Mikael jumps this weekend in Zurich World Cup. Mercedes-CSI, starting Jan 29th to Jan 31st at the Hallenstadion Zurich, offers a very high level show and stiff competition. The participating top riders include 13 names from the current world top-20 list.
Mikael participates with the horses EVLI Nandele, Isaac du Jonquet and St. Germain.

PARTNER PFERD is the World Cup event in Germany’s Leipzig. Each year it gets bigger and more beautiful. Last year a record setting +58000 spectators followed the event in the Leipzig exhibition centre. Leipzig is the eighth jumping world cup leg of the season. Other disciplines in Leipzig are driving, dressage and vaulting.

Sunday: Placing for Mikael.

Noora and Mikael are competing in Switzerland for the year 2010’s first show. Around 90 national and international riders and 280 horses are making up the 4-star international show, featuring a budget of approximately 2 million francs. Mikael jumps with Casandra, St. Germain and Conquest, Noora with Evli Quinault and Campari.

World Cup trio in Belgium

The traditional Memorial Eric Wauters runs on its 29th year from 26 to 30 December 2009. The show is a World Cup qualifier in three diciplines: jumping, dressage and driving. Mikael participates in Mechelen the CSIW5 competition, with a personal invitation, as Finland's allocated lot is taken by another rider.

Monday: Mikael placed 3rd with EVLI Nandele in World Cup qualifier

Olympia or the London International Horse Show is a 102-year old legend and the first international equestrian event in the equestrian nation, England. There is huge price money in the show, divided foremost among the top athletes in jumping and dressage, the both disciplines that London features on World Cup level. And, Mikael is looking to achieve great results throughout the show.

Sunday: Mikael and Evli Nandele took their season's first WC-points from London.

This weekend Stal Forstén-Pentti riders take part in three different shows in two locations. Mikael and Noora are competing in the Gucci Masters- a new high-level showjumping event located in Paris, France. At the same time our stable jockey Maiju Mallat is taking part to the CSI2* in Hengelo, The Netherlands.
The world’s greatest show-jumpers will in Paris for the Gucci Masters. The 5-star competition is organised as a part of the Paris Horse Show. Twenty-five of the world’s top thirty are expected at this Parisian competition.