The annual Gothenburg Horse Show in the Scandinavium Arena was held for the first time in the spring of 1977. Since then 2.5 million visitors have seen the great stars competing in Gothenburg, in showjumping as well as in dressage. Furthermore, since 1992, the Gothenburg Horse Show has collaborated successfully with the fair EuroHorse.
Showjumping
The World Cup™ Final has been arranged here practically every other year since 1979 and so far thirteen finals have been settled in Gothenburg. World Cup™ winners like Ian Miller/Big Ben, John Whitaker/Milton and Rodrigo Pessoa/Baloubet du Rouet have established themselves as favourites with the audience, but many Swedish riders have also been competing successfully.
Gothenburg Horse Show has become well known for its large, young and enthusiastic audience. Further more, it was Gothenburg Horse Show that introduced spectacular flower arrangements in the arena – a concept that has become a standard on the international scene.
Dressage
In 1982 Gothenburg Horse Show introduced advanced dressage in the show and in 1989 Scandinavium hosted its first final in the Dressage World Cup™. The fact that 11,000 people saw Margit Otto-Crepin/Corlandus win the World Cup™ impressed the international dressage expertise greatly. What a great enthusiasm for the horse sport in Gothenburg!
Seven times the final has been settled in Gothenburg, the latest in 2013. In 1998 the Swedish rider Louise Nathorst/Walk on Top won, which was very popular in Gothenburg and in the whole of indeed.
The Scandinavium Arena
Scandinavium is one of the top indoor arenas in northern Europe. It is annually hosting a large number of conserts, shows, sports events, exhibitions and fairs that attract large crowds all year.
The tradition goes on
In April 2013, Gothenburg Horse Show presented the Finals of the FEI World Cup™ series in dressage as well as in jumping. It was the 37th consecutive horse show in the Scandinavium arena. It was also the first time two finals was hosted in the same year.
Gothenburg Horse Show 2013 included the World Cup Jumping Final, which “came back home” to Gothenburg for its 35th anniversary where it all started back in 1979. It was a bigger show than ever and the visitors were counted to more than 90,700 during this 5-day event. It was the 13th jumping final that was held in Gothenburg.
Environmental certifications
Got Event, which is the organizer of the Gothenburg Horse Show, is environmentally certified according to the Swedish Miljöbas specification standard. Got Event is actively working to minimize the environmental impact of venues and events.
As part of reducing the environmental impact further from our events, we are now also working towards certifying Gothenburg Horse Show in 2016 for the first time. This means that we include environmental issues throughout the process of the event, from planning to implementation and monitoring. It also means that we are working to make active and informed choices that reduce our harmful impact on the environment, for example in the areas of food & beverage, transportation, purchase of products and waste.
These riders are announced to ride the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping Final in Gothenburg Horse Show next weekend.
Australia: Chris Chugg, Edwina Tops-Alexander
Belgium: Nicola Philippaerts, Jos Verlooy
EgyptMohamed Talaat
France: Patrice Delaveau, Simon Delestre, Penelope Leprevost, Kevin Staut
Ireland: Denis Lynch
Japan: Keisuke Koike
China: Zhiwen Zhao
Mexico: Daniel Pedraza Littlewood
The Netherlands: Harrie Smolders, Maikel van der Vleuten
Polen: Michal Kazmierczak, Jaroslaw Skrzyczynski
Saudi Arabia: Ramzy Hamad al Duhami, Abdullah Alsharbatly
Switzerland: Romain Duguet, Steve Guerdat (titelförsvarare)
UK: Laura Renwick
Sweden: Henrik von Eckermann
Germany: Christian Ahlmann, Daniel Deusser, Marcus Ehning, Niklas Krieg, Marco Kutscher
Hungary: Mariann Hugyecz
USA: Audrey Coulter, Katherine A. Dinan, Richard Fellers, Charlie Jacobs, Quentin Judge, Peter Lutz, Callan Solem, Jack Towell
Austria: Max Kühner
