The Brazilian international course designer Guilherme Jorge, who will be designing all the Showjumping courses at the Rio Olympics in 2016, has confirmed that he will also design the courses at Falsterbo Horse Show next year

– I am very excited about the possibility of designing the courses at such a prestigious event as CSIO 5* Falsterbo. It is for sure one of the most traditional international shows on the circuit and I am looking forward to it, says Guilherme Jorge.

– We are thrilled to have Guilherme ”Gui” Jorge here in Falsterbo just one month before the Olympics in Rio. He is a fantastic course designer and this will be extremely interesting both for riders and the audience says Jana Wannius, chairman of Falsterbo Horse Show,

Swedish Showjumping chef d’équipe, Sylve Söderstrand: – It’s fantastic that Jana Wannius has convinced him to come, so close to the Olympic Games. It is a great privelage for the Swedish team, on their home turf, to discover some of the challenges that Gui Jorge sets for riders and horses.

There has been a positive trend and interest has increased significantly in dressage in Falsterbo in recent years. Jana Wannius and Antonia Axelson Johnson have been working in partnership for many years, and this has now resulted in the Axel Johnson Group joining as a significant partner.

-“The family motto is ‘Passion for business and Passion for horses’. This fits in so well with Falsterbo, where I’ve been monitoring the positive trend and seen how the event has become better with every passing year,” says Antonia Axelson Johnson.

The Falsterbo Horse Show has the highest international classification, 5*, for both show jumping and dressage. The Axel Johnson Group is lending its name to the new 5-star Nations Cup classes in dressage, and the prize money for the 5* class alone will total 150,000 euros.

-“Together with Axel Johnson Group and the personal engagement of Antonia Axelson Johnson, we can continue to develop dressage at Falsterbo to the very highest international level,” says Jana Wannius, President and Show Director, Falsterbo Horse Show.

The 5-star classes in dressage: Friday 10 July Nations Cup, Saturday 11 July Grand Prix Special and Sunday 12 July Grand Prix Kür.

Image caption: Antonia Ax:son Johnson and Jana Wannius on Antonia’s trail horses Duallin In The Dirt (Monroe) and Midnight Fling Run (Fargo).

The Falsterbo Horse Show Foundation has bought 100 000 square metres of land directly adjacent to the Falsterbo Horse Show arena.

Among the new facilities this will allow is a new roofed stand for riders and spectators. The new stand will face the international show jumping arena and will accommodate 600 people.

A new 85 x 45 metre grass show ground is also planned. This will be used for exhibitions, clinics and junior/young rider competitions.

The total equestrian event area is now 300 000 square metres.