Robert on Vangog du Mas Garnier rode to the victory. They did an amazing round in...

International Dressage Grand Prix opened the dressage program for this year’s Helsinki Horse Show. After a few years break, Sweden’s Jeanna Högberg on Astoria made a victorious comeback in Helsinki and took the win with the result 70,717%. “It feels great, I really...

German Hannes Ahlmann on Diara took the victory in Stopteltat International 140 cm in Helsinki on Friday afternoon. Second place went to Norway and Johan-Sebastian Gulliksen on Ambrosio d’Alcy and third was Robert Whitaker and Vermento. The Englishman won the double...

Pohjola Gold Grand Prix 1. qualifier presented by Horses First Oy kicked off the international program for the 36th Helsinki Horse Show weekend. Finnish Eveliina Talvio on New Yorker T was the fastest on the course and took the win in front of her home crowd. “I felt...

A three-year wait is finally over. The Longines FEI World Cup Jumping® leg and the international mass event Helsinki International Horse Show returns to Helsinki Ice Hall in October, 19.-23.10. ”It feels absolutely great. We couldn’t take for granted, that after two...

With only six weeks to go, the Helsinki Horse Show is about to make a grandious come-back after two challenging pandemic years. It looks like the fans and horse lovers, as well as partners and media are all very much welcoming the popular event. ”We are often asked...

Groom Heidi Mulari has turned a new page in her life. After 20 years abroad, she has returned to Finland. Her last job abroad was a real dream job as a Stable Manager at one of the world’s best riders, Steve Guerdat. Mulari followed young Guerdat from Stall Tops to...

The latest super star of Sweden, Jens Fredricson, has confirmed he will compete in CSI5*-W Helsinki in October. "We are extremely pleased to welcome Jens to Helsinki", Event Director Tom Gordin says. "We always had some of the best Swedes in Helsinki and Jens makes no...

Have you bought tickets to the canceled 2020 and 2021 Helsinki Horse Show events? No worries, your tickets are valid at the 2022 event as such. The ticket is valid at the corresponding day and session. There is no need to reprint tickets. The 2020 and 2021 Sunday...

Global Recycling Day, celebrated today on March 18, is a recycling initiative that encourages us to look at our trash in a new light. Every year the Earth yields tons of natural resources, and at some point, they will run out. Hobby horses made out of recycled...

Finnish jumping rider Number 1, Noora Forstén, made her way to the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final. This is the first time a Finn qualifies for this prestigious Final, ever since her husband Mikael did a decade ago. Noora, 41, is for the moment making her ”second...

The season 2022 has started in full gallop for Helsinki Horse Show.The refreshed new event program has aroused great interest. The new Helsinki Horse Show image is warmly welcomed. The tickets sales started with a big kick in October when HIHS 2022 was launched. It...

The popular five star mega-event Helsinki Horse Show  2022 was launched today at the legendary Olympic Stadium, the venue of the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games. The five-day-event puts up a new and fresh program, expecting to attract over 40.000 visitors at the...

Helsinki Horse Show has been moved to October 2022. We asked Event Director Tom Gordin where the popular Horse Show ”gallops” right now. How do the plans look for 2022? Right after the July cancellation we rapidly went into a ”2022 mood”. For the moment we up-date the...

Helsinki Horse Show had a gap year in 2020 and the vast restrcitions caused by the pandemic are still valid in Europe and Finland. Many summer 2021 events have already been cancelled. Event Director Tom Gordin, how does autumn 2021 look like for Horse Show? Nobody...

Year 2020 has been for Helsinki Horse Show, as for many other event organizers, a most unusual year. We asked Event Director Tom Gordin the latest news and updates. How has Helsinki Horse Show coped with its first gap year ever? Surprisingly well. The biggest...

Helsinki Horse Show has signed two significant partner agreements. WHG Equine Sport Performance is a newly established veterinary clinic, which will in the future take care of the welfare of the 400 horses competing at Helsinki Horse Show. The health of the horses is...

Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the FEI Calendar and in the interest of the sport, the FEI has agreed to the date clash between the CSI5*-W Helsinki (FIN) and CSI5* GCT/GCL Shanghai (CHN). Both Organisers have agreed that any NF will be entitled to...

The international equestrian mega-event in Finland, Helsinki Horse Show, was yesterday (16.12.2020) awarded with the Silver Award. The sustainability efforts of the event were thus well recognized in tough competition with other candidates. The Winner´s Award went to...

