Press releases
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February 09h, 2025
CÉDRIC HUREL, A NICE SURPRISE!
In the end, it was the 178th rider of the world ranking who took France's most beautiful victory at this year's Jumping International de Bordeaux: a triumph in the AUDI Grand Prix, that saw some of the world's best riders’ hopes crushed on a course where every fence posed a potential threat.
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February 08h, 2025
MARTIN FUCHS : A SUCCESSFUL PREMIERE
Swiss rider Martin Fuchs, needed a few more points to qualify for the final of the Longines FEI Jumping World CupTM. He came to Bordeaux to do just that, and his goal was surpassed as he took the win and the 20 points that go with it, allowing him to look forward to the trip to Basel next April, an important event for a Swiss rider, as you can imagine. But the world number five will take home not only valuable points from his first visit to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, but also some truly wonderful memories.
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February 07th, 2025
JULIEN ÉPAILLARD SETS THE PACE!
He left the 2024 edition of the Jumping international de Bordeaux with a victory in the AUDI Grand Prix and has now opened the 2025 edition with another victory, again with the same Donatello d'Auge. Julien Épaillard from Normandy has winning in his blood. He proved it once again in the 'big' class of this first day of show jumping, the Prix FFE Generali.
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February 06th, 2025
SOPHIE HINNERS: THE FIRST LADY?
Throughout its history, the World Cup Grand Prix of Bordeaux has always eluded women. We all remember a time when Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum came very close, but this Bordeaux class is one of the very last on the international circuit that still awaits a female victory. This year, the best female prospect is a German.
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September 23th, 2025
CHAMPIONS AND HIGH STAKES
The 2025 edition of the Jumping International de Bordeaux promises to be another great sporting event, with a magical line-up of Olympic medallists and other champions! Heading the line-up will be world number two Steve Guerdat, Olympic runner-up in Versailles and two-time winner of the LONGINES FEI Jumping World Cup in Bordeaux, including last year's victory.
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September 24th, 2024
MORE THAN JUST A LEGENDARY SHOW JUMPING : AN EVENT CELEBRATING THE LOVE OF HORSES...
The Olympic flame went out in Paris, but in Bordeaux, the love of equestrian sport burns on forever. The podium at the FEI Longines 2024 World Cup Grand Prix in Bordeaux was taken by 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.
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Sunday, February 4, 2024
AUDI Grand Prix Bordeaux - Julien Épaillard and the revenge
No, it's not revenge for yesterday’s relatively disappointing performance in the World Cup with Dubaï de Cèdre (8 faults), as Julien Epaillard will explain. Nevertheless, his victory with his faithful Donatello d'Auge in the AUDI Grand Prix is one hell of a revenge for the French rugby team's defeat by Ireland on Friday as France's number one rider single-handedly beat two Irish riders on Sunday afternoon, and it felt good.
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Saturday, February 3, 2024
Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2023-2024 Western European League - Steve Guerdat and Jeanne Sadran: carried away by the crowd!
Swiss rider Steve Guerdat loves these atmospheres, like the one in Bordeaux, where the public "carries" the sport and the athletes to victory. Four years after winning this FEI Longines World Cup Grand Prix with the chestnut Victorio Des Frotards, the Swiss did it again on Saturday evening with his grey mare Is-Minka. Also spurred on by these enthusiastic spectators, France’s Jeanne Sadran put in the best performance of her very young career with her stallion Dexter de Kerglenn, one second and four tenths away from becoming the first woman to win this class, which no woman has won since 1978!
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Press release, January 24th, 2024
THE OLYMPIC MAGIC BEGINS IN BORDEAUX!
The line-up of riders competing at the Jumping International de Bordeaux never disappoints! This year is no exception to the tradition, with Olympic medallists and preselected riders, FEI Longines World Cup contenders - and former winners - championship medallists and many more in the line-up from 1 to 4 February. The same goes for indoor cross-country: Olympic champions and preselected riders. As far as the drivers are concerned, it goes without saying that the best will be there, as Bordeaux is the venue for the World Cup final.
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Press release, September 28th, 2023
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE OLYMPIC YEAR FOR THE WORLD'S ELITE
2024 will be a special year for sport, and the Olympic spirit will naturally be wafting through this edition of the FEI Longines World Cup. But beyond sporting excellence, the Jumping International de Bordeaux is a 360° equestrian event that offers much more: other disciplines, a Salon du Cheval that is constantly developing and reinventing itself and a sumptuous equestrian show with this year's return of the prestigious Cadre Noir.
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Press release, January 19th, 2023
WORLD TOP 10 RIDERS STAY FAITHFUL TO BORDEAUX
For 50 years, the best riders in the world have rarely missed this show, starting with the world's number one riders of each era. And this 50th anniversary edition will not be any different. The line-up promises to be fabulous and will be led by the current world number one, two-time reigning World Champion, both individual and team, and leader of the European World Cup league with a record of 88 points, the insatiable Swede Henrik von Eckermann!
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Press release, Thursday, November 3rd, 2022
TWO YEARS IS LONG
...FIFTY YEARS IS AMAZING!
Return of the Jumping International de Bordeaux February 2‐5, at Parc des Expositions de Bordeaux to find, after two too long years, the best riders and leaders of the international circuit. 2023 will be a special year. Indeed, it was in 1973 that the first Jumping de Bordeaux was held outdoors... 50 years later, the event has grown, evolved and innovated while keeping its personality and conviviality and remaining faithful to its DNA: high level sport.
But Jumping International de Bordeaux is also about equestrian passion for all, with its Salon du Cheval and the arrival of new equestrian disciplines, its new opening show, which will associate one of the greatest liberty horse trainers, Jean‐François Pignon, and an intense dressage battle... and other new surprises!
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