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Wilma Hellström

Bizarre scenes – the Swede in drama

Bizarre scenes – the Swede in drama

1 MIN READ

The World Cup competition in show jumping in Amsterdam offered remarkable scenes – with the Swedish star rider Peder Fredricson in the leading role.

"This year is quite decisive"

"This year is quite decisive"

3 MIN READ

The Show Jumping Championship team 2025 does not offer any surprises. But the upcoming European Championship team can do that

World Cup: Tough Rides for the Riding Stars

World Cup: Tough Rides for the Riding Stars

2 MIN READ

So close, but yet so far away. The national team riders Henrik von Eckermann and Wilma Hellström each got a fault and missed the chance to ride for victory in the World Championship in Basel

Missed the Podium – King Edward Refused

Missed the Podium – King Edward Refused

1 MIN READ

All 14 teams made it to the jump-off in the Grand Prix class during the World Cup competition in Spanish La Coruña. This meant that there was only one tactic for world number one Henrik von Eckermann and the horse King Edward

The Stable Base: "It's clear that we have peaked"

The Stable Base: "It's clear that we have peaked"

3 MIN READ

The golden era was lined up in the Olympic Games, World Championship, and European Championship. Traditionally strong equestrian nations looked on with admiration at the Swedish show jumping wonder

The Swedes' criticism: The course designer gets a yellow card

The Swedes' criticism: The course designer gets a yellow card

2 MIN READ

The Swedish riding stars Henrik von Eckermann and Peder Fredricson unanimously criticize the course designer in the World Championship event in Stuttgart. If there were yellow cards for course designers, she should have one today, says von Eckermann