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Content p.1 Press release – Sport p.2 Presentation of the events p.4 Factsheet Longines FEI World Cup p.5 Factsheet FEI World Cup Driving p.6 Devoucoux Indoor Derby p.7 Factsheet Devoucoux Indoor Derby p.8 Classes’ schedule p.9 Jumping L’Expo p.11 Practical information p.13 Press information p.15 Jumping staff p.16

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PRESS RELEASE SPORT

BORDEAUX : A REGION OF FINALS

The Jumping International de Bordeaux has hosted a leg of the Longines FEI World Cup circuit for many years now. It’s one of those competitions that all riders dream of winning. Initial success in this prestigious series went to the French riders, who got off to a spectacular start in Scandinavia with an historic triple win in Oslo. The final leg promises to be just as exciting with the International Jumping de Bordeaux selected once again to host the Driving World Cup Final as well as providing the venue for the European final of the Show Jumping World Cup. Bordeaux: the sporting challenge

This year the Show Jumping World Cup consists of 11 legs, two of which have recently taken place (see recap. of World Cup legs below*). Bordeaux is the last leg before the final in Gothenburg (23rd to 28th March), effectively making it the European final. It will decide on the winner of the difficult Western European league as well as the 18 European riders who will accompany the titleholder and Olympic champion, , to Sweden. The stakes will be high in Bordeaux for two reasons:

It’s the first international show jumping competition on the French calendar and it is an Olympic year. The French riders will be going all out to prove their form to Philippe Guerdat, the French national trainer, and the father of the last World Cup winner. Temperatures are likely to reach fever pitch in Aquitaine!

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And it promises to be no less intense for the two other leading events in Bordeaux: the Driving World Cup Final and the Devoucoux Derby. - The first event, with the customary duel between the great Australian champion, Boyd Exell, and the rest of the driving world, is set to enthral the public. Exceptionally gifted in this discipline, Boyd was World Champion in Caen last year and World Cup winner last February for the 4th time in a row. Wherever and whenever he competes, he is always the one to beat.

-The Devoucoux Derby, an indoor cross-country competition, will give the French public the chance to celebrate their riders’ recent success in Scotland, which saw them qualify for the Rio Olympics, and bring back two European Championship medals. Cross country is rarely an indoor event, but one which audiences in Bordeaux have adopted with enthusiasm for the past two years.

Jumping L’Expo: the South-West Horse Exhibition

As well as the ticketed arena events, the Jumping International de Bordeaux is an event open to everyone with free entry to Jumping L’Expo, an exhibition that is growing year on year and is now well on its way to becoming a major horse exhibition with around a hundred exhibitors. People without tickets for the actual competition will be able to visit the paddock, watch the champions training for the show jumping and driving classes right in the middle of the exhibition area and see part of the Devoucoux Derby.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK-END *European Show Jumping League 2015/2016 1. Oslo (NOR) – 10.18.2015 h Friday 5t Feb. at 10.15pm – Devoucoux Indoor Derby 2. (FIN) – 10.25.2015

Saturday 6th Feb. at 8.30pm – Longines FEI Jumping 3. (FRA) – 11.01.2015 World Cup Grand Prix 4. Vérone (ITA) – 11.08.2015 5. Stuttgart (ALL) – 11.22.2015 Saturday 6th Feb. At 11.20pm – FEI Driving World Cup Final 6. Madrid (ESP) – 11.29.2015 - 1st round 7. Londres(GBR) – 12.21.2015 8. Mechelen (BEL) – 12.30.2015 Sunday 7th Feb. at 1.30pm – FEI Driving World Cup Final 9. (ALL) – 01.17.2016 - 2nd round 10. Zürich (SUI) – 01.31.2016

Sunday 7th Feb. at 3.45pm – Land Rover Grand Prix 11. Bordeaux (FRA) – 02.06.2016

Final in Göteborg (SUE), from March 23rd to 28th 2016

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PRESENTATION OF THE TWO WORLD CUP EVENTS

