Dublin Horse ShowThe winners of the Longines Press Award for Elegance
Longines is proud to unveil the winners of the Longines Press Award for Elegance 2009. At the Dublin Horse Show, the 7th and final stage of the Longines Press Award for Elegance, the American female rider Laura Kraut and the Swiss male rider Pius Schwizer have been awarded the prestigious prize. Longines would like to congratulate them on this achievement, not only reflecting their distinctive elegance, but also their exceptional sporting performance throughout the 2009 Nations Cup season.
Longines was also very honoured to award the Longines Grand Prix to Toni Hassmann (Germany). The award for the Longines Best International Athlete went to Roger Yves Bost while Captain Shane Carey was Best Irish Athlete. Among the ten best performing riders throughout the six previous CSIO events (La Baule, Rome, St. Gallen, Rotterdam, Falsterbo and Hickstead), the American Laura Kraut and the Swiss Pius Schwizer convinced the international jury of equestrian journalists most with their incomparable elegance at the Dublin Horse Show.
“The American Laura Kraut has a beautiful forward riding style and she’s in perfect unison with her horse”, said Louise Parkes from The Irish Times. Irish Times’ Grania Willis pointed out that “the key to Pius’ great performance is the excellent communication between the Swiss rider and his mount”. Kraut and Schwizer have been awarded yesterday the Longines Press Award for Elegance receiving a trophy, a set of Longines watches and a cheque for 20'000 Swiss francs.
At this year's Dublin Horse Show, Longines is proud to serve for the fourth time in a row as official partner, timekeeper and title sponsor of the Longines Grand Prix. The talented Toni Hassmann from Germany won the last Longines Grand Prix of the season, followed by the two Swiss Pius Schwizer and Beat Mändli. Roger Yves Bost and Captain Shane Carey were respectively awarded the Longines Best International and Irish Athletes.