World Cup Show Jumping in Oslo: Max Kühner Wins Ahead of Harrie Smolders; Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann Finishes Fourth

Janne Friederike Meyer-Zimmermann is on a roll right now. First came her successful comeback at the Messi Grand Prix in Oliva as part of the MET. Now her next triumph: Cellagon Cascais, the 11-year-old son of Cholestus, proved at the World Cup tournament in Oslo, Norway, that he is a horse capable of taking on the biggest challenges—even indoors.

Cascais beats King Edward

The bay horse already has several five-star placings in highly competitive events to his credit. Among other achievements, he placed third at the Global Champions Tour stop in Cannes and sixth in the Hamburg Grand Prix at the start of the European show jumping season.

The stallion had already posted a double clear round on Friday evening in a highly competitive field, and he was also among the frontrunners in Sunday’s World Cup jumping competition. Nine pairs advanced to the jump-off at the start of the 2026–27 World Cup season in the Norwegian capital. Five of them completed the course without any knockdowns. The jump-off consisted of nine jumps, including a double combination.

Kühner in the Fast Lane

The fastest rider was Austrian Max Kühner on the Irish gelding EIC Up too Jacco Blue. The clock read 40.52 seconds after a truly blistering jump-off round. That was something no one else managed to do. Kühner was third from last in the jump-off. He had to risk everything, especially since Dutch rider Harry Smolders (NED) had set a strong pace with the experienced Monaco. The 17-year-old son of Cassini II was the first horse in the jump-off. Although he ultimately needed one second more than the winning pair, the duo from the Netherlands finished second.

Fuchs was fast, but not as fast as Smolders’

Just two hundredths of a second behind was Switzerland’s Martin Fuchs. In the World Cup show jumping event, he rode Fortjump du Beaumenil, an 11-year-old French horse by Cornet Obolensky; the pair completed the course in 41.53 seconds. And then came Janne Friederike Meier-Zimmermann with Cascais—42.42 seconds, clear, fourth place. This put the pair ahead of the 2022 World Champion duo, King Edward and Henrik von Eckermann (SWE). The now 16-year-old chestnut took exactly 43 seconds in this jump-off and tied for fifth place with Belgian rider Mathieu Bourdeaud’s Hui riding Oskar the Homage.

Paula de Boer-Schwarz also placed in this World Cup jumping competition. Although she had one knockdown in the round, she still finished 13th on her successful mare My Miss Marpel OLD by Mylord Carthago as the third-fastest rider to make a mistake.

Results from the World Cup tournament in Oslo