Last leg of the Longines FEI World CupTM and final of the Winner in Las Vegas in 2015, the Swiss Steve Guerdat is FEI World CupTM Driving, the Jumping International de the reigning title holder. Bordeaux will be the perfect Bordeaux honors the disciplines of equestrian sport opportunity to preparer for the final of 2016. over a weekend of intense emotions. More than 30 years after being associated with this prestigious circuit, FEI World CupTM Driving Final Bordeaux is still present, unavoidable rendez-vous in the annual schedule. The first FEI World Cup Driving was launched in 2001 and Bordeaux was already one of its stages at that time Longines FEI World CupTM Jumping ! The FEI World Cup Driving for Four-In-Hand Championships are exclusively held in Since 1979, the World Cup has been played out in comprising 9 qualifiers and reserved for the 10 best several leagues spread across 5 continents. Unique drivers in the world. These drivers may choose their indoor competition, this qualifying circuit will decide events by groups of 5, bearing in mind that any one the 40 riders who will compete during the final in driver may only compete in four stages, with only his Göteborg, Sweden, from March 23rd to 28th 2016. three best scores being considered. The competitors The European League is the largest, since it qualifies 18 earn points at each of the stages and the six best drivers riders; indeed, Europe boasts the majority of the in the overall ranking will be qualified for the final which dominant nations in the sport such as Germany, Great- will be held in Bordeaux for the third year in a row. Britain, and France.

Palmarès Longines FEI World CupTM Jumping Palmarès FEI World CupTM Driving

2015. Boyd Exell (AUS) 2015. Bertram Allen & Romanov (IRL) 2014. Boyd Exell (AUS) 2014. & Cornado NRW (GER) 2013. Koos De Ronde (HOL) 2013. Hans-Dieter Dreher & Magnus Romeo (GER) 2012. Boyd Exell (AUS) 2012. & Silvana*HDC (FRA) 2011. IJsbrand Chardon (NED) 2011. Philip Weishaupt & Catoki (GER) 2010. Thibault Coudry (FRA) 2010. Marcus Ehning & Leconte 6 (GER)

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FACTSHEET LONGINES FEI WORLD CUPTM Jumping

President of the jury: Gilles PERRIERE (FRA) Ground jury : Jacques BOYER (FRA) François LYON (FRA) Jean-Marc SCHMITT (FRA) Foreign judge : Patrick BARTOLO (SUI) Course designer : Uliano VEZZANI (ITA)

RIDERS Showjumping World Cup / CSI5* -W 40 French and foreign national riders invited by the Organizational Committee in accordance with the S1 Table A against the clock 5 000 € regulations of the World Cup and authorized by their S2 Table A against the clock 62 000 € federation. S3 Table A against the clock 25 000 € 1 groom per rider. S4 Table C 25 000 € 3 horses per rider. S5 Table A against the clock with jump-off 155 000 € HORSES LONGINES FEI WORLD CUPTM JUMPING LEG S6 Accumulator with joker 25 000 € Every rider is allowed only one horse per class. (Except S7 Table A against the clock with jump-off 115 000 € session 1 = 2 horses) On Friday and Saturday, the same horse can participate in Total prize money 412 000 € two classes (1 per session ).

LONGINES, partner of the showjumping FEI World Cup circuit. Longines has been based in Saint-Imier in Switzerland since 1832. Its watchmaking expertise reflects a strong devotion to tradition, elegance and performance. Longines has generations of experience as the official timekeeper of world championships and as a partner of international sporting federations. Over the years, Longines has established solid, long-term relationships with the sporting world. Renowned for the elegance of its timepieces, Longines is a member of the Swatch Group Ltd., the world's leading manufacturer of horological products. Using the winged hourglass as its emblem, the brand has outlets in over 130 countries.

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FACTSHEET FEI WORLD CUPTM DRIVING

CAIW FINAL Prize money : 30 800 € President of the jury : Bert JAMBON (BEL) Ground jury : Anne-Marie TURBE (FRA) Jacques TAMALET (FRA) Patrick MICHAUD (FRA) Technical delegate : Patrick MICHAUD (FRA) Course designer : Dan HENRIKSSON (SUE)

DRIVERS

6 drivers are qualified for the final after 7 driving FEI World Cup driving qualifiers, and an invited driver. 5 horses per driving team.

