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Christoffer Forsberg and Hippo’s Sapporo Win the CCI4*-L at Strzegom October Festival

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Action from the Strzegom October Festival in Poland. (Photo: Leszek Wojcik / Strzegom October Festival)

Sweden’s Christoffer Forsberg and Hippo’s Sapporo won the CCI4*-L, the most demanding class of the Strzegom October Festival, as the final international eventing competition of the 2026 season closed at Morawa Hippodrome in Poland.

Forsberg sat third after dressage, then went double clear in both the cross-country and show jumping phases to win on a score of 30.5 penalty points. Belgium’s Julien Despontin jumped into second with Clever Man Waf after a faultless finish.

The four-day festival drew 400 horse-and-rider combinations from 22 countries for international and national competition, closing out Strzegom’s 2026 international calendar.

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Jordan Coyle and Cordiamo Win the $100,000 Grand Prix de Penn National in Harrisburg

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Jordan Coyle and Cordiamo won the $100,000 Grand Prix de Penn National. (Photo: Andrew Ryback Photography)

Jordan Coyle closed out his week at the 80th Pennsylvania National Horse Show the way he spent it: winning. The Irish rider and Cordiamo captured the $100,000 Grand Prix de Penn National on Saturday night in the Harrisburg Coliseum.

From a starting field of 29 over a course designed by Bernardo Costa Cabral, eight pairs advanced to the jump-off. Filip de Wandel and Strongbeau set the time to beat at 38.725 seconds — and then Coyle blew it away, crossing the timers in 31.758 to win by nearly four seconds. Gustavo Xavier Cortez and Action T took second in 35.602, with de Wandel holding third.

It completed a sweep of the week’s two biggest jumper classes for Coyle, who had also won Thursday’s $30,000 1.40m Welcome with the 10-year-old Oldenburg gelding, owned by Elan Farm. Cordiamo was also named the 1.40m Jumper Champion, and Coyle received the Harrisburg Kiwanis Club Challenge Trophy.

“I know he’s a fast horse,” said Coyle, who has had Cordiamo since the gelding was 3. “He’s not going to touch them. There is a big future with him for sure. He’s very careful, he’s very competitive. If I do a good job, I think he’ll jump five-star grand prix competitively.”

The win wrapped the open jumper competition at the 80th edition of the Pennsylvania National Horse Show, held October 8-18 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex.

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