For most, just having to look after their horses and themselves at the Longines FEI European Eventing Championships in Luhmühlen (28 August-1 September) would be enough, but for Sanna Siltakorpi from Finland, a baby is also now on that list.
“I had a baby girl called Elle nearly five months ago,” explains Sanna, whose boyfriend is fellow Finnish Europeans competitor Elmo Jankari. “I was back riding two weeks after giving birth — I had to as riding is my job and I didn’t know what else I was meant to do!
“At the moment it’s not difficult juggling being a mother and riding as she’s nice and calm at the moment, but we will see what happens when she learns to walk and wants to do other things apart from eating and sleeping!”
(Image credit: creditUnknown)
Based on the same yard, Sanna and Elmo have 30 horses between them, but Bofey Click is her selected Europeans mount. They scored 39.9 in their dressage yesterday (29 August).
“I’ve had Bofey Click since he was four and he’s a cross-country machine and normally also really nice in the dressage, but he’s still a bit green at this level,” explains Sanna, who previously rode on championship teams with Lucky Accord. “He was quite excited in the arena, but he’s only 10-years-old and I haven’t done lots of competition with him this year, so maybe he needs a bit more exposure so that I can get him more calm for the future.”
Sanna says that she hopes to give her horse a confident run this week.
“My horse is inexperienced and weak at championship level, but we will try our best.”
Check back for more updates from the Eventing European Championships in Luhmühlen all week, plus full report in next week’s Horse & Hound magazine (dated 5 September).
Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout the major shows and events during 2026 and beyond with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now
Former web features editor, point-to-point editor and digital racing editor
Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.