FEI WORLD CUPTM DRIVING FINAL World Cup driving final / CAI-W FINAL Competition No D1 10 400 € Competition No D2 20 400 €

Total prize money 30 800 €

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DEVOUCOUX INDOOR DERBY

Initiated in 2014, and for the first time in France during the Jumping International de Bordeaux, this indoor derby gathers the best eventing riders for a breathtaking class that set the public alight. Again this year, this indoor cross promises great sensations, both for the spectators and the best world riders who will once again come to participation to this unique competition during the Jumping International de Bordeaux.

The Jumping International has promoted driving through the different classes’ offered during the event, and decided in 2014 to honor another discipline of the equestrian sports, eventing. Authentic cross- country installed among the main arena and the warm-up arena, the Devoucoux Indoord Derby is a course composed by twenty fixed and showjmping-typed obstacles over a one kilometer ride. But be careful not to mixed up this competition with a true eventing one. The Devoucoux Indoor Derby is a version halfway between the cross and the hunting course that came back to the grid these past few years.

This year, the French riders will be even more celebrated as they have earned their qualification for the Olympic Games of Rio last October, by winning two medals at the European Championships (which took place in Blair Castle, Scotland). One thing to highlight, Sidney Dufresne, who won consecutively Stuttgart and with his horse Looping de Buissy, will be participating to the competition of Bordeaux.

Rare indoor show, unique in France, but that the public of Bordeaux passionately adopted since two years.

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FACTSHEET DEVOUCOUX INDOOR DERBY

Prize money : 15 000€ President of the jury : Gilles PERRIERE (FRA) Ground jury : Jacques BOYER (FRA) François LYON (FRA) Jean-Marc SCHMITT (FRA) Course designer : Pierre MICHELET (FRA)

RIDERS 25 French or foreign eventing riders, invited by the committer organization. 1 horse per rider.

HORSES The horses which are invited to participate to the Devoucoux Indoor Derby have to have been already placed in CCI2* or CIC2*

THE COURSE The course uses the main arena, the warming arena, and the circulation path between both. There will be 12 fixed and solid fences and 5 showjumping-type obstacles, including: a bank, water, an eye, some « skinnies », corners and some brush fences. Fixed fences maximum height: 1m10. Showjumping-type obstacles maximum height: 1m30.

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CLASSES’ SCHEDULE

Session A - Friday, February 5th - Day 9.30 am Prix des Partenaires n°1 Table A against the clock – Height: 1,05m Amateur / 1,20m Pro Showjumping Class, team competition, Amateur level, restricted to Bordeaux Showjumping sponsors. 12.40 am CSI5*W n°1 Table A against the clock – Height: 1,40m – 2 horses per rider International Showjumping Class, five stars level, two horses per rider. 3.45 pm Tournée des As Poneys – Elite ponies indoor final Table A against the clock – Height: 1,25m Showjumping Class, Elite ponies level, speed class. 4.30 pm CAIW Final – Warm-up for the driving teams Driving warm-up on the main arena.

Session B - Friday, February 5th – Evening 7.30 pm CSI5*W n°2 Table A against the clock – Height: 1,50m International Showjumping Class, five stars level, Preliminary to LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP™ JUMPING class. 10.15 pm DEVOUCOUX Indoor Derby Table A against the clock - Indoor derby class, 25 experienced eventing riders. Solid and mobile obstacles jumping competition

Session C - Saturday, February 6th - Day 9.30 am Prix des Partenaires n°2 Table A against the clock – Height: 1,10m Amateur / 1,25m Pro Showjumping Class, team competition, Amateur level, restricted to Bordeaux Showjumping sponsors. 12.30 pm Ponies Derby Table A against the clock – Height: 70cm Derby class (solid and mobile obstacles), ragional young riders on ponies. 2.00 pm CSI5*W n°3 Table A against the clock – Height: 1,45m International Showjumping Class, five stars level. 4.00 pm Tournée des As Poneys - Indoor Final Grand Prix Excellence Table A against the clock with jump-off – Height: 1,35m Showjumping Grand Prix Excellence Class, Ponies Elite level. 5.30 pm CSI5*W n°4 Table C – Height: 1,45m International Showjumping Class, five stars level, speed class.

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Session D - Saturday, February 6th - Evening 8.30 pm CSI5*W n°5 – LONGINES FEI WORLD CUP TM JUMPING Leg Table A against the clock with jump-off – Height: 1,60m International class – Showjumping World Cup’s leg. 11.20 pm CAIW FINAL n°1 – FEI WORLD CUP TM DRIVING FINAL FEI WORLD CUPTM DRIVING FINAL - first round.

