The awards went to Silke Druckenmüller, for breeding the phenomenal Trakehner mare TSF Dalera, to Wim Impens, for breeding the remarkable BWP gelding King Edward, and to Hilmer Meyer-Kulenkampff, for breeding the extraordinary Hanoverian gelding FischerChipmunk FRH. WBFSH President Jan Pedersen and Longines Brand Manager France, Olivier Pacini, presented the winners with certificates, as well as elegant Longines timepieces from the Spirit collection.

An extra special participant of the awards ceremony was King Edward himself, who took 3rd place with his rider Henrik von Eckermann in the CSI5*-W, held just before the ceremony took place.

Longines-WBFSH Dressage Breeder of the Year 2022

Silke Druckenmüller, for breeding the phenomenal Trakehner mare TSF Dalera, by Easy Game out of the mare Dark Magic. Dalera is ridden by Jessica von Bredow-Werndl. They represented Germany at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and took home double gold for the team and the individual competition. Since Tokyo, they have consistently been uncontested winners, most recently competing at the CDI-W in Basel Switzerland 3 weeks ago. Despite Jessica’s maternity leave, Dalera and Jessica have stayed in the lead for the breeder awards for a second time.

Longines-WBFSH Jumping Breeder of the Year 2022Wim Impens, for breeding the remarkable BWP gelding King Edward, by Edward out of a Feo de Lauzelle mare. And how wonderful for his breeder that we just had the pleasure of seeing King Edward and Henrik von Eckermann jump in the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup. We welcome them in the area here now. The duo won individual and team gold the FEI World Championships in Herning last year, and took home a team gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

The Longines-WBFSH Eventing Breeder of the Year 2022

Hilmer Meyer-Kulenkampff, for breeding the extraordinary Hanoverian gelding FischerChipmunk FRH, by Contendro I out of a mare by Heraldik XX. This is the second time Mr Meyer-Kulenkampff has won the Longines-WBFSH Breeder award – he won it for the first time in 2019. Chipmunk represented Germany at the World Equestrian Games in Tryon in 2018, and at the FEI World Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro last year, taking home team gold for Germany with his rider Michael Jung. At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, the duo also took home team gold.

Since 2019 Longines has been the WBFSH’s official partner for the “Longines WBFSH Breeder Awards”, which take place every year to honour the world’s best breeders in the disciplines of Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. In their collaboration with the WBFSH, Longines emphasises the importance of breeding and breeders and their roles in the development of equestrian sports.