Bränninge Cup

Bränninge Cup has been the start of the show season in Sweden now for many years and on the first Saturday in June - which also celebrated the Swedish National Day and Sarah’s Birthday - we had a fantastic day filled with beautiful horses, wonderful people and the warm, welcoming athmospere the show is known for.

We had the honor of welcoming a great judges team with Scott Benjamin, Mohammed Essam Al-Sahhaf and Tommy Husebye as well as Pekka Pakkonen who judged the amateur and children classes.
The first class for the day entered geldings and it was also the biggest class of the show with 8 entries. The clear winner with impressive 90.17 points was the great moving BR Pas Mal (HLA Cheval x Psychedelic Magic) with Megalo (SF Verify x Menova) on second place with 88.67 points. As there were only one gelding-class BR Pas Mal was named Gold Champion with Megalo as Silver Champion and the Bronze title went to BR Najaad (Tchaata Matisse x Naomi) who was third in the class with 88.17 points. BR Pas Mal is bred by Bränninge Arabian Stud with Aline Johnsén Jogén as his proud owner. Megalo is bred by Therese Uggeldahl and owned by Therese From and BR Najaad, who is bred by Bränninge Arabian Stud is owned by Gunilla Bergenstråhle.

We would be treated to see several great Polish-bred horses during the day and the winner in the yearling c**t class was imported in utero from Michalow State Stud in Poland to Bränninge Arabian stud. BR Zloty Morion (Morion x Zlotna) made his show debut and earned 88.5 points and was named Gold Junior Champion. Silver Champion and class winner in the class Colts 2 years old was BR Magicaal (Aanan Lembarak x Psychedelic Magic), who received 87.67 points. He is bred by Bränninge Arabian Stud and owned by Aline Johnsén Jogén.
It is always wonderful to see the Amateur-classes and we had three entries this year of which owner Aline Johnsén Jogén showed her boys BR Pas Mal and BR Magicaal to a first and second place respectively. Third place was awarded JAS Nicclas (Nabucco K x Nistraa), shown by Nellie Slättås. We also had a children class where Milea Sandström showed the mare Duchess ISA (Paris x Dixie ISA), a wonderful opportunity for young people to take a step into the show world.

Astrid JJ (Sharahm x Athena SA), bred by Johanna Ullström, won the yearling class with 88.5 for her owner Alicia Monell Tengvall, who also showed her. Second place went to BR Wenessa (Ferrum x Waranga) who scored 87.83 points. She is bred and owned by Bränninge Arabian Stud and shown by Kamil Biernat who showed all Bränninge´s horses. Another Bränninge-bred and owned horse won the 2-year old filly class, it was the great moving BR Gwaana (Aanan Lembarak x Gwandolyn) who received 89.83 points.
The 3-year old filly class had one entry and it was the charismatic Elea Velia (Ferrum x El Esmera), bred by Michalow State Stud and owned by Bränninge Arabian Stud since last year when she was purchased at the Pride of Poland auction. She got impressive 90.5 points and was selected Gold Junior Champion with BR Gwaana as the Silver Champion and Astrid JJ as Bronze Champion.

The quality of the older mares were impressive and a joy to see. Among the 4 entries in the younger class the winner with 90.33 points was BR Saga (Wares x Salza), bred and owned by Bränninge Arabian Stud. Second place went to the black BR Titania (Jaipur el Perseus x HDC Dream Girl) with 87 points. She is bred by Bränninge Arabian Stud and is owned by Gunilla Bergenstråhle.
17-year old stunningly beautiful Waranga (QR Marc x Wilga) won the older mare class with the highest score of the show - 92 points - and was also awarded with the Best Movement Award, sponsored by Tärenäs Arabian Stud. Waranga was awarded with impressive 20-20-19.5 on Arabian type with 2x19.5 and 1x19 for Head/Neck and Movements. She is bred by Michalow State Stud and is owned by Bränninge Arabian Stud, who also owned her amazing dam Wilga (Ekstern x Wenessa) during her last years. Second placed Zlotna (El Omari x Zlota Gaza) is also a Michalow-bred mare owned by Bränninge and she got 91.17 points with one of the few awarded 20´s on movement and was later awarded Silver Champion with Waranga as Gold Champion and BR Saga as the Bronze Champion.