Last week should normally have been the 36th five star Helsinki Horse Show. The equestrian community would have been focused on Helsinki, where the second leg of the prestigious Longines FEI World Cup Jumping normally takes place on Sunday. Sergio Alvarez Moya - Jet...

The Helsinki International Horse Show, 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...

Helsinki International Horse Show has been shortlisted as a finalist for the third time this year thanks to its sustainability program. This time the international Sports Business Awards has shortlisted the International Equestrian Federation FEI along with Helsinki...

The Event Director Tom Gordin was asked how the current Corona situation affects the top event. How are the preparations for next autumn´s Horse Show proceeding with this extraordinary situation right now? We focus to proceed as normal as possible, even though the...

Despite the challenging times of spring 2020 Helsinki Horse Show continues its preparations in the normal way.  We feel confident that the equestrian community may gather together in Helsinki in October for a wonderful show....

Age is only a number for Geir Gulliksen who has just turned 60. The colorful and well known rider from Norway took his first Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ victory in Gothenburg as a late birthday present. Gulliksen was riding the small gelding VDL Groep Quatro who...

Something new, something old and a lot of top sport Helsinki Horse Show has been able to keep its popularity during its 35 years. Last autumn the event made a visitor record with over 50 000 spectators. Top sport is the core of...

The image of 2020 has been designed by Eveliina Rautio, the AD of the event My background is in event management. Helsinki Horse Show has always interested me professionally and I was very happy to join the Horse Show team. I inherited the grafic design work task from...

Helsinki International Horse Show, the only 5* equestrian event in Finland, is a double Awards 2020 winner at the annual Sponsorship & Event Awards Gala on February 6th. Together with Fortum HorsePower the event received the ”Best Sports Sponsorship Award” and the...

The Helsinki Horse Show office is already busy making preparations for the World Cup event in October. The image of 2020 will be released in the beginning of February along with the wide-ranging program. Ticket sales will start...

FEI Press Release For the fifth year in a row all electricity used at the Helsinki International Horse Show, which hosted yesterday’s Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping qualifier, was generated entirely from horse manure. Over 150 megawatt hours of energy was created...

Season’s second Longines FEI Jumping World Cup qualifier ended the 35th Helsinki Horse Show weekend. Technical course offered a lot of challenges for the riders and the excitement continued to the very end of the jump-off round. Yesterday’s Land Rover Grand Prix...

Weekend’s third international dressage class ended in Finnish celebrations when Anna von Wendt and Denzel took the victory in Westerback Knock Out Dressage. Sweden’s Charlotte Haid Bondergaard and Roberto Des Frettes continued their great weekend and took the second...

Sunday afternoon’s Yliopistollinen Eläinsairaala International Final 145 cm was a really tight competition against the clock but at the end the win went to Switzerland when Pius Schwizer on Balou Rubin R managed to make the...

Olivier Robert on Eros was fastest on the course in the International Speed Final 140 cm. The French took the win in Sunday’s first show jumping class with a clear difference to the second placed Henna Maria Kaaro and Ikon from Finland who also managed to make a great...

Saturday evening ended with German celebrations when Michael Jung and Dante RZ topped the Finnlines Helsinki Horse Show 35th Anniversary 150 cm class. Jung, who was the fastest also in yesterday’s International Speed, narrowly beat the second placed Steve Guerdat on...

Saturday evening’s Ticketmaster International Top Score with Joker 140 cm offered a lot of entertainment and exciting performances when the riders rode against the clock trying to collect as many points as possible. Estonian Paul-Richard Argus and Jay-Z Bee continued...

The world’s top riders took the center stage in Helsinki on Saturday afternoon when it was time for Land Rover Grand Prix 160 cm. Seven riders made it to a jump-off and despite a very challenging and fast course, the jump-off saw six clear rounds. The competition was...

Sweden’s Sandra Dahlin and Ichi continued great performances in Helsinki and took their second win for the weekend in LähiTapiola Grand Prix Freestyle Dressage Final. For Dahlin, this was only the fourth time competing on the GP...

German Michael Jung on Dante RZ managed to make the fastest clear round in Länsiväylä International Speed 140 cm and took the win in Friday evening’s last show jumping class. Second place went to last year’s winner Francois Jr Mathy on Kinshasa de Goedereede from...