Jumping International Officiel de France (La Baule, France)

May 14 - 17, 2009

The Jumping International Officiel de France in La Baule (France), where Longines was the official partner and timekeeper for the fifth year in a row, lived up to the expectations last weekend.

The prestigious Grand Prix Longines de la Ville de La Baule was awarded to Jos Lansink (Belgium) riding Spenser S followed by Malin Baryard Johnsson riding H&M Actrice W (Sweden, 2nd place) and Markus Ehning riding Noltes Küchengirl (Germany, 3rd place).

La Baule also marked the first stage of the Longines Press Award for Elegance. This prize pays tribute to the most elegant and successful male and female riders of the season. The procedure is as follows: the 20 riders (10 men and 10 women) who have accumulated the most performance points during the 6 Nations Cup events where Longines is a Partner are short-listed. In Dublin, the last stage of the Nations Cup, a jury of International journalists will elect the most elegant male and female riders from the short-list.

After this first competition, Pénélope Leprevost (female horseriders category) and Pius Schwizer (male horseriders category) are leading the intermediate ranking. The next step will be at the CSIO Piazza di Siena in Rome from 28th to 31st May 2009.