CSIO, the National Equestrian Federations send four riders who frame the official group. This group, comprising of 4 or 5 riders and their top steeds, is frequently indistinguishable with the National Team, who is chosen for Continental-/World Championships or Olympics. The highlights of a CSIO are the Grand Prix and the Nations Cup – rivalries being a piece of yearly standings and meaning the world-positioning of riders and countries.

CSIO Switzerland:

A story with numerous highlights, loaded with sportive top-exhibitions, bunches of feelings, snippets of cheering and disillusionments; tenths of seconds and millimeters choose about triumph or annihilation. Youthful and obscure newcomers, riding like hussars, have left their imprints in this history notwithstanding amid European Championships.

Universal top equestrian occasions in Switzerland are occurring subsequent to the prior century last: 1884, the primary "St. Galler Internationale Pferdesporttage" occurred, the forerunner of today's CSIO Switzerland.

Until the seventies, Lucerne and Geneva , until and incl. 2006 Lucerne and St. Gallen composed then again the CSIO Switzerland, who is, subsequent to 1993, one of the main 4 open air equestrian occasions around the world.

From 1987 to 2012, Peter Stoessel has been the President of this remarkable occasion and underwriter for the expert Planning and Organization of this world-class occasion. Following two years of co-administration together with his girl, Nayla Stoessel, the last assumed control over the occasion bearing in 2013.

A huge number of observers in the Gruendenmoos, a standout amongst the most delightful outside equestrian stadiums on the planet, and a huge number of TV viewers are watching the game and the show in St. Gallen consistently.