Session E - Sunday, February 7th - Day 8.00 am Prix des Partenaires n°3 Table A against the clock – Height: 1,15m Amateur / 1,30m Pro Showjumping Class, team competition, Amateur level, restricted to Bordeaux Showjumping sponsors. 11.00 am CSI5*W n°6 Accumulator competition with joker – Height: 1,50m International Showjumping Class, five stars level – Course with increasing difficulty with a last joker jump. 12.15 am Prix des Partenaires – TOP TEN Final Increasing difficulties with joker – Height: 1,20m Amateur / 1,35m Pro Final between the ten best individual riders after three Partenaires Classes. 1.30 pm CAIW FINAL n°2 – FEI WORLD CUP TM DRIVING FINAL International Driving Class, four-in-hand driving FEI WORLD CUPTM DRIVING FINAL - second round. 3.45 pm CSI5*W n°7 – Grand Prix Table A against the clock with jump-off – Height: 1,60m International Showjumping Grand Prix class, five stars level.

Lexicon CSI5*W: International five stars showjumping competition, World Cup label CAIW : International driving competition, World Cup label

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JUMPING L’EXPO THE 7 HIGHLIGHTS

The Jumping International de Bordeaux is known for its friendly, sociable atmosphere, thanks in particular to its exhibition area, Jumping L’Expo. It’s a side event that is enthusiastically attended by both amateurs and professionals in the equestrian world. Entry is free and visitors can wander the aisles where they’ll be able to find out all about this season’s best new equipment, take part in different activities and events and watch the champions warming up in the paddock in the middle of the exhibition area.

10,000 square metres devoted to the horse world Jumping L’Expo’s goal in 2016 is to develop the exhibition by offering different facets of equestrian disciplines and livening up the venue with a packed programme of entertainment and activities. Jumping L’Expo remains a people-friendly show with exhibitors’ stands and activity areas covering 10,000 square metres around the paddock in Hall 1 of the Exhibition Centre. Horse-riding enthusiasts will be able to meet up at the arena near the stables. This zone is newly expanded this year and will be hosting demonstrations all weekend. It’s surrounded by small, friendly restaurants (wine, oyster, sushi and pasta bars), and there will always be something going on there. The exhibition is well-known for its lively, fun and friendly atmosphere that plunges visitors into an equestrian universe.

A wide choice of products with 120 exhibitors Jumping L’Expo’s 120 exhibitors offer a wide choice of products to delight visitors. The boutiques in Hall 1 represent and showcase the sheer diversity of the sector, offering equipment for horse and rider, horse care products, food, transport, facilities, artwork and decorative objects (jewellery, leather craft and paintings).

At the heart of the region Jumping L’Expo is also keen to showcase traders from the newly created Aquitaine Limousin Poitou Charentes greater region. New regional talents who epitomise the know-how and dynamism of players in this sector like ANTARES, a specialist in innovative saddlery, FREE JUMP SYSTEM, world leader in the stirrup market and CWD, a top of the range saddler, providing saddles that combine modernity with cutting edge technology.

At the heart of the different disciplines In the arena: dressage, ethology, vaulting, horse-ball, driving, mounted games, Western riding and an Equifeel competition, not to mention the return of Pulco the competition donkey and many others. There will be demonstrations of all these disciplines throughout the weekend. In the exhibition hall, the public can also find information about places where they can do all these different activities, where to find training courses, information about jobs in the equestrian sector and riding holidays. Institutions, riding clubs, and equestrian tourism associations will all be present to provide the public with information and answer questions. 11 PRESS KIT

A family day out

All the activities, disciplines and exhibitor offers at Jumping L’Expo are aimed at kids as well as grown-ups. There is a special fun area for kids where they can enjoy horse- centred play activities. The programme includes introductory pony-riding sessions where little ones can get the feel of a stirrup for the first time under the watchful eye of qualified instructors. There will also be an array of creative, facilitator-led workshops, including face-painting and drawing sessions, as well as other games involving horses where kids’ imaginations can run wild. The three-day programme goes beyond sport and becomes a family cultural outing.

Close encounters of the VIP kind The best international riders will be at Bordeaux, and visitors to the exhibition stand a very good chance of bumping into the champions, particularly around the paddock. Exchanging a few words or having their photo taken with their idol is every rider’s or horse lover’s dream.

