Animo and Team Equestrian Sports
Every rider has a dream: to compete in Nations Cup, World Championship or Olympic Games with his Team.
It is the excellence of the sport
- #olimpic games
Team spirit must be in the heart of every athlete.
Team sport is important to young people’s developmen and is a great school of life. Young riders must learn what it means to be part of a team and what it means to contribute positively to its success. To compete in team for your country is a very important mission in an athlete’s life.
Team sport is about managing yourself and helping others to manage; when individuals get this right, then the potential of the team grows exponentially. These concepts are even more important in riding: equestrian sports are different from all others sports because the athlete is ‘a pair’, not only a person but a horse with his rider.
Thanks to the relationship between rider and his horse, equestrian sports are unique, charming, exciting like no other sport. It is also one of a handful of sports where men and women compete on equal terms. To be part of an equestrian team improves nobility of spirit, because your are a team with your horse and with other pairs. All riders, trainers and supporters think that the Nations Cup is the best competition and every rider aspires to be part of the Team of his Country in Nations Cup.
Animo believes in team spirit and supports teams in the Olympic disciplines, such as New Zeland Eventing Team, Swedish Jumping, Dressage, Para-Dressage and Eventing Teams.
Eventing is a discipline at which New Zealand excelles with numerous Olympic and World Championship medals and successes. To see and follow the cross-country test of Mark Todd - two times Olympic individual gold medal with two times World Championships team gold medal - Blyth Tait, Tim Price, Jonathan Paget or Joe Myer is a real adventurous experience!
Sweden has participated in the equestrian events of all of the Olympic Games since 1912, except for Mexico 1968 and Moscow 1980. Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, competing for Dressage, is the Swedish rider with the most Olympic participations. Sweden compete in European and World Championship and Olympic Games with top riders and horses. Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén, competing for Dressage, is the Swedish rider with the most Olympic participations. Dressage team count also on Patrik Kittel, Minna Telde, Emilie Nyrerod, Paulinda Frieberg, Rose Mathisen. Regarding Para-Dressage team at the top, Swedish is represented by Anita Johnsson, Sandra Karlsoon, Kerstin Larsson Englund and Gabriella Lof, team of World Equestrian Games Caen 2014. Swedish jumping team is one of the most competitive in the world, with Rolf-Goran Bengtsson, who has an impressive career with a collections of medals and super horses, Malin Baryard-Johnsson, Henrik von Eckermann, Emma Emanuelsson, Jens Fredricson, Peder Fredricson, Douglas Lindelöw and Angelica Augustsson.
While for Swedish Eventing Team in the major events we mention Sara Algotsson Ostholt, Anna Nilsson, Niklas Lindbäck, Johan Lundin, Louise Svensson Jähde and Ludwig Svennerstål.