Noora and Mikael competes this week in the European Championship at Windsor in England. It's the first time ever Finland sends a team to these championships. The third rider for Finland is Sebastian Numminen. The show is held in the garden of the Windsor castle, with the endorsement of HRH Queen Elisabeth II.

Sunday: Mikael and Isaac du Jonquet placed a historical 11th in the European Championships.

The Windsor games features 18 teams from 24 countries, with a total of 91 competitors. The Finnish team consists of Mikael Forstén with Isaac du Jonquet, Noora Forstén with Evli Cagliostro and Sebastian Numminen with Calandro II. Chef d’Equipe is Lars Parmler, known also from the Finnish Nations Cup-team.

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On Tuesday the horses and riders were allowed to jump on the arena in a practice session. Mikael and Isaac made only a pair of jumps, whereas Noora and Cagli didn't jump at all. Noora told the lightning of the arena left something to wish for. They hoped the situation would be better on Wednesday, as now some parts of the course had rather poor lightning conditions. The first class is due at 2000 in the 3-member strong Finnish team has drawn number 4, as their starting order. Noora told all horses felt well-spirited and the conditions in Windsor were otherwise good. Now need to cross our fingers regarding the rest!

Mikael and Isaac du Jonquet on Wednesday

Pictures by SRL / Sonja Holma

The preliminary schedule:

Tuesday 25.8

1. Vetcheck and warm-up fences.

Wednesday 26.8 at 20.00-23.30

1. First round for team and individual competition.

Friday 28.8 at 08.30-17.30

1. Second part of team competition, two rounds. Simultaneously 2nd and 3rd rounds in the individual competition. 10 best teams continue too the second round, 50 best individuals take part in the 3rd competition/round.

Saturday 29.8 at 14.30-16.45

1. Grand Prix, open for riders not qualified for Sunday.

Sunday 30.8 at 14.00-17.00

1. Individual final open for 25 best riders.

The games can be watched live on the Internet pay-channel FEI-TV.
(Annual subscription 59,99 €, week 12,99 € or daily 6,99 €)

Eurosport sends the last, second round live on Sunday.

Website of the games:

1. Alltech Windsor

Results service:

1. Windsor LIVE results