Free entry Entry to Jumping L’Expo has always been free to encourage members of the public to come and find out about the world of horses and so that horse lovers can enjoy an international event. The organisers want to open this event to as many people as possible. Visitors will be able to get close to the most beautiful horses in the world as they warm up in the paddock, and then follow the sports competitions on a giant screen.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

JUMPING INTERNATIONAL DE BORDEAUX From February 5th to 7th 2016

PLACE: Exposition Park of Bordeaux (Halls 1 & 3)

WELCOME CAPACITY: 6 800 places

PRICES

REDUCED RATES Licensed rider (must have a photocopy of the current year’s license) Groups (minimun of 10 per session) Business (minimum of 10 per session)

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION

OPENING HOURS Refer to the class schedule. Access to the stage will be 30 minutes before the beginning of the session.

RESERVATIONS / INFORMATION • Internet: www.memberz.fr/jumping-bordeaux/billetterie.html • Telephone: +33 974 777 095 (Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 6.00pm) • On site: Congrès with Expositions de Bordeaux (Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 12.00am and 2.00pm to 5.00pm

COMMENT VENIR • By car : A10 - Bordeaux, exit Bordeaux-Lac Parc des Expositions direction Bordeaux-Lac, exit Rocade 4, 4A and 4B Free Parking of 15000 spots with 8000 spots with direct access to the Exposition Park • By train : Train station Bordeaux Saint-Jean, then cab or public transportation (tramway then bus). • By tramway : Line C of the tramway : from St Jean train station and the Place des Quinconces, to Parc des Expositions. • By cab : Available in front of the Parc des Expositions (Gate C). • By plane : International airport of Bordeaux-Mérignac, 15 mn away from the Parc des Expositions by the rocade.

OTHER SERVICE Cash machine located at the Gate 31 in Hall 1

CATERING On site, large choice of restaurants.

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PRESS

WEBSITE – PRESS SECTION Our website, www.jumping-bordeaux.com, provides you with all the information on the Jumping. Downloads of up- to-date press releases and press kits, photographs, as well as press accreditation forms and competition results can all be downloaded here.

PRESS SERVICE All the press team will be available to answer any of your question, the office is situated Hall 3 – room 300. This facility will be equipped to allow the best working conditions : Wifi, programs, press releases, classes’ results, photos… will be at your disposal.

PRESS PARKING Located near the Press room, parking PM is reserved for the press (entrance gate M)

RÉSERVATIONS HÔTELIÈRES To prepare your place and to save time, please contact our booking office that will handle your reservations. Contact by phone: +33(0)5 56 11 99 49.

WEB Website : www.jumping-bordeaux.com

PRESS STAFF

Foreign and sport press Pascal RENAULDON & Jessica RODRIGUES Agence R&B Presse Tél. : +33/ 0344 620 621 E-mail : [email protected] To reach them on the Jumping : 06 08 75 94 07 / 06 20 41 91 99

Regional press Marie-Sol FOURNIER & Elodie CAMPELLO Congrès et Expositions de Bordeaux Tél. : 05 56 11 99 32/43 E-mail : [email protected]

All press information and results online at www.jumping-bordeaux.com

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JUMPING STAFF

The Jumping International de Bordeaux is organized by Congrès et Expositions de Bordeaux

Eric DULONG President of Congrès et Expositions de Bordeaux and of the Jumping International de Bordeaux

Vincent GRENIE General Director

Frédéric ESPUGNE DARSES Event Production Division Director

Sabine PALAU Event Director

Astrid ZORZABALBERE Medias communication

Erwan GABET Technical and logistic Director

Jean-Stéphane CANTERO Sales force Director Laure TOSI Magali AFONSO Commercial officer Julie TABORIN

Marion ALDEBERT Secretary of the show

Press relations Pascal RENAULDON Agence R&B Presse (foreign and sport press) Jessica RODRIGUES Agence R&B Presse (foreign and sport press)

Marie-Sol FOURNIER Congrès et Expositions de Bordeaux Press Director (regional press) Elodie CAMPELLO Congrès et Expositions de Bordeaux Press Officer (presse régionale)

Sébastien PARENT TV channels coordination Director

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