The year 2005 last World Cup qualifying round, Jumping Mechelen - Memorial Eric Wauters celebrates now its 25th anniversary. A big horsy gathering for lord and farmer has during 25 years developed into one of the absolute leading equestrian events in Europe.

The show starts on Monday 26th and continues for five days 'til Friday 30th of December. Mikko participates with four horses: Melansa, Isaac du Jonquet, Skybreaker and Quinault. Mikko's group A classes starts on Tuesday.

Friday: Season 2005 has come to an end, Happy New Year 2006!

Year 2005 is coming to an end. We slow down for Christmas, looking back thankful at the many good moments from the past season, yet hungry for more.

Merry Christmas

Incoming weekend our team is well represented in Moorsele! To the show in Belgium is heading both Mikko and Noora, and also our new young horse rider from Finland, Ville Kulkas.

Noora competes in Moorsele with Popcorn, Cagliostro and Noble Lady, Mikko with Isaac, Quinault, Quintos and Vanity. Ville jumps with his two own horses, Regent and Arielle, and with our Lara II. Lara has just this week returned from England, and we welcome enquires on this talented mare.

This weekend our riders compete in two different shows, Mikko in Geneva and Noora in Lier, Belgium.

The 2005 International Horse Show of Geneva is a very specific event, offering several days of world-top equestrian entertainment. For the fifth time Geneva is the stage for World Cup jumping, as well as the venue for the FEI/ International Jumping Riders Club Top-10 ranked final competition. The show starts with several classes on Thursday.

Jumping Lier is a very attractive two-star show in Belgium. 150 horses from 20 countries are participating. The show starts with an international 1m40 class on Thursday, continuing troughout the weekend, with the 1m50 Grand Prix on Sunday. The Friday eve's Diamond Sales foal auction is one of the specialties of the show.

Sunday: Austria's Thomas Fr?hmann won the Geneva GP.

Our rider Sanna Mikkola returned to Finland, with a fellow countryman Ville Kulkas replacing her. And our young stallions Conquest and Carnell returns home to Guttecovcen.

Wednesday update: our webserver died, Mikko having a birthday.

The futuristic tent roof of the Munich Olympic hall covers one of the loveliest international horse shows in Germany. The big showdown of the Riders Tour takes place in the Bavarian capital. The huge indoor arena offers a maximum capacity for 12,000 spectators, a wide walkway houses a diverse trade stand area with everything on offer possibly desired by a riders heart. The sport is so exciting it keeps, not only the public, but also the riders at the edge of their seats.

Sunday: Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum take the 2005 Riders Tour.