European Championships, dressage and jumping,
Windsor, Great Britain, August 25th - 30th 2009
FINNISH PARTICIPANTS DRESSAGE
Kyra, Richard and Max. Photo Ulla Lindgren
Fagerholm.
Kyra Kyrklund and Max
Chef d´equipe, Mr Richard White, Great Britain
FEI Rank August
10) Kyrklund Kyra / Max 1801
Mrs Kyrklund was born in Helsinki on November the 30th 1951. She
has represented Finland in six Olympic Games and four World
Championships. At WEG Stockholm 1990 she won silver with Matador.
She has ridden six World Cup Finals and her best results are first
place 1991 with Matador, third in 1993 with Edinburg and third last
year with Max. Windsor is her sixth appearance in European
Championships. Her best EUCH result is from Lipica 1993 when she
rode Edinburg to fourth place.
Her championships horse Max is a Swedish Warmblood (SWB) dark
bay gelding born in 1995. He is by Master out of a mare by
Alpenfürst . His breeder is Britta-Stina Eriksson from Sweden and
he is owned by Kyra Kyrklund, Yvette Conn and Roy Moed.
Kyra Kyrklund bought Max as a four year old without seeing him.
She trusted a fried who had said that Max had the name Kyra written
on his forehead. When Max was shipped from Sweden to Britain he was
temporarily stabled at Yvette Conns yard. Yvette is a pupil and a
neighbour of Kyra´s and she fell in love with Max. She refused to
let him leave her yard before Kyra allowed her to buy a share in
the horse.
Mrs Kyrklund lives in Coolham, West Sussex where she runs a
training establishment together with her husband and trainer
Richard White. Kyra Kyrklund is one of the top trainers of the
dressage world. Many participants at Windsor are either former or
current pupils of Kyra and Richard White.
Kyra´s homepage: www.kyrak.com
Kyra Kyrklund´s merits:
Highlights with Max 2009
CDI5* Cannes GP Freestyle 2nd Kyra Kyrklund / Max
76.05%, Grand Prix 2nd Kyra Kyrklund / Max 71.744%
CDI5* Munich GP Freestyle 2nd Kyra Kyrklund / Max 79.200%, Grand
Prix, 2nd Kyra Kyrklund / Max 72.340%
CDI3* Addington Grand Prix 1st Kyra Kyrklund / Max 71.915%, GP
Freestyle 1st Kyra Kyrklund / Max 77.75%
CDI-W s'Hertogenbosch GP Freestyle 6th Kyra Kyrklund /Max 78.450%,
GP 5th Kyra Kyrklund / Max 73.617%
CDI5*-W Amsterdam GP Freestyle 4th Kyra Kyrklund / Max 77.200%, GP
3rd Kyra Kyrklund / Max 72.085%
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing / Max 8th
2004 Athens / nominated, Andiamo Tyme injured
2000 Sydney / nominated, Flyinge Amiral injured
1996 Atlanta / Flyinge Amiral 28th
1992 Barcelona / Edinburg 5th
1988 Seoul / Matador 5th, team 6th
1984 Los Angeles / Noer 16th
1980 Moscow / Piccolo 5th
World Championships
2006 Aachen / Max Freestyle 7th, GPS 12th
1998 Rome / Flyinge Amiral 10th, team 7th
1994 The Hague / Edinburg 4th
1990 Stockholm / Matador 2nd
World Cup Finals
2008 's-Hertogenbosch / Max Freestyle 3rd, GP 4th
2007 Las Vegas / Max GP Freestyle 4th, GP 3rd
1997 's-Hertogenbosch / Flyinge Amiral 5th
1998 Göteborg / Master 6th
1993 Göteborg / Edinburg 3rd
1991 Paris / Matador 1st
European Championships
2007 Turin / Max 19th
2005 Hagen / Max 12th
1997 Verden / Flyinge Amiral 9th, team 9th
1995 Mondorf les Bains / Flyinge Amiral 10th
1993 Lipica / Edinburg 4th
National Championships
11 gold medals
FINNISH PARTICIPANTS JUMPING
Jumping team
Mr Mikael Forstén and Isaac du Jonquet
Mrs Noora Forstén and Evli Cagliostro
Mr Sebastian Numminen and Calandro II
The same three rider team represented Finland at the Aachen WEG in
2006.
