Longines - The 2011 Longines Press Award for Elegance
Longines proudly presents the winners of the 2011 Longines Press Award for Elegance. To round up the season, the Swiss watch brand awarded Beezie Madden (USA) and Eric Lamaze (CAN) at the CHIO Rotterdam, the final stage of the season. Longines would like to congratulate them on their distinctive elegance as well as on their exceptional sporting performance throughout the 2011 Nations Cup season. American rider Beezie Madden also won the Longines Grand Prix Port of Rotterdam.
Longines is proud to have served for the sixth consecutive time as official partner, timekeeper and title sponsor of the Longines Grand Prix Port of Rotterdam at the CHIO Rotterdam.
Among the best performing riders throughout the six previous CSIO events (La Baule, Rome, St. Gallen, Falsterbo, Hickstead and Dublin), Beezie Madden (USA) on Coral Reef Via Volo and Eric Lamaze (CAN) on Hickstead convinced the international jury of equestrian experts most with their incomparable elegance at the CHIO Rotterdam.
Beezie Madden said: "I am very happy to have won the Longines Press Award for Elegance. To me, when you ride with elegance, it means that you probably do most things right with your horse".
Eric Lamaze said: "I was surprised to be awarded with this prize. I am very thankful and honoured. I have to say my horse Hickstead is very elegant and it was very helpful."
Both riders have been awarded yesterday the 2011 Longines Press Award for Elegance receiving a trophy, a set of Longines watches and a cheque for 20,000 Swiss francs.
Beezie Madden has been the queen of the day as she also won the last Grand Prix Longines of the season, namely the Longines Grand Prix Port of Rotterdam. Eric Lamaze also achieved a great performance in Rotterdam by winning two competitions.
Despite the difficult weather conditions, the CHIO Rotterdam was very successful. A brand new grandstand has been inaugurated on Friday 26th August in presence of Prince Willem Alexander.