{"id":21719,"date":"2026-02-27T13:02:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T11:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/uncategorized\/the-first-international-140-class-race-was-exciting-right-from-the-start\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:43:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:43:38","slug":"the-first-international-140-class-race-was-exciting-right-from-the-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/home-page-campaign\/the-first-international-140-class-race-was-exciting-right-from-the-start\/","title":{"rendered":"The first international 140 class race was exciting right from the start."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first CSI5* class has been completed at Messukeskus, and the competition got off to an excellent start for our top riders, with no fewer than five Finns placing in the morning\u2019s 140 cm class. Jone Illi, riding Caprivi, achieved the highest placing. The class was won by Sweden\u2019s Ebba Kewenter on Castlefield Cassandra.  <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jone-Illi-Caprivi-HIHS-2026-Friday-photo-SRL-Hanna-Heinonen-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jone Illi and Caprivi, photo by Hanna Heinonen\" class=\"wp-image-17874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jone-Illi-Caprivi-HIHS-2026-Friday-photo-SRL-Hanna-Heinonen-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jone-Illi-Caprivi-HIHS-2026-Friday-photo-SRL-Hanna-Heinonen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jone-Illi-Caprivi-HIHS-2026-Friday-photo-SRL-Hanna-Heinonen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jone-Illi-Caprivi-HIHS-2026-Friday-photo-SRL-Hanna-Heinonen-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jone-Illi-Caprivi-HIHS-2026-Friday-photo-SRL-Hanna-Heinonen-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jone Illi and Caprivi. Photo by Hanna Heinonen<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday morning kicked off with the international CSI5* 140-class competition at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Center. The class was full of excitement as top-level competitors vied for the win. The winner of the class was Sweden\u2019s Ebba Kewenter on her horse Castlefield Cassandra with a time of 24.76 seconds. Second place went to Hungary\u2019s Tam\u00e1s Mr\u00e1z on his horse Neorado T.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kewenter, who was competing in Helsinki for the first time, enjoyed the setting at Messukeskus.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe arena is really great! I didn\u2019t feel my best during the warm-up, but once I was on the course, it was absolutely amazing. I took the turns as well as I could, and my horse was fast.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Kewenter, this was only the second five-star competition of her career.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis level is still new to me, so this victory means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jone Illi, who placed fourth at Caprivi, and Anni Hjerpe, who placed fifth on her horse Callboy, represented Finland in the class. Marika R\u00e4tt\u00f6, Jasmin Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4-Geerink, and Anna-Julia Kontio also placed in the class.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illi plans to compete at the one- and five-star levels over the weekend. Having just returned from the awards ceremony, Illi promised more podium finishes throughout the weekend.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t the end of it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>International Welcome CSI5* 140 cm, two rounds. <\/strong><strong>Started 34th, placed 13th.<\/strong><br\/><br\/>1) Ebba Kewenter \u2013 Castlefield Cassandra, SWE 0-0\/24.76<br\/>2) Tam\u00e1s Mr\u00e1z \u2013 Neorado T, HUN 0-0\/24.93<br\/>3) Malin Baryard-Johnsson \u2013 Ccstud\u2019s Liisolde, SWE 0-0\/25.94<br\/>4) Jone Illi \u2013 Caprivi 23, FIN 0-0\/26.09<br\/>5) Anni Hjerpe &#8211; Callboy, FIN 0-0\/26.46<br\/>\u20268) Marika R\u00e4tt\u00f6 &#8211; Stolzenburg E, FIN 0-0\/28.7<br\/>9) Jasmin Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4-Geerink &#8211; Chapper, FIN 0-0\/29.00<br\/> \u202613) Anna-Julia Kontio &#8211; Cayadina, FIN 0-0\/30.52, \u202630) Aida H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4inen &#8211; Hurby, FIN 4\/45.32<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Full results: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.longinestiming.com\/equestrian\/2026\/helsinki-international-horse-%20show-helsinki-messukeskus\/resultlist_11.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first CSI5* class has been completed at Messukeskus, and the competition got off to an excellent start for our top riders, with no fewer than five Finns placing in the morning\u2019s 140 cm class. Jone Illi, riding Caprivi, achieved the highest placing. The class was won by Sweden\u2019s Ebba Kewenter on Castlefield Cassandra. Jone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96,97,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-page-campaign","category-new-article","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21720,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21719\/revisions\/21720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helsinkihorseshow.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}