Chef d´equipe, Mr Lars Parmler, Sweden
FEI Rank August
138) Forstén Mikael 680.00
390) Forstén Noora 195.00
395) Numminen Sebastian 190.00
Mikael Forstén
Mikko and Isaac du Jonquet. Photo Stal
Forstén-Pentti / Sportfotos Lafrentz.
Born on December the 7th 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. He is married
to jumping rider Noora Forstén. They live at Guttecoven in Holland
and run their own equestrian training centre Stal
Forstén-Pentti.
Mikael ja Isaac, Photo Kit Houghton, FEI.
Mikael Forstén participated in the World Equestrian Games 2006 at
Aachen and the European Championships in 2007, 2004 and 1994. He
has won more than 650 prizes at CSI, CSI-W and CSIO level and prior
to moving abroad he won five National Championship gold medals.
Mikael´s championship horse Isaac du Jonquet is a Belgian
warmblood (BWB) chestnut gelding born in 1996 by Laeken out of a
mare by Jasmin. He is owned by Mikael´s father in law Mr Olavi
Pentti and Noora Forstén.
Mikael´s reserve horse Evli Maike is Dutch bred (KWPN) bay mare
born in 1994 by Achill out of a mare by Lucky Boy XX. She is owned
by Mikael´s father in law Mr Olavi Pentti and Noora Forstén.
Mikael Forstén´s merits /Highlights
2009
CSIO Bratislava team 2nd
CSIO Copenhagen team 4th
CSIO Lummen GP 8th
CSI-WF Las Vegas World Cup Final 13th
CSI-W Göteborg GP 4th
CSI-W Geneva 13th
CSI-W London 5th
CSI-W Zürich GP 6th
CSI-W Zürich 2nd
CSI-W Bordeaux 5th
Mikael´s homepage: www.forsten-pentti.com
Noora Forstén
Noora and Evli Cagliostro. Photo Stal Forstén-Pentti /
Sportfotos Lafrentz.
Noora Forstén was born on April the 15th 1981 in Helsinki,
Finland. She is married to jumping rider Mikael Forstén. They live
at Guttecoven in Holland and run their own equestrian training
centre Stal Forstén-Pentti. Noora represented Finland at the Aachen
WEG in 2006 and the 2007 European Championships. Prior to moving
abroad she won National Championship medals as a young rider.
Noora´s championship horse Evli Cagliostro is a German born bay
Holstein stallion born in 1992 by Calandro I, out of a mare by
Liostro. He is owned by Noora and her father Mr Olavi Pentti.
Noora Forstén´s merits /Highlights
2009
CSIO Bratislava, team 2nd
CSI2* Moorsele GP 5th
CSI2* Neeroeteren GP 2nd
CSI3* Mechelen GP 6th
Noora Forstén´s homepage: www.forsten-pentti.com
Sebastian Numminen
Sebastian and Calandro II. Photo Marcus Westermark.
Sebastian Numminen was born on August the 6th 1976 in Finland. He
is a professional rider and trainer and lives in Belgium. He has
trained in Europe for several years and worked for Markus Beerbaum
and Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum for six years.
Sebastian represented Finland at the Aachen WEG in 2006. In 2005
he was 18th at the European Championships. During his career has
won several prizes at CSI, CSI-W and CSIO levels. Prior to moving
abroad he won several National Championship medals both as a junior
and young rider.
His championship horse Calandro II is a German born Holstein bay
gelding born in 1996 by Caretino out of a mare by Landgraf I. He is
owned by Katja Kuistila.
Sebastian Numminen´s merits /Highlights 2009
CSIO Copenhagen team 4th
CSI3* Vejer de la Frontera, 160 GP 7th
CSI3* Vejer de la Frontera, 150 GP 16th
CSI3* Wieze GP 1st
Text by Petra Skarra and Sonja Holma, The Equestrian Federation
of Finland