It’s a busy afternoon here at the Strzegom Horse Trials as the horse trucks keep arriving from all over Europe. Linda Algotsson, Karin Donkers, Ingrid Klimke, Stefano Breciaroli and many more have already arrived or on their way to this week’s event.
Last weekend’s winner in Luhmühlen 4* Andreas Dibowski has also arrived and Wednesday we look forward to welcoming the Rolex Grand Slam Winner Michael Jung.
It will be a busy evening for the Strzegom team to make sure all horses and riders receive a warm welcome getting settled at the stables.
With 349 horses and 215 riders from 20 different nationalities, it will be a spectacular weekend here at Strzegom with many of the international elite riders competing. For those of you who will not be able to join us, please visit Strzegom TV and follow our live web cast starting Thursday morning:
http://www.strzegomhorsetrials.pl/pl/galeria/strzegom-tv.html
Lots of work has been put this year’s XC course as preparations for the European Championships have already started. A new water fence is in place and a few more new surprises ae well. The XC course will be available at our web starting Friday morning. Event Director and Course Designer Marcin Konarski has together with his team made sure the XC is a proper challenge to horses and riders.
Tuesday ends with the Ground Jury Course Inspection in CI short 1* and Short/Long CI 2*, which means we kick off Wednesday morning with dressage and horse inspection. For provisional program:
http://www.strzegomhorsetrials.pl/pl/program-time-table.html
About Strzegom Horse Trials:
Strzegom, located in southern Poland, has its solid place in the calendar of both national and international equestrian events.
Starting in 2003, Strzegom held its first international event and has since built an event and organization capable of hosting the biggest eventing competition this part of Europe including hosting one of the FEI Nations Cup events alongside Aachen and Fointainbleu.
In 2010 efforts were made to promote Strzegom as a candidate for the Europeans 2017. June 10th 2014 the decision was made that will put Strzegom in Polish history as the first organizer of senior FEI European Championships in any of the Equestrian disciplines. The European championships will take place August 17-20 2017.
For more information, please visit: http://www.strzegomhorsetrials.pl/en.