Longines Ladies Award for The Princess Royal

Her Royal Highness will join global equestrian industry leaders as they gather in London on the eve of Royal Ascot to recognise and celebrate the accomplishments of great horsewomen of our time.

The Princess Royal is an outstanding rider and competed for several years with the British Eventing team. In 1971, she became European Champion and in the same year was nominated for Sportswoman of the Year by the Sports Writer’s Association, the Daily Express and World Sport. A few weeks later, she was voted BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year by the British public.

She went on to win three more European Championship medals, team bronze in 1973 and in 1975 she took the individual and team silver medals. The following year, The Princess Royal was selected to compete for Great Britain in the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada.

Mr. Juan-Carlos Capelli, Vice President and Head of International Marketing of Longines said:

“We are delighted to announce that Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal is to be honoured this year’s Longines Ladies Award. She is a formidably talented horsewoman and deserves huge praise for her achievements and contributions in the equestrian world. We are thrilled to have her as our special guest at this year’s awards.” 

The Longines Ladies Award recognises the success and achievements of women at the very highest level of the global equine sports industry. This year’s award has been judged and decided by three leaders in world equestrianism: Mr. Ingmar de Vos, President of the FEI (Fédération Equestre Internationale); Mr. Louis Romanet, Chairman of the IFHA (International Federation of Horseracing Authorities); and Mrs. Nathalie Bélinguier, President of the FEGENTRI (International Federation of Gentleman and Lady Riders).