By Jean Llewellyn / press release
Photography: Artiste Associé
The Olympic flame went out in Paris, but in Bordeaux, the love of equestrian sport burns on forever. The FEI Longines 2024 World Cup Grand Prix podium in Bordeaux saw two future medallists from Versailles, Steve Guerdat (individual silver) and Harry Charles (team gold).
How many of the twelve Olympic medallists from August will be in Bordeaux next February? And how many of the eventing medallists? There will certainly be many, because great sportsmen and women love Bordeaux.
Sport at its best is the hallmark of the Jumping International de Bordeaux. But this major event is also the Salon du Cheval: demonstrations and presentations, amateur competitions, debates at the Forum Santé Equine and much more. Magali Delgado and Frédéric Pignon, with their show Sueño, will highlight the beauty of the human-horse bond in a ballet of complicity during the opening evening show on Thursday, 6 February.
FEI Longines World Cup Jumping
With the 2025 final in Europe (in Basel, Switzerland, from April 2-6), the FEI Longines World Cup will be the main attraction and sporting motivation... And the Swiss will be first! But there will be many candidates and, for the time being, only the defending champions, Henrik von Eckermann and his King Edward, have qualified. The others will have to earn their ticket to Basel on the 14-stage circuit, and, strategically, Bordeaux, the 13th stop, will be critical. This explains the traditionally high-quality lineup at the Jumping International de Bordeaux since 1978.
The sporting elite
Sport at the Jumping International de Bordeaux isn’t exclusively reserved for jumping. From Friday, the stands will be packed to the rafters with spectators applauding and cheering on the stars of eventing during the Devoucoux Indoor Derby, now in its 10th year. And although local rider Benjamin Massie won it last year (ahead of the future Olympic champion), victory is most often decided between Olympic riders. Germany’s Michael Jung, gold medallist for the fourth time in Versailles, and twice a winner in Bordeaux, will likely be in the running. But it is the team silver medallist, France’s Karim Laghouag, who has the most wins in this popular class (four out of nine), and he wouldn’t miss Bordeaux for the world... To read the complete article you need to be a subscriber
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