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Bosty style on the way towards another fast win. Photo by Tapio Maenpaa/FEI.After a fourteen-horse jump-off, the second leg of the 2012/2013 Rolex FEI World Cup season in Helsinki went to Roger Yves Bost - aka Bosty - and Castles Forbes Myrtille Paulois (Dollar du Murier x Grand Veneur). The jump-off counted seven obstacles including an oxer - vertical combination. Jeroen Dubbeldam and BMC Utascha Sfn (Lux x Indoctro), the winners from last weekend in Oslo, were first to go and put the pressure on the other riders as they had a fast clear round. The clock stopped at 38,98 seconds. They had some luck making it though as Jeroen cut the line over fence number three, an oxer, so much that he actually touched the wing and the flag on top fell down. In a magical way the pole managed to stayed in place.

We so wish we could give you photos from the Grand Prix as well as the fantastic show with a fancy dress contest that took place Saturday evening in Odense. But unfortuanetly the WoSJ camera broke down during the Grand Prix, so we only have some photos of the course walk. All photos by Jenny Abrahamsson. 

Will Kent Farrington and Uceko make it to another World Cup final? Here seen at the final in Den Bosch earlier this year. Photo by Hanne Christensen.Yesterday's  World Cup qualifier for the North American East Coast League at Pennsylvania National Horse Show was won by Kent Farrington and Uceko after two clear rounds. 9 out of 31 riders made it on to the jump-off in a class that had several European riders as well as Americans.

Farrington and Uceko had the fastest time in the jump-off at 37,95, while only nineteen year old Katie Dinan secured second place Riding Nougat du Vallet. Dinan crossed the finish line on a clean sheet at 39,48 seconds. Farrington and Dinan were followed by two Europeans based in America, Shane Sweetnam from Ireland and British rider Tim Gredley riding respectively Amaretto D’Arco and Unex Omelli. Margie Engle was number five with Indigo and the last of the top five riders who where double clear.

John Whitaker with Argento won the Odense Grand Prix. Photo by mobilphone (the WoSJ camera broke down during the class..).John Whitaker took home the win at the CSI3* JBK Horse Show Grand Prix in Odense Saturday evening riding Argento (Arko III x Gasper). It was a difficult course and only five of the forty riders were clear in the first round. The most faults were caused by the triple combination as number eleven. It was a tricky distance in to the triple combination; an oxer - a big vertical and another oxer with two strides between a and b and one strideto the c-element.

Penelope and Mylord Carthago take another GP win - here seen in Vienna. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Riding Mylord Carthago, Penelope Leprevost took home the win in today’s Grand Prix in Helsinki. With her french and fabulous style. Penelope was the best out of 44 riders and beat runner up Jeroen Dubbeldam and BMC Quality Time TN (Quantum x Cantus) by 0,75 seconds in the second round. The elleven best riders from the first round went on to a second round. Jens Fredricson and Kevin Staut  made it to second round on four faults, while  Simon Delestre and Natale Chiaudani had one time penalty each.

Janne-Friederike Meyer is moved down from the Championship squad. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.The German showjumping squad has seen some changes. The biggest change is that Olympic rider Janne-Friederike Meyer is no longer in the Championship squad.

Here is the German squad as it looks now:

Championship squad

Christian Ahlmann

Ludger Beerbaum (the list continues)

Campbel just had to smell the flowers that Bo Kristoffersen - the show organizer - wanted to hand over to Marcus Ehning after his win. All photos by Jenny Abrahamsson. 

Robert Whitaker and USA Today took home the win in Odense. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Robert Whitaker and the stallion USA Today (Heartbreaker x Capitol I) won the CSI3* 1,45 speed class at JBK Horse Shows in Odense Friday evening. Andreas Kreuzer with Baquita (Baloubet du Rouet x Quito de Baussy) got the second place after being in the lead for almost the entire class. Third place went to Hendrik-Jan Schuttert with the Celano mare Cerona HS.

Scott Brash and Bon Ami - here in Oslo. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Scott Brash and Bon Ami (Pavarotti van de Helle x Richebourg) are certainly in a winning mood these days! With wins from Birmingham and Oslo in his suitcase, the Olympic team gold medalist continued his winning ways in Helsinki on Friday. Scott and Bon Ami beat a field of 48 riders; producing a round that was fractions faster than that of Henk van der Pol on the buckskin mare Chesterfield. Third place went to another British rider; Robert Smith on Balourado (Baloubet du Rouet x Corrado I).

Follow Sergio in Helsinki on our Twitter-account! Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.It would be an understatement to say that we are over-excited to have Sergio Alvarez Moya guest tweeting from Helsinki this weekend! Sergio will take part in the second leg of the Rolex FEI World Cup in Finland, and with him he has his super star Carlo 273 – on whom he had fantastic results on last weekend in Oslo.

Make sure to follow WoShowjumping on Twitter this weekend to follow Sergio and his amazing horses – all of our favorite Spanish rider’s tweets will be marked with #sergio.

Harrie has a new ride! Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Harrie Smolders and Nicola Philippaerts both have some new promising youngsters in their stables. Smolders has a new youngster in the 7 year old Quincerot van TL (Quite Capitol x Corrado I) after Axel Verlooy bought the horse from Luc Tilleman. Nicola Philippaerts has gotten the ride on the promising Faustino de Liebri. The 7 year old Berlin x Darco-son was the cause of great interest in Lanaken in September where he was ridden by Tim van den Broeck. 

Source: horses.nl 

Phillippe Rozier has a new job. Photo by Jenny Abrahamsson.Philippe Rozier will from the 1st of November coach of the Moroccan showjumping team. It is initially a two year contract for the French rider. According to horses.nl Rozier want to start working on attracting a group of suitable horses as quickly as possible, so the Moroccan jumpers can focus on the Mediterranean Games take will take place next summer. Rozier will combine the new job with his own showjumping career.

Source: horses.nl 

Peter Wylde returns to America.Missy Clark and John Brennan announced today that United States Olympic Team Gold medalist Peter Wylde will be joining the team at their world-class show stable at North Run. Clark's operations are based primarily in Wellington, Florida, during the winter show season and in Warren, Vermont, during the summer months. Wylde will be returning to the United States after spending much of the last decade in Europe. He is a graduate of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Early in his stellar career, under the guidance of trainers Fran and Joe Dotoli, Wylde scored an impressive victory, winning the 1982 ASPCA Maclay National Championship at Madison Square Garden.

Anu has been taking care of Shutterfly since he was six and they know each other inside out! All photos by Jenny Abrahamsson.