In the younger stallion class another Polish-bred horse was shown, it was Janów Podlaski-bred Poter (Ecaho x Pinga) who won the class with 90.33 points. He is owned by Anette Mattsson and was shown by Kamil Biernat. The older stallion class was won by Aanan Lembarak (Hadidy Al Shaqab x AJ Sundos) with 91 points. He is bred by Mohammed Mubarak Abdullah Ali Sulaiti and owned by Bränninge Arabian Stud. Aanan Lembarak was also awarded with the Best Head-trophy. Second place went to Ann-Christine Heimonen´s Chrakow (Charkow x Praktica) who received 84 points shown by Viktoria Winberg Bexelius. Chrakow is bred by Clara Rylander. Gold Champion Stallion was Aanan Lembarak with Poter as the Silver Champion and Chrakow named Bronze Champion.

It was a great day and the perfect start of the Swedish show season, thank you to everyone involved in organizing and giving us all an amazing day together.
/Anette Mattson

Once again the show is over, the horses are gone and we've would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped us make Bränninge Cup 2026 a huge success! 😊

As always we tried to make everyone feel like a winner - not only winning classes and trophies, but also learning something new and enjoy doing something extraordinary together with their favourite horse! Others may judge whether we succeeded in this, but it sure felt like a nice day with some good times for both horses, handlers and the audience!

This year we had an amazing panel of judges with Scott Benjamin, Tommy Husebye, Mohammed Essam Al-Sahhaf and Pekka Paakkonen – thank you guys, you really are the best! 😍

We also had the pleasure of welcoming back DC Anne Svensson and ring master Patrik Gustaffson who once again ruled the show arena supreme!

A big and warm thank you also to our unforgettable speaker Jane Morgan Sørensen who guided us through the day with her velvet voice and smooth manners! To the right of her sat, as always, Gunnar Andersson who kept the scores and played the tunes!

A show without good photos is no show, and we were as lucky as ever to have Anette Mattsson take fantastic photos all day long!
Thank you also to David Holm and Kicki Arvidsson who manned the kiosk and fed us coffee and sandwiches like there was no tomorrow!

A warm thank you also to all our sponsors, advertisers and volunteers - without you there would be no Bränninge Cup! Thank you to our main sponsors Bränninge Arabian Stud and Gunilla Bergenstråhle, and thank you also to Agria, AxnRide Stallions, Bergsvedens Gård - Anette Mattsson & Erik Berg, Jan Bernhammar, Din Byggare i Järna AB, Lotta & Per Hamrén, Hansbo Sport, Familjen Johnsén Jogén, OKS Araber – Fam Kristoffersen, Rörwalls Arabstuteri, Sinus Arabian Stud, Slängsboda Arabstuteri, Linn & Niklas Ståhlfors, Sweden Arabian Stud, Jane Morgan Sørensen, Cecilie & Jimmy Thorstensson, Tärenäs Arabstuteri, WF Arabians and Edwin Wikström!

Last but not least, thank you to all our exhibitors who came to show their horses - and thank you to the audience who cheered on their favourites and helped us keep the spirits high all through the day!

Until we meet next year,
Sarah, David & Niclas

RESULTS FROM BRÄNNINGE CUP 2026

Results – Bränninge Cup Bränninge Cup ECAHO Int. C-Show Bränninge Gård 151 39 Södertälje Sweden Tel: +46 70 695 34 12 E-post: [email protected]

Vi ses på handlermötet 9.30 imorgon! :-)

Så här ser schemat för dagen ut:

09.30 Handlermöte

10.00 Bränninge Cup ECAHO Internationell C-utställning
Klass 17
Valackchampionat
Klass 5, 6
Unghingstchampionat
Klass 8, 9

12.00 Lunch
Clinic Sofia Johnsén Jogén

13.30 Klass 1, 2 och 3
Ungstochampionat
Barnklass (klass 20)
Klass 10 och 11
Stochampionat
Klass 14 och 15
Hingstchampionat
Utställningens högsta poäng, Best Movements, Best Head
Avtackning domare med flera