CSI2* International Show Jumping Competition – Lipica, 2022
Lipica Stud Farm brings together some of the world’s best riders and horses for the prestigious CSI2* Show Jumping Competition. A four-day event for all sport fans, horse lovers, as well as for tourists and families who want to spend the day a little differently.
The CSI2* Show Jumping Competition will take place between August 25 and 28 in Lipica, Slovenia. The show will feature more than 200 horses and riders from all over the world competing in a wide range of categories.
The riders will jump in the silver tour (120-125 cm), gold tour (130-135 cm) and diamond tour (140 cm) categories and at a CSIYH*, CSICh-A, CSI1* or CSI2* levels. The pinnacle event of this four-day equestrian festival will be the Grand Prix competition on Sunday, August 28.
The competition is organized by the Equestrian Association of Slovenia and Lipica Stud Farm. They are pleased to be hosting again this prestigious equestrian event and to be giving their visitors the opportunity to experience the atmosphere and energy of this exciting experience.
***Athlets: All international entries must be submitted via email at kzs@konj-zveza.si. For more information click HERE.
With a 442 year tradition of horse riding and breeding, the Slovenia’s national stud farm is the ideal location for prominent equestrian events. It offers all the infrastructure, comfort, and professional support allowing the competitors to focus on their performance. The new Hotel Maestoso and restaurant Gratia are located right next to the Stud Farm. There are a number of accompanying activities for visitors at any day of the week: Show of the Lipica Riding School, carriage rides, horse-riding lessons, worksops for children with ponies and lipizzan horses, stud farm tours, museum visits, live music and performances. The hotel has a free e-bike rental service, golf, minigolf and dics gočlf is available at the nearby Lipica Golf Center.
The sport of show jumping originated from foxhunting in 18th-century England and Ireland. At the beginning it was only practised by intrepidus hunters and soldiers. Over the years, show jumping has become an organized and safer sport, run under International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) rules. Today, show jumping is primarily a technical discipline, divided in differenet cotegories. These differ in the difficulty of the courses, the number of obstacles with heights up to 1.6 metres (5’3”), even up to 2.0 metres (6’7”) in certain categories.