Casas Novas Equestrian Centre will welcome the 36th edition of the traditional International Show Jumping of A Coruña from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July. 

The International Show Jumping of A Coruña has been selected by the federal responsibles as a preparatory meeting for the argentinian, portuguese and spanish teams, which will take part in the WEG in Tryon from September 11th to 23th. Thus, the outdoor arena, similar to the canadian, will be one of the last test before the World Championship for many or the riders, which could ride in the 9 test that will be held during the three days of competition. 

The Argentinian squad will be represented by Fabian Sejanes, José Larocca Jr, Matías Albarracín, Luis Magnasco, Franco trabucco y Maxixmiliano Turcuman. For its part, the portuguese team will be represented in A Coruña by Luis Sabino Gonçalves, Marina y Antonio Frutuoso de Melo, Martim Portela y Hugo Tavares.

Spain will have an important representation this year, headed by its regular members in the Nations Cup such as Sergio Álvarez Moya, Eduardo Álvarez Aznar, Manuel Fernández Saro or Gerardo Menéndez. Furthermore, we will have the opportunity to enjoy the performance of great riders who are successfully completing international meetings, such as Diego Pérez Bilbao, winner of the CSI2* Santander; Mikel Aizpurua, who recently rode in Falsterbo, the local rider Gonzalo Añón, winner of several international tests this year and Julio Arias, winner of many Grand Prix this season. 

There will be 60 riders and nearly 130 horses in Casas Novas coming from 16 different countries, such as Italy, Australia, Argentina, Canada, Korea, Mexico or New Zealand, among others, and will compete during 3 days offering the Galician public the opportunity to get a close-up view the great figures. These include the Dutch Gerco Schroeder, Eric van der Vleuten or Lisa Nooren, winner of the Casas Novas Grand Prix in 2016; the world champion in 2010 Philippe Lejeune, Katharina Offel or Samantha Mcintosh, among others.

The competition can be followed live on the Internet through the websites of the equestrian centre and Oxer Sport.